Session 4: Thermal Energy Networks - Digging Deep for MN

The Energy Foundation Minnesota team developed a series of six 60-minute, Zoom-based briefings on electric load growth. The briefings are envisioned as a 101-level point-of-entry for those who are looking for an introduction to the topic and deeper dives on five key solutions.

Session 4: Thermal Energy Networks - Digging Deep for MN

This briefing with Ania Camargo Cortés of the Building Decarbonization Coalition and Aurora Vautrin of Building The Future MN will focus on the role that Thermal Energy Networks (TENs) can play in slowing electric load growth and the related growth of the electric grid.  To get there, the briefing will include a brief introduction to TENs and an update on the state-of-play of TENs development in Minnesota. 

• Pre-Reading: The Future of Heat: Thermal Energy Networks as an Evolutionary Path for Gas Utilities Toward a Safe, Equitable, Just Energy Transition

Series Sessions:

• 7/8 Introduction to Electric Load Growth in Minnesota
• 7/17 Virtual Power Plants - What’s Next for MN
• 7/24 Data Center Solutions - What’s Emerging in MN & Across the U.S.
• 7/31 Thermal Energy Networks - Digging Deep for MN
• 8/5 Industrial Decarbonization - Promising Directions for MN
• 8/12 Grid Solutions for Load Growth - How MN Can Lead

Access updates to the pre-reading and session descriptions.