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The University Quarter in the city centre of Amsterdam is characterised by historical and monumental buildings. The University of Amsterdam (UvA) owns 15 buildings in this area, many of which are national monuments, and the energy management is not yet 'future-proof' everywhere. We aim to make sustainability improvements, including the implementation of an area-oriented Aquifer Thermal Energy Storage (ATES).
Grid congestion

Grid congestion is a market development that affects sustainability measures in the field of heat and cold storage. The ATES network, or the entire system in the University Quarter, is connected to the electricity grid, which is overloaded in many places in the Netherlands. But what does this entail?

Read more about grid capacity for large consumers on the website of Liander, the network operator that the UvA deals with: