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NRW has its first climate protection plan

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practice 17 Efficiency included Mettmann children‘s day centre is Plus Energy building 18 Branchen.Kompass Hospital is the kick-off 18 Lab platform researching energy materials 19 CeresAward for „energy farmer“ from Reken 20 Pilot CCF.NRW on the home straight news 4 News & Service magazine 21 26 municipalities and districts receive European Energy Award title 23 NRW energy industry has great potential 6 Planned climate protection! in Latin America 10 New tools for „Climate protection from 24 Electricity use in the home? below“ Singles use electricity differently Interview mit Johannes Remmel 25 Prof. Timo Leukefeld: Wrong incentives set in the past 27 Expert Conference on Future Energies has innovation anniversary 11 VillaMedia: The future in micro 12 Hydrogen.NRW research award ­presented Climate protection 13 ThyssenKrupp opens test and ­development centre made in nrw 14 Residues revalued 26 The Nierspark in Geldern: 15 Mobility in the city of the future holistic climate protection

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12 Dear Readers,

The 21st UN Climate Conference in Paris came to an end just a few weeks ago. The 196 conference delegations resolved upon a climate agreement which requires the limitation of global warming to “significantly below 2 °C” compared to the pre-industrial era. Consensus was possible only because this agreement is based on self-imposed obligations by the individual states. These voluntary contributions are not alone sufficient, and would result, even assuming optimistic upgrading of national policies, in global warming of around 3 °C. So, that was the conference, now comes the conference. The Paris Agreement must be fine-tuned step-by-step, as is also envisaged in its word- ing. It’s now up to the individual states, if the agreement is to achieve success. It’s time for action. Specific changes must now follow. But we mustn’t forget at the same time that the limitation of global warming to below 2 °C presents an enormous challenge. Warming of 1 °C is already a fact, and a few more tenths of a degree will be inevitable, in view of the inertia of the climate. We need to act quickly and resolutely. Germany has set itself bold targets. The federal government’s aim is to reduce emissions by not less than 40 per cent by 2020, and by 80 to 95 per cent by 2050, taking 1990 as the “base year”. This is to be achieved, above all, via the expansion of the use of renewable energy and by raising energy efficiency. North Rhine-Westphalia is Germany’s most populous federal state and, at the same time, an important industrial region. It goes without saying that this state is obliged to make a significant contribution if Germany is to achieve her ambitious climate protection targets. North Rhine-Westphalia has already taken the first step, in the form of its recently adopted climate protection plan. This plan fits in with federal targets and is based on a triad of expanding renewable energy, greater resources-ef- ficiency, and the necessary adaptation to climate change. As the climate protection plan notes, it will not be possible to meet these targets without the know-how, commitment and creativity of the state’s citizens and of its municipalities, companies, associations and numerous other players. This formulation is absolutely right. Only together will we be able to tackle the major tasks facing us. Everyone will have to make his or her contribution. Structural change is never easy, but it is worthwhile, since it guarantees the state’s well-being in the long term.

Prof. Dr. Mojib Latif GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research, Kiel

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EnergyAgency.NRW at the 2016 Hanover Trade Fair

nergyAgency.NRW will this year “Climate protection - Made in NRW”. The again be showcasing its activities stand will encompass the entire energy- Eat the Hanover Trade Fair from 25 industry value chain, from energy genera- to 29 April: EnergyAgency.NRW will be tion, supply, transmission and distribution spotlighting its portfolio together with the up to and including transformation and EnergyRegion.NRW and EnergyResearch. storage. NRW clusters on the North Rhine-West- An energy-charged exhibitors’ even- phalia climate protection and environment ing is to be held in Hall 27 starting at 6 p.m. ministry’s stand in Hall 27 (Stand E40). on Tuesday, 26 April. An informal atmos- In addition, around twenty companies phere will provide opportunities for inter- and research institutions will be showing change of opinion and the upkeep of con- future-orientated solutions for the shaping tacts. and achievement of the energy turnaround www.hannovermesse.de; www.energie- and climate protection under the motto of agentur.nrw; www.cef.nrw.de

