PDP# 5: Creation of an interactive platform for efficient and balanced energy generation planning
Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania ·Lithuania
About this project
<p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Calibri">The project will aim to create interactive map, which would not only contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the Directive 2012/27/EU and setting national heating and cooling potentials but would reduce investment cost in to the district heating and cooling infrastructure, reduce heat losses in networks, as well increase efficiency of distribution and would significantly contribute to reducing CO2 emissions.</span></span></p> <p><br> <span style="font-family: Calibri"><span style="color: #000000">The aim of the project is to fulfil the obligation stemming from the </span><span style="color: #000000">EU </span><span style="color: #000000">Directive to develop an assessment study of the national heating and cooling potential, a database and an interactive map. </span></span></p> <p><br> <span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Calibri"><strong>The project includes:</strong></span></span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Collection of statistical information, estimation of heat and cooling potential, creation of database and interactive data platform.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Creation of an Online Portal.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Implementation of educational tools to build expertise for experts, practitioners and the public who will manage and use the interactive data platform.</span></span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 11pt"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", sans-serif">Raise the competence of staff and the public (training, visits, preparation of methodological material, publicity events in municipalities and etc).</span></span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Project benefit</span></span></strong></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri"><span style="color: #000000">The results will provide better tools for public and private entities in planning future investments in energy infrastructure; increase skills and competence of staff and contribute to improved awareness among end-users about energy investment needs.</span> </span></p> <p><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-family: Calibri">Also project will help to contribute to the effective achievement of national climate change mitigation targets, efficiently plan the heat and cooling infrastructure and to control the optimum energy balance of the fuels, and will also allow for cost and energy savings decisions.</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-family: Calibri"><strong><span style="color: #000000">Target groups of the project </span></strong><span style="color: #000000">Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania, the Lithuanian Energy Agency, municipalities, </span><span style="color: #000000">business entities, small and medium enterprises, associations, society.</span></span></p>
Project partners
- Lithuanian Energy Agency Project partner· Lithuania