Renewable Energy in Dublin Market Assessment
VERSION 2
Renewable Energy in Dublin Market Assessment
Version 2
Report prepared by Tom Bruton of BioXL on behalf of Codema
September 2013
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While Codema considers that the information given in this work is sound, all parties must rely upon their own skill and judgment when making use of it. Codema does not make any representation or warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this report and assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information. Codema will not assume any liability to anyone for any loss or damage arising out of the provision of this report.
Cover photo courtesy of Fanchea Gibson
Contents
Renewable Energy Map ...... - 4 - Executive Summary...... - 5 - Introduction ...... - 7 - Commercial Installations ...... - 8 - Domestic Installations ...... - 12 - Appendix A: Renewable Energy Tables ...... - 14 - Authors ...... - 20 - List of Figures ...... - 21 - List of Tables ...... - 21 - List of Units & Abbreviations ...... - 22 -
Renewable Energy in Dublin – Market Assessment
Renewable Energy Map
Codema has created a renewable energy map on its website which pinpoints all of the renewable energy installations identified in the survey. Users will be able to access this information from www.codema.ie and they can also inform Codema of future installations so that the map is updated regularly.
Figure 1. Renewable energy map of Dublin
Legend:
Biomass & Biomass Heatpump Hydro Processing
Solar HW Solar PV Wind
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Executive Summary
This is the first inventory of locally produced renewable energy sources in Dublin and is produced by Codema who commissioned Tom Bruton of BioXL to identify renewable energy installations in Dublin in July 2012. The review was carried out as part of the Ace project, which receives European Regional Development Funding through the INTERREG IVB programme. Ace promotes the importance of renewable energy in everyday life to citizens, businesses, universities and local government in order to reduce our dependency on conventional fossil fuels. As no in-depth cataloging of renewable energy installations in Dublin has ever been carried out, Codema commissioned this survey as the first of its kind, outlining the various types of renewable energy installations that exist within Dublin City and County. The total installed capacity of renewable energy in Dublin, based upon this survey, is 62 MW made up of biomass (including landfill gas) wind, solar and hydropower. By sector, the installed capacity divides into 52% for the commercial sector and 48% for the residential sector.
The annual production of renewable energy is estimated at approximately 130 GWhr/year, based on generic assumptions of the typical number of running hours per year for each technology. Because commercial installations run for much more hours per year than residential ones the annual production is much greater. At a first estimate, the commercial sector accounts for 82% of the annual energy production with the remaining 18% from the residential sector.
Other interesting findings based on this survey include:
The identification of biomass-fired heating as the largest renewable energy source in Dublin. There are over 13 megawatts (MW) of installed biomass capacity at 22 sites across Dublin. There are over 2 MW of solar hot water (SHW) panels installed at over 34 locations in Dublin, excluding individual residential installations. There are approximately 96 kW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic panels installed at 12 sites around Dublin. The IKEA store in Dublin 11 has the biggest ground source heat pump installation in Ireland or the UK. There are approximately 1.5MW (combined output 7 heat pumps) and 150 boreholes. In addition, there are approximately 1.6 MW of heat pumps installed at 18 other commercial locations. The report highlights a strong overlap between solar hot water and geothermal, with many sites using both technologies. There are two grid-connected hydroelectric sites located in Co Dublin along the River Liffey and a hydroelectric turbine at Vartry Waterworks in Co Wicklow which is owned and operated by Dublin City Council. There is only one large wind turbine in Co Dublin at Country Crest in Lusk, the second largest installation is at Fr Collins Park in North Dublin. In the residential sector, over 80 per cent of homeowners in Dublin chose solar hot water as their renewable heat source. This figure was obtained using the SEAI data of grants awarded under the Greener Homes Scheme; this is the only reliable source of information available on domestic installations.
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The research involved in this report comprised of sites visits, consultations with local authority staff, semi-state companies and industry contacts, information known to the authors, input from Codema and research of databases such as grants and planning applications and geographic information systems. The next steps are to identify the barriers to increasing the amount of renewable energy in Dublin, to identify potential for new renewable energy sources and to integrate the findings of this report into an updated Dublin Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP) and associated Implementation Report.
