TY - JOUR
T1 - A Decision Support Tool for Implementing District Heating in Existing Cities, Focusing on Using a Geothermal Source
AU - Acheilas, I.
AU - Hooimeijer, Fransje
AU - Ersoy, Aksel
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - In the context of climate change mitigation strategies in urban environments and reducing reliance on carbon-based energy sources, the Netherlands is gradually taking steps towards modification of its thermal energy system. Geothermal energy, widely used in agriculture, has recently emerged as a local, clean, and sustainable energy source able to fulfil the residential demand for space heating and has received growing attention in district energy planning. However, failed attempts in the past and the lack of experience with direct application of this technology in district heating systems has increased uncertainty with respect to the technical, spatial, and socioeconomic barriers to be overcome between supply and demand. This calls for the application of decision support tools in order to remove these barriers and facilitate more appropriate decision making towards the implementation of smart thermal energy grids in local energy communities. This research explores how the network of actors, those who see opportunities in direct use of geothermal energy in the Netherlands, can work on the transformation of the current centralised carbon-based energy systems towards local sustainable energy communities.
AB - In the context of climate change mitigation strategies in urban environments and reducing reliance on carbon-based energy sources, the Netherlands is gradually taking steps towards modification of its thermal energy system. Geothermal energy, widely used in agriculture, has recently emerged as a local, clean, and sustainable energy source able to fulfil the residential demand for space heating and has received growing attention in district energy planning. However, failed attempts in the past and the lack of experience with direct application of this technology in district heating systems has increased uncertainty with respect to the technical, spatial, and socioeconomic barriers to be overcome between supply and demand. This calls for the application of decision support tools in order to remove these barriers and facilitate more appropriate decision making towards the implementation of smart thermal energy grids in local energy communities. This research explores how the network of actors, those who see opportunities in direct use of geothermal energy in the Netherlands, can work on the transformation of the current centralised carbon-based energy systems towards local sustainable energy communities.
KW - Decision support tool
KW - District heating
KW - Geothermal source
KW - GIS
KW - Local energy community
KW - Urban energy analysis
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085856701&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/en13112750
DO - 10.3390/en13112750
M3 - Article
VL - 13
JO - Energies
JF - Energies
SN - 1996-1073
IS - 11
M1 - 2750
ER -