With its scheduled launch in July 2021, the Austrian demo site in the municipality of Stegersbach will showcase a range of energy storage and sector coupling solutions. Embedded into the solar.one building, a larger competence centre for renewable energy, the demo lab will make it possible for Stegerbach’s 2700 inhabitants as well as those of […]

Scheduled to be launched in July 2021, the Croatian demo site in Zaprešić in Zagreb Country will be the first heat prosumer in Croatia, making it possible for a school to capture thermal energy for its own consumption and to feed additional heat into the District Heating System (DHS). This smart heating solution, achieved through […]

Thanks to the expertise provided by the project partners, regional analyses on the city storage and sector coupling (CSSC) potential of 10 countries have been completed. More specifically, the reports focus on 19 target cities in Germany, Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Moldova, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Austria and Bulgaria.  These small to medium-sized […]

One of the first deliverables to have been developed by the project is the CSSC matrix for city storage and sector coupling (CSSC) technologies. This tool makes it possible for municipalities to identify different city storage and sector coupling solutions for their given city type and to build on the experience of Danube region cities […]

We are delighted to announce that the first CSSC demo centre has been launched in Bulgaria! The Bulgarian case showcases the use of solar energy and biomass for the meeting of all electricity and heating needs of an office building in Varna. At present, the building is being used by 5 employees and is also […]

As part of its activities in the CSSC Lab project, Lake Constance Foundation has identified six CSSC technologies, which are particularly suitable for small and medium sized cities in the Danube Region. In this blog article, we will talk you through different types of CSSC technologies and the selection process of the six “model solutions”, […]