Charging station for power from renewables

new charging station in Bad Sas- Fuels and Drives of the Future Network, sendorf is now supplying electric jointly started the new electricity charg- Avehicles with clean electricity gen- ing station on the premises of the NRW erated from biogas and photovoltaics. Chamber of Agriculture’s Haus Düsse Ex- Since 2002, the Haus Düsse biogas plant perimental and Training Centre for Agri- has, inter alia, been producing clean elec- culture. This charging station is part of the tricity from the fermentation of solid and “LEE goes e-mobile” campaign organised liquid manure and renewable feed mate- by the NRW Renewable Energy Federa- rials. Dr. Arne Dahlhoff, manager of Haus tion (LEE NRW), which aims to promote Düsse, Jan Dobertin (LEE NRW) and Gerd- climate-friendly electromobility using re- Uwe Funk, head of EnergyAgency.NRW’s generative energy sources. New app for wind energy

he “Wind Moves” app now moves - arguments for wind arguments. The information on offer is enables all Smartphone energy” publication by the backed up by easily viewable statistics Tusers to access the most German Wind Energy Associ- and animations. important facts and figures on ation (BWE), 75,000 copies of This app is thus a useful information wind energy. It provides answers which have now been dis- tool for committed politicians, municipali- to many questions on topics tributed within industry ties and citizens aiming to further the en- such as infrasound, network and to politicians. ergy turnaround who, unfortunately, all too expansion and protection for The sources of frequently find themselves confronted with local residents, and explains the data used can off-course debates. The product can be the benefits of wind power. be quickly traced found in all well known app stores, and is The information available is via links, while the also available free-of-charge at www.wind- rounded off with references integrated glossary bewegt.de. to international studies and Share function and the latest figures. make it possible The app is based on to pass on the successful “Wind individual

4 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 HydrogenHyWay.NRW climate competition

New pocketbook: Guide to mini wind- power systems

mini wind-power installation enables private house-owners and commer- Acial enterprises to generate electric- ity to cover their own needs. The planning and installation of a mini wind turbine is more complex than for a solar-power sys- tem, however. The new technical title by mi- ydrogen as a storage medium for for hydrogen as a vehicle fuel”, “Vehicles ni-wind expert Patrick Jüttemann throws electricity from renewable energy incorporating fuel-cell technology”, “Sta- up-to-date and honest light on this young Hsources (topics: wind-power elec- tionary fuel-cells / CHP” and “Research sector. This fledgling market is notable for trolysis/wind hydrogen), and the fuel cell, & Development”, are being sought in the the large range of different wind turbine as the technology possessing the highest context of the HydrogenHyWay.NRW cli- types and by high fluctuation: many manu- efficiency, are key technologies in imple- mate protection competition. Commercial facturers enter the market, only to leave it menting the energy turnaround and the companies, institutions of higher educa- again. Consumer protection is also an im- NRW climate plan. It is already available tion, research institutions, consultancies, portant topic. The new book examines the on the market for a number of applica- the technological infrastructure, associa- market for mini wind turbines in detail. Its tions, and is approaching market launch tions, municipalities and public institutions many practical tips for the planning and se- for other important sectors. Significant can receive funding here. The deadline for lection of a wind installation assist in the se- technical improvements and notable submission of project outlines is 31 March lection of a suitable, high-quality mini wind cost reductions have been achieved for 2016. The official competition announce- turbine. Author Jüttemann is the proprie- this purpose. The task now is to smooth ment, the funding rules, and the obligatory tor of the mini wind energy Internet portal, the targeted path to the market. Against documentation for the project outline can which has more than 5,100 subscribers to this background, projects in hydrogen and be found on the Leitmarktagentur agency its newsletter. fuel-cell technology which address, inter website. Patrick Jüttemann, Ratgeber Klein- alia, the focal topics of “Conversion and www.leitmarktagentur.nrw.de windkraftanlagen, CreateSpace, 24,95 storage of hydrogen”, “Infrastructures euros “Solar elevation” over Wuppertal

