In the Competence Network Distributed Energy Technologies (deENet), based in Kassel/Germany, more than 120 companies, research institutes and service providers have joined forces to develop under one roof system solutions of distributed energy technology and energy efficiency. Thus deENet constitutes a unique concentration of university, institutes and innovative companies covering the complete supply chain – from research and development to planning, designing, production, and from operation to education and further training. The network members are active in such different “green energetical” fields as solar energy, wind energy, bioenergy, water power, and geothermal energy, efficiency concepts for residential buildings and for industry, CHP-construction and regional development. Some of the most important subjects nowadays are concepts for regional value creation through decentralized Energy systems and strategic consulting for municipalities to develop integrated climate protection concepts. In cooperation with researchers and municipalities, deENet is providing several projects, whose content ranges from common strategy development to realize to feasibility studies and concepts for carbon neutrality. Apart from many regional and national projects linked to these fields and provided together with several members, deENet is also driving forth more and more international projects, of which many were and are realized in Eastern European countries. In these projects, as well, a strong focus is set on sustainable regional development and exchange of experience and best practices between clusters and regions.
Competence Network Distributed Energy Technologies
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100% RES regions
So far mainly the federal and the federal state level played a significant role in the field of strategic approaches to increase the use of RES in Germany. At the regional and local level people were con-tent with realisation of single activities with a high publicity effect. But meanwhile a growing number of active players recognize the unique role of cities and regions for climate protection and alternative energy supply structures. The evaluation of energy efficiency potentials is highly important in this process. The “region” in terms of a geographic territory with a multi dimensional interrelation structure is – for a multitude of reasons – in the project “100%-RES-Regions” considered as the appropriate level for an extensive increase of RES with regard to full supply.
Further information
Type of Business
- Manufacturing,
- R & D,
- Consulting
Technology
- Sustainable building systems:
- Smart home systems
- Energy efficiency in industry and trade: electricity sector:
- Electrical and electronic engineering,
- HVAC control systems (heating, ventilation and air conditioning),
- Intelligent process controlling systems,
- Plant monitoring systems
- Energy efficiency in industry and trade: heating and cooling sectors:
- Aircooled /watercooled chillers,
- Condensors and evaporators,
- Cooling towers,
- Heat exchanger technology,
- Ice bank technology,
- Industrial heat pump technology,
- Refrigeration plant technology and equipment,
- Heat exchanger technology,
- Hot water boiler technology,
- Industrial heat pump technology,
- Screw-type steam engine technology,
- Steam boiler technology,
- Steam turbine technology
- Combined heating, cooling and electricity generation:
- Biomass cogeneration (CHP),
- Cogeneration /combined Heat and Power (CHP),
- Geothermal heat and power (CHP),
- Organic rankine cycle technology
- Industrial and private heating and cooling:
- Absorbtion chillers,
- Concentrated solar thermal systems,
- Solar thermal systems (large-scale),
- Stirling engine technology
- Power grids:
- Inverter technology,
- Network control technology
- Sector Coupling Technologies:
- Power-to-gas technology
- Storage technologies in the electricity sector:
- Large battery systems,
- Small battery systems
Classification
- Electricity generation and heating/cooling:
- Renewable power generation