This project will evaluate an urban district energy system with a CHP plant, solar thermal heating, rooftop photovoltaic generation, and battery and thermal storage. The project will demonstrate how incorporating a robust generation and storage portfolio allows an urban district energy system to improve its efficiency by at least 50% and increase its backup power by at least 40% with a return on investment of 10 years or less. The improvement will be evaluated against the baseline operations for two urban district energy systems: a synthetic district energy system and The George Washington University (GWU) district energy system. The project will provide tools for the design, analysis, and implementation of next generation district energy systems.
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