Market Uptake of Renewable Energies for Heating and Cooling Final International Conference of the EU H2020 Projects BioVill and CoolHeating

Munich, 12.12.2018 The 28th of November 2018 stood in the sign of the EU approach of fostering the market uptake of renewable energies for heating and cooling in South-Eastern European countries. The European Commission released its strategic long-term vision for a prosperous, modern, competitive and climate-neutral economy by 2050. The same day, the joint final international conference of the 3 years-projects BioVill (http://www.biovill.eu/) and CoolHeating (http://www.coolheating.eu), funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme to support the establishment of bioenergy villages and small modular renewable heating and cooling grids, was held at the Manos Conference Centre in Brussels, Belgium.

More than eighty representatives of the EU commission, national and international partner organisations, companies involved in renewable energy as well as district heating and cooling investments and the project consortia took the excellent opportunity to meet renewable energy experts, to talk to possible investors, and to discuss the project results and the implementation progress of renewable bioenergy villages and sustainable district heating and cooling systems in Europe. New contacts were created and business opportunities promoted. Finally, the participants gained an insight on how both EU projects contribute to accelerate the clean energy transition in South-East Europe. For example, the BioVill project has initiated the implementation of the bioenergy village approach up to the investment stage in 7 villages in the partner countries. And CoolHeating succeeded to initiate five small district heating grids in the target communities of the project.

Besides interesting presentations of the EU commission and the project partners, a highlight of the event was the vivid panel discussion, which included the audience’s perspectives, summarized the impacts of both projects on the market uptake of renewable energies for heating and cooling in Europe and accentuated the role of cities, municipalities and local communities in the energy transition processes.

To the delight of the organizers, the participants confirmed at the end that the conference objective - providing a platform for the presentation and discussion of the projects results to the political, economic and scientific communities in Europe - was successfully achieved. Alliances between the public and the private sector were endorsed, the main project outcomes were assessed and best practice examples as well as innovative value chains for the sustainable use of renewable energies in local district heating and cooling grids were presented. Finally, also the idea of jointly organising the final conference for both projects was very much welcomed. The exchange amongst the representatives of public authorities and utility companies, national and regional decision makers and the research community paved the way to an expanding network within the renewable energy community for district heating and cooling. All BioVill and CoolHeating partners highlighted that they will continue with the engaged work and support the fostering of renewable energy approaches in South-Eastern Europe.

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• Are you interested in renewable energy sources and energy efficiency?
• Have you already been in touch with modern heating and cooling solutions?
• Do you want to contribute in reshaping the energy and climate sector?

Then, do not miss the chance to hop onto the energy transition flagship sailing towards projects BioVill and CooHeating Joint Final International Conference taking place in Brussels, on 28th November 2018.

You have been officially invited to participate in the Conference by 18 project partners from 6 partner countries in Southeastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia) and from 3 partner countries in Central and Northern Europe (Austria, Denmark and Germany).

Presentations of the event:

Trends on renewable heating and cooling in research and development
THOMAS SCHLEKER, DG RTD, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Key note speech: Policies, trends and opportunities of renewable heating and cooling in Europe
KARLIS GOLDSTEIN, DG ENER, EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Renewable Energy Potential and Policies in South East Europe
TOSHIMASA MASUYAMA, INTERNATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY AGENCY (IRENA)

BioVill – Increasing the market uptake of sustainable bioenergy through bioenergy villages
JENS ADLER, DEUTSCHE GESELLSCHAFT FÜR INTERNATIONALE ZUSAMMENARBEIT (GIZ) GMBH, GERMANY

The national bioenergy village support programme in Germany
HERMANN HANSEN, FACHAGENTUR NACHWACHSENDE ROHSTOFFE E.V., GERMANY

From the idea to the business model of bioenergy villages
MARTIN HÖHER, AUSTRIAN ENERGY AGENCY, AUSTRIA
KONSTANZE STEIN, KLIMASCHUTZ UND ENERGIEAGENTUR BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG GMBH, GERMANY

Dole pri Litiji – the first energy self-sufficient village in Charcoal Land, Slovenia
Razvoj energetsko samooskrbnega kraja: Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija
JOŽE PRAH, SLOVENIAN FOREST SERVICE, SLOVENIA
DARJA KOCJAN, SLOVENIAN FORESTRY INSTITUTE, SLOVENIA

