RELaTED Newsletter No.9: “Is RELaTED over? Maybe it’s just the first stage in a longer journey“

Editorial

M56. Is RELaTED over? Maybe it's just the first stage in a longer journey.

We gathered around a Decentralised Ultra Low Temperature District Heating Network concept back in 2017. After 56 months, the RELaTED consortium has successfully achieved its goals. Is it over? Well, not really. It is now the time to scale-up. We developed, integrated, and tested our concept. These shall now be promoted for integration across existing …

New Outputs

Optimizing Belgrade DH network

How the low temperature concepts can be applied for operational high temperature district heating networks? This report uses an example from Belgrade to illustrate and detail the guidelines of the RELaTED Development Schemes for new DH developments in new urban environments. Belgrade District heating network area The guidelines of RELaTED Task 2.6 are in general terms, based on best practice …

Regional feasibility studies of new DH in consolidated urban environments, technical financial and administrative roadmaps

The methodology developed within RELaTED identifies interesting interactions between heat sources and high dense areas, but fails to encounter fully successful outcomes. The main output of this study is the definition of a procedure for the identification of opportunities of waste heat reuse with a practical application based on real data in both Basque country …

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Transition schemes for DH in operation

The Guidelines of the task 2.6 will focus on energy planning and economy, Network topology, Scenarios for timeline and energy sources, necessary measures for implementation, project developments and operation and management. One smaller generation plant with main network and subnetwork in Belgrade district heating network. In RELaTED Task 2.6 a set of guidelines were …

Interconnection schemes for producer installations

This report elucidates specific barriers and solutions for the use of distributed energy sources (DER) in ULT DH networks. Moreover, it will sketch solutions for producer connections to the network. The objective of this document is to investigate possible interconnection schemes for producer installations and to explore the control opportunities and strategies including local storage when relevant and with respect …

The business case for ULTDH using the RELaTED concept – Residential & commercial customers, and heat producers

The use of ULTDH network in combination with CHP, reversible heat pumps for heating & cooling, solar systems, and waste heat increases the energy performance in every case. Photo by jiawei cui from Pexels The RELaTED project assessed the business case for ULTDH using a decentralized approach to heat production, i.e. heat can be collected from multiple points within the …

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District heating cost modelling

The district heating (DH) cost modelling assessment addresses the long-term energy planning of DHs, considering the evolution of systems towards greater efficiency, lower distribution temperatures, greater shares of renewable energy and the incorporation of distributed renewables in the context of an increase of nearly zero energy efficient buildings (NZEBs) …

Lessons Learnt from Substation Inspection on Low Temperature District Heating Networks

District heating networks are considered to be a key element for the decarbonization of Europe. The RELaTED project seeks to contribute to the decarbonization of these infrastructures with the demonstration of low temperature district heating networks. One of the demonstration sites consists of more than 50 substations within a subsection of a larger network in the city of Tartu (Estonia) …

Events

RELaTED final conference: RELaTED trifold

RELaTED final workshop: “Back to the Future of Distritct Heating and Cooling”

What if solutions for the Future of District Heating and Cooling were already there? This is the topic that has been addressed during the final workshop of the RELaTED project. After over four years of research, the project partners have presented their progress and results at the conference entitled: "Back to the Future of District Heating and Cooling". The event, …

Webinar. RELATED: Red de calor a baja temperatura con bomba de calor

El Ente Vasco de la Energía organiza el webinar “RELaTED: Red de calor a baja temperatura con bomba de calor”. El evento, celebrado el pasado 24 de junio, ha contado con la participación de varios socios del proyecto de finaciación europea RELaTED, como el Departamento de Seguridad del Gobierno Vasco, Tecnalia, Innometal o El Taller de Comunicación. Durante el encuentro …

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Event: The way to get more surplus heat, flexibility and low temperature in district heating starts in the buildings

Danish Technological Institute (DTI) presented on 24 May, results of H2020 project RELaTED at an event we had called: The way to get more surplus heat, flexibility and low temperature in district heating starts in the buildings. The event was co-organised with WE BUILD DENMARK, the Danish cluster for the building and construction sector. Metro Therm and DTI presented the …

The RELaTED Project consortium meets for its last General Assembly

After two days of meetings and hard work, RELaTED ends its last General Assembly. Due to the current sanitary situation, the meeting has, once more, taken place online. However, this has not prevented the partners from doing a thorough revision of all the developments and results obtained during the last months. Even though most work packages have already been finalized …

Joint ReUseHeat-Celsius Final Conference

The ReUseHeat project and Celsius Initiative organise their a joint final conference on 7 September 2022 at L42 Business Center, in Brussels. Key findings on the waste heat potential and urban waste heat recovery and along with all the experience from the four demonstration sites will be presented by ReUseHeat. Celsius Initiative will share its main outcomes on the importance …

About RELaTED project

The project “Renewable Low Temperature District” (RELaTED), funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme, aims to develop a robust ultra-low temperature concept, which allow for the incorporation of low-grade heat sources with minimal constraints.

The main objective is to demonstrate the feasibility of the concept in European urban environments, and its suitability for the upcoming operational environment with reduced heat loads and distributed heat sources. To prove this, the concept will be demonstrated in four real demonstrations sites (Denmark, Estonia, Serbia and Spain), with two additional feasibility studies. However, some technologies must be adapted to the particularities of the system.

Under the coordination of TECNALIA Research & Innovation, the Consortium is composed by the companies NIBE, METRO THERM, INAVENTA SOLAR, INNOMETAL, IBS, TDC, Mazovian Energy Agency, Basque Energy Agency and FEDARENE; and DH operators as BEOELEKTRANE, FORTUM Tartu, DTI and the Basque Government. These companies will work together to provide a framework for the integration of many renewable heat sources into a low temperature DH system.

Contact

RELaTED Project Coordinator
Roberto Garay
TECNALIA
roberto.garay[a]tecnalia.com

Dissemination and Communication responsible
Maria Alcubilla
El Taller de Comunicacion, TDC
malcubilla[a]comunicacionycia.com

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