Figure 2. Installed capacity in commercial sector - by source type
Figure 3. Installed capacity in residential sector - by fuel type
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Introduction
An important part of the Academy of Champions • Applications for planning for Energy is to identify renewable energy permission (or exemption installations in Dublin. Such a survey has not been declarations) to local authorities previously completed to the knowledge of the • Geographic information system authors. The methodology and main sources used database of SEAI are set out below, which give a good background The review provides a very good overview but can on the work and may show some gaps in this first be considered incomplete for several reasons, review. Having completed the survey, the authors including the following: also summarized their observations on renewable energy in Dublin and provide some Many installations were either not eligible recommendations on policy priorities based on the for or did not apply for grant support factual analysis. Some facilities may be installed and/or grid connected but not operational Many of the smaller sites do not require Survey Methodology planning permission The authors, BioXL, a renewable energy The size details of a number of sites, consultancy business, were contracted by Codema particularly smaller ones, are estimates in to carry out the review. the absence of better information Many of the sites are partly or fully auto- The review comprised of: production so the renewable energy 1 Consultations with local authority staff consumption is not always quantified 2 Consultations with semi-state companies Majority of respondents were helpful but 3 Consultations with industry contacts some were not forthcoming with 4 Sites known to the authors information about their sites over the 5 Input from Codema timeframe required 6 Search of databases, including but not The likelihood is that there are a number of limited to: smaller installations not identified in the • Applicants in receipt of grant survey support from the Sustainable It was decided to separately review commercial Energy Authority of Ireland and domestic installations as the applications, • Applicants for grid connections to technology and market context differ significantly. ESB Networks
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Commercial Installations
Below is a summary of the various commercial Solar Hot Water installations that are located within the confines of Co Dublin. A listing of commercial installations There are over 2,000 kW of Solar Hot Water identified is supplied in Table 1 and Tables 4-10 in (SHW) panels installed at over 34 locations within Appendix A. Dublin, excluding individual residential installations.
Biomass Heating The larger installations encountered in the survey include: The largest commercial renewable energy source • Bewley’s Airport Hotel is the largest installation in Dublin by a large margin is biomass-fired in Dublin with 308m² of solar panels. They are heating. used for preheating the space heating The survey identified just over 13 MW of installed feedwater as well as for hot water provision biomass capacity at 22 sites across Dublin. • Laura Lynn House in Foxrock where just over Sites of particular note include: 60m² of SHW panels are mounted • York Street social housing where ~70m² are • A 2,000 kW wood pellet boiler in Dáil installed Eireann supplying a local district heating network A number of local authority housing schemes use SHW panels. Many of these schemes were • A 1,200 kW wood pellet boiler at Charlestown Shopping Centre installed under the SEAI “House of Tomorrow” grant scheme. • A 900 kW wood pellet boiler feeding the UCD district heating scheme Other common sites include sports centres and • A 540 kW wood chip boiler at Kings Hospital residential accommodation such as nursing homes The majority of installations are fuelled with wood or religious residences. pellet (~66%). The ESB has installed SHW at their head office The sector which is most commonly installing and at one other Dublin site. biomass boilers is the hotel and leisure industry. Trinity College has installed SHW at two sites and plan further implementation subject to funding. The technology employed is a mixture of flat-plate collectors and evacuated tube collectors.
Figure 4. Biomass fuel delivery at Roganstown Hotel, Swords
Figure 5. Solar hot water panels at York Street, Dublin 2
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Geothermal The findings of the survey exclude a large number of remote PV applications (usually <200W) for The IKEA store in Dublin 11 has the biggest such diverse uses as: ground source heat pump installation in Ireland or the UK. There is approximately 1.5MW (combined • Poolbeg Lighthouse output 7 heat pumps) and 150 boreholes. • Irish Rail switching and control equipment • Parking Meters In addition to the IKEA store mentioned above, • Street Lights there is an additional 1600 kW of heat pumps • Toilets on Dun Laoghaire Golf Course installed at 18 other commercial sites around • Environmental Monitoring at Dublin Airport Dublin. The largest encountered in the city centre and other sites is a 560 kW heat pump at the Irish Times building • Several traffic-monitoring units operated by the in Dublin 2. National Roads Authority (NRA) Despite the obvious application for dual heating/cooling function there are very few installations in commercial office space. There is a strong overlap between SHW and geothermal with many sites employing both technologies. The sectors most active in installing geothermal heat pumps are ones with a residential requirement – mainly religious residences and nursing homes. The large majority of these installations are ground- source heat pumps. There are a number of further air-source heat pumps which are not identified in the survey.
