N0. 1 / 2016 INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ON DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING COP21 DBDH - direct access to district heating and cooling technology www.dbdh.dk CONTENTS 4 THE COLUMN 6 COP21 NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPORT OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES 7 HOW TO ENSURE LONG LIFETIME OF DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS 10 COP21 AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US 12 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT 15 ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE: PARIS AGREEMENT IN GENER DISTRICT HEATING FROM A-Z RELY ON 50 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ALL DISTRICT HEATING APPLICATIONS 16 CHP POWER PLANT SUB-STATION BOILER HOUSE CONSUMER CONNECTIONS MAIN PUMPS DISTRIBUTION PUMPS BOILER SHUNT PUMPS PLATE HEAT EXCHANGE FLOW FILTER PUMPS PRESSURE HOLDING SYSTEM LULL HEAT PUMPS P4 THE COLUMN By Lars Gullev, Managing Director VEKS, and Chairman of DBDH Back in 2009, many of us were hoping that COP 15 in Copenhagen would set the framework for an ambitious climate agreement for all countries of the world. However, that did not turn out to be the case. It took six more years An unbeatable combination with unique flexibility for your cooling applications Extended range VF3 large best in class rangeability and leakage rate, combined with a smarter actuator. A valve with extended range from DN 200 to DN 300 for mixing and diverting applications combined with a stronger P6 By Lars Chr. Lilleholt, Danish Minister for Energy, Utilities and Climate COP21 NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EXPORT OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES Trillions of dollars will be invested in infrastructure in the coming years. Governments and the private sector must align their investment and infrastructure de P7 By Jakob Rasmussen, Fjernvarme Fyn, Jørgen Morsing, Fjernvarmecentralen Avedøre Holme and Anders Dyrelund, Rambøll HOW TO ENSURE LONG LIFETIME OF DISTRICT HEATING NETWORKS The district heating network is an important part of the energy infrastructure in many cities. It is expensive and inconven P8 We take also into account that consumers expect very reliable supplies, both single-family homes, large multi-owner housing blocks and industrial consumers. All these locations require a reliable supply of heat twenty-four hours a day. All our consumers expect that reliable delivery will be comb P9 CASE 2: The network that survived - Avedøre Holme District Heating Company Avedøre Holme District Heating Company is located in an old seabed area next to Avedøre CHP plant in Copenhagen. The company supplies mainly industrial consumers. Some of them use low-pressure steam to processes and there P10 FOCUS COP 21 By Paul Voss, Managing Director, Euroheat and Power COP21 AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR US For a few days in December last year, climate change and, more specifically, COP21 dominated the headlines of newspapers around the world. Billed as the last chance to get a global deal on tacklin P11 to come. In parallel, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) has produced a wonderful report setting out the advantages of the technology and highlighting its potential to make a major contribution to the fight against climate change. In a world where business as usual will no longer be an option P12 FOCUS COP 21 SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOLUTIONS IN A BUILT ENVIRONMENT By Robert P. Thornton, President & CEO, International District Energy Association (IDEA) The United Nation's 21st Conference of the Parties (COP 21) was the single largest gathering of countries in one location in recorded hist P13 This groundbreaking agreement on climate action together with the commitments made by cities and businesses around the world sets the world on a new and hopeful pathway, Bloomberg said. The agreement not only unites all nations in the battle against climate change, it also sends a clear signa P14 Some elements of the accord are voluntary, while others are legally binding. That hybrid structure was specifically designed to ensure support from the United States: An accord that would have required legally binding targets for emissions reductions would be legally interpreted as a new treaty P15 FOCUS COP 21 By Dipl.