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Accelerate Energy Transition with Aquathermia 2.0

In its National Climate Agreement, the Dutch government has made commitments to reducing the emission of CO2. One of the sectors referred to in the agreement is the built environment. Heat demand…

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Sustainable energy
Q&A, Aquathermal and Thermal Energy from Drinking water (TED)

Aquathermal energy is a relatively new subject. This Q&A has been drawn up as a guide to the most frequently asked questions about Aquathermal Energy, and specifically Thermal…

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Safe innovation and the water sector
Energy transition and Drinking Water phase 2

The energy transition will impact the operational management of drinking water utilities in multiple ways. In the second phase of the research project on the energy transition and drinking water, KWR is…

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Sustainable energy
WarmteStad Groningen: digital twin

WarmteStad Groningen is expanding the heating network in its city. The company is thus addressing the challenge of implementing sustainability in a rapid and cost-effective manner. To achieve this, WarmteStad is combining…

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Sustainable energy
COHEASY: flexibility to balance energy production and consumption

A mismatch between energy production and consumption can lead to a surplus of renewable energy on the electricity grid (congestion) at one moment and an increase in the…

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Climate change and resilience
WarmingUP: Innovative Sustainable Heat Collective

Collective heating systems play a major role in accelerating the sustainability of heat demand in the built environment. The aim of the WarmingUP project is to make collective heating systems reliable, sustainable…

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Sustainable energy
Thermal energy from drinking water: TED

Under the Climate Agreement the Dutch government has made commitments to reduce CO2 emissions. The built environment is one of the sectors mentioned in the agreement. The biggest challenge in making homes…

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Sustainable energy
HEATSTORE

The HEATSTORE project is an European project aimed at making technologies for the subsurface seasonal storage of sustainable heat ready for market uptake. With 23 European parties from nine countries the deployment is Europe-wide. In six demonstration…

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Health
Safe innovation and the water sector
Organising the Veghel experimental plot

In this project, we are creating a scientific basis for the organisation of water company Brabant Water’s future ‘infrastructural experimental plot’ in Veghel for the specific area of expertise that relates to…

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Sustainable energy
Heat and Cold from drinking water (HCD)

‘Heat and Cold from Drinking water’, ‘HCD ’ for short, constitutes a unique combination of water and energy: the thermal energy, which the drinking water contains, is used to bring together the…

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Efficient hot water heating

As homes become better insulated, energy consumption for spatial heating is decreasing. It is therefore increasingly important to have a clear picture of another reason for household energy consumption: hot water heating. In this project we determined…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Material properties required for shallowly buried pipes

Brabant Water has developed the concept the Tertiaire Net van de Toekomst (TNT) (Tertiary Network of the Future). According to this vision, the tertiary network will be installed…

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Sustainable energy
Elaboration of heat-cold recovery from drinking water

Water companies want to actively contribute to cutting back the societal costs associated with the consumption of fossil fuel energy in connection with drinking water use. Among the…

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Climate change and resilience
Future temperature in the distribution network under the impact of urbanisation and climate change

Water temperature at the pumping station has limited impact on the temperature at the tap, but groundwater temperature does have a strong impact. If ground temperatures increase because…

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ATES/UV: Energetic decontamination

All over the world, the groundwater in many central urban areas is contaminated, mostly as a result of (former) industrial activities. Regulatory stipulations and/or new uses of the areas might require that…

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Energy-efficient and sustainable Tergooi hospital

Tergooi is developing a new hospital as part of the redevelopment of the Monnikenberg country estate to the east of Hilversum. The hospital is part of the supraregional health-care park that is…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Calorics

The temperature of water in the distribution network is influenced by the weather, the surroundings and the soil. Climate change and urbanisation will also in the future possibly lead to excessive warming of the drinking water. Water…

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Andreas Moerman MSc
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Andreas Moerman MSc

Scientific researcher Project manager

Andreas Moerman a project manager and researcher in the Energy and Circular Systems team. Within the heat transition effort, Andreas works on developments in the areas of Aquathermal Energy/TED (Thermal…

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Collective sustainable heating systems are technically feasible and socially acceptable

28 March 2023 — The three-year WarmingUP innovation programme demonstrates that collective sustainable heat systems are technically feasible and socially acceptable. Heating…

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Latest research on the application, improvement and impact of HT-ATES systems

18 July 2022 — KWR was well represented at the conference. Martin Bloemendal was involved in the organisation and chaired the Underground…

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Research on the microbial effects of ‘thermal energy from drinking water’ on water quality

10 March 2022 — How can it be possible to extract heat and cold from the drinking water network without adverse (microbiological)…

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Data-acquisition for HT-ATES design combined with geothermal drilling

24 February 2022 — 15 months in, the first data-acquisition drilling was performed to research the potential of the underground for subsurface…

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WarmingUPdate: where are we now, where we are headed?

