Eventi

Conference – 20th April

IEA DHC Annex TS5 is an international cooperation project focussing on the integration of Renewable Energy Sources into existing District Heating and Cooling systems (RES DHC) with focus on large-scale solar thermal, central heat pumps, renewable P2H-systems, biomass, geothermal and large heat stores in combination with CHP and surplus heat.

The overall aim of this cooperation is to address R&D challenges related to this topic, in order to establish renewable heat sources as environmentally friendly and emission-free heat generation technologies for the DHC sector.
The specific objectives of the task-shared annex are:

• Gain knowledge about and develop enhanced solutions for the technical and operational integration of RES plants into existing traditional and modern DHC systems
• Provide practical know-how on RES DHC project development, technical solutions and business cases to the DHC market actors
• Develop and show-case innovative demo cases driven by DHC market actors and in cooperation with RES market actors (for both, technical and organizational solutions)
• Develop advanced instruments addressing non-technical market barriers and opportunities

The project lifetime is January 2021 to December 2024. In this period regular meetings are held for advancing with the Annex TS5 work plan.

9.30 AM – Opening:

• Welcome by Prof. Capolongo, Director of DABC at Politecnico di Milano
• Introduction and aims of the meeting

Workshop – 21st April – Transformation of Urban District Heating Systems – from Theory to Practice by International Experiences

This workshop aims to facilitate a practical exchange between Italian district heating market actors and the IEA DHC Annex TS5 working group. The aim of the working group is to develop practical methods and systems that are useful for the transformation of existing urban district heating systems to higher shares of renewable energies and waste heat. Examples of concrete results are: Data sheets for renewable generation technologies, methods for identifying potentials at local level, knowledge on decentralised integration of heat generators and recommendations for implementing successful transformation processes. Through the practical exchange, the knowledge and needs of the Italian district heating sector can be incorporated and results are made usable.