xpansion of solar energy in Wupper- with Lord Mayor Andreas Mucke as the formation days are planned, among other tal is below the average for German project’s patron. events, for the future, under this initiative. Ecities - and that has got to change. EnergyAgency.NRW is assisting the Persons interested in participating in Wuppertal’s “Solar elevation – 1000 roofs initiative with its range of advisory servic- this project can register on the initiative’s for Wuppertal” initiative has set itself the es. The message: Photovoltaics installa- Internet site. target of motivating high-profile players tions are also most certainly economically to install photovoltaics systems and raise worthwhile. The feed-in payment has, it is AHEEEHAPEBJIFEEDNIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPIDMDAHMLJCJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB MFMDOBFEENPHHOFAOMLFLFJPCEBFMGFIB the population’s awareness of the subject true, been reduced, but the attractive- FDLJIJFHBHLLDFCJGMPONIJIGJCBKFLID GNFAEEFAGIDEHBPJBACHHCFLAPFJHLNEN of photovoltaics as such. The initiative is ness of on-site consumption, on the other CPLAMBFNJFNJONPLGJGLJIAPNPJJNOLDJ MFNFFNEPIHJKBNPLDICCAFLCAHFHAANID APBBBPAPKNHELCCOPKJDLOFJAFDCBHPLF being supported by EnergyAgency.NRW, hand, has increased. A roadshow and in- HHHHHHHPPPPHPHHHHHPPPHPHHHPPPPPHP www.energieagentur.nrw/20185

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Planned climate protection!

6 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Planned climate protection!

After one of the most extensive involvement processes in Germany ever, the “Landtag”, or state parliament, has now passed North Rhine-Westphalia’s first climate protection plan. The road is thus now free for the im- plementation of more than 200 provisions for climate protection and adaptation to climate change.

he targets announced by the NRW state gov- Ambitious plan with a global impact ernment in its Climate Protection Initiation Pro- The time for the adoption of this plan could, by the Tgramme in 2011, and adopted in the first Climate way, scarcely have been better. Coming shortly after Protection Act by a large-area federal state two years the UN Climate Change Conference in Paris, where later, were ambitious: NRW is to emit 25 per cent less Minister Remmel, together with the representatives greenhouse gases by the year 2020 - and a minimum of other regions, vociferously demanded an ambitious of 80 per cent less by 2050. These high targets - all in- climate agreement, the plan was just the right signal at volved agree - could be achieved only provided this Act just the time, Remmel affirms: “NRW, one of the Fed- is more than just a declaration of intent. A plan for the eral Republic’s and Europe’s most important industrial attainment of the climate protection aims was needed regions, with correspondingly high greenhouse-gas - and a plan, in which all social groups relevant for cli- emissions, bears very special responsibility for cli- mate protection would be on board from the very start. mate protection - and we acknowledge this respon- There followed, for the development of the strategies sibility with our ambitious climate protection policy, and provisions now enshrined in the Climate Protec- which we started as early as 2011 in our Climate Pro- tion Plan, one of the most comprehensive involvement tection Initiation Programme - and we intend to ensure processes ever implemented in the Federal Republic that this is also noticed in other parts of the world”. of Germany. A total of some 2,000 persons ultimately participated in the drafting of this plan. Climate plan helps in using opportunities But what does it actually contain, this first climate pro- Roadmap for NRW climate policy tection plan - and who is now supposed to implement Following adoption of the plan by the cabinet in June the provisions it contains? This question has long tor- 2015, the state parliament has also approved the now mented municipalities and companies, in particular, 300-page first climate protection plan, which is in- there being a fear that the climate protection plan will tended to definitively shape NRW’s climate protection mean a good deal of extra expenditure and effort, or policy for the upcoming years and possibly even dec- even compulsory measures for the implementation ades. As climate protection minister Johannes Rem- of climate protection provisions. But Johannes Rem- mel remarks: “The climate protection plan, which we mel claims not to see the plan this way. According to intend to update every five years, is to act for NRW as Remmel, the plan contains a whole spectrum of op- a kind of ‘Roadmap’ on the subject of climate protec- portunities for companies, municipalities and citizens tion and will outline, via the strategies and provisions it to implement climate protection provisions and thus contains, how we are to achieve our climate protection also share in the benefits that they offer. “One thing targets and how we can adapt to unavoidable conse- is clear: Anyone who practices climate protection at quences of climate change in NRW” (see Page 10). home, within their company or at municipal level, will benefit, thanks to savings on energy costs, for exam-

As Annette Elias, CEO at Interim Profis GmbH, of ple”. Investment in renewable energy is, in addition, Hilden, notes: “Thanks to the expansion of broadband also worthwhile, both for citizens - via energy co-oper- systems and modern - and usually free - sharing atives, for example - but utilisation is also interesting platforms, conferences and even job interviews can nowadays be held on-line, not only saving travelling for municipalities and companies. The climate protec- time, but also protecting the environment”. tion plan incorporates numerous opportunities both

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Sven Panko, body and awareness trainer, Hilden: “Protection of our planet, so that we can live on it - this motivates me to use energy and water carefully”.

