Tom Naughton
tnaughton.bsky.social
Tom Naughton
@tnaughton.bsky.social
High density heat demand in inner city, sources of waste heat, and the speed of deployment at higher temperatures make heat networks a great solution for this.
April 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM
I would also add that heat networks utilising waste heat are the perfect solution in high density cities. They also help address the pressure on the local electricity grid and can make use of energy storage.
April 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For proper large scale, long term storage, PIT storage is where it's currently at. I had a chance to visit this one just outside Copenhagen last year. About 3.3 GWh capacity. Acts as a balancing mechanism for the main district heating transmission network.
September 29, 2024 at 1:11 PM
And an order of magnitude cheaper than electrical storage. Great seeing large scale thermal storage getting discussed!
September 29, 2024 at 12:43 PM
I can't see any mention of sector coupling. I know you're a big fan of Denmark's impressive progress to net zero. I was over there at the SES conference a couple of weeks ago and their looking at using large thermal storage to reduce grid constraints. No magic bullet but then nothing is.
September 28, 2024 at 11:59 AM
Exhibit number 694
September 17, 2024 at 7:39 PM