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An innovative solar system will soon be installed in a building complex in Spain

The solar collectors from Inaventa Solar will deliver energy for heating and domestic hot water to a building complex in Spain, owned by the Basque Government. This campus area is defined as a demonstration site within the Horizon 2020 project RELaTED, where the possibilities of ultra-low temperature district heating systems in corporate building complexes are being tested. Editor’s Note: This article was previously published at Inaventa Solar website. Photo: Inaventa Solar. A new solar system is on its way from the factory of the Norwegian manufacturer of solar collectors Inaventa Solar at Jevnaker to Iurreta in northern Spain. The solar collectors will be installed as a building-integrated solution in one of the south-facing facades of a larger building [...]

webmaster2021-04-08T11:22:01+00:00April 8th, 2021|News|

Energy improvement districts in the Basque Country

The RELaTED project deploys a decentralised, Ultra-Low Temperature district heating network concept. In RELaTED, every single building is converted into an energy node, where bi-directional heat exchange is allowed between the network and the building. One of the pilots of the project is located in Iurreta, in the Basque Country (Spain). This demonstration site will showcase the viability of the technology and the feasibility of DH, even in southern Europe. AUTHORS: Jesús M. Casado and José R. López - Ente Vascode la Energía - international@eve.eus District Heating (DH) systems are one of the most energy-efficient heating systems in urban environments, with proven reliability. When combined with renewable and waste heat sources, DH becomes an even higher efficient solution to decarbonise [...]

webmaster2021-03-25T12:12:06+00:00March 25th, 2021|News|

The Spring Edition of the FEDARENE Info includes information on RELaTED project

The 2021 Spring Edition of the FEDARENE Info is out. This edition -focuses on District Heating and Cooling- includes information about the RELaTED project and the progress made on its concept. Heating and cooling drive half of the energy consumption in Europe. However, more than two-thirds of demand is met with fossil fuels. Changing the conventional fossil paradigm in heating and cooling is essential for reaching the EU decarbonisation goals. District heating is one of the most promising options to decarbonise the heating sector and urban environments in general and is therefore crucial to reach European and global climate goals. Yet, several EU Countries are still facing challenges in implementing this technology: old and inefficient infrastructure, the unreliability of supply, loss of consumers, etc. [...]

webmaster2021-03-18T13:40:25+00:00March 18th, 2021|News|

Two approaches; one happy district heating & cooling network in Tartu, Estonia

Heat production technologies for district heating are only as efficient as the network they serve. Even if a heat plant is operating at 100% efficiency, heat loss due to the poor thermal insulation of buildings will create an “efficiency” ceiling that improvements at the heat production level cannot overcome. It would be as if a person were trying to heat their home in the winter with all the windows open. This analogy highlights one the biggest challenges for transitioning to ultra-low temperature district heating1 (ULTDH); How can a district heating (DH) operator improve the thermal efficiency for buildings they do not own? AUTHOR: Richard Karl Henahan – Research Analyst at the Institute of Baltic Studies. For the RELaTED project, the [...]

webmaster2021-03-16T11:24:09+00:00March 11th, 2021|News|

The desing of Triple Function Substations in combination with RELaTED technologies

Ultra-Low temperature district heating introduces multiple benefits at network level, as the reduction of heat losses and the improvement of heat generation efficiency. ULTDH also facilitates the integration of low temperatures renewable energy sources and waste heat into the district heating network. Renewable heat sources as solar thermal and heat pumps can be coupled to the district heating network and the buildings through specially designed district heating substations. Some images of the Microbooster and BILTST demonstration in Taastrup, Denmark. During the development of the RELaTED project, several Triple Function Substations (3FS) have been evaluated and designed. Those were investigated in different versions, connection schemes configurations and operating modes depending on the district heating characteristics, the building types and [...]

webmaster2021-02-18T12:59:29+00:00February 18th, 2021|Public documents|

EnergyFlexHouse – Energy Neutral Concept House to Test Solar Collectors and District Heating

