Look back on the D2GRIDS conference: "on the road to 5GDHC"
D2Grids Project
The European D2GRIDS project, which aims to develop 5th GENERATION LOCAL ENERGY GRIDS organised a conference on the occasion of COP26. It took place in Glasgow and was available online. The goal was to showcase the results in developing the concept and pilot site achievements.
The D2Grids team was happy to welcome more than 150 people who attended the conference. Beyond learning more about the 5th generation in district heating and cooling, we had the opportunity to be updated with the pilot sites progresses. Furthermore, we had a moment to discuss about 5GDHC's potential in European cities and their own regions. To sum up, the event has been oriented in order to inspire decision-makers and give them all the knowledge required to start their own 5GDHC grid!
Programme of the conference
00:00 - Welcome & introductions
- Véronique Pappe, Director of Construction21
- Frans Drummen, from Mijnwater Energy B.V.
- Mathieu Mori, Director of the Interreg North-west Europe Programme
- Stuart Patrick, Chief Executive of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
35:20 - 5GDHC principles, benefits and challenges
- Presentation of the 5GDHC principles, Ann Wouters, Program Manager at Vito
- 5GDHC, a sustainable solution, Mathilde Henry, Project Manager at GreenFlex
56:00 - Focus on the D2GRIDS pilot sites (round table)
An interactive roundtable on the 5 pilot sites of the D2Grids project, animated by Jeroen Roos, 5GDHC thematic expert in Stroomversnelling.
- Herman Eijdems, Director of Innovation at Mijnwater Energy B.V
- Hugh Moore, Project Manager at Clyde Gateway
- Frank Peper, Project Manager at Stadtwerke Bochum
- Mark Woodward, COO of Nordic Heat UK Ltd
- Nicolas Eyraud, Project Manager at EPA Paris Saclay
01:33:23 - tea/coffee break
01:44:36 - 5GDHC, an affordable solution
- Investing in 5GDHC: the business model, Adam Ben Hamo, Senior analyst at Asper Investment Management
02:06:58 - The potential of 5GDHC across Europe
- A huge potential across Europe, Jack Corscadden, Project Officer at Euroheat & Power
- 5GDHC in your regions: local action plans, Eugenia Bueno Martinez, Project Coordinator Energy Transition at Open Universiteit
- The Renfrewshire example – speaker TBC
02:41:00 - You can start today!
- Mathilde Henry, Project Manager at Greenflex
About D2GRIDS
The D2GRIDS project aims to develop 5th generation urban heating and cooling networks (5G DHC) in Europe. They will allow to anticipate the needs or sources of fatal heat, cold or renewable electricity in their vicinity. Similarly, local collective self-consumption logic will be optimized by broadly integrating heating and cooling needs, storage capacities or associated thermal or electrical flexibility.
The objective is to maximize the share of renewable energies in these local energy loops, through an industrialization of the approach, a standardized technological model, and a clarification of the business model to strengthen the interest of these projects for third party investors. The project involves the implementation of 5 demonstrators in Paris-Saclay (FR), Bochum (GE), Brunssum (NL), Glasgow and Nottingham (UK). D2Grids will also prepare similar developments in Parkstad Limburg, North-East France, Flanders, the Ruhr region, Scotland and the East Midlands (United Kingdom). Dedicated education and training programmes will be set up by Open University, a partner in the project, providing expertise in post-graduate and digital learning.
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