District heating as a flexibility service

This study investigates if professionals assigned to Swedish DH companies and electricity distribution system operators utilise, or plan to utilise, DH systems as flexibility services for the electricity grid. The findings show that although technologies for coupling between DH systems and the electricity grid are already in place, initiatives for using DH systems as flexibility services for the electricity system are rare in Sweden.

Authors: Niklas Fernqvist, Sarah Broberg, Johan Torén, Inger-Lise Svensson from RISE Research Institutes of Sweden