Solar Photovoltaic There are approximately 96 kW of grid-connected solar photovoltaic panels installed at 12 sites around Dublin. Given the lack of incentive and poor payback this was a surprising result. Many of the installations were driven by building Figure 6. Solar PV and Solar HW at Bord Gais NSC, regulations requiring a minimum energy Charlestown, Dublin 11 performance (Under Part L) from new residential developments1. Hydroelectric The largest commercial installation encountered is There are two grid-connected hydroelectric sites at the Bord Gáis National Service Centre in identified within Co Dublin along the Liffey. Finglas, where just under 20 kW are installed at a large demonstration site. These are: A prominent public building, the Mansion House, • Hills Mills at Lucan Weir, ~110 kW. Not Dublin 2, has an array of 20 photovoltaic panels presently operational, but being refurbished. installed. • Shackelton Mills, Lucan, ~45 kW. Additionally, there is a 90kW hydroelectric turbine at Vartry Waterworks, which although in Co Wicklow is owned and operated by Dublin City 1 2011, Dept of Environment; S.I. No. 259 of 2011 – Building Council. Regulations (Part L Amendment) Regulations
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There is at least one small off-grid turbine (5 kW) Some other sites of note include: at Glencullen Bridge. • Innovative use of micro turbines at Kilbarrack There are about 20 further sites which did operate Fire Station previously as hydroelectric plants. These are at • 11 kW installation at Irish Ferries terminal in various points along the Liffey, the Dodder and the Dublin Port – Dublin Port intend to install a Tolka rivers. series of turbines. There is also a potential project (~400 kW) at Also of note is that Irish Rail tendered in 2011 for Ringsend at the water treatment plant. installation of several small turbines at car parks and other locations, but did not proceed due to budget restrictions.
Figure 7. Hills Mills hydroelectric power plant, Lucan, Co. Dublin
Wind There is only one large wind turbine in Co Dublin, namely the 850 kW unit at Country Crest in Lusk. There is obvious potential for further sites given the coastal and elevated nature of parts of the county, especially in North Dublin and in the Dublin Figure 8. Fr Collins Park, North Dublin Mountain foothills. The second largest installation is 250 kW at Fr Biomass Fuel or Power Projects Collins Park, installed and operated by Dublin City Council. A number of bioenergy plants are located within County Dublin at former landfill sites. These Tesco had reached advanced stages of planning generate approximately 12.5 MW of power. but not implemented a plan for a large installation at their Donabate warehouse. Planning searches These include: showed a number of further smaller units granted • 4.8 MW landfill gas plant at the Dunsink planning permission. landfill in Dublin 15 In total, there are approximately 1,100 kW • 5 MW installation at Balleally landfill, Lusk installed at 12 sites around the city. The majority • 2.5 MW of biogas power generation at of these installations are for micro-generation with Ringsend waste water treatment plant hub heights below the planning threshold of 18 • 0.9 MW installation at Friarstown, Tallaght metres. • 1.9 MW installation at Ballyogan landfill There are probably a number of unidentified The Ringsend Waste Water Treatment plant smaller installations as they are exempt from (WWTP) actually has 4 MW of CHP gas engines, planning and receive no installation grant, so are but this is supplied with a mix of biogas and difficult to identify. natural gas.
