Resilient Decarbonization Strategies for District Heating: A Techno-economic Analysis of Ambient and Waste Heat Sources considering Economic Risks due to Uncertainty in Future Energy Prices and Waste Heat Availability

Nyasha Grecu

Resilient Decarbonization Strategies for District Heating: A Techno-economic Analysis of Ambient and Waste Heat Sources considering Economic Risks due to Uncertainty in Future Energy Prices and Waste Heat Availability

Nyasha Grecu

Integrated Energy Systems

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Abstract

District heating (DH) systems can contribute substantially to the decarbonization of the heating sector by enabling the implementation of sustainable heating solutions on a large scale and the use of heat sources that are difficult to integrate on a small scale. This includes ambient heat (AH) and waste heat (WH), two heat sources with large, untapped potential. However, DH systems with AH and WH are subject to economic risks arising from uncertainty in the future development of key factors such as energy prices and WH availability. Accordingly, this thesis evaluated the technical and economic performance of AH and WH sources employed for the resilient decarbonization of DH networks considering economic risks due to uncertainty in future energy prices and WH availability.

Original language	English
Qualification	Master of Science
Awarding Institution	Utrecht University
Supervisors/Advisors	Liu, Wen, Supervisor, External person Schmidt, Ralf-Roman, Supervisor
Award date	31 Jul 2024
Publication status	Published - 31 Jul 2024

Research Field

Energy Scenarios & System Planning

Keywords

District Heating
Waste Heat
Uncertainty
Energy Prizes
Ambient Heat
Economic risk

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