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Frederic HugPresident Euroheat & Power5 November 2012

District Heating and Cooling in European policies

DHC in European policies

EU policies strongly affect DHC

The case of the Energy Efficiency Directive

The case of the Energy Roadmap 2050

How to respond ?

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• 550 TWh heat sales / turnover of ~ €20 B• More than 5,000 DH schemes, supplying ~ 9% of total heat demand, with

an uneven distribution across Europe (from ~ 0% to ~ 70%)• A flexible infrastructure enabling to integrate a wide range of renewable /

recovered energy sources (local heat / fuel sources that would have been lost or remained unused)o on a large scaleo where most needed o where most difficult to make use of RES

• More than 80% of heat in DH schemes come from recovered heat, renewable energy and waste resources Avoided CO2 emissions amount to ~ 110 Mt/yr

District Heating in Europe today

EU policies strongly affect DHC

DHCRES Directive

Emissions Trading

Ind. Em. Directive

Buildings Directive Energy

Taxation

Funding rules

Energy Efficiency Directive

ROADMAP 2050

• Heating & cooling are responsible for half of the energy consumption in the EU o The EU buildings sector accounts for 40% of EU final energy and 36% of

CO2 emissions.o The majority of energy use for heating & cooling takes place in urban

areas

• The 3x20 for 2020 are a the flagship of EU policy; there’s no way they can be reached w/o a strong focus on heato Improve energy efficiency by 20% (translating into ~ 40% in buildings)o Reduce CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020 o Increase renewables to 20% of the energy mix (heat & cool: half of the

increase, mainly from biomass)

There are good reasons why

Getting the policies right

• Sensitivity to provisions depend upon national circumstances

• Often lengthy and cumbersome process (e.g. continuous involvement in the ETS drafting from 2002 to 2011… or more !)

• Powerful / high profile players (energy & others) • Heat is the “invisible giant”

Let’s take two concrete examples of what is at stake

DHC in EU policies

EU policies strongly affect DHC

The case of the Energy Efficiency Directive

The case of the Energy Roadmap 2050

How to respond ?

• Obligated parties (energy distributors and/or retail energy sales companies) to achieve new yearly savings of 1.5% of the annual energy sales to final customers from 2014 to 2020

• Possibility for Member States to get 25% of the overall targeted savings achieved through flexibility measures: allow energy savings achieved in the energy transformation, distribution and transmission sectors, including efficient district heating and cooling infrastructure

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EED – Savings obligation

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on energy efficiency and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC

• Member State to prepare a comprehensive assessment of the potential for cogeneration and District Heating and Cooling,

• Member States to prepare a Cost-benefit Analysis (CBA) at territorial level. The CBA ‘shall be capable of facilitating the identification of the most resource and cost-efficient solutions to meeting heating and cooling requirements.’

• Member States to take adequate measures for efficient District Heating and Cooling and high-efficiency cogeneration to be developed and/or to accommodate the development of high-efficiency CHP

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EED – Heating

DHC in EU policies

EU policies strongly affect DHC

The case of the Energy Efficiency Directive

The case of the Energy Roadmap 2050

How to respond ?

The 2050 Energy Roadmap

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Residential and tertiary

The built environment …shifting energy consumption towards low carbon electricity (including heat pumps and storage heaters) and renewable energy (e.g. solar heating, biogas, biomass), also provided through district heating systems, would help to protect consumers against rising fossil fuel prices and bring significant health benefits.

COM(2011) 112 final : A Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050

• Sharp decrease in final energy consumption (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings from 2021 onwards + refurbishment)

• Decarbonisation of remaining consumption through electrification 90% overall emissions abatement

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Impact : what’s next?

• Such prospects already influence current EU policy making. They are likely to have very strong impacts on forthcoming legislation

• What’s next ? • From scenarios to targets for 2030?• Renewables, round 2: Towards harmonisation for RES-E?

What about RES-H ?• Emissions trading, cont.: Higher prices?• Energy efficiency: Bridging the gap?• Energy performance in buildings: Which kind of Zero Energy

Buildings ? • CO2 taxation: Ever or never?

DHC in EU policies

EU policies strongly affect DHC

The case of the Energy Efficiency Directive

The case of the Energy Roadmap 2050

How to respond ?

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• The main energy savings occur upstream of energy delivery to buildings. Local solutions allow to utilise vast resources of waste heat to substitute fossil fuels

• Primary energy consumption and cost-effectiveness should be key for comparing solutions, e.g. between : o waiting for a generalisation of “zero energy” buildings (what about grey energy?) ?o or supplying zero emissions energy to moderately refurbished buildings ?

• Integrated solutions must be privilegedo insulation + heating + coolingo building envelope + technical installations + infrastructureso energy efficiency + renewableso mutualisation of needs and resources at district level

DHC: effective today & future-proof

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Our recommendationsEuropean heating and cooling strategy

Focus on savings of primary energy

Not competition but equality between energy efficiency and renewables

Eco-districts rather than individual bonfires

CO2-taxation outside emission trading

Equal focus on DHC in infrastructure policy

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