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There is also a biogas plant at Swords waste water A biogas plant is under development at the treatment plant. The biogas contributes to on-site Country Crest food manufacturing premises in Lusk, heat and power needs. Co Dublin. Additionally, farmers in County Dublin have invested in biomass processing plants to convert farm products into transportable solid or liquid fuels. At the farm of Michael McBennett in Newcastle, Co Dublin, a 2 million litre-per-year facility has been installed to produce pure plant oil (PPO), a transport biofuel derived from oilseed rape. At the farm of Niall McGrath in Oldtown, Co Dublin, a manufacturing plant for straw briquettes (marketed as Strogs) aimed at the home heating market has been built. Figure 9. Straw briquette production line 'Strogs', Oldtown, Co Dublin
Table 1. Annual production of renewable energy for commercial sector – first estimate, by source type
Installed capacity Estimate of Renewable source Hours/year (MW) GWh/year
Solar hot water 2 1,200 2.5 Solar PV 0.1 1,500 0.2 Heat pumps 3.1 2,500 4.3 Biomass 13 2,500 32.6 Biogas 12.5 5,000 63.3 Wind 1.1 1,752 2 Hydro 0.25 6,000 1.5
Based on the results of the survey and generic assumptions about run hours, a first estimate of the annual production for the commercial sector was calculated, as shown in Table 1. Total production is est. 106.4 GWh per year.
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Domestic Installations
The only reliable source of information on domestic but by 2010 Dublin overtook Cork in terms of installations is the Sustainable Energy Authority of annual installations and has maintained that Ireland’s (SEAI) data regarding recipients of grants market position since. Over 80 per cent of the under the Greener Homes Scheme (GHS). The installations in Dublin are SHW. scheme ran from March 2006 to May 2011. It County-level data is available for all technologies, covered SHW, heat-pumps and biomass boilers. and for biomass boilers the data can be further Over the lifetime of the grant, there were 2,770 broken down by DED (District Electoral Division) domestic installations in Dublin. This is a very using the SEAI Bioenergy GIS system. similar number to Galway over the same period A summary by technology is here, with further and 1,500 units less than Cork. detail below. A distinct shift occurred during the scheme – initially uptake in Dublin was comparatively low,
Table 2: Summary by technology of domestic installations, Greener Homes Scheme
Renewable Heat Units installed under MWh/year of Estimate of MW Hours/year Source GHS in Dublin heat
Solar Hot Water 2,250 19.7 500 9,844 Heatpumps 280 5.6 1,200 6,720 Biomass heating 240 4.8 1,500 7,200 Total 2,770 30.1 3,200 23,764
A generic estimate of size and energy output has Consumers showed a distinct preference for the been made (using standard size of 20 kW for heat more efficient and more expensive evacuated tube pumps and biomass boilers and 8.75kW for type technology, with 54 per cent of homeowners SHW). What this reflects is the higher energy opting to invest in the technology. output of heatpumps and biomass boilers per unit compared to SHW installations. Heat Pumps Most forms of commercially available heat pumps Solar Hot Water were allowable under the scheme, although There were approximately 2,250 SHW panels supported at different levels. There were ~ 280 installed in Dublin under the GHS. heat pumps installed under the GHS, the breakdown by technology is outlined below.
Table 3: Breakdown of heat pump technology installed under the Greener Homes Scheme
Heat Pump Type Number installed under GHS in Dublin
Water to water 90 Horizontal ground source heat pump (GSHP) 35 Vertical GSHP 150 Air source 5 Total 280
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Biomass Heat About 240 domestic biomass heating systems were installed in Dublin under the GHS. This includes boilers and stoves, which can be fuelled on wood chip, wood pellet or wood logs.
In practice the vast majority installed were wood pellet boilers, with minimal use of wood logs or chip in domestic applications.
The data for each DED is not very informative. 112 boilers appear to be installed by the same entity based in the Temple Bar area, Dublin 2. Other installations are scattered widely around the county.
