Large-scale heat pumps for district heating systems in the Baltics: Potential and impact

A Volkova, H Koduvere, H Pieper - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The current state of power-to-heat integration into the heat supply in the Baltics is examined.
In the socio-economic analysis, three scenarios for prospective district heating electrification …

[HTML][HTML] A review of low-temperature sub-networks in existing district heating networks: Examples, conditions, replicability

S Puschnigg, G Jauschnik, S Moser, A Volkova… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Most existing urban district heating networks (DHNs) operate on relatively high
temperatures. Typically, resulting from 2nd and 3rd generation of district heating (DH), 90 …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of renewable energy for buildings with energy storages and 15-minute power balance

R Savolainen, R Lahdelma - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
When planning renewable hybrid energy solutions in buildings, it is important to consider
both investment and operating costs. This study develops a novel building optimization …

[HTML][HTML] 5th generation district heating and cooling (5GDHC) implementation potential in urban areas with existing district heating systems

A Volkova, I Pakere, L Murauskaite, P Huang… - Energy Reports, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The 5th Generation District Heating and Cooling (5GDHC) network has great
advantages in terms of integration of low-temperature resources, bi-directional operation …

GIS-based approach to identifying potential heat sources for heat pumps and chillers providing district heating and cooling

H Pieper, K Lepiksaar… - International Journal of …, 2022 - somaesthetics.aau.dk
Geographic information system (GIS) software has been essential for visualising and
determining heating and cooling requirements, sources of industrial excess heat, natural …

[HTML][HTML] Fourth-generation district heating and motivation tariffs

H Lund, JE Thorsen, SS Jensen… - … Open Journal of …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Future district heating systems and technologies—also known as fourth-generation district
heating—have a potentially important role to play in the green transition of societies. The …

Consumer involvement in the transition to 4th generation district heating

LKE Mouritsen, K Sperling, MK Svangren… - International Journal of …, 2020 - vbn.aau.dk
In the transition towards 4 th generation district heating (4GDH), supply and demand side
measures have to be coordinated better than in previous generations of district heating …

District cooling network planning. a case study of Tallinn

A Volkova, A Hlebnikov, A Ledvanov… - International …, 2022 - somaesthetics.aau.dk
The planning procedure for district cooling as an urban system was presented and carried
out using the example of the Tallinn city centre. The following steps were described in detail …

[PDF][PDF] Estonian Energy Roadmap to carbon neutrality

A Volkova, E Kisel, O Grünvald… - International …, 2023 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
The aim of this study is to demonstrante Estonian Energy Roadmap 2040 modelling
process, taking into account energy consumption in accordance with the expectation and …

Highly renewable district heat for Espoo utilizing waste heat sources

P Hiltunen, S Syri - Energies, 2020 - mdpi.com
The district heating operator Fortum and the city of Espoo have set a goal to abandon the
use of coal in district heating production and increase the share of renewable sources to …