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| Summary |
Vineyard pruning cycle for heat production in east Veneto, Italy. A contracting example in a co-operation model. How local ressources can be used as renewable sources for energy, for bringing new income to agriculture ? Technical and financial model for a multi-benefit solution. |
| Leader/Author |
Veneto Agricultura (Italy) |
| Key words |
heat, local resources for energy |
| Country |
Italy |
| Link/reference |
Good practice Veneto Agricultura |
| Summary |
How to replace fossil fuel in district heating (light liquid fuel, similar to diesel) with locally available wood waste (sawdust, wood chips, bark etc.) coming from the wood processing industry. The investment in Întorsura Buzăului brought multiple benefits on local and regional levels and generated one of the lowest prices per Gcal in the country, thus eliminating subsidies for hot water and heating. |
| Leader/Author |
S. C. Confort S. A. Întorsura Buzăului |
| Key words |
Biomass, wood chips, local resources for energy |
| Country |
Romania |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/roman/main_ro_intor.html |
| Summary |
Implementation of a district heating system based on biomass produced on-site. In the neighbouring Austrian village of Bildein a village district heating system based on biomass has been in operation since 1994. The Pornóapáti Municipality has been monitoring this activity since its very beginning and, in accordance with the opinion and advice of Austrian residents, decided to initiate the designs and tendering procedure for implementing a similar system if the residents of Pornóapáti also support the idea. The investment has been realized from tendering funds and loans. |
| Leader/Author |
Pornóapáti Municipality |
| Key words |
local resources for energy, biomass |
| Country |
Hungary |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/magy/main_hu_porno.htmlImplementation of a district heating system based on biomass in Pornóapáti |
| Summary |
The project of straw use in the village of Hrušov can be taken as a model example for the region. The heat value of straw (14.6 GJ/t) is comparable to that of brown coal (15.8 GJ/t) and the straw has a much better emissions performance. The low production of ash, the possibility of automatic mode operation, lower operational costs (up to 50%) but also the perspective of own fuel production (cultivation of fast-growing energy grasses) gives the project its positive characteristics and the possibility of regional extension |
| Leader/Author |
Hrušov municipality |
| Key words |
Straw, biomass |
| Country |
Slovakia |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/szlova/main_sk_hrusov.html |
Favourite good practices:
| Summary |
The municipality of Kistelek had decided in 2002 to utilize the geothermal fortune underground step by step to cope with the increasing energy prices. The geothermal energy replaces 34,265 GJ energy annually produced by natural gas before. The project was co-financed from EU sources. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Kistelek |
| Key words |
Geothermal energy |
| Country |
Hungary |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/magy/main_hu_kistelek.html |
| Summary |
The existing local heating system uses a water boiler heated by burning oil (naphtha). During reconstruction of the heating system of the kindergarten the oil burning system was replaced by the geothermal heating plant which delivers the heat by water-water heat exchangers. Annually 28 500 m3 of warm water and 1 368 000 kWh of heat can be produced by the new geothermal heating system. The geothermal water in the town of Sapareva Banya is known as the hottest mineral water in all of Europe (103°C) and the only active Geyser in the Balkans. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Sapareva Banya |
| Key words |
Geothermal energy |
| Country |
Bulgaria |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/bulg/main_bg_sapar.html |
| Summary |
The geothermal water is used for the heating of: 2 greenhouses (11 + 7 ha for orange production), low temperature processes, the central heating of 1 secondary school, 2 primary schools, 1 gym, a court house in the centre of the city Kocani, a recreational health spa and furthermore for a bottling company that bottles mineral water for drinking. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Kocani |
| Key words |
Geothermal energy |
| Country |
Macedonia |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/maked/main_mac_kocani.html |
Favourite good practices:
| Summary |
The social home for 260 people with mental disabilities in Tordas invested in a solar collector system for its warm water supply in 2004. The idea for the project was born after studying a solar collector displayed for demonstration purposes in the town. The solar energy is utilized by a 64m² solar collector surface, which produces an annual amount of 155 GJ heat energy. This amount usually satisfies the warm water demand of the main building for bathing (200 people). |
