Navigating the Heat Transition: Effective Stakeholder Decision-Making in Dutch Low-Carbon Heating Projects

The Dutch government's 2050 initiative to transition all buildings from natural gas to sustainable heat systems underscores the critical role of stakeholder alignment in energy transition projects. Despite its importance, existing literature lacks a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms required for effective stakeholder collaboration in heat...

Engaging Dutch citizens in the decision making of district heating networks: Comparing the effects of a Public Value Evaluation and a survey

The Dutch government is committed to transitioning to a low-carbon economy. District heating networks are considered essential for achieving this transition. This research aims to compare two different methods of involving citizens in decision-making and development related to district heating networks. The novel Participatory Value Evaluation ...

Optimizing district heating networks: Exploring the solution space: Transporting geothermal energy to consumers in Delft

Society is facing a huge challenge in switching the energy sectors dependence on fossil fuels into an energy sector using mostly renewable energy sources. The switch towards using more sustainable energy sources is known as the energy transition. The goal of the energy transition is to lower the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions emitted by the...

Optimizing supply temperatures in district heating grids

District heating systems (DHSs) have the potential to play a big part in the energy transition. The efficient operation of DHSs is therefore also an important subject of study. The operation of DHSs where combined heat and power (CHP) plants are used are particularly interesting, because CHPs can operate with high efficiency.<br/><br/>In this...

Thermal Energy Storage for District Heating: Feasibility assessment for the implementation of TES systems in various DHN cases

Of the global energy demand, 20% can be allocated to residential energy demand. Most of this energy is produced by fossil fuels, which raises the importance of energy production in a more sustainable way. In order to do this on the level of residential heating applications, the Dutch government aims to make its residential neighborhoods natural...

Comparison of Different Methods to Solve the Steady-state Flow Problem of District Heating Networks and Gas Networks

There are several different methods to solve the steady-state flow problem of district heating networks and gas networks. In this thesis, the nodal method, the loop method, and the loop-node method are compared. This is done in order to determine for what type of network, with specific characteristics, which of these methods is preferred. In...

Heat Energy Market: Energy Trading in District Heating Systems

In order to reduce CO2 emission, district heat networks and carbon-neutral heat energy production are being developed in the Netherlands. This resulted in an increasing amount of district heating systems (DHS) in the horticulture areas. A DHS in a region called the ”B3-Hoek” connects multiple producers with horticulture companies in a single...

Optimising District Heating Operations

District heating systems (DHS) are considered the best alternative to individual heat boilers as they have higher efficiency and enable the use of sustainable heat sources, like geothermal heat sources or waste heat from industry. Currently, most DHSs are operated by choosing a temperature once every day depending on the weather. This setting is...

Comparing the Performance of different Market Structures for Regional Heat Networks: A simulation study into the impact of fuel prices, consumption growth and investment decisions

This research has compared three different market mechanisms in a quantitative way. The influences of these market mechanisms on the heating system were investigated for CO2 emissions, consumer price and producer surplus. In addition, the influences of investment decisions and price and consumption growth scenarios were tested. The research...

Development of District Heating Networks in Urban Areas

The development of district heating networks in urban areas descibes an approach to achieve the goals and targets for energy saving, reduction of CO2-emissions and sustainbale energy that are stated by the government. For the development of district heating networks energy conversion systems are used of generating heat and networks are used to...