The European Union is changing its RES support system. From the 1st January 2017, aid granted by the Member States should be in the form of tender procedures as required by the State Aid Guidelines for the Environment and Energy 2014-2020.

In the area of existing thermal energy supply systems, the processes of disconnection of existing heat consumers have been ongoing for a long time. The key point is correctness of the Energy Certificates. The article provides an example of a specific assessment of disconnection from central source heat supplier.

The paper presents a summary of achieved parameters of Wave – a cogeneration plant that received the E.ON Globe Energy Award in a category “Idea” in 2015. Operation experience and modifications of WAVE from the ceremonial baptism in 2016 to the end of November 2017 are described.

Assessing energy performance of the building is also done from the point of view of the need for non-renewable primary energy. A common layman probably does not know what this means. At the same time, the need for non-renewable primary energy fundamentally influences the design of energy sources for heating, cooling, hot water preparation, etc. for a particular building. The need for non-renewable primary energy is one of the three main energy performance indicators of a building, and if it is assessed as too large, the building can not be validated.

Another of several articles dealing with thermal losses evaluation of heating networks is focused on the numerical modeling of the temperature field in the immediate and distant surroundings of the pipe insulation surface. In connection with the difficulty of solving the analytical methods and in particular with the inaccuracy of their results, especially in less typical but not rare operating regimes, a two-dimensional model of the thermal field generated during the operation around the heating pipeline is offered as a suitable path for describing the whole process. The presented numerical model uses the growth of computational capacities in recent years, so that the size of one segment of the calculation grid is 10 x 10mm, which is, for example, to determine the suitability of the location of another pipe network or cable, near the hot-water pipe, the fineness is already sufficient. The resulting numerical model is being prepared, unlike a substantial part of the analytical methods, to calculate the full range of possible operating conditions of the hot-water and climatic conditions on the Earth's surface.

Another of several articles dealing with thermal losses evaluation of heating networks is focused on the numerical modeling of the temperature field in the immediate and distant surroundings of the pipe insulation surface. In connection with the difficulty of solving the analytical methods and in particular with the inaccuracy of their results, especially in less typical but not rare operating regimes, a two-dimensional model of the thermal field generated during the operation around the heating pipeline is offered as a suitable path for describing the whole process. The presented numerical model uses the growth of computational capacities in recent years, so that the size of one segment of the calculation grid is 10 × 10 mm, which is, for example, to determine the suitability of the location of another pipe network or cable, near the hot-water pipe, the fineness is already sufficient. The resulting numerical model is being prepared, unlike a substantial part of the analytical methods, to calculate the full range of possible operating conditions of the hot-water and climatic conditions on the Earth's surface.

The article deals with the measurement of temperature field around the underground pipeline and compared heat losses derived from the measured values, the values calculated by different methodologies and its content fits into a several-cycle of articles on the topic of heat transfer in the field of underground pipeline in terms of quantifying heat loss and the extent and the intensity of the thermal field generated in the vicinity of the pipeline network.

Explosion parameters are currently published mainly for pure substances under standard laboratory conditions (20 °C and 101 kPa according to IUPAC). No values for the explosion characteristics of biomass and airborne gas mixtures are covered in the literature to cover non-standard conditions. In this paper, maximum explosion pressure, p_max, maximum explosion pressure rise rate (dp/dt)_max, and deflagration index, K_G, mixtures of hazardous chemicals from biomass gasification and measured at 25 °C, 45 °C, 90 ° C and 50 kPa, 75 kPa and 100 kPa.

The article deals with the measurement of temperature field around the underground pipeline and compared heat losses derived from the measured values, the values calculated by different methodologies and its content fits into a several-cycle of articles on the topic of heat transfer in the field of underground pipeline in terms of quantifying heat loss and the extent and the intensity of the thermal field generated in the vicinity of the pipeline network.

The article describe the communication and cooperation of urban projects stakeholders. Inadequate communication can raise conflicts which could obstruct project realization.

The natural radioactivity lives mankind throughout its development. The effects of radiation to some extent they can influence the evolutionary history of life on Earth. It is therefore important to determine what values the natural radioactivity would reach different locations of the world.

The article introduces a brief history of gasification and gasification equipment located at the premises of Energy Research Center at VSB - Technical University of Ostrava. Gasification at the Energy Research Center has a ten-year tradition. The beginnings date back to 2006, when cooperation was initiated with the Ostrava company TEMEX, spol. s.r.o. by the construction of the first version of the gasifier with autothermal generator.

Total cost of heating energy typically consists of two items. The former is the payment for consumed energy while the latter is the payment for reserved power capacity or reserved energy capacity in given period. If the customer pays for the reserved power capacity, he/she should address two questions: what is the most suitable level of reserved capacity and how to control the heating system so that the reserved capacity limits are not exceeded. Both questions can be readily solved with the aid of model based predictive controller.

Paper describes selected effects of implementation of biomass microCHP generation in Czech legal conditions. Selected demonstration of biomass CHP is described and basic operational energy balances are presented. Comparison of microCHP and ordinary biomass boiler energy balance were performed. MicroCHP technology WAVE, which is being developed at CTU UCEEB in Buštěhrad, is described. Operational parameters of WAVE and future development outline were discussed.

In relation to the decentralized electricity production development, the issue whether it is possible to sell generated electricity directly to users of apartments in residental buildings, offices or other areas without using the distribution grid, is on the agenda.

The paper introduces selected parts of the methodology for the technical state evaluation of the steel cylindrical tanks affected by the corrosion weakening. Technical conditions have been mainly worked out for the energetic company experts who are responsible for the realization and evaluation of the steel tanks diagnostics. Simplified analytical procedures have been developed to evaluate the influence of the measured corrosion weakening on the reliability of steel tank structures. The technical conditions serve mainly for a decision about the relevance of the corrosion damage: the corrosion weakening is insignificant with respect to the structural reliability or the corrosion failures are potentially dangerous with respect to the structural reliability and a detailed statistical assessment of the steel tank is necessary.