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Power without: Local and regional government strategies for building stakeholder alliances to achieve 100% renewable energy when cities do not

control their utilities

ICLEI - Local Governments for SustainabilityEuropean Secretariat

Carsten RothballerSustainable Resources, Climate and Resilience

ICLEI EuropeGlobal Learning Forum

14 May 2015, Vancouver, Canada

This project is funded by the European Union. The views expressed on this document can in no way be taken

to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.


Goal

Identify and assess enabling pathways and factors for a 100% Renewable

Energy City and Region, when there is limited control over the utility.

Method

• Showcase different pathways and their challenging as well as enabling

framework conditions through three city and region cases.

• Assess their potential of transferability and replicability through a guided peer-

2-peer discussion.

• Identify additional good practice for a Solution Gateway of a 100%

Renewable Energy City and Region.

Goal and method


• ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability

• Urban–LEDS: Solution Gateway for a Low Carbon Development

• Berlin: Verified Voluntary Climate Agreements

• Almada: Local Energy Management Agency of Almada

• Südwestpfalz & Steinfurt County: Regional utility for regional

added value

Content


● 1000+ members: LGs worldwide (575 mio. – 8,3% global population)● 15 Regional Secretariats plus satelite offices● 180+ dedicated staff

ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability


Sustainability in the urban context• Sustainable urban planning / development• Climate mitigation and adaptation• Resilience• Integrated energy management and planning• Sustainable mobility• Sustainable resource management• Urban governance and social innovation• Sustainable procurement• Biodiversity• Waste management• Circular economy


Technical competence of the European SecretariatFreiburg, Germany


Tools and Services

Networking and advocacy

Projects and events

Guidance and commitment



What is an Urban-LEDS?

Promoting Low Emission Urban Development Strategies in Emerging Economy Countries

Defining an Urban Low Emission Development Strategy (Urban-LEDS) to enable the transition of a community to a low-emission, green and inclusive urban economy.

This pathway is integrated into city development plans and processes.

Using sustainable energy (energy savings, energy efficiency, renewable energy) and exploring energy storage are core elements in this transition strategy and process.

www.urban-leds.org

Urban–LEDSSolution Gateway for a Low Carbon Development


I.Analyze

Commit & mobilize

Assess frameworks

Identify priorities

Develop action plan

Prepare & approve

III.Accelerate

II.Act

MonitorEvaluate & report

Enhance

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9Implement policies & actions

Solution to procedural difficulties:

ICLEI‘s GreenClimateCities process methodology (3 phases) is used to help Local Governments embed low emission development into their structure, systems and procedures.

By creating an institutional framework the short to long-term impacts can be managed and monitored in the Low Emission Development Strategy, Action Plan and local projects.



Online platform to guide local governments with Low Emission Development

•Solutions – generic recommended actions listing:– Benefits– Reality-check – Workflow – Enabler actions – Required actions – Multiplier actions – Mitigation potential – Resources

• Case studies• Finance tool• Support organizations

Currently displays:16 Solutions

6 Solution Packages59 Case Studies

www.solutions-gateway.orgUrban–LEDS


HEAT+ - GHG emissions quantification & monitoring tool

Regular GHG inventories

carbonn Climate Registry (cCR) - Global reporting platform for local and subnational governments

Reporting of commitments (targets) GHG developments, and actions

Global Protocol on Community-scale GHG Emissions Inventories (GPC)

Towards a standard for all Local Governments

Support for cities – towards MRV




Berlin: Verified Voluntary Climate Agreements

Local challenges• financial and economic crisis, budget cuts and dept position

Local ambition• Climate targets: 40% by 2020 (1990), half per-capita emission by 2030, climate neutral by 2050• Achievements: 25% CO2 reduction in 2005, 33% in 2011

Pillars of energy transition• Energy savings• Energy efficiency• Renewable energy

State Energy Programme• SEP sets out the framework to reach climate goals through sustainable energy production as well as energy savings and efficiency• SEP requires climate agreements with the city’s cooperation partners – contracted or associated partners - to cut their energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. • The contractual partners work towards an economically feasible, ecologically sustainable, energy efficient delivery of service.



Verified Voluntary Climate Agreements• Setting of a voluntary energy and climate target for a chosen period of time• Development of action plan • Action is monitored and regularly reported• Action verified by Berlin Energy Agency• Public visibility and appreciation of action

Approach and results

• 13 climate agreements signed• third party invests into energy efficient and renewable solutions • savings of the energy bill are distributed 50/50 motivated to change behaviour through innovative strategies• modernisation of heating and illumination systems in public and private facilities• freed finances for more energy and climate action



Vattenfall – Major energy provider of Berlin• climate agreement signed in 2009 for the period 2009-2020• Vattenfall agrees to half its emissions of 1990 (13,34 mil tons) by 2020• additional effort needed in 2009 – 1 mil ton CO2 reduction

Main actions and results

• switch of district heating system from coal to gas and biomass (wood chips)• extension and densification of district heating system• increase of decentralised renewable energy appliance• e-mobility, smart metering, renewable power2heat • 300.000 t CO2 savings (2011)



