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Wedistrict

WEDISTRICT aims to demonstrate that District Heating and Cooling systems can be built on a combination of renewable energy sources and waste heat recovery solutions.

To fulfill this ambition, WEDISTRICT is setting up three demonstration sites across Europe to showcase our success stories. Three real-scale projects are being carried out in different climate zones across Europe, where there are distinctive district heating and cooling systems and construction traditions.

Each demonstration case will be based on the integration of two or more renewable energy-based technologies, building upon local resources and innovative technologies.

At RISE's test och demo facility ICE in Luleå, the excess heat from the data centres will be recovered by liquid cooling technology and boosted to temperatures suitable for supplying the Luleå’s district heating by fuel cell technology.

The demonstration case proposes a cogeneration system thanks to the integration of fuel cells: fuel cells have the ability to produce direct current electricity power as well as a grade of heat for potential recovery using biogas or hydrogen as fuel.

This technology can be used to leverage the natural gas grid or to benefit from biogas or power-to-gas technologies, consequently increasing the share of renewables for district cooling.

Summary

Project name

Wedistrict

Status

Completed

Region

Region Norrbotten

RISE role in project

Project partner

Project start

Duration

5 years

Total budget

140 000 000

Partner

DH Eco Energias, Atos Spain S.A., Ramboll, Cepsa, UNIVERSITATEA POLITEHNICA DIN BUCUREȘTI, FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT DE RECERCA EN ENERGIA DE CATALUNYA, EUROPEAN SCIENCE & COMMUNICATION INSTITUTE, RESEARCH TO MARKET SOLUTIONS, LATERIZI GAMBETTOLA SRL. SOLTIGUA, SEENSO RENOVAL, CIRCULAR ENERGY RESOURCES LTD, Fertiberia, UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA, INSTITUTUL DE STUDII SI PROIECTARI ENERGETICE S.A., AALBORG CSP, UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID, PGNiG TERMIKA ENERGETYKA ROZPROSZONA SP., KRAJOWA AGENCJA POSZANOWANIA ENERGII S.A., AMERICAN AIR FILTER S.A., UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI

Funders

European Commission, H2020

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Coordinators

Project members

Jonas Gustafsson

Contact person

Jonas Gustafsson

Research program manager

+46 70 333 00 35

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Jon Summers

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Jon Summers

Senior Forskare

+46 10 228 44 40

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