Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies
This paper investigates how the heating sector can best support the green transition into climate-neutral societies. In order to do so, the heating sector must be considered and analysed as an integral part of the entire energy system as well as be coordinated with other greenhouse gas emitting sec...
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This paper investigates how the heating sector can best support the green transition into climate-neutral societies. In order to do so, the heating sector must be considered and analysed as an integral part of the entire energy system as well as be coordinated with other greenhouse gas emitting sectors. Consequently, in this study with Denmark as a case, we establish the context of a full transition of all sectors into a climate-neutral society. Using such context, we investigate the role of the heating sector with a focus on excess heat potentials, energy savings vs. supply, district heating vs. individual heating as well as the ability to recycle low-temperature excess heat and to provide flexibility and support the integration of variable renewable energy sources also in other subsectors of the energy system. The results of the analyses show (1) a feasible reduction level of around 36% in end-use heat demand in buildings, with higher potential in older buildings and lower in new buildings, (2) expanding district heating to areas with a density of 15-10 kWh/m2 is feasible, resulting in a district heating share of 63-70% of the heat demand compared to the current level of 51%, (3) a large unexploited potential to use heat sources such as industrial excess heat, geothermal heat, data centres and power-to-X, reducing the need for biomass in the heating sector, and (4) increased use of variable renewable energy and combined heat and power production increasing gas export and thus replacing biomass consumption outside the country.
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| spelling | doaj-art-06d7e0dbcdbb4c5c94d8df30c225d42b2025-01-17T16:45:44ZengAalborg University Open PublishingInternational Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management2246-29292025-01-014310.54337/ijsepm.8554Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral SocietiesSteffen Nielsen0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3362-1896Peter Sorknæs1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5095-9146Brian Vad Mathiesen2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3917-1184Henrik Lund3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4930-7885Diana Moreno4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5972-8977Jakob Zinck Thellufsen5https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-4572AAUAalborg UniversityAalborg UniversityAalborg UniversityAalborg UniversityAalborg University This paper investigates how the heating sector can best support the green transition into climate-neutral societies. In order to do so, the heating sector must be considered and analysed as an integral part of the entire energy system as well as be coordinated with other greenhouse gas emitting sectors. Consequently, in this study with Denmark as a case, we establish the context of a full transition of all sectors into a climate-neutral society. Using such context, we investigate the role of the heating sector with a focus on excess heat potentials, energy savings vs. supply, district heating vs. individual heating as well as the ability to recycle low-temperature excess heat and to provide flexibility and support the integration of variable renewable energy sources also in other subsectors of the energy system. The results of the analyses show (1) a feasible reduction level of around 36% in end-use heat demand in buildings, with higher potential in older buildings and lower in new buildings, (2) expanding district heating to areas with a density of 15-10 kWh/m2 is feasible, resulting in a district heating share of 63-70% of the heat demand compared to the current level of 51%, (3) a large unexploited potential to use heat sources such as industrial excess heat, geothermal heat, data centres and power-to-X, reducing the need for biomass in the heating sector, and (4) increased use of variable renewable energy and combined heat and power production increasing gas export and thus replacing biomass consumption outside the country. https://www.discurso.aau.dk/index.php/sepm/article/view/8554District heatingEnergy system analysesRenewable energyClimate-neutral |
| spellingShingle | Steffen Nielsen Peter Sorknæs Brian Vad Mathiesen Henrik Lund Diana Moreno Jakob Zinck Thellufsen Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management District heating Energy system analyses Renewable energy Climate-neutral |
| title | Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies |
| title_full | Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies |
| title_fullStr | Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies |
| title_short | Heating Sector Strategies in Climate-Neutral Societies |
| title_sort | heating sector strategies in climate neutral societies |
| topic | District heating Energy system analyses Renewable energy Climate-neutral |
| url | https://www.discurso.aau.dk/index.php/sepm/article/view/8554 |
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