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Bonus newsletter of D2Grids project: last but not least!

As D2Grids project ends, the achievements and lessons learned through the whole project will continue to guide the evolution (...)

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Level up your knowledge: 5GDHC serious game is out!

You've been waiting for it: the equipment you need to play the serious game on 5th generation district heating and cooling (...)

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Brunssum's 5GDHC network digs deep for sustainable heating and cooling!

As part of the D2Grids project, which has been promoting 5th generation for heating and cooling grids since 2018, we spoke (...)

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Germany aims to connect 100,000 buildings to district heating every year

The high-profile political spat over the end of fossil fuel boilers in Germany may benefit demand for connections to city (...)

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Flexibility, key to the Paris-Saclay heating and cooling grid!

As one of the five pilot sites of the D2Grids project, Paris Saclay aims to enhance its energy efficiency and reduce greenhou (...)

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5GDHC follower regions: a great potential for 5GDHC!

In the quest to decarbonise the heating and cooling sector and increase the utiliszation of renewable energy sources, the (...)

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5GDHC in practice: Thermal energy from the sea and wastewater

Jonathan Selman, low carbon officer at Plymouth City Council, and Hugh Moore, project manager at Clyde Gateway, presented (...)

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5GDHC in practice: recovering heat from abandoned mines

Bochum and Heerlen are two cities using abandoned coal mines to implement fifth-generation district heating and cooling grids (...)

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Getting involved in 5th generation district heating and cooling grids: the toolbox!

The D2Grids project has put together a toolkit to help understand everything about heating and cooling grids, in particular (...)

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How heating and cooling grids in Europe help strengthening the EU environmental strategy?

On April 19, the day dedicated to heating and cooling networks was held, and the morning was focused on D2Grids project. (...)

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Bochum pilot site: 5th generation heating and cooling grid in practice!

Mark 51°7 is a 70-hectare area located in the city of Bochum in Germany. It has undergone several transformations over the (...)

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Discover newsletter #12 of D2Grids project!

With only a few months left before the project comes to an end, find the March newsletter dealing with recent key information (...)

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Assessing district heating and cooling grids efficiency with KPIs

The D2Grids project developed a set of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to assess the readiness of 5th generation district (...)

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Experiences with low-temperature district heating and cooling in the Netherlands

In this article, we describe the ambitions, considerations, and choices of five Dutch project teams working within the nation (...)

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Survey of 53 fifth generation district heating and cooling grids (5GDHC) in Germany

This article presents a survey conducted among utility companies and engineering offices in Germany to collect data on 5 (...)