Open Thor Living Lab
Open Thor Living Lab
Open Thor Living Lab is a large-scale living lab where sustainable and innovative energy solutions come to life.
The Open Thor Living Lab is a top-level European innovation environment that focuses on innovative solutions for the energy transition on the one hand, but also wants to provide solutions for smart manufacturing and smart city applications on the other.
To achieve this, EnergyVille, Thor Park and the City of Genk have joined forces to create an unparalleled ecosystem – with a state-of-the-art infrastructure in which innovative energy solutions are developed, tested and ensure an accelerated market entry in unique interaction with scientific institutions, companies, education, governments and local citizens.
A wide array of innovative technologies form the backbone of the Open Thor Living Lab:
- 5th generation low-temperature district heating network
- smart charging infrastructure for electric vehicles
- DC-grid
- intelligent data platforms
- batteries on district level
- multiple energy hubs
- a unique renovation showcase of a former mining site into nearly zero-energy buildings (NZEB)
- renewable energy generation by means of solar panels, thermal installations, concentrated solar thermal energy, ...
- integrated plug & play modular boxes for technical installations
Find more about this initiative here.