On March 16, the third Heat Roadmap Europe (HRE4) public workshop was successfully organised by the Commission's science and knowledge service (JRC) in NEMO, Amsterdam, with 80 participants.
"In this workshop, scenario building and energy system analysis was presented to provide scientific evidence for different decarbonisation pathways in Europe. For each of the 14 EU countries participating in HRE, scenario building helps understanding the role of energy technologies as well as the costs and benefits for the EU energy system under different sets of specific assumptions.
This event was planned to inspire those who wanted to include integrated heating and cooling systems in their energy transition plans by providing state-of-the-art planning tools, solutions and insights."
The aim of this H2020 project (@HeatRoadmapEU) is to:
- create the scientific evidence required to support the decarbonisation of the heating and cooling sector in Europe and to
- redesign this sector by combining the knowledge of local waste heat conditions, potential savings and energy system analysis.
Key messages:
- A summary of the workshop can be found on the news item: http://www.heatroadmap.eu/news.php
- Brian Vad Mathiesen, HRE Project Coordinator, underlined that HRE cannot do infinite scenarios, but it can democratise the energy debate by giving transparent access to data, assumptions & models essential for policy makers
- Eva Hoos of DG Energy went as far as to say that she considered Heat Roadmap Europe resources convincing tools to prove to Member States that energy change can happen and that low-carbon opportunities are there.
- The "Fantastic Four" tools used in the project are Forecast, CostCurves and the energy system models EnergyPLAN and JRC-EU-TIMES. The output of these tools have been used so far to start discussion with all stakeholders on a transparent and open basis.
- A fear exists that a district heating network could lock in fossil based plants such as coal power plants. Combining district heating strategies with exit strategies can support the acceptance which is a difficult task for cities as it is not in their own powers.
More information:
- News items "No ‘one size fits all’ solution to decarbonise heating and cooling"
https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/no-one-size-fits-all-solution-to-decarbonise-heating-and-cooling/
Webinars are organised by Heat Roadmap Europe, keep an eye on the website ! - All presentations are available from this link:
http://www.heatroadmap.eu/resources/HRE4%20Nemo%20Workshop%2016%20march%202018.zip - Videos from the partners with key models are available on the Heat Roadmap Europe Youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAZbkZGb-FsJVf2HSnMkaig/videos
There will be a Heat Roadmap Europe session on the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW2018) that will take place from 5 to 7 June 2018 in Brussels.