Decarbonization potential of integrating industrial excess heat in a district heating network: The Portuguese case

The paper performs an assessment of the decarbonisation potential in utilizing industrial excess heat to meet baseload heating requirements a district network Portugal. source considered was municipal waste-to-energy plant located 5 km from and cooling network. It performed economical comparison between two integration procedures: (i) extending existing pipeline source; (ii) using continuous supply portable thermal storage modules. For characterization tecno-economic assessment, EMB3RS platform used. analysis demonstrated alternative more economically feasible (with levelized cost 17,25 €/MWh), meeting consumption with reduction 30%. higher solution is mainly due high daily replacement for stores.