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Appendix A: Renewable Energy Tables
Table 4: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Biomass Commercial
Year Name Location Sector Fuel Size kW Source Installed ALSAA Airport Leisure Centre Wood chip 110 2007 Reheat St Joseph’s NS Ballymun Education Wood pellet 175 2007 SEAI GIS IKEA Ballymun Commercial Wood pellet 650 2008 Reheat Charlestown SC Charlestown Mixed Wood pellet 1,200 2008 Reheat
Café Java Ballycoolin Commercial Wood pellet 100 2008 Reheat Leo Tracey Joinery Ballycoolin Industrial Wood pellet 130 2008 Reheat Noyeks Rosemount Commercial Wood chip 90 2007 Reheat Viking Direct Rosemount Industrial Wood pellet 550 2009 Reheat Farmhand Mulhuddart Commercial Wood chip 200 2008 Reheat Coolmine Coolmine Commercial Wood pellet 29 2007 SEAI GIS Kings Hospital Palmerstown School Wood chip 540 2007 Reheat Byrne & O'Loughlin Baldoyle Industrial Wood chip 350 2006 Reheat UCD UCD Education Wood pellet 950 2008 Reheat Royal marine Dun Laoghaire Hotel Wood chip 450 2006 Reheat
Cabinteely Cabinteely Residential Wood pellet 150 2008 Reheat Bow International Kilternan Hotel Wood chip 2,000 2008 Reheat RDS Ballsbridge Events Wood chip 100 2005 BioXL
TPN Ballycoolin Transport Pallets 60 2007 BioXL Dail/OPW Dublin 2 Public Wood pellet 2,000 2009 BioXL Roganstown Airport Hotel Wood chip 500 2006 Bioheat Sisters of Mercy Residence Mater Hospital Residential Wood pellet 100 2006 HOT/Codema Elm Park Blackrock Mixed Wood pellet 2,500 2008 BioXL
St Marks Family Centre Tallaght Community Wood pellet 100 2009 BioXL
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Table 5: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Solar Hot Water Commercial
Tech Year Name Location Sector Size kW Size m² Source Notes Type Installed
Size Fenian St Housing Dublin 2 Flat plate Residential 25 14.4 Codema estimate Size York St Housing Dublin 2 Flat plate Residential 126 72 Codema estimate Size Mansion House Dublin 2 Public 9 5 Codema estimate Oscar Size Bunratty Estates Public 88 50 Codema traynor rd estimate Size Milennium Park Coolmine Public 11 6 QRS estimate Size Sheltered Housing Kilternan Residential 97 55.2 Codema estimate Size Sheltered Housing Rathgar Residential 92 52.8 Codema estimate Size Sports Pavillion TCD Evac tube Education 20 10 2010 TCD estimate Size New Square North TCD Flat plate Education 40 20 2006 TCD estimate Size Bord Gais NSC Finglas Evac tube Commercial 20 10 2011 BGE estimate Size Bewleys Airport Hotel Santry Flat plate Leisure 539 308 Codema estimate Size Rathmines Square Rathmines Residential 36 48 HOT/Codema estimate Size Private Development Newcastle Residential 158 210 HOT/Codema estimate Size Public Housing Ballybough Residential 82 109.2 HOT/Codema estimate DIT Demonstration Size Kevin St Academic 10 6 DIT Units estimate Size Electric Ireland Office Santry Commercial 20 10 ESB estimate Size ESB head office Dublin 2 Commercial 20 10 ESB estimate Size Rua Red Tallaght Evac tube Public 10 2008 SDCC estimate
Ballyroan Library Ballyroan Evac tube Public 9 2012 SDCC
Valhalla Clondalkin Evac tube Residential 21,655 16.5 2013 SDCC
Size Avonbeg Tallaght Evac tube Residential 10 2010 SDCC estimate Clondalkin Leisure Clondalkin Evac tube Leisure 108 2007 SDCC Centre
Notes: For size estimation the figure 1.75 kW/m2 installed was used based on Carbon Trust case study for evacuated tube installations. There are a number of further local authority schemes done under House of Tomorrow programme.
