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RES-DHC project
The RES-DHC project consists of renewable energy sources (RES) in the district heating and cooling (DHC) sector. Its main objective is to support the transformation of existing district heating systems to RES in the six participating regions, thereby obtaining – on the basis of practical cases – technical and organisational solutions for transformation processes.
Transformation of existing urban heating and cooling systems from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources
The main pillar of the project is the close-to-the-market implementation of concrete actions and measures by regional consortia of stakeholders in six regions (Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, France and Switzerland).
A key branch of it is the organisation and transnational support provided by an international team with complementary knowledge and competences, coordinated by Danish experts who are also project partners. The specific activities of the RES-DHC project largely respond to the challenges of market uptake, e.g. large-scale introduction of RES, stakeholder engagement, assessment of the legal and policy framework and the environmental, economic and social impacts of RES-DHC solutions.
In Poland, in the West Pomeranian Province, we have developed a technical and economic concept for the decarbonisation of the heating system in Połczyn Zdrój. The preparation of a concept for the removal of coal-based sources and their replacement with renewable energy sources will also serve as a basis for further actions towards the decarbonisation of other heating systems.
The project started in September 2020 and ran for 3 years
Fifteen partners from eight countries participated in the project:
- Solites – Steinbeis Research Institute for Solar and Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems (Germany),
- German District Heating Association AGFW (Germany),
- HIR Hamburg Institut Research gGmbH (Germany),
- City of Graz – Environmental Department (Austria),
- Energie Graz GmbH & Co. KG (Austria),
- AEE – Institute for Sustainable Technologies (Austria),
- Iren SpA (Italy),
- Ambiente Italia s.r.l. (Italy),
- Szczecińska Energetyka Cieplna Sp. z o.o. (SEC) (Poland),
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Energy Environment Agency (AURA-EE) (France),
- Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique et Aux Energies Alternatives (CEA INES) (France),
- Planair SA (Switzerland),
- Verenum AG (Switzerland),
- PlanEnergi Fond (Denmark),
- Euroheat & Power (Belgium)
Find out more about the project at: res-dhc.com
The project flyer can be found here: flyer
This project has received funding from the European Union Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 from the RES DHC project under grant agreement no. 952873.