of energy efficiency, particularly via the expansion of heat+power cogeneration, and the expansion of the for enhancement of energy efficiency and energy sav- use of renewable energy, on the other hand. Relevant ing, and for the expansion of the use of renewable en- projects have already been started, including the ex- ergy sources - for industry, just as much as for private pansion of the Rhine-Ruhr district-heating network households and municipalities. and the model CHP municipalities, via which a total of 25 million euros in funding is to go to municipal Efficiency at home and in industry projects. In total, 250 million euros of funding is to be The information and advisory services available on provided for the expansion of CHP during the current all facets of energy efficiency and energy saving for EU funding period. “Our aim, within the framework private households are, for example, also to be greatly of the climate protection plan, is to use the exist- further expanded. The state of NRW is active in this ing funding instruments to accelerate the further field even today, inter alia in cooperation with the expansion and intensification of district and local Consumer Centre NRW, which has performed an an- heating systems, and the supply of properties by nual 17,000 energy-advisory sessions on behalf of the means of CHP installations”, Minister Remmel con- NRW climate protection ministry. The provisions are tinues. In the field of renewable energy, doubling of also intended, among other things, to assist indus- NRW’s solar roofs by 2025 is among the targets. Also try in making production more efficient, via the use, planned: a range of advisory services for climate co- in particular, of innovative low-carbon technologies. operatives. A “Low Carbon Center”, intended to network indus- trial research, science, corporate organisations, the Transport, agriculture, buildings money market and industry, is to be founded for this So much is clear: industry, and the energy industry, in purpose, in order to accelerate the development of particular, will in the next few years be among those efficiency technologies which are in some cases not sectors on which attention focuses, since they are yet ready for the market. Johannes Remmel: “We see some of NRW’s major emitters of greenhouse gases. industry as a partner on the topic of the energy turna- There is, at the same time, a need to become active round and climate protection - and we aim, wherever in still other areas, however - in the transport sector, possible, to support it in exploiting energy efficiency for example, which is, after all, responsible for no less potentials and in backing renewable energy sources than 11 per cent of all of NRW’s greenhouse-gas emis- more intensively in the future”. sions. Here, the aim is, inter alia, to work on shifting mobility functions to the bicycle, pedestrian travel Support for CHP and renewable energy and local passenger-transport services, by means, Topic: the energy turnaround: here, the state govern- inter alia, of improved car-sharing networking, local ment is backing, on the one hand, the improvement passenger transport and bicycle/pedestrian travel. In

8 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Holger Kuhl, manager of the M. Brücher & Söhne, jersey circular-knitting shop, Mönchengladbach:

“We could save a whole lot more CO2 if we bought more goods from Europe, and thus saved long, climate-unfriendly transport by air and sea”.

the buildings sector, the target has been announced of creating one hundred new climate villages, one hundred new climate districts and one hundred ef- ficient non-residential buildings while, in agriculture, climate-friendly eco-cultivation, inter alia, is to be pro- moted.

Adaptation to climate change The climate protection plan is intended to support Climate timetable up to 2050 players in realising the potentials resulting for them The first timetable for climate protection and adapta- from climate protection. Our aim in the climate protec- tion to the consequences of climate change is ready, tion plan is to mobilise the state’s people to participate now it’s time for action - which will be closely overseen in “Climate protection - Made in NRW” and to make by a monitoring system and a committee of experts their contribution to the attainment of climate protec- still to be appointed - and for updating of the plan. Its tion targets. At the same time, it will be necessary to successor, taking account of new technological ad- prepare proactively for the unavoidable consequences vances and new boundary conditions, is to be ready of climate change. Because: here in NRW, too, climate in as little as five years. “We will be able to achieve change has already arrived. This is demonstrated, for our long-term climate protection goal by 2050 only example, by severe rainfall events, such as those last provided we stay tightly on the ball with the new devel- year in Münster, and the hurricane disaster at Whit- opments that are waiting for us in the field of climate sun 2014. Occurrences like these will become more protection in the next few years”, states Minister Rem- frequent in future, as will heatwaves like that of last mel. “Climate protection is a long journey - and the summer, which burden people in urban regions, in par- climate protection plan is our timetable for it”. ticular. The provisions included in the climate protec- tion plan therefore support urban development activi- AHEEEHAPEIJIECFDMIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA There is already a large range of informa- BNFFFNBPIDMCEHMGICJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB PFMDPDFEEMPHHJHIOMLFLFJPCEBFMGFIB tion on the climate protection plan for NRW ties, for example, in preparing large urban areas for NDKGIFFCDPHOONCIAMPONIJIGJCBKFLID FPFACHFIGPAEHBNBBDDHHCFLAPFJHLNEN ­waiting at www.klimaschutz.nrw.de, severe precipitation events and in adapting planning KHPFEJFKHNJLONHPFJGLJIAPPPJJNOLDJ MFFFFNEHIFLKBLNDDLCCAFLCAHFHAANID www.facebook.com/klimaschutznrw and APBBBPAPKFDELCGPKKJDLOFJAFDCBHPLF to climate change. HHHHHHHPPPPPPHHHHHPPPHPHHHPPPPPHP www.energieagentur.nrw/20195

