Søren Djørup and Nis Bertelsen, Department of Planning, Sustainable Energy Planning Research Group, Aalborg University, February 7, 2020

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Funded by the Horizon 2020 programme
of the European Union
www.hotmaps-project.eu
SØREN DJØRUP & NIS
BERTELSEN

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Project overview
Development of IT tools for heat
planning
Support municipalities in a strategic
heat planning process
AAU role: To describe and provide
guidance on strategic heat planning

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AAU Deliverables
Handbook I: Definition & experiences of strategic heat planning:
https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/definition-amp-experiences-of-strategic-heat-
planning
Appendix report to the Hotmaps handbook for strategic heat planning: Case
descriptions
https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/appendix-report-to-the-hotmaps-handbook-for-
strategic-heat-planni
Handbook II: Guidance for the comprehensive assessment of efficient heating
and cooling
https://vbn.aau.dk/da/publications/guidance-for-the-comprehensive-assessment-of-
efficient-heating-an
Handbook III: An evaluation of the Hotmaps toolbox for strategic heat planning
(Spring 2020)

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Hotmaps toolbox

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The map tool
https://www.hotmaps.hevs.ch/map

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Strategic energy planning
• The purpose of Strategic Energy Planning is to address issues with current
energy supply and to formulate strategies and plans for transitions.
• Strategic heat and cooling planning does differ from planning for other energy
carriers due to the local nature of heating and cooling supply.
• Interdisciplinary: available resources, energy demands, technical potentials,
current legislation, the organisation of the energy sector and the related actors,
political drivers and barriers should be considered
Heat
supply
Collective
District
heating
Gas
Individual

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The context of Strategic heat planning
Building sector Energy sectorHeating project
Local government
Regional government
National government
EU, international authorities

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Approaches to heat planning

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Handbook III: Evaluation of the toolbox
for strategic heat planning
A forthcoming handbook which we will
finish during the spring
Part I: Testing the Hotmaps dispatch
tool and evaluate it in terms of national
strategic heat planning.
Part II: Compare district heating
potential with Heat Road Map Europe

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The three phases in Hotmaps
Handbook on strategic heat
planning:
 Phase 1: Technical simulation
 Phase 2: Institutional analysis
 Phase 3: Institutional changes
and implementation plan
From Hotmaps Handbook on
Comprehensive Assessments:
Methodological considerations for
national scenarios

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PART I: Good things in the dispatch
tool
The tool requires the user to define and
dimension the supply technologies to be
simulated. Compared to an optimization
approach, this stimulates a more conscious
learning process in the heat planning.
As a simulation tool, it calculates the output
relatively fast.
The two points above combined helps sustain
and stimulate an explorative and iterative
approach.
And the tool will be free to use!

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Shortcomings for national strategic
planning
The heating sector is aggregated to one single district
heating area to be dispatched.
The dispatch strategy for the simulation is based on a
exogenously given price distribution.
In general, prices have an institutional character – thus,
risk of mixing up a) investigation of technical potential and
b) optimization under existing regulation.
Does only quantify costs and CO2 – should also quantify
fuel consumptions (should be possible to include in final
version)
The tool does not provide sufficient guidance regarding
how the choices made in the heating sector interacts with
other energy sectors.

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PART II: Evaluate district heating
potential in mapping tool
TU Wien / e-think provides inputs for
DH potential for three countries
AAU compare this with HRE &
evaluate in EnergyPLAN