NO. 4 /2018 INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ON DISTRICT HEATING AND COOLING FOCUS EMERGING DISTRICT HEATING MARKETS DISTRICT HEATING: A new low-carbon heat solution for the Irish heat market DISTRICT HEATING IN TXOMIN ENEA, SPAIN - Innovation and efficiency in urban planning DBDH - direct access to dist CONTENTS 3 4 THE COLUMN REQUIREMENTS FOR EVERYONE - TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES: GO DHC By Lars Gullev, VEKS FOCUS EMERGING DISTRICT HEATING MARKET: THE NETHERLANDS By Christian Broks, Eurowater B.V. Etten-Leur NL 6 FOCUS DEVOS SMART METERING JOURNEY By Steen Sch P3 THE COLUMN By Lars Gullev, Managing Director, VEKS Requirements for everyone: TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES: GO DHC In order for us to be able to pass on the planet to our children and grandchildren with an easy conscience, it is imperative that we use the resour P4 By Christian Broks B. Eng., Branch Manager Eurowater B.V. Etten-Leur NL FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS EMERGING DISTRICT HEATING MARKET: THE NETHERLANDS Recent developments show a tendency towards lower system temperatures for district heating projects in the Netherlands. Lower system temperatu P5 Building project in Roosendaal, the Netherlands where low-temperature heating network uses the waste from the Suez waste disposal plant to heat the new homes. The use of low temperature also appears in other projects, like waste heat from data centers in Amsterdam, the Mijnwater project in Heer P6 Photo: DEVO FOCUS DEVOS SMART METERING JOURNEY EMERGING DH MARKETS By Steen Schelle Jensen, Head of Product Management Heat/Cooling Solutions, Kamstrup Smart metering is a key lever to support the expected growth of the Dutch district heating market. It can provide the data-based insight t P7 René Prop explains that frequent data also helps the company optimise their distribution: We have been able to change several valves to optimise the pressure in different areas so that we produce heat more efficiently, but still deliver the same amount of heat to our customers. ENHANCED END-USER P8 FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS By Philip Heylen, Chairman of the board of ISVAG and Honorary Vice Mayor of the City of Antwerp Photos: computer animated illustrations DISTRICT HEATING IN BELGIUM PROBABLY NOT ONE CITY NORTH OF THE ALPS WOULD NOT BENEFIT FROM DISTRICT HEATING * The city of Antwerp, P9 WHY IS THE MOMENTUM BUILDING NOW? 1. Ambitious goals: Like almost anywhere in Europe, both federal/regional governments and local authorities are committed to a climate-neutral policy and to reaching carbon goals by 2050. 2. Huge potential for reducing emissions in Flanders: The major cities in P10 Initially, we are building a mini-heating network of around 1.6 km with which we supply heat to nearby companies (3 MW). We are starting construction of this network right now, based on our existing facility. In a second phase, when our new plant is operational, we want to roll out a larger net P11 DISTRICT HEATING IN FRANCE By Guillaume Perrin, Responsible of DH & DC services, FNCCR the Energy department France FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS Biomass plant, France District heating and cooling in France are going through a fine development, however, it is important to continue the effort a P12 Natural gas is still the main fuel source for district heating in France and tends to replace other fossil fuels with a higher carbon footprint, namely coal and oil. Renewables or recovered energy are used by a majority of heat networks (77 % in 2015). In the last ten years, there has been an i P13 FRENCH DISTRICT HEATING IN NUMBERS A national survey lists 664 district heating plants and 20 district cooling plants, whose total installations cover 5,015 km. The use of renewable and recovery energy continues to grow. For the first time in 2015, the threshold exceeded 50% ; in 2016, it is cl P14 FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS By Jesper Boysen, Sales Director, BROEN SUPPLYING TO THE FRENCH DISTRICT ENERGY MARKET With 65.8 million citizens (13% of EU28) - and a climate requiring more than 2,200 heating degree days per year (DK comparison is above 3,100) district energy should be a key param P15 VALVE TECHNOLOGY IN FRENCH DISTRICT HEATING In the French district energy market, a core characteristic is a higher flow temperature than registered on other European markets and a demand for full bore valves with less pressure loss. Especially in a young market facing a rapid growth, the quali P16 DISTRICT HEATING IN TXOMIN ENEA, SPAIN INNOVATION AND EFFICIENCY IN URBAN PLANNING By Natalia Rey