Evidence library
Documented heat-pump projects
Operational plants, demonstrations and announced projects are kept separate. Supplier-reported figures remain labelled as supplier evidence.
32 project records1 Spanish record, 31 internationalStatus identified
32 of 32 records
Spain · Refining
CIRQLAR refinery waste-heat recovery
CIRQLAR consortium- Capacity
- Not published in the public project summary
- Heat source
- Low-temperature refinery waste heat
- Sink
- Process steam
- Status
- Demonstration
Norway · Plastics
Jackon expanded-polystyrene factory
Oilon ChillHeat P150- Capacity
- 372 kW
- Heat source
- Factory waste heat
- Sink
- Almost 100°C hot water
- Status
- Operational
Germany · Paper
Weissenborn paper mill heat recovery
Not stated in the cited summary- Capacity
- Not stated
- Heat source
- Paper-process waste heat
- Sink
- High-temperature process heat
- Status
- Operational
Not disclosed · Dairy
Dairy spray-drying heat recovery
GEA- Capacity
- Not disclosed
- Heat source
- Spray-dryer waste heat
- Sink
- Drying-process heat
- Status
- Operational
Denmark · Food ingredients
Protein-powder dryer electrification
Project consortium- Capacity
- Approximately 500 kW
- Heat source
- Warm moist exhaust air
- Sink
- Drying air
- Status
- Demonstration
Switzerland · Dairy
Swiss cheese factory waste-heat upgrade
Not stated in index record- Capacity
- Not stated
- Heat source
- Process waste heat
- Sink
- Cheese-production heat
- Status
- Operational
Denmark · District heating
Esbjerg seawater heat-pump system
MAN Energy Solutions- Capacity
- 70 MW total reported
- Heat source
- Seawater
- Sink
- District heating
- Status
- Operational
Denmark · District heating
Aalborg seawater heat-pump plant
MAN Energy Solutions- Capacity
- Four units, about 44 MW each
- Heat source
- Seawater at 1 to 15°C
- Sink
- Water up to 98°C
- Status
- Under construction
Germany · District heating
Berlin-Neukölln district-heating heat pumps
GEA RedGenium- Capacity
- Project configured
- Heat source
- Local waste and environmental heat
- Sink
- Up to 95°C
- Status
- Under construction
Finland · District heating and cooling
Katri Vala wastewater heat-pump plant
Friotherm Unitop 50FY- Capacity
- 18.1 MW heating in cited summer mode
- Heat source
- Treated wastewater and district cooling
- Sink
- Up to 88°C in cited mode
- Status
- Operational
Sweden · District heating and cooling
Akalla-Kista district energy system
Friotherm Unitop 33- Capacity
- 8.6 to 8.8 MW heating per unit in cited modes
- Heat source
- Cooling-system heat
- Sink
- Condensing temperature 82°C
- Status
- Operational
France · District heating
Plessis-Robinson geothermal heat pumps
Friotherm Unitop 22 BX- Capacity
- 6.83 MW heating
- Heat source
- 38 to 15°C cold-side circuit
- Sink
- 45 to 70°C hot water
- Status
- Operational
France · District heating
Fresnes geothermal heat-pump system
Friotherm Unitop 33 C- Capacity
- 2.12 to 3.61 MW heating
- Heat source
- Geothermal source
- Sink
- Up to 71.5°C in cited modes
- Status
- Operational
Italy · District heating
Canavese groundwater heat pump
Friotherm Unitop 50 FY- Capacity
- 15.5 MW heating
- Heat source
- Groundwater, 15 to 7.6°C
- Sink
- 65 to 90°C hot water
- Status
- Operational
Germany · District heating
Rostock seawater heat pump
Johnson Controls Sabroe DualPAC- Capacity
- Up to 700 kW
- Heat source
- Baltic seawater
- Sink
- District-heating water
- Status
- Under construction
Germany · District heating
Vattenfall Berlin waste-heat recovery
Sabroe HeatPAC- Capacity
- Not stated on public story
- Heat source
- Waste heat
- Sink
- District-heating hot water
- Status
- Operational
Vietnam · Malting
