Project
UKKO Uudet kaukolämpökonseptit, investoinnit
Project sponsors
District heating industry is looking for new models and technologies in striving for carbon neutrality, decreased independence of fuels, and enhanced competitiveness. Core measures are solutions that integrate power based heat production methods to conventional combustion systems, utilization of waste heat sources and heat stores, and including heat consuming estates to holistic optimization of the systems. Digital tools for gathering information from the network and controlling the operations optimal way are also crucial.New district heating systems are more complex that their predecessors, which causes increasing need for new knowledge and skills in both planning of investments, introducing of new concepts, and running of new systems in various conditions. New product development needs can be seen, as well.
Project results
In this project a concrete living lab of district heating systems is built in conjunction with the energy system of the Bioeconomy campus. The environment can be used for testing and demonstration of various district heating concepts in real conditions. The platform is equipped with measuring instruments in order to produce accurate and holistic information about function of the network.