Thermal storage and district heating as flexibility options for industrial heat decarbonization
In the 73rd issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we look at how thermal energy storage and the exchange of heat between industry and district heating can ease the electrification of industrial …
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NETWORK LOSSES IN FOCUS: WHAT DISPATCH MODELS MUST CAPTURE AND WHEN NETWORKS BELOW 50 °C PAY OFF
In the 72nd issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we present two current open-access articles in which the same quantity turns out to be decisive: network heat losses. The first, in Applied Ener…
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Two perspectives on temperature spread: hydraulic cascades in the building and global optimization of meshed networks
In the 71st issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter we present two studies working on the same quantity: temperature spread. The first, an open-access simulation study in Energy Reports, asks how m…
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Digital Twin Feature Update: August
August brings a set of important improvements to the heatbeat Digital Twin: pipe selection has been reworked from the map view through to cost management, installed and contractually agreed connectio…
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Two routes to low-carbon district heating: demand-side flexibility in 5GDHC networks and seasonal aquifer storage
In the 70th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter we present two current open-access articles from Energy Conversion and Management (Vol. 367, 2026). They describe two very different decarbonisat…
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RENEWABLE AND WASTE HEAT POTENTIALS FOR DISTRICT HEATING: TWO GIS-BASED MAPPING METHODOLOGIES
In the 69th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter we present two recent open-access articles from the International Journal of Sustainable Energy Planning and Management (Vol. 49, 2026) that appr…
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Why the ground matters: Modelling pipe–ground interaction in low-temperature thermal networks
In the 68th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we present a recent review article. It examines how the thermal interaction between buried pipes and the surrounding ground is represented in si…
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What Metering Data Really Reveals About Substations – Our Contribution to the AGFW Research Project
Data instead of guesswork: A recent research project with AGFW shows how data-driven analysis of substations can complement traditional heating inspections — and unlock significant optimisation poten…
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Novel Design for Domestic Hot Water & Sequential Investment Optimization in District Heating
In the 67th issue of our heatbeat Research Newsletter, we present two new studies from the district heating research community. The first challenges long-established design assumptions for domestic h…
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