Introduction to Smart Reflex District Heating Project, presented by Xavier Dubuisson, XD Consulting at the District Heating Workshop in Cloughjordan on June 12 & 13 2014

1. The SmartReFlex
project
Riccardo Battisti, Ambiente Italia srl
RES H/C SPREAD, Kick-off meeting
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2. Smart and Flexible 100 %
Renewable
District Heating and Cooling
Systems
for European Cities

3. 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?

4. 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

5. 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;

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Work programme