Danish technical DH excursion to Baden Württemberg

Danish technical DH excursion to Baden Württemberg
DBDH, The Danish Trade Council, Stadtwerke Schwäbish Hall and AGFW hereby have the pleasure of inviting you to join a technical DH-excursion to the German region, Baden Württemberg from the 23rd to the 26th of June 2014. You can download it here

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Through exclusive meetings with Stadtwerke Ulm, Stadtwerke Schwäbisch Hall, Stadtwerke Böblingen, Stadtwerke Crailsheim and a seminar day with participation of Stadtwerke’s, local politicians, AGFW and other district heating stakeholders, the objective is to facilitate building a base for our future relations to decision makers in the region. The German Federal Government has set out a very ambitious objective, pursuing the ambition being world leading within technology and know-how in the environment and energy sector, whereas e.g. in 2050, the aim is that the energy production in Germany is fossil-free.

This transition is planned to be obtained through a large-scale “green” transformation – the so-called Energiewende – which is widely anchored in- and driven by political willingness. In this context, presently – and within the coming years – the German environmental- and energy industry is expected to undertake a major energy transition, based on investments in energy effective technology and know-how.

Germany is currently the largest export market for Danish energy technology, whereas the basis for major future investments in Danish technology and know-how is present.

Germany Background Information
The German Federal Government has set out a very ambitious objective, pursuing the ambition being world leading within technology and know-how in the environment and energy sector, whereas e.g. in 2050, the aim is that the energy production in Germany is fossil-free.

This transition is planned to be obtained through a large-scale “green” transformation – the so-called Energiewende – which is widely anchored in- and driven by political willingness. In this context, presently – and within the coming years – the German environmental- and energy industry is expected to undertake a major energy transition, based on investments in energy effective technology and know-how.

Germany is currently the largest export market for Danish energy technology, whereas the basis for major future investments in Danish technology and know-how is present.

The framework conditions facilitating the Energiewende is anchored within the policy “Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz – EEG”; the law on renewable energy sources. EEG is now, and has been an effective tool to manage the expansion of renewable energy in Germany. As a result, e.g. the share of electricity from renewable energy has increased from approximately 6 percent in 2000 to 23 percent in 2013.

In order – additionally – to encourage for a more environmental-friendly heating sector, Germany introduced the Erneuerbare-Energien-WärmeGesetz (EEWG), which serves as an instrument to increase the amount of renewables in the heat supply.

A secondary objective for the EEWG, is to encourage and facilitate increasing and optimizing the level of energy efficiency on the process plants, e.g. within the CHP-sector.

In Germany, Denmark is often referred as a role model in relation to the heat supply and DH-application, due to the extensive implementation of DH-supply covering some 63% of the total heat demand in Denmark. Comparing this to Germany, the district heating market share is approximately 13 percent of the total heat demand – i.e. app. 5 million German households are supplied with DH.

Since year 2000, the share of renewable energy in the DH-supply increased from 4 percent to 10 percent in Germany. From the total energy demand in Germany, the energy required for heating has a share of 50%.

Consequently, at present, there is a significant political focus on how to increase energy effectiveness, how to implement sustainable process solutions and how to transform into a renewable energy based power generation.

The German DH-system reach-rate has been modestly increasing by less than 1% per year within the last 15 years. Experts have identified that in order to accomplish the environmental and renewable energy share targets set out by the Energiewende, DH should cover at least 55% of the total heat demand in 2050. The German Government and politicians in general are aware of this fact.

With the considerably untapped potential for district heating, energy effectiveness, and renewable energy in Germany, Denmark has a strong position for contributing to developing and deploying this potential. This is substantiated by the Danish position as world leader in accumulation of know-how within innovative technologies related to DHC and Smart Energy Solutions.

With the appropriate approach, the German energy transition can open doors for Danish companies, providing innovative energy technologies and energy efficient solutions.

A prerequisite for Germany’s ambitious district heating project to be successful, is however the expansion and modernization of the electricity network, where lack of capacity and an integration with the DH-market is unavoidable (developing and implementing Smart Energy solutions). Again, Denmark has a strong position, and could play an active role in contributing to the development of the market.