Euroheat & Power

#TBT to the #IDEA2024 Conference in #Orlando, #Florida, organised by International District Energy Association. ✨ We were proud to participate in this year's edition, which focused on achieving #SustainableCities through innovative #DistrictEnergy solutions. 🤩 Our Director of Innovation and Sustainable Finance, Gabriele Pesce, and Werner Lutsch, CEO of AGFW | Der Energieeffizienzverband für Wärme, Kälte und KWK e.V. and part of our Board of Directors, discussed during the Global Leaders panel the vital role of European #districtheating & #cooling's role in promoting #netzero cities and trends in the sector- including the growing importance of #cooling solutions, and the transformative power of industry #digitalisation. 🍀 Thank you for a fantastic event that provided a platform to exchange ideas and showcase innovations in #districtenergy, helping make our cities more sustainable! 🏙 | Joan Kowal| Cristina Mariaca| Khalid Al Marzooqi

🏙 #DYK that cities consume 2/3 of global energy and emit over 70% of CO2? To meet our energy and climate goals, we need to double our #energyefficiency efforts by 2030. This means smarter #heating and #cooling, #sectorcoupling, and #strongpartnerships. But how do we scale up the process? 🤔 Alfa Laval has teamed up with experts in the field- including Euroheat & Power - to identify 10 key recommendations for cities, industry peers, and policymakers regarding how to accelerate the energy transition with cities as change arenas for a more sustainable future! 💪 To do so, we need to: 🤝 Consider both #electricity AND heat to reach #netzero ❄ Think about district cooling as a way to reduce electricity demand 🗺 Focus on geographical, area-based programs to improve energy efficiency  ♻ Promote and enable waste heat recovery and sector coupling Facilitating waste heat recovery and 🔓 De-risk and manage upfront capital costs for clean heat projects 📏 Implement standardisation to accelerate the energy transition 🖥 Increase efficiency in the district energy sector through digitalization  📈 Highlight district energy as an accelerator for economic growth 📚 Provide future skills and explore the future through #academia 🏙 Recognise #districtheating & #cooling as a sector to promote awareness and address the blind spots in policy making, and city planning. Join us in transforming awareness into action. Let’s build sustainable cities together! 🍀 Read the recommendation paper now ➡ https://bit.ly/3zjIalU ENGIE| E.ON| Kraftringen| Ramboll| Aurubis

We were honoured to be invited to share the views of the #districtheating and #cooling industry at the 10th Energy Infrastructure Forum in #Copenhagen! 🙌   Our vice-president Frans de Heij emphasised the essential contribution of DHC infrastructures to reducing system costs, increasing #flexibility and enhancing the security of #energysupply. A recent study in the Netherlands showed that the deployment of DHC can reduce energy system costs by 40%, avoiding electricity network congestion and limiting the need for new investment in electricity networks. 🌐   Developing more DHC networks in #Europe is not only a practical solution for facilitating the integration of clean and renewable energies, both electric and non-electric, but it also reduces the costs of the #energytransition for society as a whole! This is no mean feat when you consider that rising energy prices have become a real issue for our fellow #citizens and our #industries.   We are therefore delighted that the Forum has highlighted the importance of integrated and optimised network #planning, which takes into account the interdependencies and synergies not only between electrons and molecules, but also between #heat energy sources and #infrastructures! 🔥🏢

Following a successful #Belgian mandate, #Hungary now takes on the Presidency of the Council of the European Union! 👏   This presidency promises to bring a much-needed focus on #heating and #cooling, and in particular on the benefits of #geothermal #districtheating to ensure #safe, #sustainable, and #affordable energy supply.   Geothermal energy is often referred to as the  "𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻𝘁" due to its significant untapped potential: the room for progress is enormous as it currently supplies only 2.5% of Europe's district heating! However, countries like #Hungary, #Slovakia, #France or #Italy already demonstrate substantial geothermal potential. 🙌   We look forward to working with the #HU24EU to develop geothermal district heating, and accelerate the EU heating and cooling transition! Innargi| EGEC Geothermal| Olivier Racle| ENGIE| Associazione Italiana Riscaldamento Urbano - AIRU| Association of Hungarian District Heating Enterprises|

Our seaside getaway has come to an end, and we’ve made so many wonderful memories during our #teamaway days.🌊 🌞We got the chance to connect and strengthen our bonds under the rare but lovely Belgian sun as we learned more about one another🙌. We’re ready to brave any deep waters to come with a strong and motivated team, and we will keep making waves in the #districtheating & #cooling #sector!🏄🏽♀️

