District Heating in Ireland

IRish District Energy Association

National Conference

12 April 2019

John Lambe

Business Development Manager

Key Discussion Points

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❏ Veolia - An Overview

❏ Ireland: DHS (& Veolia )

❏ Barriers to DHS in Ireland

❏ An International Perspective❏ Examples & Keys to Success

❏ Opportunities in Ireland

Veolia and District Heating

In 2017 we managed a

total of 7,400 km of

district heating and

cooling networks.

● Support stakeholders in

improving their environmental

economic and renewables

performance

● DHN - is the most efficient way

of heating

○ Optimizing the usage of

renewable and residual

energy sources.

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Veolia: An Overview

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Global leader Optimized Resource Management: Energy, Water, Waste

171,000

employees

across 50

countries

95 million

people supplied

with water

63 million people connected

to wastewater

systems

46 millionMWh energy

produced

49 million metric tons waste

converted into new

materials and energy

In Ireland

close to 700employees on

the island

2.3 millionpeople benefit from our

drinking water,

wastewater and sludge

management

infrastructure

30,689

tonnes in

CO2 emissions

saved for our

customers through

energy efficiency

projects

82%material

recovery rate

for hazardous

waste

Veolia’s DHS Key Figures - International

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Network Operation Sales

7 400 kmTotal length

of district heating & cooling networks

in 2017

130M m²of heated and cooled area

22 100 MWof installed capacity

570heating & cooling networks in

operation

43 000 GWhheat and cold sold in 2017

36 major contracts that represent

80%of the Group global heat sales

Veolia’s DHS Key Figures - Ireland

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Customers Operation History

2 500

people currently served by our

District Heating Services in

Dublin

10

heating schemes

experience in Dublin

2008

started operating DHS

schemes in Ireland - and

continuing

Veolia’s Key Figures - Ireland

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District Heating in Ireland - Current Landscape

Internationally:

District Heating Networks: typically found in relatively densely populated large cities with

urban piping network connecting inhabitants

In Ireland:

Typically find “District or Community Heating Schemes”, localised to

○ urban: large apartment blocks; dense mixed use communities with residential /

commercial mix

○ adjacent to high heat sources, or on large multi-building campuses

○ also several examples of local community heating schemes in smaller towns and

rural locations in Ireland

Veolia’s Key Figures - Ireland

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District Heating in Ireland - Some Examples

Charlestown, Finglas

Mixed Use Development:

shopping centre, retail

park, apartments

Installation: CHP, gas

boiler, biomass boiler

Elm Park, Dublin 4

Mixed Use Development:

offices, apartments

Installation: CHP, gas

boiler, biomass boiler

Stewarts Care,

Palmerstown

Healthcare campus with

mix of high dependency,

residential units, on-site

laundry

Installation: CHP

The Glen, Cork

58 housing units &

community centre -

publicly owned

Installation: wood pellet

biomass boiler

Udaras na Gaeltachta -

Gweedore

30 commercial / industrial

buildings

Installation: wood pellet

biomass boiler, solar

thermal

Cloughjordan,

Tipperary

Residential / mixed use

community

Installation: Solar

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Veolia’s Experience

Developing District Heating - The Components

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Barriers to District Heating in Ireland

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Historical energy

landscape

(Irl vs Eur)

Short term decisions:

€ not Society

Organisational

Local issue that needs

integrated land-use, energy,

infrastructure planning with

balance of local-national

planning authority

Regulatory

Lack of guidelines, regulations,

frameworks and tariffs - high

risk and uncertainty - not

conducive to development of 25

year contracts

Economic

Pipeline network - high cost,

long payback; high lifetime

Difficult to secure funding

Does Renewable Commitment

match the commercial reality?

e.g. Biomass?

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Typical DHS Customer Challenges

Guaranteeing

the continuity & reliability

of district heating operations

Minimizing

environmental footprint

thanks to renewable

energies

Guaranteeing

cost efficiency through

stable energy price

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Addressing Challenges Internationally

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Addressing Challenges Internationally

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Lodz

Poland’s second-largest heating network,

60% city's heating needs serves 500,000

people.

Poznan

One of Poland’s biggest urban centers, Its

network provides heating for 200,000

people.

Lodz DHN = biomass power plants

Veolia upgraded and operate the system,

providing services in promoting demand-

side management, electricity supply and

heating facilities management, connecting

buildings to the heating network eliminating

need for individual coal-fired stoves.

915,000 MWh clean heating p.a.

634,000 metric tons biomass burned p.a.

587,000 metric tons of CO2 prevented in

Poznan and Lodz

Leeds

UK’s second largest local authority -

need to avoid landfill for residual waste

post recycling

Construction and management of a

state-of-the-art Recycling and

Energy Recovery Facility

Waste throughput up to 214,000

tonnes p.a.

11 MW of electricity to National Grid.

€250m savings over 25 years

Connect to new build DHS - 1983

homes + more businesses- under

construction - all homes expected to be

connected by autumn 2020. Expected

savings 10-25% p.a. energy bills, 22,000

tonnes carbon p.a.

Opportunities in Ireland

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Heat MapRenewable Heat

Incentive (RHI)

South Dublin Co Co

Tallaght DHS

Dublin District

Heating Scheme

(Ringsend)

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