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Geothermal usage in district heating networks

For the 55th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we take a look at geothermal usage in district heating networks.

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Digital Twin Feature Update: April

Find out more about our latest developments for the dynamic display of network utilisation and filtering for time series in our feature update for version 2025.4.

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Waste heat potential at a glance - now integrated in the heatbeat Digital Twin

Waste heat is a valuable but often unused source of energy. The Platform for Waste Heat has now published comprehensive data on industrial waste heat potential in Germany. We have integrated this val…

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Off-Site-Meeting 2025: A recap of the team event in Marburg

From 2 to 4 April 2025, the heatbeat team met for a special off-site meeting in the picturesque town of Marburg. Find out more about our last meeting here!

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Digital Twin Feature Update: March

Find out more about our latest developments for editing building data, an enhanced live dashboard and an optimized map view for municipal heat planning in our feature update for version 2025.3.

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Return Temperature Reduction Strategies on a system level

For the 54rd issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we take a look at the return temperature reduction methods in district heating networks again.

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Fault detection in district heating networks: Case study on defective control valve

Local and district heating networks make an important contribution to a cost-effective and increasingly renewable heat supply. However, this requires the best possible operation, from the heat genera…

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Digital Twin Feature Update: February

Find out more about our latest developments for the live dashboard, a cross-project overview page and other exciting topics in our feature update for version 2025.2.

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From network planning to optimized and predictive network control

For the 53rd issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we take a look at two recently published papers in the field of district heating network planning and optimal control of the supply plants.

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