{"id":5228,"date":"2025-11-03T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/persee\/?post_type=actualites&#038;p=5228"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:39:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T11:39:29","slug":"soutenance-de-these-de-maxime-vrain","status":"publish","type":"actualites","link":"https:\/\/www.minesparis.psl.eu\/persee\/actualites\/soutenance-de-these-de-maxime-vrain\/","title":{"rendered":"Soutenance de th\u00e8se de Maxime VRAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container block-full-largeur\">\n\t<div class=\"row mt-4\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\">On November 3rd, 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/maxime-vrain-16a049172\/\">Maxime Vrain<\/a> successfully defended his PhD thesis titled \u201cWhat place will district heating networks have in the 2050 European energy system?\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\">The work was carried out at PERSEE &#8211; Mines Paris &#8211; PSL, under the supervision of <a id=\"ember6281\" class=\"ember-view\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/robin-girard-a88baa4\/\">Robin Girard<\/a> and in collaboration with <a class=\"LzOggbcGDJzwAinOcasNavZGXtBXczaKvq \" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/rte-france\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">R\u00e9seau de Transport d&rsquo;\u00c9lectricit\u00e9<\/a> under the <a class=\"LzOggbcGDJzwAinOcasNavZGXtBXczaKvq \" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/dispositif-cifre\/\" target=\"_self\" data-test-app-aware-link=\"\">Dispositif Cifre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\">His research examines the role of District Heating Networks (DHNs) in Europe\u2019s energy transition, proposing new methods to model their operation and integration within multi-energy systems. The results show that electrified DHNs could help reduce system costs, limit reliance on green methane, and enhance flexibility in the power sector.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\">A heartfelt thank you to the jury members for their time, insightful feedback, and valuable contributions to the defense:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Prof. Henrik Lund<\/strong>, Aalborg University \u2013 Rapporteur<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Prof. Sylvain Quoilin<\/strong>, University of Li\u00e8ge \u2013 Rapporteur<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Prof. Marie M\u00fcnster<\/strong>, DTU &#8211; Technical University of Denmark \u2013 Examiner<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Prof. Tom Brown<\/strong>, Technische Universit\u00e4t Berlin \u2013 Examiner<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Dr. Robin Girard<\/strong>, Mines Paris &#8211; PSL \u2013 Examiner<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"385\" data-end=\"999\"><strong>Dr. Nicolas LAMAISON<\/strong>, CEA-Liten \u2013 Examiner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1787\">Congratulations to Maxime!<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1693\" data-end=\"1787\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"featured_media":5229,"template":"","actualites-formats":[],"actualites-thematiques":[26],"class_list":["post-5228","actualites","type-actualites","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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