Keynote by Aurélie Beauvais, Managing Director, Euroheat & Power, Smart Energy Systems Conference, Copenhagen, September 2023

1. Resourceefficiency:anewmoto
fortheheating&coolingtransition
Aurélie Beauvais
Managing Director, Euroheat & Power
Smart Energy Systems Conference
@ABClimate

2. International association for sustainable district heating
and cooling
Channeling the voice of the district heating & cooling
industry towards European Union
Research & Innovation Technology platform (DHC+)
150+ members, representing organisations and
companies over 30+ countries
About us

3. November 2019
European Green Deal
Climate Law
Fitfor55' Package

4. 2022
REPower EU

5. Drop Russia imports to 9% in
2030
LNG to make 41% of EU gas
imports by 2030 (versus 19%
today)
Supplier diversification
Common purchase platform &
joint procurements
Gas storage requirements
Increase 2030 energy saving target to 13%
REPower EU
Phase out dependency
on Russian fossil fuels
Save
Energy
Diversify
45% RES for 2030
600GW Solar installed by 203O
10 million HP roll-out
10 million tons domestic H2
production
BIomethane target 35 bcm
Deploy
RES-E
“Smart Investments” - Funding (RRF), permitting
Save, build , diversify imports
The European Green Deal & REPower EU are based on similar fundamental principle. To phase-out
fossil-fuels from our energy system, we must either reduce our energy consumption or build new
sources of renewable electricity.

7. Waste heat: tertiary
buildings and
industrial acivities
Renewable
Heat sources:
geothermal, solar
thermal, bioenergy
Free cooling from
rivers, sea, lakes
Renewable Electricity
used in Power-to-Heat
applications
DHC harnessing local heat and energy sources
Resources can be combined and optimised depending on local characteristics
65 million consumers
17.000 networks in Europe
12% of EU heat markets
40% renewable & waste heat

8. Resource Efficiency
What does it mean ?
Why does it matter for our
heating transition?

9. According to the REPower EU, total renewable energy generation capacities will need to reach 1236 GW by 2030, in
comparison to 818GW today. RES electricity accounted for 40% of the electricity generation in 2022 - demand
grows steadily in all key sectors of the economy.
We need more RES electricity to meet the
exponential increase in demand

10. To decarbonize heating and cooling, we need complementary, available, dispatchable clean and
renewable energy sources. Weekly, and even monthly flexibility and storage solutions are needed.
Heating & cooling demand is seasonal and significant

11. End of the world VS making ends meet
The cost-competitiveness of clean energy solutions gets better by the day. But the lack of flexibility and
integration of the energy system can trigger significant cost increase for residential and industrial consumers,
in particular in winter and summer.

12. Make a better, smarter use of what you already
have !

13. There are abundant renewable and clean heat sources which can be mobilized to decarbonize buildings
and industries. For example, excess heat is the world ‘s most untapped clean energy source.
We do not waste clean, renewable energy sources that
can only be used for heating
Renewable heat sources
(geothermal, solar thermal,
bioenergy)
Excess heat
Ambient, tertiary and industrial sources, including
energy production
Waste management

14. We develop all flexibility solutions to maximise the
use of RES-E
We need to work more actively on how to optimise the use of use of renewable electricity sources,
to reduce losses and satisfy demand at all times.
Heat Pumps,
e-boilers
High-efficiency
cogeneration
Thermal
Storage
Batteries Electrolysis
We also need a variety of
energy infrastructures!

15. We unlock efficiency synergies between sectors

16. RES Heat sources
Excess heat: tertiary &
public buildings (hospitals,
industries, stores, sewage
water facilities)
Storage
Grids
Planning & market segmentation:
looking at the global picture
RES Electricity
Waste
management
A variety of
sustainable,
local heat and
energy sources
Different grid and
flexibility Infrastructures
Deep renovations
Phase out fossil boilers
NZEB definition
Which can be
harvested and
optimised depending
on local
characteristics
1) What are locally available clean resources and infrastructures ?
2) What is best for which consumers, and where?

17. Accelerate the phase out fossil fuels in buildings
What we get
Generate significant energy & cost-efficiency gains in buildings and
industrial processes (waste heat recovery, free-cooling)
Free-up RES capacities for other uses
Smoothen seasonal peaks for heating & cooling
Complement building electrification strategies:
Stronger resilience and security of supply
Reduce price volatility of domestic heating
Foster domestic energy diversification:

18. Fitfor55' does not mean fit for 2050
Heating sector is now under the radar
European Elections - June 2024
2040 modelling - Target alignment and
ambition increase
New EU policy mandate, new momentum

19. A European Action plan for heating & cooling
decarbonisation
In May 2023, 11 EU heating and energy organisations met Commissioner Kadri Simson to present a
European action plan for heating and cooling decarbonisation in Europe.

21. Thank you, ask your question !