Today European leaders are meeting at the #EUCO summit. These two days of meetings are pivotal for the future of the #EU. We are now over +500 stakeholders strong calling for the Green Deal to be included in the next mandate as a strategic priority. The Green Deal is the foundation of a secure, sustainable & modern #Europe, enabling the deployment of clean and homegrown solutions such as #districtheating and #cooling to ensure EU strength and #competitiveness. 💪♻ The movement is #bigger and #better than ever before, and still growing! 🙌 Let's ensure a #GreenDealforEU. 🤝 Read the full joint statement here ➡ https://bit.ly/3VYXbT2 SolarPower Europe│Bioenergy Europe│EGEC Geothermal│European Heat Pump Association│Eurelectric│Solar Heat Europe (ESTIF)│E3G│Energy Cities │ Solar Impulse Foundation│Stadtwerke München GmbH│EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM│Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE│European Commission

Introducing #DHCJobs! 🆕 On this #workwednesday we are thrilled to present our new portal to find the #coolest positions in the growing #DHC sector! 😎 How does it work? 🤔 📣 We will share both Euroheat & Power and DHC+ Platform members' new vacancies with our community! You can already share your job opportunities here 👉 https://bit.ly/3VK6aav 🔎 You just have to follow our website page and SoMe channels to be aware of the latest career opportunities in the expanding #districtheating and #cooling sector ➡ https://bit.ly/4eosuOl

And that’s a wrap on a successful #DHCMarketOutlook 2024 webinar! 🎬 Thank you to all who joined and to our knowledgeable panelists who shared breaking #districtheating & #cooling developments, #projects, #funding, and relevant #data. It’s an exciting time for the sector! 👏 💪#DHC has proven resiliency: in 2022, the #fuelmix proved essential for #energy security. ♻ #Renewables are increasing! The share of #RES reached 39% (42.6% combined with #wasteheat.) The top countries leading in #renewable heat have the highest share of #districtheating! National projects are flourishing. 📈 In #Germany, there are #political commitments to increase network #connections with an additional 100,000 buildings connected per year. The main #policy framework supporting this initiative is the Heat Planning Act, which mandates municipal heat planning by 2028. In Italy, transparency & consumer protection has been elevated as a top priority. Ensuring citizens’ access & acceptance of #cleanheat will be key for the next #EU mandate. 🙌 Under the #Fitfor55 package, the Renewable Energy Directive will kickstart municipal heating and cooling planning obligations, with a growing RES share up to 2030! The EED will be a crucial driver for the deployment of heat infrastructure, and ultimately #climateneutrality. Uta Weiß, Agora Energiewende, puts it well: there’s a bright future for district heating, yet we still have a lot to do to make it happen! 💬 Find the Market Outlook 2024 here ➡ https://bit.ly/4aM1W6v ENGIE | Fernwärme | Kamstrup | Gruppo Iren | Associazione Italiana Riscaldamento Urbano - AIRU | Eloi Piel | Pauline Lucas | Alessandro Cecchi

🔴 Welcome, we’re live at the #DHCMarketOutlook 2024 webinar! A new dawn for #districtheating & #cooling solutions has risen in Europe. 🌅 As Pauline Lucas, our Policy Director, says, several countries have already announced ambitious national plans for #decarbonisation. How can we #scaleup & meet these targets? 🤔 Tune in now! Unwrap the latest district heating & cooling #data and discuss the #DHC prospects for #Europe! 💬 Together we can go further, faster. 💪 Join us now 👉 https://bit.ly/3S3STYr ENGIE | Fernwärme | Kamstrup | Agora Energiewende | Gruppo Iren | Associazione Italiana Riscaldamento Urbano - AIRU | Eloi Piel | Pauline Lucas | Alessandro Cecchi | Uta Weiß

🗞 Read all about it – this month’s #EHPnewsletter is here! From a new post-elections landscape to #districtheating project funding and upcoming #events, get a sneak peek 👓 at some of our insights: 🌐 International Energy Agency (IEA) releases World Energy Investment report 2024 🆕 European Commission study examines district heating and #cooling energy sector investment 📰 Our members Danfoss and TVP SOLAR SA share breaking news 💬 Get the latest input on research and innovation on DHC+ Platform And much more! Check it out now ➡ https://bit.ly/3xwa5i3 European Parliament | Council of the European Union│ European Heat Pump Association │ ConnectHeat │ EFIEES - European Federation of Intelligent Energy Efficiency Services │ Calogena │Cleantech & Energy SIA │ FIPER- Federazione Italiana Produttori di Energia da Fonti Rinnovabili │ Covenant of Mayors - Europe │ ENGIE │ Kamstrup │ Fernwärme │ Xylem │ ICLEI │ Trane Technologies │POLITICO Europe │ ActionHeat Project