Dr. Florian Reissner
R&D Senior Engineer
Siemens AG
Findings from the INTEND research project (INTegrated Heat Transition)
The heating transition in Germany requires close integration of heating and electricity systems in order to ensure security of supply, cost-effectiveness and sustainability in equal measure. Decentralised heat pumps and district heating networks play a key role in this, but at the same time place new demands on the planning and operation of the electrical and thermal infrastructure. Against this backdrop, the presentation will outline issues and findings from the publicly funded research project INTegrierte WärmewENDe (INTEND, BWME).
INTEND investigates how the inherent inertia and storage capacity of thermal systems can be specifically harnessed as sources of flexibility to cost-effectively reduce infrastructure requirements in the electricity and heating sectors. The project brings together partners from research, the energy sector, industry, municipal utilities, district heating network operators, electricity network operators and their respective trade associations. The presentation will outline quantified flexibility potentials derived from a combination of theoretical and practical investigations, including building models, thermal storage models, laboratory tests and field tests. The results demonstrate the extent to which heat pumps and thermal storage can contribute to meeting future flexibility requirements, and the impact that the increasing penetration of heat pumps will have on the infrastructure.
Language: German | AI translation into English available