Editor's Note: This article was previously published at Inaventa Solar website. Photo: DTI Denmark is set on becoming 100% independent of fossil fuels. This is an inspiring challenge, which can be met through development and beneficial application of energy efficient and sustainable technologies, expresses Danish Technological Institute (DTI) on their webpages. DTI is the responsible developer of the energy neutral concept house EnergyFlexHouse, which is a part of “Green Lab for Energy Efficient Buildings” (GLEEB). This has been established to evaluate and verify innovative solutions, with respect to both energy efficiency cost effective technologies and intelligent interfaces between the users, the equipment and the building itself. The last piece of this puzzle is the installation of Inaventa Solar’s solar collectors. These are [...]

webmaster2021-02-03T13:17:06+00:00February 3rd, 2021|News|

The RELaTED exploitation seminar shows that with ultra-low temperature district heating, everyone wins

Author: Richard Karl Henahan – Research Analyst at the Institute of Baltic Studies. Richard Karl Henahan – Research Analyst at the Institute of Baltic Studies. Last April, RELaTED partners took part in a three-day virtual exploitation seminar to formulate their individual exploitation plans. Exploitation plans help project beneficiaries develop a strategy and concrete actions for the protection, dissemination, and exploitation of the project results. At the end of the seminar, project partners created their own “Key Exploitable Results” tables which maps how the RELaTED results can be incorporated into their individual business plans. Exploitation plans help project beneficiaries develop a strategy and concrete actions for the protection, dissemination, and exploitation of the project results. Despite the technical and [...]

webmaster2021-01-14T11:55:52+00:00January 14th, 2021|Editorial|

District Heating De-Carbonisation in Belgrade. Multi-Year transition plan

The present article, presented at Beyond 2020 digital event, summarizes the renovation plans for the District Heating network of the city of Belgrade. The paper includes the criteria for the selection of the technologies, the identification of enabling investments, interaction with stakeholders, securing of financing, and status of the plan. AUTHORS: Antonio Garrido Marijuan, TECNALIA, Roberto Garay, TECNALIA, Mikel Lumbreras, ENEDI Research Group, Ljubisa Vladic and Radmilo Savić, Beogradske Elektrane. DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER >> Capacity and location of the main central plants of the Belgrade DH (Source: BE Management and Deloitte analysis). A large share of the city of Belgrade is heated by a District Heating network. Established in 1965, the network delivers 3.6 TWh to more than 20 [...]

webmaster2020-12-03T12:18:44+00:00December 3rd, 2020|Conference and scientific journals, Publications|

RELaTED partners made great advances in last 6 months

On November 24th, the RELaTED project partners came together online at the RELaTED 7th General Assembly. The meeting, that took place in a virtual format, was a great opportunity to talk about their advances in the RELaTED Ultra-Low Temperature district heating solution and establish the work plan for the following semester. After 6 months of hard work, the RELaTED H2020 funded project latest developments were presented by video meeting at the 7th General Assembly. During this virtual event, the partners presented to the consortium their progress in the different work packages. A lot of advances have been made, especially in the four demo sites where the project is beins tested. In Denmark, for example, the Energy Flex Houses systems has [...]

webmaster2020-11-27T15:50:44+00:00November 27th, 2020|News|

SMACCs master programme invites the RELaTED Project coordinator to talk about district heating

The coordinator of the RELaTED Project will talk about district heating systems at the SMACCs Master Programme. The University of the Basque Country invites the RELaTED Project coordinator, Roberto Garay, for the second consecutive year, to be part of a seminar organized by the Master Programme in Smart Cities and Communities SMACCs. The seminar will be held from 1st to 4th of December, both included, and it will be a great opportunity for students to learn more about sustainable buildings and solar thermal systems in district heating systems. The programme is designed to educate the next generation of engineers and researchers in Smart Cities and Communities by learning best practice from 4 of Europe’s most prestigious universities (Heriot-Watt University, University [...]

webmaster2020-11-18T17:10:50+00:00November 18th, 2020|News|

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