| Leader/Author |
Tordas municipality |
| Key words |
Solar energy |
| Country |
Hungary |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/magy/main_hu_tordas.htmlSolar collector system investment of the Social Home for Mentally Disabled |
| Summary |
The idea of this project is based on increasing energy efficiency and reducing fossil fuel consumption in Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. The gym at the M. Anastasovici Stadium – which as one of the four gyms is described in detail here – has 6 solar panels providing 100 sportsmen with hot water for 16 hours per day. Another 84 solar panels heat the pool water. These collectors only supply hot water from March to october. On the roof of the block of flats No. 516 – which has 30 apartments and approximately 90 dwellers – a further 36 solar panels with a total area of 66 m2 were installed. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Giurgiu |
| Key words |
Solar energy |
| Country |
Romania |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/roman/main_ro_giurg.html |
| Summary |
The demonstration centre in Vilemov is unique by the fact that it is run by a church based organization. The 100 kW wind generator brings through the fixed preferential feed-in tariffs an income to support educational and religious activities of the Academy. In addition, the centre utilises solar energy to warm its shower water, a biomass boiler to supply heat during the winter and a demonstration PV array. The technologies were installed between 1998 and 2003. |
| Leader/Author |
Vilémov municipality |
| Key words |
Solar energy, wind energy |
| Country |
Czech Republic |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/cseh/main_cz_vilem.html |
Favourite good practices:
| Summary |
In 2005 when the law on Support of Electricity Production from Renewable Sources (law No. 180/2005) in the Czech Republic was adopted, did the conditions become favourable and the investor could start to prepare the installation of two bigger wind power plants. Two wind turbines, each of 2 MW capacity were erected in summer 2006. In December 2006 they were followed by another two smaller WPPs – 850 kW capacity each. The electricity produced by the wind park is delivered to the distribution grid |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Pavlov |
| Key words |
Wind energy |
| Country |
Czech Republic |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/cseh/main_cz_pavlo.html |
| Summary |
The managers of the project aimed at proving that it is possible to use renewable energy in the village of Vép and that this kind of locally available energy can also be used for a community purpose. The company has used tender resources, loans and private capital in order to finance this investment. The calculated payback period of the project is 6 years thanks to the generous PHARE CBC contribution. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Vép |
| Key words |
Wind energy |
| Country |
Hungary |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/magy/main_hu_vep.html |
| Summary |
The main goal was to implement a pilot project of wind energy utilization in Slovakia. The municipality of Cerová village and the Slovenské elektrárne a. s. electric utility initiated this project. The project was co-financed by EU sources (PHARE program) and the state budget of the Slovak Republic. The remaining amount (22.5%) was provided by the local municipality. The expected life time of the wind park was 25 years. The originally calculated payback period of the total investment, including funds from the EU was 15-17 years. |
| Leader/Author |
Municipality of Cerová |
| Key words |
Wind energy |
| Country |
Slovakia |
| Link/reference |
http://energy-bestpractice.eu/eng/szlova/main_sk_cerova.html |
| Summary |
Located in the « haut Livradois » at 1050 m height, Saint-Germain-l’Herm community have important wood resources in his territory. The locals representatives decided to construct a heat system for the publics building.
The rise of the oil price and the understanding of the sustainable development by the local citizen participate at the expansion of the heat system to the privates. |
| Leader/Author |
Saint-Germain-l’Herm community. |
| Key words |
Heat system. |
| Country |
France. |
| Link/reference |
Document. |
Others:
| Summary |
Effi Spar is a service to homeowners who are willing to improve the energy efficiency of their house. It is directed at citizens within the region of Braunschweig. The idea is to provide customers with an individually coordinated concept including all aspects of modernisation and thereby enabling them to save money through reduced heating costs. |
| Leader/Author |
EnerMaTec GmbH |
| Key words |
energy efficiency, costs reduction |
| Country |
Germany |
| Link/reference |
Effi Spar |
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