Utrecht
LEC Oog in Al
The project focuses on the Oog in Al district of the city of Utrecht.
The LEC intends to develop a new district heating network that uses a local renewable energy source, most likely aquathermal energy from the canals. Ideally, the heat grid will be part of an integrated energy system in which the energy needed for neighbourhood electricity demand and for the heat grid can be generated, stored and shared locally.
The next stage of the project involves conducting research into the technical possibilities and business case, as well as the technical feasibility.
- Popular neighbourhood amongst families.
- Key places in the neighbourhood include a train station, a shopping centre and elementary schools.
- About 1,500 housing units, home to 4,100 people
- Surrounded by water canals
- To develop a new district heating network using a local renewable energy source.
- To involve residents to ensure that ideas are adapted to their needs and housing type.
Lead: City of Utrecht
- To support citizens' initiatives in renewable energy projects
- To be a frontrunner in the transition to a low-carbon economy
- To foster multi-stakeholder collaborations for sustainability, combining technical and social innovation.
Co-lead: Energie Samen (Energy Communities national network)
- To standardise the letters of intent and cooperation agreements between local energy communities and public authorities.
- To advise local energy communities on governance and organisation, and ensure compliance with the new collective heating law.
Co-lead: University of Applied Science Utrecht
- To focus on the development of new knowledge that has societal and scientific impacts.
Associated organisation: Oog Voor Warmte (Citizen Energy Community)
- To focus on the heat transition.
- To provide energy advisors and street ambassadors.
- To be in direct contact with neighbours to prepare them for the heat transition.
