Decision support system for investments in waste heat utilization
Decision making process is always a challenging issue for potential investors. Here you can find a couple of useful tools that will help you in the first steps of this process.
Based on the results from the on-line tool, investors will get useful preliminary economic and technical information on the feasibility of their project. This in turn will help with the decision on whether to further pursue the investment or not.
Link: https://green-heat.net/waste-heat-utilisation/waste-heat-toolbox/investment-decision-support
Energy sources assessment tool
The aim of this Excel tool is to provide an overview of the estimated mean annual heat production costs of various technologies for utilizing available renewable energy sources (RES) and waste heat. This information is valuable for operators, as it enables them to compare the competitiveness of the existing district heating (DH) system (present fuel mix) with different RES and waste heat utilization options. The tool can also be used to calculate CO₂ equivalent emissions.
Link: https://www.aee-intec.at/qmheizwerke/HEAT35 Heat Production Costs Comparison.xlsx
DH zone feasibility estimation
This tool estimates the feasibility of a DH system (parts of new or expansions of DH networks – “zones”) based on the known heat density (heat demand for space heating, domestic hot water and process heat) of the area and the expected connection rate (ratio of connected buildings to existing buildings in the zone). Alternatively, the annual heat demand of new customers (sum of key and potential customers in the zone) and estimated route length to supply these customers can be set as input parameters – in case of already more detailed available planning data.
Link: https://www.aee-intec.at/qmheizwerke/HEAT35 DH zone feasibility estimation.xlsx