A bioenergy concept for a settlement in the Municipality of Kichevo, Macedonia
TINO ALEKSOV, MUNICIPALITY OF KICHEVO, MACEDONIA
LJUPCHO DIMOV, MUNICIPALITY OF KARPOSH, MACEDONIA
VASIL BOZHIKALIEV, SDEWES-SKOPJE, MACEDONIA

CoolHeating – Small modular renewable heating and cooling grids for communities
DOMINIK RUTZ, WIP RENEWABLE ENERGIES, GERMANY

Planning of small district heating grids: technical concepts for heating with biomass, solar thermal, heat pumps
CHRISTIAN DOCZEKAL, GÜSSING ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES, AUSTRIA

Two district heating projects close to implementation in Šabac, Serbia: The role of biomass for district heating
SLOBODAN JEROTIC, PRESIDENT OF TOPLANA ŠABAC, SERBIA

Solar thermal energy and seasonal storage for a district heating grid in Visoko, Bosnia and Herzegovina
AMRA BABIC, MAYOR OF VISOKO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
MARIN PETROVIC, MUNICIPALITY OF VISOKO, BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

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During May 2017 trainings were conducted in order to build capacity and to facilitate the deployment of improved business models and innovative financing schemes for mobilising investments in small modular RE district heating and cooling systems. The financial trainings about small modular district heating systems were implemented in Ljutomer (SI), Zagreb (HR), Sarajevo (BiH), Šabac, Belgrade (RS) and Skopje (MK). The focus of the trainings was on the knowledge transfer from Denmark, Germany and Austria to the participants:

- Business models and financing of small modular RE district heating and cooling systems

- Best practice examples on business models and financing (Denmark, Germany and Austria) 

- Guideline on improved business models and financing schemes of small renewable heating and cooling grids

- Economic calculation tool for small modular district heating and cooling projects (user guidelines)

Trainings hosted a broad spectrum of participants from companies interested in developing new services (e.g. ESCo), municipality representatives interested in financing options and innovative business models (e.g. cooperative model) and representative of financing bodies. Events provided a lot of relevant information and networking possibilities for the participants.

If you would like to receive additional information on the organized financial trainings please contact Mr. Rok Sunko (rok@skupina-fabrika.com).

The presentations of the first trainings are available to download:

- Ljutomer, Slovenia
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Šabac, Belgrade, Serbia
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Skopje, Macedonia

One goal of the CoolHeating project is to stimulate cooperation with the industry in the field of small district heating and cooling grids. The industrial partners are mainly: manufacturers for pipes, heating stations, heat exchanger, control units, biomass boiler, fossil peak load boilers, solar heating, pumps, conveying systems for biomass and ash, construction companies for building the plant, pipe laying companies (in the ground), filter systems for exhaust gases, water treatment for heating water, steel constructions, valves, chimney, shed roof, heat meter, insulation, wood chipper, plumber, electrician, small combined heat and power plants, planner of heating plants and district heating grids etc.

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Austria  Germany  Denmark   Croatia  Macedonia   Serbia  Slovenia   Bosnia-Herzegovina

Please contact Mr. Christian Doczekal, GET (c.doczekal@get.ac.at) for being included as a cooperation partner in the field of small district heating and cooling grids.

Our first technical trainings about small modular district heating systems were implemented in Ljutomer (SI), Zagreb (HR), Sarajevo (BiH), Šabac (RS) and Skopje (MK). The focus of the trainings was on the knowledge transfer from Denmark, Germany and Austria to the participants:

Best practice examples (Denmark, Germany and Austria) 
How to start a small district heating/cooling project 
Boilers and biomass logistic 
District heating pipes 
Handbook for small modular renewable district heating/cooling grids
Heat transfer stations 

The participants where very interested, asked a lot of questions and used the possibility to network with other companies and projects.

If you would like to be invited to the second technical trainings in the cities mentioned above, please contact Mr. Christian Doczekal (c.doczekal@get.ac.at). The trainings will be free of charge and hosted from October to December 2017.

