Heat pumps, a sustainable heat decarbonation solution
Heat pumps efficiently produce low-carbon heat, with an impact three to four times lower than that of a high-efficiency gas installation. Heat pumps can replace fossil fuels and contribute to the energy efficiency and decarbonisation of your industrial processes and buildings.
In order to anticipate the regulatory constraints linked to fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (GHG) , Equans expert operate with a natural refrigerant, making them perfectly environment-friendly.
From design to installation and maintenance of heat pump solutions
HEATEO combines heat recovery, thermal storage and low carbon heat production with a high level of services from design to installation and maintenance according to local specificities and customers' challenges. With HEATEO offer, Equans positions at the forefront of heat cycles optimization and integration of most relevant decarbonizing heating systems.
One stop shop to deal with decarbonization of your thermal, supporting projects from design to maintenance
- Analysis of consumptions & carbon footprint
- Options with cost / performance / leadtime
- From Layout to detailed design
- Permitting
- Financing
- Best technologies available
- Management of the suppliers
- Turnkey project
- Safety first
- Off site prefab for implementation lead time reduced
- Operational excellence in project management
- Commissioning support
- Responsiveness and proximity for continuity of service
- Energy Performance commitment
- A long existing local network of agenciesEQUANS has a wide network of agencies throughout France, Austria, UK, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Netherlands, Canada and USA. Thanks to our local presence and expertise, EQUANS is a trusted partner known and recognized by its local customers.
- An expertise consolidationOur teams are experts acting from standardized commercial products to tailor-made solutions considering your process, your constraints and available space right through in situ installation and long-term technical maintenance. Thanks to partnership with our suppliers, but we also remain informed of new innovations to serve the customer with the best-in-class designs & technologies.
- A customer centric approachEquans supports projects from design to maintenance: full value chain and single point of contact. Our team has long term experience in various sectors in delivering energy and Multi technical services as EQUANS core business, and count on many references of Low Carbon Thermal installation and maintenance services. Equans supplies personal and highly expert approach, tailor-made solutions for every business which contribute to better operating results., technological breakthroughs by combining sector-specific developments with years of practical experience, knowledge, and sustainability.
- Off-site workshopsEQUANS presence offers many possibilities of off-site workshops to ensure high quality in manufacturing, reduce risk, shorten planning and neighborhood inconvenience on building site : 21 Workshops for Skids and shelters prefabrication in HVAC and refrigeration (in the USA, Belgium, Austria, The Netherlands, France and UK) amongst 8 main workshops dedicated to tailor-made Heat pumps and 1 compressor overhaul services workshop.
HEATEO in a few numbers
HEATEO in a few numbers
An optimized approach to each project
To exit from fossil fuel, enhance energy efficiency and achieve decarbonation, Equans has developed HEATEO, gathering different technologies for low-carbon installation and maintenance services. The approach is adapted to the challenges and specificities of its clients from public territories to industrial processes and tertiary buildings.
Waste heat, produced by industries and not utilized, represents a significant energy potential of about 36% of the fuel consumption of the industry.
Equans has solutions to analyze the thermal sources and needs of a process to identify where cycle optimization with a simple exchanger can be implemented. Heat can be recovered from gaseous or liquid effluent, stored or directly re-use on site or via an energy network facilitating sector coupling (e.g. : industry to district heating).
Waste heat can also be utilized by upgrading the temperature with heat pump, for power generation via ORC systems or cooling with absorption equipment.
“The global thermal energy storage market was estimated at 4.4 billion U.S. dollars in 2022. It was forecast to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2 percent until 2030”, Statista, Thermal energy storage market value worldwide 2022-2030
The development of intermittent renewable energies and the saturation of electricity networks with new uses are new challenges of energy transition. Thermal storage makes it possible to reduce peak demand, reduce thermal production capacity and facilitate the management of the energy mix in favor of recovery and renewable energy when it is the cheapest.
Today, we use sensible storage via water tanks, or geothermal wells but we also Have innovative solutions:
Aquifer / Borehole thermal energy STORAGE (ATES/BTES)
Geothermal storage uses the stable temperature underground for inter-seasonal re-use of this thermal energy. In summer, the heat from cooling system, industrial processes or solar heat may be stored for heating in winter season, while the lower temperature of the ground may reduce ambient air temperature in summer.
“The global geothermal energy market size was estimated at USD 7.45 billion in 2023 and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 3.1% from 2024 to 2030.” , Grand View Research
Green heat module x
Renewable power to heat and storage: low-cost, intermittent and green electricity turns into green heat delivered on demand, storage secure the availability of your heat and demand-response capacity.
Heat Pump
“Heat pumps installed in buildings have a combined capacity of more than 1 000 GW today. Capacity is set to grow to 2 600 GW by 2030.” IEA, The future of Heat pump, 2022
Nearly 40% of industrial heating demand in 2030 is at temperatures suitable for heat pumps.
The heat pump "transforms" low-temperature thermal energy into energy at a higher temperature using a vapor compression cycle. Heat pumps are 3 to 4 time more efficient than combustion.
Our engineering teams analyze cold sources & heat needs for optimal integration acting from standardised products to tailor-made solutions. Equans has cutting-edge expertise from refrigeration Equans has workshops that manufacture custom-made systems to integrate different temperature levels useful to industrials up to 120°C.
Power to heat
Equans has developed partnership with OEMs of electrode boilers to produce Electric Steam or superheated water. Vapec and Parat have patented technology for heating demineralized water by an electrode immersed in a mobile tank.
Combine heat & power plant
Combined Heat and Power (CHP), also known as cogeneration, is a highly efficient process that generates electricity and captures the heat to provide useful thermal energy. CHP technologies include engine or turbo machines.
Biomass
“Use of modern bioenergy has increased on average by about 4% per year between 2010 and 2023 and is on an upward trend.” IEA, Bioenergy, 2024
A biomass plant is a facility that converts organic materials (biomass) into energy. Biomass includes materials like wood, agricultural residues, and animal waste. These plants use various processes to transform biomass into heat and electricity,
District heating
Since district heating industry is transitioning to lower temperature network, it becomes perfectly suitable for renewable energy sources such as solar thermal, large scale heat pump or geothermal and biomass. Many countries have policies to support this for path for decarbonization.
“…the decarbonisation potential of district heating is largely untapped, as fossil fuels still dominate district network supplies globally (about 90% of total heat production)” IEA, District Heating, 2023
An Energy Management System (EMS) is a set of digital tools that help monitor, control, and optimize the performance of energy generation, storage, and consumption. These systems are used in various settings to improve energy efficiency, steer energy mix to lower gas emission and reduce costs of the heat.
Warmtelinq heat transport network
• Context : Fatal heat generated by industrial estate of Rotterdam and remain unused
• Solution : Supply the heat over 10 km up to Den Haag
• Benefit : 120 000 houses in the neighborhood to be connected and supplied with heating produced out of Rotterdam fatal heat
100% CO2 - Neutral Energy Concept
• Context : New district planned : six building units with 75.000 m² net floor space. Suitable 100% CO2-neutral heating and cooling plant to be designed and build.
• Solution : Heat recovery on the exhaust air of all buildings, recovery from heat and cool from the ground with 2 levels of geothermal drillings. Heat pumps to leverage temperatures. Energy efficiency and sizing of the systems using the sprinkler tanks as thermal storage. Innovative business model Heating and Cooling as a Service over 23 years For Turnover of 60M€
• Benefit : 6.7GWh heating demand and 4.3GWh cooling demand per year, CO2 neutral heating and cooling system
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