Student Marcel Cremer and De- borah Kuhl, a trainee in her intern year: „We are not in a position to change the big things, we don‘t have the money for solar-power systems or hybrid cars, for in- stance, but we can start with the small things, because if all of us were fully aware of the subject of climate change, we could, together, achieve something big from just little changes“.

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Interview with NRW Climate Minister Johannes Remmel: New tools for “Climate protection from below”

Minister Remmel, NRW’s first climate pro- worthwhile for the state’s players. Take the Remmel: One thing is obvious: there tection plan has been adopted after one municipalities, for example: we have nev- will, in the future, be no alternative to cli- of the most comprehensive involvement er before had so many municipalities who mate protection - this was clearly shown, processes ever seen in Germany - are you have set up, and are implementing, their at the latest, at the climate conference in relieved? own climate protection concept. Around Paris. In commerce and industry, for ex-

Remmel: Firstly, I’m glad that we now 300 NRW municipalities draft CO2 emis- ample, the winners will be those who, on have a climate protection plan - and thus a sion balances, more than 140 towns, cit- the one hand, modernise their produc- timetable that outlines how we can achieve ies and other communities have already tion processes for efficiency, and thus

our ambitious targets for climate protec- published their own climate protection save energy, CO2 and money, and who, on tion and adaptation to the consequences concepts, and more than 115 NRW munic- the other hand, back green products and of climate change in NRW. The plan, and ipalities are participating in the European services. Even in recent years, industry the provisions contained in it, are one of Energy Award. Large numbers of citizens, in North Rhine-Westphalia has benefited the foundations for ensuring that climate and also large and small companies, have significantly from investments in climate- protection “Made in NRW” can progress also shown their commitment. In the cli- friendly and environment-friendly prod- successfully. mate protection plan, we are now creating ucts. Companies in this cross-sectoral further instruments, opening up potentials industry have thus increased their sales You would like “Climate protection from and promoting future-orientated thinking, by an average of 15.6 per cent between below” for NRW. What exactly do you mean in order that the people on-the-spot will be 2009 and 2012. In the same period, the by that, and what role does the climate pro- able to pursue an ambitious climate protec- number of persons employed in North tection plan play here? tion programme. Rhine-Westphalia’s environment industry Remmel: The fact is that climate pro- rose by 5.4 per cent. So the figures show tection “from below” is already taking place You said that climate protection is finan- that climate protection and environmental today in NRW - for the simple reason alone cially worthwhile for the groups of players technologies are more and more becom- that the implementation of climate protec- that you mentioned, how do you mean that ing an economic and employment engine tion provisions is also generally financially precisely? - and the climate protection plan is an in- strument intended to assist in exhausting exploitation of these potentials and assur- ing NRW’s future as an industrial region.

So where now, specifically, with the climate protection plan? Remmel: Our task now is to succes- sively implement the provisions contained in the climate protection plan. Not all of them at once, that, of course, is not pos- sible, so we’ve sorted them into catego- ries. Our aim is to have started on all the provisions within five years, because that is when the second edition of the climate protection plan is due, containing strate- gies and provisions orientated around new technological developments and bound- ary conditions at that time. NRW, by the way, is thus doing exactly what the global community has now resolved upon in Par- is, with a climate protection update every five years!

