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In an edition that surpasses pre-COVID participation, the SES confirms itself as one of the main moments of meeting and exchange within the DHC community. Matteo Pozzi, after participating in the DHC+ Assembly held at the Copenhagen headquarters of Aalborg University on 11 September, presented as Vice Chair of the DHC+ the path and the report on digitalisation, discussing the challenges and progress with market operators of an industry that continues to pursue a constant increase in performance and is faced with increasingly greater difficulties in managing the complexity of multi-energy systems.\n\nBy presenting the project and the solution for the optimized development of district heating networks together with Alessandro Capretti of A2A, the case of Milan became an opportunity to share valuable considerations on the involvement of stakeholders in the planning processes of the substantial investments that district heating requires. These tools and methodologies may have their further development in light of European regulations which require all municipalities with more than 45,000 inhabitants to develop Energy and Heat Planning.\n\nAs Chair of the session on Integrated energy systems and smart grids, further ideas concerned examples of energy communities in Eastern Europe, the exploitation of geothermal sources, or interesting methodological approaches to support planning processes.\n\nThe detail of the two tables. The complete program can be consulted here<\/a>.\n\nSession 23: Integrated energy systems and smart grids\nChaired by Matteo Pozzi\nSession keynote Andra Blumberga: When does Energy Island transfer to Energy Community?\nChristine Nowak: Integrated energy system flexibility options when using heat pumps to save carbon emissions\nIgor Krupenski: Geothermal energy implementation in Estonian District Heating Networks\nJoseph Jebamalai: Optimization of thermal energy storage in district heating systems using Comsof Heat and GBOML\nJim Rojer: Dynamic GROW Model for Heat District Network feasibility by Techno -economic Planning and Design Optimization with a Mixed Integer Linear strategy\nLukas Peham: Implementation of a lifetime prediction model for crosslinked, foamed polyolefin insulation of pit thermal energy storages\n\nSession 2: Smart energy infrastructure and storage options\nChaired by Benedetto Nastasi\nSession keynote Kristian Honor\u00e9: The age of Digitalization and Flexibility – from consumer to FLEXUMER in the district heating system\nMatteo Pozzi: Digitalisation of the DHC industry: a review by DHC+ and Euroheat & Power\nMaximilian Bernecker: The Value of Information \u2013 How Enhanced Load Profiles Save Costs for Local Congestion Management\nPascal H\u00e4big: Quantifying the Standardization Gap in Smart Energy Systems: Standardizing Information and Communication Interfaces for Small-Scale Flexibility\nLukas Hofmann: How seasonal heat storage can benefit power system flexibility and power-to-heat integration?\nAn optimisation on the scale of the French territory.\nAnna Vannahme: Study of the optimization of an existing local district heating network with an increasing degree of digitalization<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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