19 July 2021 — We are halfway through the WarmingUP period and well on our way. So it’s time for a detailed…

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Aquathermal Advisory Group shares knowledge about energy and water

06 July 2021 — The urgency of the energy transition requires, among other things, a broad view of all the available sustainable…

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Aquathermal energy potential: webviewer update

18 May 2021 — The Aquathermal Energy Viewer, which provides insight into the potential of aquathermal energy in the Netherlands, has been…

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Power-to-X in Nieuwegein a further step closer

11 August 2020 — Storage and conversion are becoming increasingly important for a robust and reliable energy system of the future. These…

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Exploration of underground thermal energy storage

16 July 2020 — On 7 July, the WarmingUP collective organised the first episode in a series of webinars on applicable knowledge…

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Heating sector forms alliance for affordable, sustainable heating

13 December 2019 — Gas supplies are to be eliminated from the built environment as part of the Climate Agreement. Heat networks…

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Monitoring of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system at Koppert-Cress

03 October 2019 — The last few weeks Martin Bloemendal and I have been busy, together with a drilling company and an…

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Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

27 September 2019 — At the way home from our holiday in France, my wife dropped me off in Brussels. I attended…

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Study of the effect of underground heat sources on drinking water temperature

30 April 2018 — Research institutes KWR and Deltares are to investigate the effect of underground heat sources on the temperature of…

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Future cooling water conditioning without cooling towers

18 December 2017 — Together with ENVAQA, the Stichting Kennisuitwisseling Industriële Watertechnologie (SKIW) organised the Industrial Cooling Water Themed Day in Rozenburg…

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Heated activity in the subsurface

31 October 2017 — Over the last few years we have carried out many projects under the climate change, water quality and…

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Launch of Power to X hydrogen project

22 March 2017 — On Wednesday, 22 March, a celebration was held for the launch of the Power to X project at…

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Water Sector

The connecting role of water in the circular economy

24 February 2017 — As of 21 March 2017, the TKI Water Technology partners will be present at the Aqua Trade Fair Netherlands…

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Waterwinst website online

09 June 2016 — The ‘Waterwinst’ (water gain) website presents building blocks for and examples of function combinations of drinking water extraction…

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Conclusion of TKI De Ceuvel Cleantech Playground project

19 October 2015 — Decentralisation: a fad or a necessary step towards a sustainable city? This question was at the core of…

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Effect of ATES systems on the spreading of contaminants

08 April 2015 — Old soil and groundwater contamination is present in many city centres. The installation of aquifer thermal energy storage…

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Sustainable energy

There is a worldwide drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shift to cleaner, more…

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Sustainable resources

The circular economy is the alternative to the current – essentially linear – economy. While…

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Heat

Accelerate Energy Transition with Aquathermia 2.0

Q&A, Aquathermal and Thermal Energy from Drinking water (TED)

Energy transition and Drinking Water phase 2

WarmteStad Groningen: digital twin

COHEASY: flexibility to balance energy production and consumption

WarmingUP: Innovative Sustainable Heat Collective

Thermal energy from drinking water: TED

HEATSTORE

Organising the Veghel experimental plot

Heat and Cold from drinking water (HCD)

Efficient hot water heating

Material properties required for shallowly buried pipes

Elaboration of heat-cold recovery from drinking water

Future temperature in the distribution network under the impact of urbanisation and climate change

ATES/UV: Energetic decontamination

Energy-efficient and sustainable Tergooi hospital

Calorics

Collective sustainable heating systems are technically feasible and socially acceptable

Latest research on the application, improvement and impact of HT-ATES systems

Research on the microbial effects of ‘thermal energy from drinking water’ on water quality

Data-acquisition for HT-ATES design combined with geothermal drilling

WarmingUPdate: where are we now, where we are headed?

Aquathermal Advisory Group shares knowledge about energy and water

Aquathermal energy potential: webviewer update

Power-to-X in Nieuwegein a further step closer

Exploration of underground thermal energy storage

Heating sector forms alliance for affordable, sustainable heating

Monitoring of the Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage system at Koppert-Cress

Shaping the research agenda for ATES and BTES towards 2030

Study of the effect of underground heat sources on drinking water temperature

Future cooling water conditioning without cooling towers

Heated activity in the subsurface

Launch of Power to X hydrogen project

The connecting role of water in the circular economy

Waterwinst website online

Conclusion of TKI De Ceuvel Cleantech Playground project

Effect of ATES systems on the spreading of contaminants

Sustainable energy

Sustainable resources