Business model innovations aiming at systemic change influence the speed and direction of
low-carbon transitions, thus supporting public decarbonization policies. However, their …

The use of solid wood biofuels for energy production in heating plants has increased
drastically during the last decades. Great interest has been shown in replacing …

Decarbonizing the district heating sector is essential for an affordable energy transition.
Decarbonization strategies focusing on the interaction between power sector, individual …

Against the background of accelerating climate change, this paper examines to which extent
sustainable infrastructure finance can effectively contribute to the European heat transition …

Introduction Thermal grids are key to decarbonizing heating and cooling. However, their
development is a complex socio-technical process. This study aims to (1) understand the …

Thermal networks, part of heat-and-power multi-energy microgrids, may face capacity
issues, generation and distribution ones, either due to the increase in the requested demand …

Despite decades of research and development, digitalization remains a key challenge for
the Swedish district heating sector. Business model innovation is believed to be necessary …

The global cooling demand in buildings is rapidly increasing and to supply this demand,
district cooling is one solution. However, many district cooling systems suffer from low delta …

The phase-out of fossil fuels leads to new production side investments in the Finnish district
heating (DH) networks. A natural option to replace fossil fuel-based heat production would …

The production of waste heat-or excess heat is substantial in the European Union. Despite
the potential for excess heat utilisation several barriers exist. This paper identifies different …