Intermalt malting heat recovery
GEA- Capacity
- Not publicly stated
- Heat source
- Cooling-plant waste heat
- Sink
- Kilning air
- Status
- Operational
Ireland · Dairy
Aurivo dairy process-heat recovery
GEA- Capacity
- Not stated in index source
- Heat source
- Refrigeration waste heat
- Sink
- Dairy process hot water
- Status
- Operational
Netherlands · Food manufacturing
Mars Wrigley Veghel heat-pump integration
GEA V HP-based system- Capacity
- Not publicly stated
- Heat source
- Refrigeration-system waste heat
- Sink
- Water up to 63°C
- Status
- Operational
Sweden · Data centre and district heating
Vallentuna data-centre heat recovery
Two Oilon ChillHeat P300 units- Capacity
- Not stated in cited article
- Heat source
- Data-centre cooling circuit
- Sink
- District-heating water
- Status
- Operational
China · Battery storage and district heating
Dalian battery-park heat recovery
Eight Oilon ChillHeat units- Capacity
- Not stated in cited article
- Heat source
- Battery-system waste heat
- Sink
- District-heating network
- Status
- Announced
Belgium · Steel
ArcelorMittal Ghent HURRICANE heat recovery
HEATEN HeatBooster HBL16- Capacity
- One-to-two-digit megawatt range stated
- Heat source
- Steelmaking surplus heat
- Sink
- Local heat network
- Status
- Announced
Germany · Thermal storage and district heating
Meldorf underground thermal-storage heat pump
ecop Rotation Heat Pump- Capacity
- Not stated
- Heat source
- Industrial waste heat and ambient air
- Sink
- Underground store and district heating
- Status
- Demonstration
Not disclosed · Paper
PUSH2HEAT paper-industry demonstration
PUSH2HEAT consortium- Capacity
- Full-scale demonstration
- Heat source
- Industrial waste heat
- Sink
- Process heat in the 135 to 160°C programme band
- Status
- Demonstration
Not disclosed · Food
PUSH2HEAT food-industry demonstration
PUSH2HEAT consortium- Capacity
- Full-scale demonstration
- Heat source
- Industrial waste heat
- Sink
- Process heat in the 135 to 160°C programme band
- Status
- Demonstration
Not disclosed · Beverage
PUSH2HEAT beverage-industry demonstration
PUSH2HEAT consortium- Capacity
- Full-scale demonstration
- Heat source
- Industrial waste heat
- Sink
- Process heat in the 135 to 160°C programme band
- Status
- Demonstration
Austria · Brick manufacturing
Wienerberger industrial drying demonstration
DryFiciency consortium- Capacity
- Not stated in index record
- Heat source
- Dryer exhaust and waste heat
- Sink
- Industrial drying air
- Status
- Demonstration
Austria · Food ingredients
AGRANA starch-drying demonstration
DryFiciency consortium- Capacity
- Not stated in index record
- Heat source
- Drying-process waste heat
- Sink
- Starch drying
- Status
- Demonstration
Denmark · Malting
Viking Malt drying demonstration
DryFiciency consortium- Capacity
- Not stated in index record
- Heat source
- Kiln exhaust heat
- Sink
- Malt drying air
- Status
- Demonstration
Netherlands · Beverage
innocent Rotterdam juice factory
GEA integrated heat-pump system- Capacity
- Not publicly stated
- Heat source
- Process and refrigeration waste heat
- Sink
- 65°C cleaning circuit and 90°C pasteurisation circuit
- Status
- Operational
Poland · Poultry processing
Wipasz Międzyrzec Podlaski food plant
GEA integrated refrigeration and heat-pump system- Capacity
- Not publicly stated
- Heat source
- Refrigeration-system waste heat
- Sink
- Process hot water and ventilation
- Status
- Operational
Sweden · District heating
E.ON Malmö sewage-heat recovery
GEA ammonia heat pumps- Capacity
- 30 MW extracted from sewage water
- Heat source
- Treated sewage water around 14°C
- Sink
- Designed up to 80°C, normally below 71°C
- Status
- Operational