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This report assesses how far each of the eight SET_HEAT model investment projects can be scaled for replication. It answers a different question than the pre-feasibility studies, which ask whether a concept works in one place. Scalability asks at how many places it could work, how large it could become, and whether the commercial arrangement survives being repeated.
This SET_HEAT project deliverable provides a guideline document for early planning of renewable energy and waste heat projects in the district heating sector. Based on the results of planning activities within the SET_HEAT project, and in particular the SET_HEAT project’s deliverables, this handbook was designed as a practical guide to planning and developing district heating investment projects and city-scale investment programmes.
Deliverable D5.1, the Handbook on District Heating Business Models, was developed under the LIFE22-CET-SET_HEAT project to support the market uptake of innovative district heating solutions and Europe’s heating decarbonisation. It turns technical, environmental, legal, market, and socio-economic findings from earlier project work into practical business model concepts for SET_HEAT 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.
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.