HeatNet NWE

HeatNet is a €11.5m INTERREG North-West Europe project which will promote the roll-out of the most advanced form of district heating, known as 4th Generation District Heating, across North West Europe. 4th Generation District Heating integrates heat, electricity and energy storage to achieve an overall smart energy system, combining high energy efficiency, high shares of renewable energy and waste heat resources. HeatNet will address the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions in NWE by creating an integrated transnational approach to the supply of renewable and low carbon heat (including waste heat) to residential and commercial buildings, developed and tested in local district heating and cooling networks (DHC) in Ireland, the UK, Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. In North, East and Central Europe, DHC supplies up to 50% of heat demand compared to just 2-7% in NWE. DHC facilitates energy efficiency, fewer CO2 emissions and a greener economy. The overall objective is to introduce and demonstrate 4th Generation DHC (4DHC) in NWE. This is a low-temperature distribution system to minimise heat loss, integrated energy storage and supply to multiple low energy buildings. The project consists of 14 partners across 5 countries and will result in a saving of 15,000 tonnes of CO2 each year by the end of the project.