The climate agenda, new technologies, and geopolitical uncertainties all affect the energy system. District heating is a hot topic, and energy planners around the world look to Denmark for inspiration. In the future, homes will be heated by a mosaic of district heating sources, featuring excess heat from data centres, Power-to-X or carbon capture plants, alongside local sewage and waste from agriculture.
Energy Modelling Lab helps cities and district heating providers plan for this future. We gather information about the current heating system and local resources when modelling a district heating area, and build a local optimisation module within one of our national models.
In collaboration between the client and the modelling team, we identify a series of potential paths to a sustainable district heating system, and gather the investment paths in a final report that gives the client an overview of the different options.
We gather information about the current heating system and local resources, then build a local optimisation module within one of our national TIMES models.
In collaboration between the client and the modelling team, we identify a series of potential paths to a sustainable district heating system.
The investment paths are gathered in a final report, giving the client an overview of the different options for a sustainable district heating system.
Client: Not applicable (general service description rather than a single commissioned project)
EML team: Kenneth Karlsson
Budget: Not stated on the existing page
Duration: Not stated on the existing page
Model: TIMES (national models)