Renewable Heating & Cooling European Technology Platform

1. Renewable Heating & CoolingEuropean Technology Platform Lleida, Spain May 2012 Dr. Luisa F. Cabeza

2. RHC Platform • Brings together stakeholders from the biomass, geothermal and solar thermal sector - including the related industries - to define a common strategy for increasing the use of renewable energy technologies for heating and cooling • Solar Thermal Technology Panel • Biomass Technology Panel • Geothermal Technology Panel • Cross Cutting Technology Panel • District heating and cooling • Thermal energy storage – Focus group leader: Luisa F. Cabeza • Hybrid systems and heat pumps

3. RHC Platform

4. RHC Platform • The European Technology Platform on Renewable Heating and Cooling (RHC-Platform) is officially endorsed by the European Commission and its activities are supported by the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (GA n. 268205)

5. Main objectives • Defining the overall common Vision for the short-, medium- and long-term evolution of renewable energy systems for heating and cooling in Europe • Setting up the shared Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) • Establish and implement a roadmap for the large scale development and deployment of renewable heating and cooling systems

6. Documents • Common Vision for the Renewable Heating and Cooling sector in Europe: 2020 - 2030 – 2050 • Already available • Strategic Research Agenda • Being developed today • Strategic Research Priorities

7. SRA Cross-cutting Technology

8. SRA Cross-cutting Technology • Technology status • Sensible heat storage • Latent heat storage • Thermochemical storage • Research priorities at system level • Non-technological priorities

9. SRA Cross-cutting Technology

10. Annual Conference • 3rd Annual Conference • 26 and 27 April 2012 • Copenhagen, Denmark

11. Other events • First RHC week at the European Parliament

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