Market Outlook 2023 – District heating and cooling is instrumental to deliver an inclusive and ambitious heat transition.

A market research report developed by Gradyent.

Can one brew beer with the help of the sun? The answer is yes. That's exactly what the Carlsberg Group and Absolicon are doing together in a new pilot project. In early 2023, they commissioned a field of solar thermal collectors at the Olympic Brewery in the company's facility in Sindos, Salonika, Greece. By Absolicon Solar Collector AB.

For two years, Wien Energie has been optimizing various heating networks by working with Gradyent’s Digital Twin Platform. This month, Wien Energie and Gradyent are starting the heat pump optimization project to lower the temperature of the thermal network in Oberlaa. This will increase the efficiency of the recently installed heat pump, creating around 10% more heat with the same amount of energy.

As district energy is on a journey to become one of the fundamental levers to accelerate the heat transition, digitalization is the perfect tool to enable its next generation. Danfoss shares the latest developments for AI-based software, digital twins and state-of-the-art controls, adding a new data-driven dimension to district energy performance and unlocking end-to-end optimization and energy efficiency. By Danfoss.

Gugliemo Cioni, Vice President for Business Development at TVP Solar, a Swiss high-tech company providing carbon-free solutions to decarbonize large-scale heat consumption, answers our questions about how solar thermal plays a key role in Decarbonizing District Heating in Europe and worldwide. By TVP Solar.

11 EU Energy organisations met Commissioner Kadri Simson to present a successful action plan for heating and cooling decarbonisation in Europe.