DATA-BASED ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR DETERMINING POTENTIAL AREAS FOR CENTRAL HEAT SOURCES

Abstract

The implementation of the reduction targets set out in the Federal Climate Protection Act requires greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045. The heating transition, which aims to accelerate the integration of renewable energies and increase energy efficiency in the heating supply, plays a key role in this. Due to regional differences in renewable heat generation potential, analysing potential plays a key role in municipal heat planning. The main objective of this work is to develop an automated, geo-referenced approach for analysing the potential of renewable heat sources in municipal energy systems. For this purpose, a modular method for analysing potential is developed and applied in an exemplary mediumsized city in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany).

Authors 5

1. Paul Maximilian Röhrig Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer FIT Aachen

   IAEW, RWTH Aachen

2. Jennifer Elayne Büter Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   RWTH Aachen

3. Julius Zocher
   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer FIT Aachen

4. Steffen Kortmann Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer FIT Aachen

   IAEW, RWTH Aachen

5. Andreas Ulbig Aachen

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   Fraunhofer FIT Aachen

   IAEW, RWTH Aachen