IEA Tasks & Annexe
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IEA DHC Annex XIV project 04: RE-PEAK - How to cover peak heat loads in DH networks with renewables?
One challenge for the decarbonisation of many district heating networks (DH) is the provision of peak load. The objectives of the RE-PEAK project are: to gain a better understanding of the specific problems, to collect empirical data on the provision of peak load, to analyse the perception of district heating network operators with regard to the transition to climate-neutral peak load coverage, and to consolidate the results and derive recommendations.
IEA DHC Annex XIV project 06: HY2HEAT Using electrolysis waste heat in district heating networks
Hydrogen will primarily be produced by electrolysis, however, approximately one third of the electricity used to generate the hydrogen will be wasted as heat. The aim of HY2HEAT is to analyse the techno-economic synergies of electrolysis waste heat integration in District Heating systems, to evaluate the best technical solutions and to derive a practical guide for District Heating operators.
IEA DHC Annex XIV project 02 „FAST DHC - Feasibility Assessment Tool for District Heating and Cooling“
The transformation of district heating is referred to as the transition from the 1st to the 4th generation (4GDH). Recently, so-called ‘thermal source networks (TSN)’, also known as 5th generation or anergy networks, have been introduced. The aim of the project FAST DHC is to develop and demonstrate a simple tool for the techno-economic evaluation of 4GDH and thermal source networks, which also enables a comparison with individual heating and cooling solutions.
IEA ES Task 45: Accelerating the uptake of Large Thermal Energy Storages
The aim of Task 45 is to accelerate the market launch of large-scale heat storage systems. For this purpose, numerical simulation techniques and material measurement techniques are to be improved and a material database expanded. In addition, a standardized evaluation and communication basis will be developed leading to a method for yield assurance. The methods and findings will be disseminated specifically to municipal utilities, planners and operators of district heating systems as well as decision-makers.
IEA Hydrogen Task 42: Underground Hydrogen Storage
The IEA Hydrogen Technology Collaboration Program’s Task 42 on Underground Hydrogen Storage focuses on advancing the technical, economic, and societal viability of underground hydrogen storage in porous reservoirs, salt caverns, and lined-rock caverns.
IEA ISGAN Working Group 9: Flexibility Markets - Development and Implementation (Working Period 2023 - 2025)
ISGAN Working Group 9 focuses on flexibilities in the power system and related market mechanisms. Main work areas include the integration of trading with flexibilities (redispatch), investigation of the needs of different market participants, identification and definition of flexibilities and their characteristics, development and scaling of interoperable flexibility markets, consumer-oriented understanding of flexibilities and the avoidance of stability or security losses due to diversity loss.
IEA Hydrogen Task 48: Future demand of Hydrogen in Industry
The task provides an overview of the current and expected use of hydrogen in various industrial sectors. It evaluates the extent to which past and predicted developments in the use of hydrogen in industry deviate from the roadmaps of different countries. This information is important for both companies and policymakers and can support the ramp-up of hydrogen use and the decarbonization of the industrial sector.
IEA IETS Task 18: Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Related Technologies for Energy Efficiency and GHG Emissions Reduction in Industry (Working period 2023 - 2024)
The work in Task 18 enables the exchange of experience and knowledge between industry and research institutions from different countries. Through this cooperation best practices are identified and disseminated to promote the implementation of energy-efficient technologies in industry. In the medium and long-term, this contributes to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of industry.
IEA AMT Task 12: Novel 2D materials and laser-based surface processes to increase resource efficiency in mobility applications
Friction and wear cause enormous global costs and CO2 emissions. At the same time, machines should become more and more reliable. Within Task 12, new concepts in material development and surface processes are being examined and advanced in order to reduce friction and wear.
IEA IETS Task 15: Industrial Excess Heat Recovery (Phase 4)
Excess heat recovery plays a crucial role in reducing emissions in industry. Through strategic planning and efficient process integration, companies can improve their energy efficiency and significantly reduce their carbon footprint. Task XV facilitates the international exchange of experience and knowledge between different companies. This identifies best practices to promote the implementation of energy-efficient technologies in industry.
