District Heating: Keeping regions sustainably warm

This session will look into different transitional pathways for decarbonising thermal systems and how best to organise them locally without interrupting the supply or affecting affordability. The selected examples will provide political and technical reasons for these pathways, including the benefits of putting circular economic principles into practice, the creation of (re-)skilled labour or lower operating costs. An introduction by the Secretariat of the Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition will set the themes for discussion and will be followed by selected case-studies presentations. 

Agenda (All times are in CET)

14:00 – 14:05   Welcome and introduction 

• Carsten Rothballer, Senior Expert, Secretariat of the Initiative for Coal Regions in Transition – Chair 

14:05 – 14:15 Scene-setting - statement by all panellists on how to keep regions/cities sustainably warm 

14:15 – 14:40 Case study presentations: 

• Kaisa-Reeta Koskinen, Head, Climate Unit, City of Helsinki, Finland

• Maria Victoria Cambronero Vázquez, Project Manager of Consultancy and Innovation Department Acciona’s Engineering Area (WEDISTRICT Project Coordinator), Spain   

 

14:40 – 14:55 Discussion and Q&A 

14:55 – 15:15 Case study presentations:  

• Thomas Gubsch, Researcher, Institute for process technology, process automation and measurement technology, Germany

• Anes Kazagic, Head, Strategic Development, JP Elektroprivreda, Bosnia Herzegovina

15:15 – 15:30 Discussion, Q&A, closing remarks