Type

ULTDH

Short description

ULTDH utilizing geothermal HP for heating of schools and residential buildings

Location

Mieres (Barredo), Asturias

Country

Spain

End users

Polytechnic School of Mieres (EPM), the secondary school Bernaldo de Quirós (IBQ) and a group of buildings, located in the Vasco-Mayacina area, which has a total of 248 dwellings

Heat source

Geothermal

Description

2 geothermal HsP used as a heat source that feeds DH network; Water from mine reservoirs through HEX feeds 2 HPs connected to network; Each house connected via HEX to main network; Back up gas boilers; 2 networks- 1 HTDH and other one LTDH 23 °C temperature of the source

Cooling

Missing info

Heat source-network connection

HP

Booster HP or no for SH

No

Booster HP, IHEU or DHSU for DHW

Natural gas boilers

Category

1.13.1.1.1.

Costs/Price [€] (Investment; Operation; Cost for the consumer)

Investment: 1.42 mil. €

Tsource [°C]

23

Tsupply,min [°C] (at consumer substation)

45

SCOP=(reference annual heating demand)/(seasonal electricity consumption for heating) [-]

5

Installed capacity [MW]

2.63

Produced heating energy [MWh/year]

2462.88 (supplied both to HTDH and LTDH

Project area [km2]

1

Reference 1

https://www.euroheat.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/RHC-ETIP_District-and-DHC-Vision-2050.pdf

Reference 2

https://www.euroheat.org/knowledge-hub/case-studies/100-re-district-mieres-barredo-asturias-spain/

Reference 3

https://www.districtenergyaward.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/19GDECA-Desc-DHeating-BarredoColling-Spain.pdf

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