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VillaMedia: The future in micro “VillaMedia” sounds a bit “Hollywood”, but is actually in Elber- feld, Wuppertal. And it doesn’t have a cinema, but instead a number of solutions for future energy supplies. An example to the liking of the “makers” of the NRW climate protection plan.

he VillaMedia is a service and event venue for A total of around 280,000 euros has been invested in conferences, for example, and one which, af- energy efficiency and climate protection at VillaMedia. Tter smart increases in energy efficiency, now Savings of some 37,000 euros per year mean that full meets 75 per cent of its electricity needs itself, and “return on investment” (RoI) is expected in less than also houses the Innovation Center NRW. The use of eight years. The VillaMedia is situated in the west of still more efficiency technologies, such as energy stor- Elberfeld, on the River Wupper, in an urban area which age systems, for example, actually aims at covering is to become Germany’s first “Climate District” in the 90 per cent of internal energy needs from renewables context of the “Climate District Arrenberg” project.

in the future. CO2 savings are currently at around 80 The aim here is that of reducing carbon dioxide emis- per cent. sions in this district, where around 5,500 people live, The VillaMedia was founded in 1998 and is now to zero. All this is to be made possible by means of self- home to fifteen companies. It illustrates in practical sufficient generation of heat and electricity, building form the future of energy supplies on a micro-scale. modernisation, energy efficiency and modern mobility Seven photovoltaics installations have a total output and feeding concepts.

of 50 kWp, while a CHP plant unit with an output of NRW’s climate protection minister Johannes 20 kWt and 45 kWe, a fuel cell of 1.5 kWe/0.6 kWt, Remmel recently visited the VillaMedia with an Ener- a peak-load boiler and three heat-storage tanks as- gyAgency.NRW delegation during his future-energy sure power and hot-water supplies for the total of four tour of the state. buildings - from the conservatory up to and including the conference suite. Supply of hot water is ensured by means of heat+power cogeneration (CHP). In addi- Jörg Heynkes, owner of tion, the VillaMedia operates five electric vehicles and the VillaMedia and initiator has its own charging centre featuring eight charging of the „VillaMedia in the stations. The VillaMedia’s energy needs in 2014 were Climate-District Arrenberg“ showcase project sought 490,000 kWh of heat and 155,000 kWh of electricity. dialogue with representatives of the Wuppertal Institute, EnergyAgency.NRW, the In front of the VillaMedia Wuppertal municipal utilities‘ „Solar Flower“ (from left): „New Efficiency“ team, the Jörg Heynkes (director of Vil- Efficiency Agency NRW and laMedia), Johannes Remmel, Wuppertal‘s Lord Mayor, Lord Mayor Andreas Mucke Andreas Mucke, during NRW and Lothar Schneider (direc- climate protection minister tor of EnergyAgency.NRW) Johannes Remmel‘s visit

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Hydrogen.NRW research award presented Hydrogen is one the keys to the energy turnaround, whether for energy storage or as a fuel.

cience Minister Svenja Schulze recently pre- dissertation: “Nanostructured Carbon Materials sented the first Research Award Hydrogen.NRW for Applications in Polymer Electrolyte Mem- Sat the 15th annual conference of EnergyAgency. brane Fuel Cells”, 3,000 euros; NRW’s Network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen. The award ■■ Dr.-Ing. Max Jungk, University of Wuppertal, dis- went to four young scientists of both sexes from Mül- sertation: “Holistic evaluation of primary steel- heim an der Ruhr, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen and Co- production processes available in the future logne. - Estimation of the potential role of hydrogen as a “Hydrogen and fuel cell technology is now very reductant”, 3,000 euros; well advanced and has already opened up market- ■■ Thorben Müller, Westfälische Hochschule Univer- mature applications in numerous sectors. Research sity of Applied Sciences, Gelsenkirchen, master’s & Development on technical optimisation and cost- thesis: “Drafting of an energy-supply concept for reduction will nonetheless continue to be necessary”, a commercial estate based primarily on locally noted the minister. “We have introduced the Research available renewable energy sources and taking Award Hydrogen.NRW to raise the awareness of stu- special account of energy storage”, 2,000 euros; dents in technical disciplines of hydrogen as an energy ■■ Fabian Rosenau, Cologne University of Applied source, a fuel and a feed material. It is a pleasure to us Sciences, bachelor’s thesis: “Integration of a that the successful Network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen fuel-cell system for generation of electricity and has organised this competition jointly with the Ener- heat at the Monheim Chempark”, 1,000 euros. gyResearch.NRW cluster”. The research awards, of a value totalling 9,000 Discussion topics at the annual conference of the euros, are distributed to the categories of Bachelor, Network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen NRW were current First Degree/Masters, and Doctorate. information on mobility, energy storage and station- ary energy supply using hydrogen and fuel cells. In And the winners are: addition, test drives could be taken on the Toyota Mirai ■■ Dr. Diana Carolina Galeano Nuñez, Max Planck and Hyundai ix35 FCEV, the first commercially avail- Institute for Coal Research, Mülheim an der Ruhr, able fuel-cell cars. “The state of NRW has ambitious climate pro- tection targets. The necessary expansion of the use of renewable energy sources will succeed only given the simultaneous development of innovative storage technologies, and will also demand new solutions for clean mobility and decentralised energy supplies. For this, we need not only capable researchers, but also our own sources of funding. This is why we expressly welcome the ‘NRW Hydrogen HyWay’ climate protec- tion competition coming up in 2016 on the topic of hydrogen and fuel cells”, commented Dr. Thomas Kat- tenstein, head of the network.

