The 19th SDEWES Conference (Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems) took place in Rome on September 8-12, 2024. Our EVT experts also presented exciting topics.
The successful implementation of CCU and CCS measures requires the development of a CO2 infrastructure that connects potential sources and sinks. Pipelines are the most efficient way of transporting large quantities of CO2. In the presentation “CO2 Transport via Pipelines: Design of CO2 networks using an Optimal Power Flow approach” by Susanne Hochmeister, an Optimal Power Flow model for optimizing the network topology and dimensioning of CO2 networks was presented for the first time, taking into account the physical boundary conditions of CO2 transport.
The use of waste heat and renewable energy sources in a supra-regional district heating network requires a new market model for pricing. Josef Steinegger presented a possible approach to this in his paper called “A New Pricing Model for Supra-Regional District Heating Networks”.
Stefan Wallner's presentation was about ways to meet the ever-increasing challenges for the energy infrastructure and electricity grids associated with the constant expansion of renewable energy sources. This requires energy system models with a correspondingly high spatial and temporal resolution. The conference paper “Integrating Flexibility in a High-Resolution Energy System Model of Austria” showed how such high-resolution models can be derived from comparatively simple scenario assumptions and how storage and sector coupling technologies can be integrated into the modelling.
Thomas Kienberger, Stefan Wallner, Susanne Hochmeister, Josef Steinegger
Susanne Hochmeister
Josef Steinegger
Stefan Wallner