The SmartReFlex

project Riccardo Battisti, Ambiente Italia srl

RES H/C SPREAD, Kick-off meeting

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Smart and Flexible 100 % Renewable

District Heating and Cooling Systems

for European Cities

6 regions in 4 countries (Germany, Ireland, Italy and

Spain) implement legislative and organisational

measures for promoting high-RES DHC…

…benefitting from the know-how transfer by Denmark

What is it about?

Key measures include: improvement in regional legislation and framework, facilitating and supporting high-RES DHC

integration of high-RES DHC in heat planning at regional and local level

study, planning and supporting of new high-RES DHC projects at local level

6 regional task forces on high-RES DHC

ambitious capacity building activity at regional and national level

Quantitative objectives

RES DHC capacity installed or planned up to 280 Mio. €, corresponding to 14 new plants or modernisations of existing plants;

20 municipalities or other market actors (e.g. DHC utilities) start activities with RES DHC;

18 seminars, 144 hours of training and 120 participants;

20 real case studies developed and supported;

6 regional permanent task forces are created, with an average of 10 relevant stakeholders;

Quantitative objectives

public acceptance towards DHC will increase by 20 % in absolute terms;

500 participants reached in dissemination events, > 500 website visits per month, > 2000 downloads;

stakeholders replicate SmartReFlex models in more than 10 cases.

Consortium

PlanEnergi, DDHA: know-how providers from Denmark and

transnational consultancy team;

AMBIT, SFZ, Hamburg Institute, XD Consulting, IREC:

transnational consultancy team;

ANCI ER, TEA, KCC, INCASOL, MELUR: regional

implementing partners;

AGFW, AIRU: DHC utilities providing needs, know-how and

dissemination capacity.

Ireland Activities (1 of 2)

Three Partners in Ireland

XD Consulting, Kerry County Council and Tipperary Energy Agency.

Overall aim is to improve policy & capacity for DH and to bring two DH projects to development stage.

ACTIVITIES

Survey of RES DHC framework

National & Local levels

Produce a strategy - legislative and market opportunities

Task forces – working group National, Kerry and Tipperary established

To establish ownership in the managing authority

Ireland Activities (2 of 2)

Capacity Building

Working seminars - Training for key stakeholders (linked to task force)

Design & planning

Technical

Organizational & financial

Initiating 100% RES DHC & Implementation

Support the development of regional & local RES DHC policy and institutional frameworks

Support the implementation of RES DHC projects (Kerry & Tipperary)

Monitoring and Evaluation

Work programme