NRW Science Minister Svenja Schulze (centre) handed over the Research Award Hydrogen.NRW at the 15th annual meeting of Ener- gyAgency.NRW‘s Network Fuel Cell and Hydrogen.

12 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Heat storage at the Prosper-Haniel mine

There are other potential uses for the underground mine infrastructure when the mining of hard coal comes to an end in the Ruhr in late 2018.

t the International Geothermal- ThyssenKrupp opens Center of the Bochum University Aof Applied Sciences, work is going test and development on jointly with the RAG mining corpora- tion and delta h into how a seasonal heat- storage facility could be created, by way of centre example, at the Bottrop location. The central aim is the development Industry conglomerate ThyssenKrupp of a technically and economically feasible is expanding its testing capacities for thermal storage concept for the energy- route “recycling” of the old Prosper-Han- large rolling-element bearings. Its new iel mine. Waste heat from industrial and testing and development centre in power-generating processes not utilisable at certain seasons, and/or solar heat, are Lippstadt has now opened. to be fed into the disused mine workings and used when needed during the winter ere, large rolling-element bearings particularly large-scale applications. Ac- months for supply of heat to commercial for onshore and offshore wind tur- cording to ThyssenKrupp, this test facil- and residential properties, and also fed Hbines are tested and further devel- ity is one of the world’s largest and most into existing district-heating systems. oped on around 3,000 m2 of floor space. modern. The Geo-MTES (Geo-Mine Thermal Large rolling-element bearings are es- “Wind power is, globally, the most im- Energy Storage) project is being jointly sential functionally relevant components portant form of renewable energy, and it funded by the federal economics and en- of wind-energy systems. They are used still has great potential for growth. Individ- ergy (BMWi), environment and nuclear wherever motions and forces need to be ual wind turbines are becoming ever larger, safety (BMU) and edu- transmitted within the system. with ever greater outputs. The require- cation and research As the company has announced, ments set for component manufactur- (BMBF) ministries large rolling-element bearings of up to 6 ers are thus also continuously changing”, via the “Energy Stor- m outer diameter emphasised Dr. age Promotion can be tested on Large rolling-element bear- Karsten Kroos, Initiative”. the development CEO of Thyssen- centre’s test fa- ings of up to 6 metres outer Krupp’s Business cilities. Such ro- diameter can be tested here. Area Compo- tor bearings are nents Technol- used in the largest wind turbines cur- ogy, at the commissioning. rently in commercial operation, with up The new development centre inten- to 7 MW output. As ThyssenKrupp states, sifies ThyssenKrupp’s cooperation with these tests concentrate, above all, on the customers, subsuppliers and universi- material and quality of the various slew- ties. It is to be expanded no later than next ing and pivot bearings. Individual com- year. From then on, large rolling-element ponents and assemblies are, in addition, bearings for turbine ratings of up to 10 also submitted to functional and durability MW output will be tested and further de- AHEEEHAPKJICCJEGGKNJMPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPELAPBLJDNHAHBPBNFFFNB tests. The focus is on so-called inductively veloped under realistic conditions at Lipp- NENEHAFMGJMAONFDOELDNGFLCCPDO HBJPGNFFJNKNBOBPBLLMNGAHLEKEJ hardened bearings. These are extreme- stadt. HLPKLHFGHPENDABGMJJIBOOGLBMOM MNFNFNEPCIMEFNAIPABAAHFHACBLP www.energieagentur.nrw/ APBBBPAPCMHCHLCNHJKGHCHDEPKBE geothermie ly heavy-duty components suitable for www.energieagentur.nrw/windenergie HHHHHHHPPPPPPHPHPPPHHPHHHPPPP

