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CKW locates the most rewarding areas for district heating networks
AI software for urban energy planning supports Swiss utility in locating most rewarding areas for district heating networks
Compass Lexecon Advises Wien Energie on Decarbonisation Scenarios for Vienna’s Energy System
Compass Lexecon provided energy economic and modelling support to the municipal energy utility of Vienna to develop scenarios for decarbonising the Viennese energy system. Particular focus was put on decarbonising district heating. The scenarios, illustrate a path for Vienna to achieve full decarbonisation by 2040.
Compass Lexecon advises SITRA on cost-efficient electrification in Finland
Compass Lexecon advised innovation fund, Sitra, on an approach to achieve the Finnish decarbonisation targets as smoothly and cost-efficiently as possible. Based on quantitative energy and power system modelling and qualitative engagement with key stakeholders across the Finnish community, we delivered a holistic study on the cost-efficient decarbonisation pathway for Finland up until 2050.
Decarbonisation of the Nordics
Copenhagen Economics was asked to identify key results which a successful decarbonisation strategy needs to deliver on and further to propose a set of political initiatives for reaching the Nordic country’s decarbonisation targets.
Integrating solar, storage, and EV charging
By aligning EV charging behaviour with new local, renewable generation, there is an opportunity to accelerate the decarbonisation of the overall electricity system and meet new EV charging requirements, all while avoiding stress on the low-voltage grid.
Pioneering the green energy transition in Ukraine
DTEK Renewables, a subsidiary of the DTEK Group, the largest private sector energy company in Ukraine, is at the forefront of implementing the green energy transition in Ukraine. As of 2020, over 1 GW of installed RES capacity has been constructed by DTEK while € 1.2 billion has been spent on the construction of solar and wind power plants.
Construction of the energy storage system
In 2020-2021 DTEK plans to build the 1/1,5 MWh energy storage system (ESS) at Zaporizhzhya Coal-Fired Power Plant. This is a first grid-scale storage system in Ukraine - a pilot project to find the best use cases of storage systems on the Ukrainian market. Being the largest private national investor in the Ukrainian energy sector DTEK sees this project as a contribution to the energy independence and decarbonization of Ukraine.
Hornsea 2 offshore wind farm in the UK
A 1.4 GW offshore wind farm that is located approximately 89 km off the Yorkshire coast in the UK. When completed in 2022, it will be the world’s largest offshore wind farm, able to meet the electricity needs of 1.3 million homes...
HYBRIT – Towards fossil-free steel
Vattenfall has joined forces with mining company LKAB and steel manufacturer SSAB to, in principle, remove the impact the Swedish steel industry has on the climate...
A giant battery for district heating in Ghent
EDF, through its Belgian branch EDF Luminus, is delivering innovative, sustainable solutions for managing energy in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way...
Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Inn
Within a project partnership of TIWAG-Tiroler Wasserkraft AG and Engadiner Kraftwerke AG the run of river power station “Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Inn (GKI)” is under construction close to the Swiss border...
StoreNet
StoreNet is an industry-led collaborative research project that demonstrates battery-based energy storage within Irish homes on the Irish grid...
Lāwa’i island hybrid Solar and Energy Storage project
AES Distributed Energy (AES DE), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (AES) is currently building a hydrig Solar and Energy Storage project, which will sell electricity under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement to Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC)...
Kilroot 10MW Battery Energy Storage Array
AES installed a 10MW, 30-minute duration battery energy storage array (BESA), utilising AES Advancion® technology, at the operational Kilroot Power Station, integrating the technology into AES’ generating portfolio...
Caithness-Moray
SSE’s Caithness-Moray project is upgrading the electricity transmission system in the north of Scotland unlocking 1200MW of renewable generation across the north of Scotland...
A District warmed by the unavoidable energy of a foundry
An innovative system for heat recovery. At the end of 2017, the city of Charleville-Mézières launched a call for tender to renovate the district heating of La Citadelle area using more than 50% of renewables...
Futur-e
Futur-e is designed as a circular economy pathway to bring 23 decommissioned thermoelectric power plants and a disused mining area back to life in Italy...
CORTES-LA MUELA PUMPED STORAGE
With 24 GWh storage and 1,780 MW installed capacity, Cortes - La Muela is one of Europe’s largest pumped storage facilities. Pumped storage hydro is the most efficient technology to store large amounts of electricity over long periods of time...
Ocean Thermal Energy Converter
The client wanted to understand the market of ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) as well as analyse the technologies available on the market.
Renewables/Demand response
Floating Offshore Wind
The client had extensive experience in large offshore oil and gas projects via engineering, procurement, construction, Installation, and operations. They wanted to analyse the floating offshore wind market in detail and also know if they had the capabilities of transferring their skills, technology and experience in this new sector.