-Mgr. Ing. Maria Grajcar, MA, Europe and International, AGFW ADDRESSING THE CLIMATE CHANGE: PARIS AGREEMENT IN GENERAL, THE 70/70 STRATEGY IN DETAIL $ 100 billion annually should be scaled up by developed countries to finance climate change mitigation in developing coun P16 Results As previously stated, most of the expansion would be completed and almost 90% of investment would have to be spent by 2030 with the following effects: 28 Mio. t CO2 reduction, with reference to Germany total CO2 reduction: 90 Mio. t. CO2 For the analysis and the assessment of CO2 emissi P17 LARGE THERMAL STORAGES A VITAL PART OF THE DISTRICT HEATING SYSTEM By Anders Dyrelund, Senior Market Manager, Ramboll Energy and Flemming Ulbjerg, Chief Consultant, Ramboll Energy An increasing number of countries are going to implement low carbon climate action plans, with the aim to reduce P18 Pressurized storage tank The largest and most complex super-heated hot water storage tank has a volume of 46,000 m3 divided on two tanks. The maximal design temperature is 120 oC, and it is seperated from the grid by 10 bar. The energy content can be 3,700 MWh and it is installed at Avedøreværk P19 DISTRICT HEATING DEVELOPMENT IN CITIES By Else Bernsen, project manager, Cowi DISTRICT HEATING FINANCING AND OWNERSHIP Planning combines technical, economic, organisational, financial and legal issues and ensures decision making and implementation toward short and long term goals This artic P20 on a common assumption basis in order to have a consistent decision background. Action plans at urban level under national and internal framework conditions need efficient simulation tools and planning procedures covering all technical, economic and organisational issues. The success stories ar P21 heating is produced by an energy efficient CHP unit or if heating is produced by utilising waste heating from an industrial plant (for example a steel or cement plant) or from waste incineration. Danish experiences show that when evaluating the feasibility of DH, it is important to compare and P22 The regulatory process should be transparent and predictable and Regulators should be independent from ownership and management. Regulation should provide incentives for efficiency improvements. Tariffs should allow investors to cover full costs, however investment decisions in parallel should P23 By Dr. Volker Kienzlen, Managing Director of KEA, Climate Protection and Energy Agency for Baden-Württemberg DISTRICT HEATING FINANCING AND OWNERSHIP DISTRICT HEATING AS A CORE ELEMENT OF THE ENERGIEWENDE Photo, source: www.solarcomplex.de District heating systems are key elements of the E P24 Cogeneration: size matters Big cogeneration systems have higher electrical efficiency compared to small systems. They are significantly cheaper per kW installed. But they need a thermal sink big enough to take up several 100 kW up to several MW. 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Danish Energy Systems is a Danish plant constructor with more P28 MEMBER COMPANY PROFILE NÆSTVED VARMEVÆRK Næstved District Heating, heat supplier for half of the city of Næstved, had its 50th anniversary last year. It mainly uses waste as energy source, which accounts for about 80% of their total production; the remaining 20% is delivered by natural gas bo P29 The Heating Plan 2010 for Næstved Municipality has great influence on Næstved District Heatings goal for 2035. It states, for example, that the city of Næstved will expand its district heating network, reaching a coverage of 90% of the city the plant currently contributes with a coverage of 50 P30 LIST OF MEMBERS Aaen Consulting Engineers Aalborg Engineering Aalborg Forsyning ABB Consulting engineers and planners Supplier of boilers and boiler systems Municipal district heating supply Phone +45 8617 5055 www.aaenas.dk ra@aaenas.dk Phone +45 9631 3950 Fax +45 9631 3951 ae@aalborg- P31 Forsyning Helsingør Frederiksberg Forsyning FW Rørteknik Muncipal district heating supply Municipal district heating supply Stationary tanks Phone +45 4840 5050 pkm@fh.dk www.fh.dk Phone +45 3818 5100 Fax +45 3818 5199 ff@frb-forsyning.dk www.frb-forsyning.dk Phone +45 7519 2277 fw@fw.d YOUR PARTNER IN DISTRICT ENERGY SOLUTIONS isoplus Piping Systems is a leading manufacturer within pre-insulated piping systems with low heat loss for district energy solutions. 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