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2025-11-18 in Project results

SET_HEAT_ LAKE Project Pre-feasibility Study

The SET_HEAT_LAKE project aims to demonstrate a viable pathway toward decarbonisation of Bucharest’s centralised district heating system by replacing fossil‑fuel-based heat generation with renewable heat derived from Lake Morii through a large-scale lake-water-source heat pump system.

2025-11-14 in Project results

SET_HEAT_SEWAGE Project Pre-feasibility Study

The study explores the integration of a wastewater-source heat recovery system into the district heating network (DHN) of Opole, Poland. It demonstrates how municipal wastewater infrastructure can be coupled with district heating to create a circular, low-emission, and energy-efficient urban energy system.

2025-11-14 in Project results

SET_HEAT_PTES Project Pre-feasibility Study

The SET_HEAT_PTES pre-feasibility study initially examines the technical, environmental, legal, and economic viability of integrating a large-scale Pit Thermal Energy Storage (PTES) system into the district heating (DH) network of Opole.

2025-11-14 in Project results

SET_HEAT_ RIVER Project Pre-feasibility Study

The SET_HEAT_RIVER Project aims to decarbonise Zagreb’s district heating system by introducing a 21 MW water-to-water heat pump system that uses the Sava River as a renewable heat source.

2025-10-12 in Newsletter archives

Fourth SET_HEAT Project Newsletter

The SET_HEAT project has closed its second year of implementation and is now fully rolled out.

2025-10-10 in Webinars

„Centralizuoto šilumos tiekimo sektoriaus dekarbonizavimas“

Nuotolinis SET_HEAT projekto vaizdo seminaras 2025 m. spalio 2 d. (ketvirtadienis) „Centralizuoto šilumos tiekimo sektoriaus dekarbonizavimas“

2025-09-25 in Other resources

Special session at the #SESAAU2025 Conference

The SET_HEAT Project organised special session titled “Energy Transition and Decarbonisation in the District Heating Sector” was part of the #SESAAU2025 11th International Conference on Smart Energy Systems.

2025-08-28 in Other resources

REPLICABILITY AND STANDARDISATION TO FACILITATE TIME-EFFECTIVE DECARBONISATION

Article published in the HOT|COOL Magazine https://hotcool.dbdh.dk/view/783068300/

2025-03-26 in Newsletter archives

Third SET_HEAT Project Newsletter

Replicability and standardisation may considerably streamline the planning processes, reduce costs, improve quality, facilitate communication, and eventually accel-erate investment processes and the transition overall.

2025-03-14 in Project results

Project Workshop in Bucharest - Post Event Report

The public event of the workshop brought together specialists from Romania, Denmark, Lithuania, Croatia and Poland, together with local authorities and thermal energy experts. A collective effort between district heating companies, local administration and citizens is essential to achieve the emission reduction and energy efficiency objectives, which was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration, the Ministry of Investments and European Projects, the Bucharest City Hall, Electrocentrale București S.A., the Bucharest-Ilfov Intercommunity Thermal Energy Development Association, as well as European experts in the field of thermal energy.

2024-12-14 in Guidelines & manuals

Handbook for planning and development of investment projects

This document presents guidelines for the strategic planning of the energy transition and decarbonisation of existing DH systems and the development of investment projects.

2024-12-10 in Other resources

Video lectures

21 different video resources are available on the project's YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@SET_HEAT

2024-11-19 in Webinars

Materiały pierwszego webinarium projektu SET_HEAT

Webinarium projektu SET-HEAT pt.: "Wspomaganie transformacji energetycznej i dekarbonizacji w sektorze ciepłowniczym" odbyło się w dniu 18 listopada 2024 na platformie ZOOM Event. W webinarium udział wzięło 148 osób reprezentujących przedsiębiorstwa ciepłownicze, samorządy i inne podmioty związane z sektorem ciepłownictwa. Prezentacje webinarium są dostępne w dołączonym pliku pdf. Nagrania z ich wygłoszenia znajdują sie na kanale YouTube projektu SET_HEAT pod następującymi adresami: https://youtu.be/kp4_UPWIMbI https://youtu.be/N17xvpV-hfM https://youtu.be/bYRktYt-k9w https://youtu.be/7CBulLQEM28 https://youtu.be/MdefYHo3LTg https://youtu.be/vXy8KZal9yY https://youtu.be/nAWAVySYnNQ

2024-11-05 in Educational materials

Rola odbiorców ciepła w dekarbonizacji miejskiego systemu ciepłowniczego

Prezentacja z warsztatów z odbiorcami ciepła systemowego w Gliwicach. Dostępna także na kanale YouTube projektu SET_HEAT pod adresem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Yp6UCzvtI

2024-09-29 in Newsletter archives

Second SET_HEAT Project Newsletter

After one year of the implementation of the SET_HEAT project, the conclusions are that energy transition and decarbonisation in the district heating sector are very challenging tasks in all countries. On the other hand, DH companies are triggering unprecedented activities that make forecasts for the sector optimistic.

2024-09-18 in Other resources

Proceedings of SET_HEAT Project dedicated special session at SDEWES 2024 Conference

Special session titled “Energy Transition and Decarbonisation in the District Heating Sector” was part of the 19th SDEWES 2024 Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Sys-tems scheduled for September 8 - 12, 2024 in Rome.

2024-08-22 in Project results

4 Local Heat Maps

This report summarises the results of the SET_HEAT project’s activities on the identification of available low-grade heat sources in four cities targeted by the project.

2024-08-22 in Project results

Stakeholder identification report, including report on surveys

This report summarises the activities of the SET_HEAT project consortium dedicated to stakeholder engagement. Within the first 9 months of the project, those activities were mainly focused on changing the mindset of the district heating companies directly involved in the project and stakeholder identification.

2024-07-25 in Project results

Catalogue of technologies and vendors

This SET_HEAT project report is a sourcing guide for district heating companies working on the energy transition and decarbonisation roadmaps and planning investment projects.

2024-07-23 in Project results

Report on future opportunities and functionalities of district heating systems in targeted countries

This SET_HEAT project's report addresses opportunities for district heating development with a point of departure in the literature and the prospects seen by district heating companies in the four SET_HEAT countries – Poland, Lithuania, Romania and Croatia.

Co-funded by the European Union

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or CINEA. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.