12th International Symposium on District Heating and Cooling

The <strong>12th</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Symposium</strong> on District Heating and Cooling,September 5 th to September 7 th , 2010, Tallinn, Estoniaindustries, such as Sweden. Initiatives should comprisemany different players, for example, district-heatingcompanies, equipment manufacturers, consultants andgovernmental bodies. Such consortia could offerdistrict-heating systems from fuel supply, via heatproduction plants and DH networks to customercontracts. Now, many foreign groups visit municipaldistrict-heating systems in Sweden but theseopportunities are seldom utilised to sell acomprehensive DH solution.Municipally owned district heating companies havesystem knowledge that can be applicable in othercountries. A competence transfer may be realisedthrough deeper involvement that might includeownership of plants in other countries. Businessmodels should be developed, which allow utilisation ofmunicipal knowledge abroad and give municipalitiesreasonable returns.For a successful transfer of district-heating solutionsfrom established to emerging markets, private andpublic companies must focus marketing on thecountries, places, projects and forms of involvementthat have the greatest expectations to succeed. At thesame time, national and local policies should reduceand remove described barriers and facilitate districtheating development as a means for increasedefficiency of energy utilisation, higher security of supplyand decreased environmental impact.CONCLUSIONThere are several barriers to district heatingdevelopment in the countries under study. In the UK,there are not many district heating systems. There arefew multi-family buildings with central heating inIreland. The long-term operating concessions of Frenchdistrict heating systems might hamper theirdevelopment. In the Czech Republic, much districtheating is produced in extraction turbines at theexpense of more valuable electricity. Romanian districtheating use was reduced by one-half by cheap gas.In general, it should be advantageous that one actorcontrols the whole district-heating value chain fromsource to consumption in order to utilise synergies andto avoid economic risks with contracts between theseparate entities of a fragmented value chain. Like forother long-term large-scale infrastructure investments,public involvement may be necessary for districtheating development.Through cooperation among various well-establishedplayers in the district heating industry, knowledge,products and services can be transferred to evolvingdistrict heating markets, which promotes industrialprosperity for all parties and helps building sustainableenergy systems in Europe.ACKNOWLEDGEMENTThe Swedish District Heating Association and TheSwedish Energy Agency are gratefully acknowledgedfor financing this study through the Fjärrsynprogramme. We would also like to thank everybodywho has contributed to the study with facts andviewpoints.REFERENCES[1] D. Henning and O. Mårdsjö, Fjärrvärme i Europa:Hinder att övervinna för svensk export, Rapport 2009:3,Fjärrsyn, Svensk Fjärrvärme, Stockholm (2009)http://www.svenskfjarrvarme.se/index.php3?use=biblo&cmd=detailed&id=1440[2] S. Werner, Ecoheatcool work package 4:Possibilities with more district heating in Europe,Euroheat, Brussels (2006)www.euroheat.org/ecoheatcool[3] WS Atkins Consultants Ltd, Assessment of theBarriers and Opportunities Facing the Deployment ofDistrict Heating in Ireland, Sustainable Energy Ireland,Dublin (2002)www.sei.ie/uploadedfiles/InfoCentre/DistrictHeatingReportatk.pdf[4] S. Werner, Ecoheatcool work package 1: TheEuropean heat market, Euroheat, Brussels (2006)www.euroheat.org/ecoheatcool[5] SEI, Energy in Ireland: Key Statistics, SustainableEnergy Ireland, Dublin (2008)www.sei.ie/Publications/Statistics_Publications/EPSSU_Publications/Energy_in_Ireland_Key_Statistics/Energy_in_Ireland_Key_Statistics_Final.pdf[6] P. Cousinat, District Heating: A Tool for RationalHeat Management, Master thesis 2006:21, Departmentof Civil and Environmental Engineering, Chalmers,Gothenburg (2006).[7] Euroheat, District heating and Cooling country bycountry 2007 survey, Euroheat, Brussels (2007).[8] J. Zeman and S. Werner, District Heating SystemOwnership Guide, DHCAN project, BRE, Watford(2004) http://projects.bre.co.uk/DHCAN/guides.html[9] SNCU, Les réseaux de chaleur et de froid: l‘énergiecitoyenne, SNCU, Paris (2004).www.fg3e.fr/public/federation/syndicats/plaquettes.php?root_page=6[10] T. Zenaty, CHP/DH sector in the Czech Republic:situation / problems / wishes, Energy Policy EHPmeeting, Budapest, 11 September 2008,www.lsta.lt/files/seminarai/080911_Budapestas/CZ.pdf228