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The Cooling and Heating transition Acceleration via Network Geothermal Energy

5th-generation geothermal district heating and cooling (Geo5GDHC) systems have the potential to significantly decarbonise heating and cooling provided in urban areas by using optimised building systems and reusing waste heat within buildings and within the network.

 With underground thermal energy storage (UTES), intermittent renewable energy sources can be maximised, reducing or eliminating the use of fossil fuel-generated electricity. A significant challenge is gaps in existing models and design/analysis tools. 

This project is aimed at demonstrating Geo5GDHC systems and developing new models, design algorithms, and design tools to facilitate the rapid design of resource-efficient and sustainable distribution systems that take advantage of sector coupling and incorporate UTE.

Main Coordinator: Akram Abdul Hamid
Lund University, Sweden

Website: https://geoenergicentrum.se/geothermica-the-change/

ParTNers from Sweden 

Lund University
Swedish GeoEnergi 

Partners from Norway

Partners from the United States

Oklahoma State University