Codema held on 26th September a webinar on The Role of the Public Sector in Developing 4th Generation District Heating, as part of the HeatNet NWE project. Read More
By signing the Covenant of Mayors, the 13 mayors of South West Flanders already signed for 40% less CO2 by 2030, and on behalf of the same 13 municipalities, regional developer Leiedal organised seven capacity-building workshops on renewable energy and durable heat earlier this year. In these workshops, within the European HeatNet NWE project framework, concrete actions were formulated to meet the climate goals set for South West Flanders. Read More
As part of the HeatNet NWE project, Aberdeen City Council is completing a pilot project in the Torry district of Aberdeen. Read More
The CIBSE Journal published an article about the Plymouth 5th generation district heating and cooling (DHC) developed in the framework of the HeatNet NWE project. Read More
The HeatNet project published a new guide, to support energy companies willing to develop district heating network in North-West Europe! Read More
Inspired by remunicipalisation initiatives all over Europe, an increasing number of local authorities are expanding their role, not just by acting as planners but by operating their own companies and driving the local energy transition. Why is this trend happening? And how can a city set up its own company to supply electricity, gas, heating and cooling? The EU funded projects HeatNet NWE and mPower organised a workshop in Ettlingen (Germany) to answer these questions. Indeed local energy companies can be a powerful driver to develop 4th generation district heating and cooling as the HeatNet NWE partner Mijnwater shows it. Read More
A new guide on developing district heating in North-West Europe has just been released! Available in Dutch and English (French coming soon)! Read More
On 14th and 15th March HeatNet NWE partners met in Plymouth, UK. What an opportunity to give you an overview of the progress of the pilot projects! Read More
The HeatNet NWE partner of Leiedal made a transition roadmap for the South-West Flanders region to research which kind of efforts are needed to make the region energy neutral and to further develop district heating in South-West Flanders. This transition roadmap for the region is a very useful exercise and during a workshop week a team of experts applied it to Kortrijk. Read More
CAP Construction and Mijnwater BV were at a capacity building workshop for public authorities organised by the Federation of towns and municipalities of Wallonia on 30th November 2018. The main topic was the energy performance of buildings, but district heating and cooling networks were in the spotlight too. Indeed 4th generation district heating and cooling are one of the solutions to supply decarbonised energy to low consumption buildings. Mijnwater, the Living Lab of Heerlen city, was presented in details: the low-temperature distribution network is used to produce, exchange and store energy coming from geothermal source (mine water) and waste heat. This a fully automatically controlled and demand driven system integrating electricity renewable sources. This workshop targeted a regional audience, which is why French was used instead of English. Read More
