CONTENTS
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THE COLUMN: SURPLUS HEAT By Bent Ole Gram Mortensen, Professor, University of Southern Denmark
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FOCUS DIGITALISATION A KEY LEVER FOR LOW-TEMPERATURE DISTRICT HEATING By Steen Schelle Jensen, Head of Product Management – Heat/Cooling Solutions, Kamstrup
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FOCUS SMART INTEGRATION OF ENERGY AND WASTE WATER By Hasmik Margaryan, Engineer, Taarnby district heating and cooling company; Anders Dyrelund, Senior Market Manager, Ramboll; Troels Hansen, Energy Engineer, Ramboll
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FOCUS COOL AND SUSTAINABLE WITH ABSORPTION HEAT PUMPS By Lars Sønderby Nielsen, Managing Director, Enexio Solutions
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FOCUS CAN SMART CITIES HEAT THEMSELVES? By Kristina Lygnerud (PhD), Energy department manager at the Swedish Environment Research Institute (IVL)
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FOCUS NEW MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DHC NETWORKS By Dirk Vanhoudt, senior researcher district heating and cooling networks, EnergyVille – VITO, Belgium; Tijs Van Oevelen, researcher district heating and cooling networks, EnergyVille – VITO, Belgium; Christian Johansson, CTO, NODA, Sweden
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FOCUS BARRIERS TO FLEXIBLE SYSTEM INTEGRATION OF DISTRICT ENERGY - THE COMPLETE OVERVIEW? By Daniel Møller Sneum, PhD fellow at DTU Management, Energy Economics and Regulation
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MEETING THE STRATEGIC CHALLENGES OF UK DISTRICT HEATING By Professor Janette Webb and Dr Ruth Bush, Heat and the City, University of Edinburgh
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THE LAST INVESTMENT CYCLE By Lars Andersen, CEO, Geotermisk Operatørselskab A/S
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MEMBER COMPANY PROFILE: AALBORG ENERGIE TECHNIK
Front page: Energy plant in Bjerringbro, a partnership between Grundfos and the consumer-owned district heating company Gudenådalens Energiselskab. The heat pumps supply cooling to Grundfos Campus and heat to the district heating system in combination with ground source cooling.
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