A review of the pricing mechanisms for district heating systems

H Li, Q Sun, Q Zhang, F Wallin - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2015 - Elsevier
Heating represents the largest proportion of energy use as supplied to consumers across all
end energy uses. Therefore, there is huge potential for energy savings in the heating sector …

Stochastic optimization of energy hub operation with consideration of thermal energy market and demand response

MJ Vahid-Pakdel, S Nojavan… - energy Conversion and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Multi carrier energy systems or energy hubs has provided more flexibility for energy
management systems. On the other hand, due to mutual impact of different energy carriers in …

RETRACTED: Risk-based stochastic scheduling of energy hub system in the presence of heating network and thermal energy management

MW Tian, AG Ebadi, K Jermsittiparsert, M Kadyrov… - 2019 - Elsevier
Post-publication, the editors discovered suspicious changes in authorship between the
original submission and the revised version of this paper. In summary, the author names …

[HTML][HTML] Energy, economic, and environmental analysis of integration of thermal energy storage into district heating systems using waste heat from data centres

H Li, J Hou, T Hong, Y Ding, N Nord - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Data centres produce waste heat, which can be utilized in district heating systems. However,
the mismatch between data centres' heat supply and district heating systems' heat demands …

Optimal operation of energy hub system using hybrid stochastic-interval optimization approach

F Jamalzadeh, AH Mirzahosseini, F Faghihi… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This study proposes a hybrid interval-stochastic framework to create robust programming of
energy hub which thermal energy market, thermal demand response program (TDRP) and …

[HTML][HTML] Individual ground source heat pumps: Can district heating compete with real estate owners' return expectations?

K Kontu, J Vimpari, P Penttinen, S Junnila - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2020 - Elsevier
Technological development has decreased costs and improved the efficiency of heat pumps
(HPs). In some cases, heat produced with HPs is already less expensive compared to district …

District heating cost fluctuation caused by price model shift

J Song, F Wallin, H Li - Applied energy, 2017 - Elsevier
District Heating (DH) is considered as an efficient, environmentally friendly and cost-effective
method for providing heat to buildings, and is playing an important role in the mitigation of …

A method for optimizing and spatially distributing heating systems by coupling an urban energy simulation platform and an energy system model

A Steingrube, K Bao, S Wieland, A Lalama, PM Kabiro… - Resources, 2021 - mdpi.com
District heating is seen as an important concept to decarbonize heating systems and meet
climate mitigation goals. However, the decision related to where central heating is most …

Heat tariff and subsidy in China based on heat cost analysis

J Lin, B Lin - Energy Economics, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper addresses an important issue surrounding heating supply system reform and
seeks to evaluate China's heat tariff and heating subsidy from the perspective of the heating …

Pricing principles and incentives for energy efficiency investments in multi-family rental housing: The case of Sweden

H Lind - Energy Policy, 2012 - Elsevier
Improving the energy efficiency of the existing housing stock is a high priority in Sweden.
The focus of this viewpoint is on how incentives for improving energy efficiency are affected …