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Table 6: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin, Heat Pumps – Commercial
Year Name Location Sector Size kW Source Notes Installed
Construct Largest heat IKEA Ballymun Commercial 1,500 2008/2009 Ireland pump installation
Ashbury Nursing Home Healthcare 14 Reheat
Greenhouse Blackrock Commercial 12 Reheat Atec Engineering
Eamon Ceannt Park Kimmage Public 16 Reheat
Swords Nursing Home Swords Healthcare 135 Reheat
Fingal Co Co Swords Public Codema
La Spa Therapie Malahide Commercial 24 Reheat
Cowper Care Centre Rathmines Healthcare 120 Reheat
Jesuit Community Milltown Residential 60 Reheat Elm Green Nursing Dunsink Healthcare 155 Reheat Home
Laura Lynn House Foxrock Healthcare 46 Reheat
The Irish Times Dublin 2 Commercial 560 Reheat Sean O'Casey East Wall Leisure 70 Reheat Community Centre
Mount Argus Monastery Mount Argus Residential 69 Reheat
Willoway Nursing Home Terenure Healthcare 40 Reheat Islamic Foundation of SCR Dublin 8 Commercial 15 Reheat Ireland
Bord Gáis NSC Finglas Commercial 200 2011 BGE Size estimate
Green Building Temple Bar Residential 15 1994 Codema Size estimate
ESB Stores Ballycoolin Commercial 70 ESB Size estimate
Ballyroan Library Ballyroan Public 58 2012 SDCC
Valhalla Clondalkin Residential 3x14 2013 SDCC
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Table 7: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Solar Photovoltaic
Year Name Location Sector Size kW Source Notes Installed
Bord Gais 100x200W panels Finglas Education 20 2011 BGE Training Centre Careyglass
Fas Training Finglas Education 1 QRS Estimate of size
Fas Training Ballyfermot Education 1 QRS Estimate of size
DIT Kevin St Education 5 DIT Estimate of size
Estimate of size 10 houses Killand homes Killenarden Residential 10 M Galvin Part L compliance
Part L compliance. QRS did Newcastle Newcastle Residential 5 QRS not install - size estimate
Dun Estimate of size 38 houses Dun Laoghaire Residential 20 Coolpower Laoghaire Part L compliance
Portmarnock Portmarnock Residential 9 Coolpower Apartment block roof
Leopardsto Leopardstown Residential 4 Coolpower Childrens care home wn
Mansion Mansion House Public 15 Codema Estimate 20x.75 kW House
Green Building Temple Bar Residential 1 1994 Codema Estimate 2x0.5KW
Commissioner Dun Commercial 5 TCD Estimate of size Irish Lights Laoghaire
Dublin Enva Remote 0.066 QRS Airport
Poolbeg Poolbeg Remote 1 Dublin Port Size estimate Lighthouse
Valhalla Clondalkin Residential 2013 SDCC
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Table 8: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Hydro
Name Location Size kW Source Notes
Shackleton Mills Lucan 45 Fiacc 45 kW, being refurbished presently
Hills Mills Lucan 110 Fiacc Not operational at present
Although in Co Wicklow, it is owned by Vartry Waterworks Vartry 90 Codema Dublin City Council
Glencullen Bridge House Kilternan 5 DLR CoCo Off-grid
Notes: About 25 sites along Liffey, Dodder & Tolka that could have hydro installed. There were 6 plants operating in 1981. Large potential in Ringsend c. 400kW, feasibility done for Celtic-Anglian.
