Is District Heating a cost-effective solution to decarbonise Irish buildings?

Jason Mc Guire, Stefan N. Petrović, Hannah Daly, Fionn Rogan, Andrew Smith and Olexandr Balyk

Energy, 2024, vol. 296, issue C

Abstract: Achieving decarbonisation of the heating sector is a major challenge, especially in Ireland, which has the lowest proportion of renewable heat in Europe. In economically pursuing ambitious and equitable climate targets, Ireland’s Climate Action Plan 2023 set a goal of reaching 2.5 TWh of district heating by 2030, starting from a limited existing capacity. This pioneering study explores supply sources and heat density demand cohorts to develop a model to understand district heating in a low-deployment region, using Ireland as a case study. We also conduct a sensitivity analysis considering different connection rates.

Keywords: Energy system optimisation model (ESOM); District heating; Sector coupling; Ireland (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2024.131110

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