1st Geothermal-DHC regional cluster workshop
15/06/2022“Geothermal
energy – unleashing the potential of supplying district heating and cooling
networks in the Baltics”
Date and time
of the workshop: 30th of September 2022,
09:00 am – 16:00 am (CEST)
Location: Riga, Latvia
Registration Link
About the workshop
Geothermal energy offers many advantages for the clean and sustainable energy transition by covering the demand of low temperature heat 10°C up to 150°C. Geothermal energy is a long-term stable and reliable heat source providing high system efficiencies and low surface space occupation. However, the overall share of geothermal inside the H&C market is still less than 2%, and in the Baltics almost negligible.
Our workshop focuses on a science to policy and industry dialogue on the opportunities and prevailing barriers towards a better integration of geothermal energy in multivalent heating and cooling networks at various temperature levels. These sessions will cover presentations regarding the state of the art in the Baltic countries and sharing the experience and consultancy on the introduction of geothermal energy followed by a moderated panel discussion focusing on strategies and needed measures to better integrate this technology into the DHC market in the Baltic region. Event will be held in a hybrid mode (in person and online).
You can find more informations in the official announcement
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8:30 |
Registration and get
together |
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9:00 |
Opening of the workshop and welcome addresses Riga Technical University COST Action Geothermal-DHC: Gregor
Goetzl (chair) |
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9:30 – 12:00 |
Morning session – technical lectures on low
temperature heating and cooling grids in context of shallow geothermal Invited speakers
will share theoretical and practical experience on: · low-temperature heating and cooling grids · multivalent heating and cooling grids using underground heat storage · geothermal DHC lighthouse projects and 5GDHC · economic aspects and business models
Confirmed speakers: Rao Martand Singh (NTNU, Norway), Peter Altenberg (The Heat Academy,
Sweden) Each lecture is scheduled
for 30 minutes including Q&A round |
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12:00 |
Lunch break |
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13:00 – 15:20 |
Open forum on policies and R&I linked to
geothermal energy use in the Baltic region Local research and energy
industry stakeholders will present the state of the art and future
development challenges of the DHC networks and energy infrastructure in the
Baltic region. Topis will cover:
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State of the art of DHC networks ·
Geothermal potential in Baltic region ·
Lessons learned from existing geothermal case studies ·
New business opportunities and challenges for existing energy
infrastructure
Each lecture 20 minutes |
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15:20 - 16:00 |
Panel discussion: “Pathways to introduce
geothermal energy supported DHC networks and use of geological potential in heating
sector” All speakers will be involved. |