The importance of heat supply often is underestimated significantly in the public debate. The CO₂-free supply of process heat and heating energy is a crucial prerequisite for the success of the energy transition.
One particular challenge is that there are already a large number of heat generation plants, from blast furnaces to gas boilers. So, there are a lot of players involved already. Therefore, in this research area, we concentrate not only on the technology and economic viability of advanced individual systems, i.e. for the use of solar or geothermal energy, we also focus on heating networks and sector coupling via power-to-heat or combined heat and power generation.
Our research projects show: Connected heat supply systems with cleverly combined technologies and flexible heat storage systems can be an important component of tomorrow's heat supply.
Research projects
- ANGUS II - Effects of using the geological subsurface as a thermal, electrical or material storage facility
- CERO2
- CleanMarine4.0
- EEKlin: Energy-efficient energy supply for Flensburg’s central hospital
- HafenOst (operation of a local heating supply with heat pumps)
- High-temperature heat pumps in local and district heating supply - technology perspective for short and medium-term use in multivalent systems
- Inno!Nord Innovation lab: Storing and using renewable energy in the North of Germany
- Integrated on-farm Aquaponics systems for co-production of fish, halophyte vegetables, bioactive compounds, and bioenergy (AquaCombine)
- Solar-thermally-supported local and district heating supply as a building block of the sector-coupled heat transition in Schleswig-Holstein
- Storing and using renewable energy in the North of Germany: Open heat storage planning
- Test laboratory for sector coupling Power-to-Fuels and Chemicals
- WeMetBio