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Discover how Helsinki is harnessing waste heat, renewable sources, and thermal energy storage to build a sustainable energy community. Explore the innovative technologies and customer-centric solutions driving the city's progress towards a climate-neutral future.
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Bundling the energy forms Building a city on waste heat – a technological perspective Marko Riipinen HELEN, Finland 20.6.2019
Interactive energy community In modern city energy infrastructure connects buildings to each other. • Energy flows are managed • Heating-, Cooling-, and Electricity demands are balanced and optimised by energy operator • Customer value creation is key driver for Service provider
Citiesarefull of energy Available energies can be recycled, stored and reused efficiently and most optimal way • Waste heats from properties such as shopping centres, data centres, offices and residential buildings is recovered with district cooling. • In thefuture, utilisation of variousheatsourceswillincrease, includingwasteheatfrompurifiedwastewater, solarheat and wasteheatrecoveredfromproperties and data centres. • Lowtemperaturethermalenergyflowscanbecirculated at thebackground of the city
Bundling the energy forms It’snotanymore just questionaboutheating, cooling and electricity. • The significantincrease of solar and windpower in electricity market callsvariousflexibilities for production and use of energy. • Weatherproof production, such as combinedheat and powergeneration, hydropower and nuclearpower, is needed for the coldestperiods of the year. • Demand response and energy storagesystemswillincrease and comemorecommon.
Flexibilitywiththermalstorages Volume: 300000 m3 Case Helsinki: Old oilcavern is transformed to thermalenergystorage
The role of customerswillincrease • A climate-neutralfuturewillbeachievedthroughinnovative, customer-focusedsolutions and services. • Residents willalsobecomeactive energy producerswhensolar and electricitystoragesolutions and varioushybridheatingsystemsbecomemorecommon. • Energy companiesbusinessesarebased on • Value creation • Sustainability • High efficiency • Energy recovery • Energy as a service