Aguirre, Key Account Manager, Heat/Cooling meters, Kamstrup FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS In the city of San Sebastián in the beautiful north cost of Spain, a new neighbourhood has emerged from the P17 The complete system of district heating has been executed and funded in three blocks: the thermal power plant itself; the heat network of the primary circuit; and the hydraulic installations of the buildings. The production system of the thermal energy needs its own building. The cost of the bu P18 Substation 450 kW. Each building has a substation that supplies hot water to all homes. Individual heat unit. Each house has a heat unit with instantaneous production of domestic hot water with a meter that allows monitoring the consumption of all users of the heat network. FUNCTIONING OF THE S P19 FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS By Donna Gartland, Director, Irish District Energy Association (IrDEA) DISTRICT HEATING: A NEW LOW-CARBON HEAT SOLUTION FOR THE IRISH HEAT MARKET Ireland has no history of large-scale district heating and most people in Ireland would not know what district heating i P20 Pressure from local authorities in Dublin trying to implement district heating schemes in their areas has led to the first Working Group for District Heating to be set up by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment (DCCAE). This working group, which includes many IrD P21 The first large-scale DH schemes are being planned by Dublin City and South Dublin municipalities, supported by Codema Dublins Energy Agency. The South Dublin DH Scheme, which is supported by the Interreg North-West Europe project HeatNet, will recycle waste heat from a data centre through a l P22 FOCUS EMERGING DH MARKETS By Tibor ORBÁN, President Association of Hungarian District Heating Enterprises, DCEO Budapest District Heating Company PRESENT STATE OF THE HUNGARIAN DISTRICT HEATING SECTOR WITH FUTURE TRENDS AND INVESTMENTS The article presents the short history of the Hungarian P23 Figure 1: Volume and composition of DH production in Hungary (2010-2017) Source: MEKH-MaTáSzSz Although, in the Hungarian public opinion, DH is often considered an outdated way of heating supply for big housing estates, several considerable projects have recently been realised by exploiting fi P24 The project implements an integrated cooperation of diverse line energy systems, improves safety of energy supply, reduces energy losses and reinforces the local economy. The examples mentioned and the tendencies outlined above prove that DH in Hungary has woken up from its deep sleep and has t P25 DISTRICT HEATING FINANCING AND OWNERSHIP By Erik Christiansen, CEO of EBO Consult, Rie Krabsen, Marketing Officer, EBO Consult MY HOME IS NOT MY CASTLE - BUT A PART OF A DISTRICT HEATING COMMUNITY In Denmark, about 340 out of 400 district heating companies are owned by local consumers. The co P26 Every district heating consumer can purchase a cooperative share and become an active co-owner of the local district heating company. It follows that they can join the yearly general assembly, where they can vote or comment on the yearly report, the budget etc. The meeting is democratically con P27 THE COOPERATIVE MODEL BENEFITS THE INDIVIDUAL CONSUMER To ensure that everybody can join the transition from natural gas or oil to district heating, one of the district heating cooperatives in Hvidovre offers a package solution model. The model is a total installation from removing the previou P28 TURNING DATA INTO VALUE WITH VISUALIZATION By Joacim Sundqvist, Plant development and long-term strategist for energy systems, Mälarenergi AB The heating and cooling infrastructure in Västerås, Sweden, is a complex operation managed by utility company Mälarenergi, which lacked the visibility r P29 DISTRICT HEATING To control Västeråss district heating system there was a need for accurate, real-time information. To enable effective control, we first needed good visualization of the network because currently our operators don't have much information to help them optimise the network, even P30 VALUE FROM DATA The benefits to Mälarenergi and our customers are that we can see in detail how the heat, cooling and electricity are produced, along with the customer demand patterns. This information gives a better understanding of when and what should be generated. We want to optimize the en P31 MEMBER COMPANY PROFILE GENTOFTE DISTRICT HEATING COMPANY THE BROEN GROUP BROEN is a leading international manufacturer of valve technology for district heating and operates on three continents across the world with key markets in Russia, Europe, China and US. BROEN is headquartered in Assens,