Challenging framework

• limited control over utility

• budget constrains

Enabling factors / solutions

• voluntary but verified agreements

• visibility & promotion by city

• win-win situation for economic

savings and CO2 reductions

Other factors and examples

- Short and long-term climate and energy targets and politically approved action plan

- negotiation / renewal of concession


Almada: Local Energy Management Agency













• public budget constrains

• climate adaptation need


• Use of synergies for climate

mitigation and adaptation

• Establishment of an Energy Agency

(strategist, analyst, coordinator,

implementing entity)

• Create revolving funds


- facilitated stakeholder platform

- co-creation of sustainable energy projects



• Analysis of the total energy consumption and energy supply Total electricity production and consumption

Total heating production and consumption

Energy consumption in transport sector

Energy Consumption in waste and sewege water sectors

Total energy consumption – sectoral and according to energy carrier

• Greenhouse gas emission of region Südwestpfalz Status quo GHG emissions:

ca. 626.000 t CO2-e/a

ca. 16% electricity

ca. 43% heating

ca. 40% transport

ca. 1% waste and sewage water

1990 emissions:

ca. 753.000 t CO2-e/a

Today ca. 127.000 t CO2-e/a energy savings reached!

Source: IfaS

Südwestpfalz & Steinfurt CountyRegional utility for regional added value


Regional added value analysis

Overall Status quo of

financial resources spent on

fossil fuels

• Status quo in electricity and heating

sector

• Renewable energy in numbers:Investments: ca. 223 Mio. €

Savings and revenues: ca. 375 Mio. €

Costs: ca. 360 Mio. €

Regional added value: ca. 133 Mio. €

Transportca. 117 Mio. €

Electricityca. 48 Mio. €

Heatingca. 74 Mio. €

Source: IfaS


Exploitation of available renewable energy potential

Source: IfaS


Regional added value analysis

Regional added value: ca. 133 Mio. € Grants

Tax income

Lease

Investment (material, personal, interest)

Revenues from costs from consumables

Revenues from operating costs

(insurance, maintenance costs)

etc.

Source: IfaS


SEAP fails without stakeholders‘ involvement

Source: IfaS


Build upon the alliance for climate protection and renewable energy


Establishment of regional energy utility• Aim: Utilise local RES• Shareholders: 50% county, 25% LGs, 25% existing utility

Enhancing the potential together!• Energy efficiency campaign• Project and job fairs

Activate working groups!Develop a roadmap!Communicate and act together!

• Regular meetings (i.e. 2x in a year, rotational locations)• Discussion & project platforms for working groups• Contact list• Jointed website

Identification of renewable energy

projects

Energy efficiency in (private) buildings

Planning sustainable mobility

Climate protection education

Stakeholder and PR process

Financing and participation models

Working group structure

Regional energy utility and alliance for climate protection & renewable energy


Steinfurt CountyRegional Energy Management System (REM)

communties

businesscraftcitizen

university / science

agriculture

conservationchurch / association


Future County Future County SteinfurtSteinfurt

- energy autonomous 2050 -- energy autonomous 2050 -

project partnersproject partnersDAVERT WIND GMBH

WESTMÜNSTERLAND GMBH

ME MÜNSTERLAND ENERGY GMBH

energy autonomous 2050 allience


Energy Well Wallhecke

Hedge care management with internet-based GIS-data bank (WALLIS)

Hedge registration

Acceptability check

Signing contract Hedge digitalisation

Lot building

Conduction of care Index generationData managementWallis

Lot procurement Lot assignment


Project: wood energy exchange

• Online buyer-/provider-platform for regional wood energy

• Online shop system• Cooperation with the Association of Forestry

operations Münsterland• Mobilisation of the smallest,

privately owned forest fractions• Official start in February 2013

www.energieholz-muensterland.de


Service centre wind power

County offers / supports:• Potential analysis

• Consulting / Brokering / Networking• Balance of interest

• Conflict management• Events

Objective:

• Optimal exploitation of regional potential of wind power

• With regional players

• Aims to increase regional and municipal added value

• With the participation of citizens!

Steinfurt County

Wind power plants(ca. 250 plants / 265 MW output


Full power for our region!The utilities GREVEN, OCHTRUP, RHEINE and STEINFURT



• unused potential of local renewable

energy production

• lack of knowledge on RE potential

• lack of investments


• systematic analysis of current and

potential energy related value chains

• establishment of regional utility

(Joint ventures – PPP)

• Enable citizens’ investment


- Integrate existing energy infrastructure into the transformation process

- urban-regional dialogue

- PR on climate and energy

Südwestpfalz & Steinfurt CountyRegional utility for regional added value


• What factors enable cities/regions with limited control over the utility(ies) to implement 100% renewable energy?

• What lessons are transferable and can be replicated?

• What are the best practices of a Solution Gateway toward 100% renewable energy?

Guiding questions


ICLEI EuropeCarsten Rothballer

CoordinatorSustainable Resources, Climate and Resiliencebased in Freiburg, Germany

Tel.: +49-761-368 92 0 E-mail: [email protected]: www.iclei-europe.org

Contact


Freiburg: Green City Cluster www.greencity-cluster.de


Schönau: ElektrizitätsWerke Schönauwww.ews-schoenau.de

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