Irina Ganal

Demand and potential for seasonal heat storage in urban district heating systems in aquifer thermal energy storages

District heating is becoming increasingly important in the decarbonisation of the heat supply for buildings throughout Europe. District heating networks must therefore be expanded and decarbonised at the same time. Seasonal heat storage is important to increase the utilisation of renewable and waste

Study on behalf of the European Climate Foundation

The role of biomass in the decarbonisation of the heating sector

Renewable heating is currently dominated by biomass, accounting for around 80 % of the renewable energy used for heating1. Within the heating sector, biomass is mainly used in the form of solid biomass: in 2019, solid biomass made up for 95 % of the biomass used for heating, followed by biogas (4%)