DH4PI KICKS OFF IN AALBORG: BUILDING THE METHODOLOGY TOGETHER

DH4PI is underway! Partners met in Aalborg to kick off the project and start building a methodology for bringing industrial process heat into district heating planning.

Aalborg, 27 October 2026 | The DH4PI partners gathered at Aalborg University, which hosted the project’s official kick-off meeting. DBDH, Aalborg University, Efficacity and Cerema came together to align on the project objectives, work plan and the first steps towards developing a transferable methodology for including industrial process heat demand in district heating planning.

The project brings together Poul Alberg Østergaard from Aalborg University; Ludovic Durbiano from Efficacity; Luc Petitpain from Cerema; and Hanne Kortegaard Støchkel, Charlotte Mejlshede, and Maia Massimello from DBDH.

Making industrial process heat visible in heat planning

While industrial surplus heat is already widely considered in district heating planning, the opportunity to use district heating to supply industrial process heat is still largely missing from planning frameworks and energy system models. DH4PI will develop and test a methodology to help identify these opportunities and bring them into local, regional, and national heat planning.

The methodology will build on information about industrial processes and heat demand, district heating systems, and existing cases, then bring this knowledge together into a screening methodology and test it in planning tools.

We need your knowledge

DH4PI will develop a methodology that can be used beyond the project itself, so input from the wider research and DH community will be an important part of getting it right.

Information about industrial processes, temperature requirements, and process heat demand is scattered, and building a useful methodology requires the best possible understanding of what is happening in practice.