To provide thermal energy, the District Heating Municipal Company of Ptolemaida (DHCP) also becomes a large industrial consumer, drawing off hot water by a thermoelectric energy plant, with two electro-boilers and diesel generators as alternative energy sources. To optimise the operation and flexibility procurement, energy management of buildings with multi-vector heating systems will be implemented together with energy flexibility solutions, targeting residential and municipal consumers.
Flexibility from public and residential buildings

Optimising across energy sectors

First phase focus

Conservatory, natatorium & households

Flexibility procurement

Enable the DHCP to procure flexibility from municipal buildings (conservatory and natatorium) and residential customers in terms of thermal heating and hot water, with the aim to mitigate electricity grid congestion and serve balancing needs

Switch between vectors

Enable the municipality to optimise the energy consumption of the city’s conservatory by installing heat pumps and switching between using district heating and heat pumps, based on price signals from the heat and electricity providers

Optimise operation

Enable the DHCP to determine the energy mix (hot water drawn off or electricity) for thermal energy provision and affect the heating demand of consumers to minimise the energy cost, through various actions such as price signals, direct load control and load shifting

Cost optimisation

Design and implement Resource Manager, Customer Energy Manager and Aggregation solutions that can perform a central cost optimisation, unlocking the flexibility potential and enabling the flexible operation of the district heating network

Pilot management & participants

Engaging several actors in the city’s energy ecosystem

Pilot Manager
CluBE
Pilot Owner
Municipality of Eordaia - Owner of the District Heating Municipal Company of Ptolemaida (DHCP)
Participants
Users of the public buildings
Participants
Households and apartment residents

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