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31. District Heating Tariffs, Economic Optimisation and Local Strategies during Radical Technological Change.

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Djørup, Søren, Sperling, Karl, Nielsen, Steffen, Østergaard, Poul Alborg, Zinck Thellufsen, Jakob, Sorknæs, Peter, Lund, Henrik, and Drysdale, David

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TECHNOLOGICAL innovations, ELECTRIC heating systems, CAPITAL shortages, MONETARY incentives, TARIFF, INTEREST rates, TECHNOLOGICAL obsolescence
Abstract

This paper addresses economic aspects of heat savings in the context of strategic heat planning. The analysis uses the city of Aalborg, Denmark, as a case where municipalisation through a recent acquisition of a coal-fired cogeneration of heat and power (CHP) plant has made an update of a municipal strategic energy plan necessary. Combining datasets on buildings and insulation techniques with economic methods, we investigate how the local district heating tariff can be adapted to improve the conditions for heat savings and support the transition to lower supply temperatures in line with the requirements of future fourth generation district heating systems. The paper concludes that implementing a fully variable heat tariff scheme improves the financial incentive for heat savings, while also making the system development less vulnerable to fluctuations and shortages in capital markets. The paper supplements existing literature on heat savings with novelty in its approach and in its systematic investigation of the interplay between tariff policies and interest rates. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2020
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32. The MATLAB Toolbox for EnergyPLAN: A tool to extend energy planning studies.

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Cabrera, Pedro, Lund, Henrik, Thellufsen, Jakob Zinck, and Sorknæs, Peter

Subjects
*SET functions, *REGIONAL planning, *SYSTEM analysis
Abstract

EnergyPLAN is an energy system analysis tool used worldwide for scientific analyses of national and regional energy planning strategies and alternatives. This work describes the MATLAB Toolbox for EnergyPLAN (MaT4EnergyPLAN), a set of functions developed to manage the EnergyPLAN software using MATLAB. The tool allows the user to take advantage of the energy system analysis capabilities of EnergyPLAN in combination with the computational advantages of MATLAB. This allows the user to easily manage EnergyPLAN files and analyse a large number of EnergyPLAN simulations. • A new MATLAB Toolbox for improving energy planning studies is presented. • The toolbox increases the potentialities of EnergyPLAN analyses. • A method to develop smart renewable energy strategies on islands is presented. • A large number of EnergyPLAN simulations can be analysed and managed from MATLAB. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2020
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