The integration of renewable energy in the energy mix of 5th generation heating and cooling networks can be a challenging purpose to achieve, especially when it implies additional investment costs and the incursion of heat network operators into a sector- the production of electrical energy - which is not necessarily its core business.
The implementation of a renewable electricity collective self-consumption scheme feeding the network offers solutions to these two issues. The illustration of such solution is provided by a project initiated by the social housing company SEQENS, located on the Plateau de Saclay.
The risk induced by the selection of network operators who is not specialised in renewable energy
The use of decentralised renewable energy for the supply of 5th generation heating (...)
