Project description
Decarbonising and optimising energy systems with renewables and sector coupling
Carbon reduction is a key factor in alleviating climate change. This involves shifting existing energy systems to renewable and low carbon energy sources. The EU-funded SENERGY NETS project will demonstrate the technical and economic viability of multi-energy systems in the heating and cooling, power and gas sectors that rely on local renewable sources, using relevant infrastructure and business models. It will develop toolkits and platforms to improve planning of district heating and cooling, also allowing distribution grids to integrate with other sectors. These systems will initially be tested in phases and evaluated at three pilot sites and two follow-up case studies across Europe, thus paving the way for the eventual transition to greener energy systems.
Objective
SENERGY NETS aims at demonstrating the technical and economic capability of multi-energy systems to decarbonize the heating and cooling, power and gas sectors through renewable energy sources produced locally as well as sector integration, by primarily focusing on promising infrastructure and business models. To do so, SENERGY-NETS will develop a set of tools and platforms (up to TRL7/8) aimed to optimise the planning of District Heating and Cooling as well as distribution grids with sector coupling consideration and allow the provision of flexibility services to Distribution and Transmission System Operators. These solutions will be implemented on three pilot sites located in Milan (IT), Ljubljana (SI) and Paris (FR) and their replicability will be tested in two additional real case studies presenting alternative climatic, economic and geographic conditions in Västerås (SW) and Cordoba (ES). The SENERGY NETS solutions will be adapted to the main stakeholders at the different phases of the projects development involving sector coupling: long term planning, design and simulation, operational planning, valorisation, evaluation and replication. The project will evaluate the benefits through a consolidated methodology developed to estimate the overall value created by sector integration, relying on the current economic, regulation and market rules and assess the impacts on the European power system. SENERGY NETS relies on a strong trans-disciplinary consortium involving 17 organisations located in 7 European countries, involving renowned experts from public authorities, infrastructure providers, research institutions, entrepreneurs and consumers associations. Altogether, they will provide the necessary knowledge, expertise and capacities to develop, demonstrate and evaluate developed tools and services enabling the integration of multi-energy systems to provide flexibility to the power system, and ultimately enable the decarbonisation of the energy system.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectrical engineeringpower engineeringelectric power distribution
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringthermodynamic engineering
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
76131 Karlsruhe
Germany
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Participants (18)
75008 Paris
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25124 Brescia
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25124 Brescia
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20124 Milano
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1030 WIEN
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1200 Bruxelles / Brussel
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The organization defined itself as SME (small and medium-sized enterprise) at the time the Grant Agreement was signed.
1000 Ljubljana
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1000 Ljubljana
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2000 Maribor
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20134 Milano
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25124 Brescia Bs
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722 20 VASTERAAS
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34125 Kassel
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59350 Saint-Andre-Lez-Lille
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20009 DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIAN (GIPUZKOA)
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28043 Madrid
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1000 Ljubljana
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20122 Milano
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