Table 9: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Wind
Year Name Location Size kW Size m² Source Notes installed Country Country Crest Lusk 850 2011 MEC is 500kW Crest
Fr Collins Park Clongriffin 187 2009 Codema McCormick Rathcoole 8 2007 SDCC 19m McNaughton
Michael Hill Newcastle 6 2009 SDCC 9m
IT Tallaght Tallaght 6 MMcB Proven Lambay Lambay Island 15 2000 Fingal 18m kW is estimate Island
Poolbeg lighthouse Poolbeg 2 2009 Dublin Port Size estimate
Dublin Port Dublin Port 11 2011 Dublin Port CF energy
Belvedere College Dublin 1 2 BioXL Size estimate
Size estimate; 40 microturbines Kilbarrack fire station Kilbarrack 60 2012 Codema installed Size estimate; 2 turbines, not Green Building Temple Bar 4 1994 Codema operational Visitor & Interpretative Bull island 2 Size estimate centre
DIT Kevin St Kevin St 2 DIT Size estimate - demo unit
Diageo Dublin 8 2 BioXL Size estimate
Notes Planning granted 2012 for 20kW turbine at Allen removals, Hibernian Industrial Estate, D24 Planning granted 2012 for 6kW turbine at Cherry Orchard Green Planning granted 2010 for 15kW turbine at Torpedo Construction, Baldoyle Sizable number of micro (especially 6kW Proven) turbines sold, can be planning exempt in many cases
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Table 10: Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Bioenergy & Biofuels
Year Name Location Fuel Size kW Source Notes Installed
Strogs Oldtown Straw Briquettes 2009 BioXL
McBennett Newcaslte Pure Plant Oil 2006 BioXL
there are 4MW installed but estimate Ringsend WWTP Ringsend Sewage sludge 2004 2500 Codema 2.5MW supplied by biogas
Irish Power Systems Dunsink Land-Fill Gas 2002 4800
Irish Power Systems Ballyogan Land-Fill Gas 1900
Irish Power Systems Ballealy, Lusk Land-Fill Gas 5000
Friarstown, Irish Power Systems Land-Fill Gas 950 Tallaght
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Authors
Tom Bruton Tom Bruton is Principal Consultant with BioXL, an energy consultancy business based in Ireland since 2004. Prior to this he held engineering and project management roles in Ireland, Belgium and Australia. Mr Bruton has a Masters in Renewable Energy Technologies awarded by the École des Mines de Paris and a Diploma in Biomass Energy Technologies from the Universidad de Zaragoza. He is a Chartered Engineer and holds a degree in Agriculture and Food Engineering from University College Dublin. Mr Bruton is former President of the Irish Bioenergy Association and is a director of AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association. He has provided expert consultancy services for several years to the World Bank, the EU Commission, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland, Teagasc (Irish Government Agricultural research facility), several Irish energy agencies (including Codema), regional development agencies and LEADER groups, all of which required extensive knowledge of international, national and local energy policy programmes. He has participated actively in Irish energy policy formation through engagement with the Irish Department of Energy and through active membership of various industry representative bodies.
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List of Figures
Figure 1. Renewable energy map of Dublin ...... - 4 - Figure 2. Installed capacity in commercial sector - by source type ...... - 6 - Figure 3. Installed capacity in residential sector - by fuel type ...... - 6 - Figure 4. Biomass fuel delivery at Roganstown Hotel, Swords ...... - 8 - Figure 5. Solar hot water panels at York Street, Dublin 2 ...... - 8 - Figure 6. Solar PV and Solar HW at Bord Gais NSC, Charlestown, Dublin 11 ...... - 9 - Figure 7. Hills Mills hydroelectric power plant, Lucan, Co. Dublin ...... - 10 - Figure 8. Fr Collin's Park, North Dublin ...... - 10 - Figure 9. Straw briquette production line 'Strogs', Oldtown, Co Dublin ...... - 11 -
List of Tables
Table 1. Annual production of renewable energy for commercial sector……………………………………… -11- Table 2. Summary by technology of domestic installations, Greener Homes Scheme…………………………-12- Table 3. Breakdown of heat pump technology installed under the Greener Homes Scheme………………… -12- Table 4. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Biomass Commercial…………………………………………….. -14- Table 5. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Solar Hot Water Commercial…………………………………… -15- Table 6. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin, Heat Pumps – Commercial………………………………………... -16- Table 7. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Solar Photovoltaic………………………………………………… -17- Table 8. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Hydro……………………………………………………………… -18- Table 9. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Wind………………………………………………………………. -18- Table 10. Renewable Energy Lists in Dublin – Bioenergy & Biofuels…………………………………………… -19-
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List of Units & Abbreviations
Abbreviation Full Name MW Megawatt kW Kilowatt kWh Kilowatt Hour W Watt GWh Gigawatt Hour SHW Solar Hot Water Co County SEAI Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland UCD University College Dublin GHS Greener Homes Scheme DED District Electoral Division GIS Geographic Information System GSHP Ground Source Heat Pump WWTP Waste Water Treatment Plant CHP Combined Heat and Power
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Notes
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The Loft, 2-4 Crown Alley, Temple Bar, Dublin 2. T. 01 707 9818 F. 01 707 9753 E. [email protected] W.www.codema.ie