Renewable District Heating And Cooling In A Technology Park In Catalonia

As part of the SmartReflex project, supported by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme, the region of Catalonia is performing a study to increase the number of smart and flexible district heating and cooling (DHC) systems with a high percentage of renewable energy sources (RES). This regional strategy includes analysis of case studies for development of new DHC and the integration of renewable energy-in existing DHC.One case study is of a Commercial Technology Park. A detailed study to design a new DHC plant, including DHC demand characterization, shall be carried out using energyPRO, incorporating combinations of several renewable energy technologies comprising biomass, geothermal heat exchanger and solar cooling.The objective is to evaluate the environmental, technical and economic feasibility of the RES DHC and which combination of renewable energies is best suited for this new DHC.