The presentations of the first trainings are available to download:
- Zagreb, Croatia
- Šabac, Serbia
- Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Skopje, Karposh, Macedonia

An important instrument of the CoolHeating project is a handbook which was elaborated by the project partners: “Small Modular Renewable Heating and Cooling Grids - A Handbook”. Although various information materials on technologies for small modular renewable heating and cooling systems exist, there was a need to create this up-to-date handbook that is accessible for free in various languages (English, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian).

In many of the CoolHeating target countries, there is lack of such information in national language. The handbook provides an overview of both, technical and non-technical aspects.

Press release

There exist many examples of small scale district heating in Europe, especially in Denmark, Germany and Austria. However, a number of systems that integrate various renewable energy sources sources such as solar and biomass and combine them with seasonal storage facilities are limited. Best practice examples need to be replicated on a larger scale, therefore a map on the best practices was elaborated in the framework of the CoolHeating project. 

Did you know that the heat currently being wasted in Europe could heat all of our buildings if it was collected in smart district heating grids?

Today, 40% of the energy consumed in Europe is for heating. All this energy can become sustainable through modern district heating systems collecting waste heat from power plants and industry, and working at low temperatures which minimizes the heat loss and integrates more sources of renewable energy.

The video describes how Europe could transform its heating supply to be low-carbon and cost-effective whilst maintaining security of supply.

The video is financed by the 4DH Research Centre and Blue Planet Innovation together with Danish district heating system and component manufacturers Danfoss, Kamstrup, and LOGSTOR, and Danish district heating suppliers Aarhus Affaldvarme and Aalborg Forsyning.

At perfect sunny weather conditions, international guests participated in a study tour on solar thermal and biomass district heating systems in Denmark on 21-23 September. 27 participants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany and Denmark saw in best practice examples how heat from the sunlight and biomass can provide sustainable energy for the operation of district heating grids. The study tour was organised in the framework of the CoolHeating project, which is supported by the Horizon 2020 programme of the European Union. CoolHeating, coordinated by WIP Renewable Energies, Germany, promotes the set-up of small modular renewable heating and cooling grids in South-Eastern Europe up to the investment stage. PlanEnergi from Denmark is specialised in such heating grids and organised the study tour. 

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30.06.2016: Report published on "Best Practice Examples for small modular renewable heating and cooling in Europe"

To download the report, please follow thas link:

http://www.coolheating.eu/en/publications.html

The CoolHeating project is presented at the 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (EUBCE) with a proster presenation, in order to present the concept of small modular renewable heating and cooling grids. More information is available at: http://www.eubce.com

Упитник за грађане Града Шапца у вези са потрошњом енергије

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1o7YtlDMagHSiVGDvGZmNJ5v0b_txJcqRQgpDo5kmVCg/viewform?c=0&w=1

On the occasion of the CoolHeating Kick-off-Meeting, the consortium visited three good practice examples in Germany: a low-temperature micro heating grid, a district heating grid with solar and seasonal heat storage, and finally a biomass based (biogas, woodchips) micro-heating grid.

Site visit 1: Solar District Heating “Am Ackermannbogen”

The district heating of 320 households with 45% solar thermal energy and a seasonal storage is realized in the solar disrtict heating project “Am Ackermannbogen” in Munich. The operator of the system explained how the system works which includes solar collectors on multi-apartment houses, a seasonal storage system and a heat pump. The system is furthermore connected to the district heating system of Munich in order to supply heat in case the storage is discharged.
More information (in German):
https://www.energieatlas.bayern.de/thema_sonne/solarthermie/praxisbeispiele/details,197.html

Site visit 2: Low temperature district heating “Dollnstein”
Recently, an innovative low-temperature district heating grid was set-up in Dollnstein. The system supplies 40 households and public buildings with thermal energy. The system includes solar collectors, a heat pump, a LPG CHP unit and heat storage systems. The system is innovative as the temperature level of the heated water in the system in summer is rahter low (20-25°C)
More information (in German):
https://www.energieatlas.bayern.de/kommunen/praxisbeispiele/details,583.html

Site visit 3: District heating with biomass
The agricultural biogas plant of Ulrich Bader in Sochenberg uses surplus heat in a small district heating system to supply about 80 households. For peak load, a woodchip boiler and an oil boiler is available. Surplus heat in summer is used to dry woodchips.

Besides the knowledge exchange between the CoolHeating partners and the plant operators, potential future cooperation opportunities were investigated.