IEA PVPS Task 12: Photovoltaics (PV) Sustainability Activities (working period 2024 - 2027)
Photovoltaics (PV) is a renewable energy source that is an important technology for the energy transition. For this reason, or rather despite this, it is important to consider sustainability aspects in PV as well. End-of-life solutions in particular play an important role, as a strong increase in the number of end-of-life modules is expected in the coming years. Well-functioning recycling methods, repair possibilities or reuse options are of great importance. In this project, these existing methods and capacities in Austria are being researched and published in reports and workshops.
IEA 4E EDNA: Efficient Demand-flexible Networks and Appliances Platform (Working period 2024 - 2027)
The IEA 4E EDNA Platform aims to recommend measures to promote the energy efficiency of network connected devices, and to make them available to key stakeholders such as policy makers and product developers in the form of reports, policy briefs and tools. In various tasks the opportunities and the barriers for the promotion of energy efficiency measures are researched and analyzed. On this basis ENDA recommendations should support the design of regulations for energy efficient network connected devices.
IEA ISGAN Working Group 7: Smart grids transitions of the institutional change (Working period 2023-2026)
The aim of ISGAN Working Group 7 is to bundle international experiences and interdisciplinary research activities on smart grids, process them and make them usable for policy makers and regulators. These include social, economic and humanities research on the institutional framework conditions of the transition, in particular on governance issues, as well as the development of processes for the broad participation of relevant social groups in smart grid transition processes.
IEA PVPS Task 15: Enabling Framework for the Acceleration of BIPV (Working period 2024 - 2027)
Photovoltaics in general, and thus also the integration of photovoltaics into buildings (BIPV), represents a key component in the energy system of the future. The issues of land consumption for PV and dual use are now making BIPV increasingly important. Solutions for photovoltaics integrated into the building envelope are therefore increasingly becoming the focus of the construction industry.
IEA HEV TCP Task 49: Electric Vehicle-Fire Safety
As the number of electric vehicles increases, so does the need for safety. The project is creating an overview of fire safety standards for electric vehicles and networking relevant stakeholders. Challenges are discussed and experiences exchanged in national and international expert workshops. The focus is on promoting the safety of electric vehicles and increasing their acceptance.
IEA Hydrogen Task 45: Renewable Hydrogen Production
Due to the increasing pressure to replace fossil fuels with alternatives, the demand for renewable hydrogen supplies is also increasing. In this project, the state of the art of various established and innovative production paths will be collected, processed and then made available to the public.
IEA EBC Annex 89: Ways to Implement Net-zero Whole Life Carbon Buildings
IEA EBC Annex 89 focuses on the pathways and actions needed by various stakeholders and decision-makers to implement whole life cycle based net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from buildings in policy and practice. Annex 89 will support key stakeholders and decision-makers in developing and implementing effective Paris-goal compatible schemes and solutions to achieve NetZ-WLC buildings at multiple scales.
IEA PVPS Task 13: Reliability and Performance of Photovoltaic Systems (Work Plan 2024 - 2025)
IEA PVPS Task 13 engages in focusing the international collaboration in improving the reliability of photovoltaic systems and subsystems by collecting, analyzing and disseminating information on their technical performance and durability, providing a basis for their technical assessment, and developing practical recommendations for improving their electrical and economic output in different climatic regions.
IEA ES Task 44: Power-to-Heat and Heat integrated Carnot Batteries for Zero-Carbon (industrial) heat and Power supply
The rise of renewable energy causes fluctuating energy production. The electrification of heat supply further challenges the electricity grid. Coupling electricity and heating with thermal storage helps to strengthen grid resilience and ensures stable energy supply. This project identifies and evaluates heat-integrated Carnot battery concepts to store thermal and electrical energy and supply electricity and thermal energy on demand.
IEA EBC Annex 91: Open BIM for Energy Efficient Buildings
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is considered a key technology for optimising the overall energy performance of buildings. The project lays the foundations for OpenBIM tools to include the assessment and optimisation of the energy efficiency of buildings in the future, for Open BIM processes and data models to be increasingly harmonised and standardised, and thus for smaller construction companies to have the opportunity to work on complex BIM projects in the future.