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Centre for flexible electricity grids Research into the grids of the future

he challenges presented by the en- ergy turnaround demand a high de- Tgree of transdisciplinary research, since various technical disciplines are af- fected and the energy turnaround can be accelerated successfully only via supra- disciplinary cooperation. The „Centre for FEN“ grid research centre is such a trans- disciplinary alliance of industrial partners Residues revalued and institutes of the RWTH Aachen Uni- versity. The aim of the Centre for FEN is research into and the development of a smart electricity grid which will guarantee esearch into fuels from biomass is now going on at the assuredness of supply while incorporating Fraunhofer UMSICHT institute in Oberhausen. Because: a high percentage of volatile, regenerative Rconcepts for the most efficient possible use of biomass and decentralised energy sources. The are needed for the sustainable supply of feed materials and en- ergy. One special challenge can be found in the use of moist or wet biomass, such as green waste and digestates, for example, and stalk biomass, such as straw. Collection and transportation cost time, energy and money. They also cause emissions. So how can biomass yields and biogenic residues be made better utilisable? For this purpose, researchers at the Fraunhofer “Bioenergy” innovation cluster have examined various utilisa- tion routes for biogenic residues. The focus during this four-year project was, above all, on the development and optimisation of technology modules for the mobile and/or decentralised conver- sion of biomasses. “Together with our partners, we recovered a range of liquid and solid intermediate products which, thanks to their higher energy density, can be more efficiently transported and better stored than the initial feed materials”, explains Dr. Es- ther Stahl, head of the Biomass and Residue Utilisation group at transmission, distribution and storage of Fraunhofer UMSICHT, and manager of the innovation cluster’s energy is to be made more efficient and office. “Pyrolysis oil, for example, a type of crude bio-oil, con- more flexible, in order that the fluctuating tains, among other things, a number of substances which could quantities generated can be smoothed potentially be used in the chemicals industry and for fuel pro- out more easily. The transdisciplinary re- duction”. Fraunhofer UMSICHT operates various laboratory and search at the Centre extends, among other technology-centre facilities at its Oberhausen location, aiming to things, to the integration and further evo- further optimise the processing of biomass and the correspond- lution of DC technology at all voltage lev- ing processes. NRW, a location both for agriculture and for the els. Other research focuses include I&C energy and (petro)- chemicals industry, possesses a range of po- technology, cloud services and the inte- tentials for the provision of an innovative spectrum of biogenic gration of energy storage systems. intermediate products for economic materials-route and energy- route utilisation. The utilisation routes and technology modules developed are now being further analysed in various projects for the utilisation of residues. The Fraunhofer “Bioenergy” innovation cluster was subsi- AHEEEHAPEFNIEKGDMIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA dised from funds of the European Regional Development Fund BNFFFNBPIDEKAHEGNCJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB NGMDIAFEEKOPHMHAOMLFLFJPCEBFMGFIB NPOIABFGMHLIMFKOIMPONIJJEJCBKFLID (ERDF) by the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research (MI- EOFAAEFIGPDMHFOJBADHHCFLAPFJHLNEN KLJCMBFOHNFIMNHPHJKLJIAPNPJJNOLDJ WF) of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, and MFNFFNEHIGLKBMPLDNDCAFLCAHFHAANID APBBBPAPKNPECCKONCJDLOFJAFDCBHPLF HHHHHHHPPPPHPHHPHHPPPHPHHHPPPPPHP www.energieagentur.nrw/20186 from Fraunhofer Gesellschaft funds.

14 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Mobility in the city of the future Around 20 per cent of greenhouse-gas emissions in Germany come from road traffic.

n the great conurbations, noise, and emissions of air are (still) too heavy, and charging times (still) remain pollutants, fine particulates and oxides of nitrogen, too long. Icontinue to be associated with road traffic. These These may be the reasons that electric vehicles are directly detrimental to health, and are made worse have not yet achieved broader popularity with buy- by traffic jams and blocked streets. Too many cars ers. Unlike present-day conventional cars, an e-vehi- crowd into inner cities, with scarcity of parking spaces cle cannot be used for all transport needs. Electrifi- as the consequence. Competition for space in urban cation requires vehicle concepts that precisely meet areas is the result. Precisely due to their high popula- customers’ wishes. The internal combustion engine www.energie­ agentur.nrw/ tion density and the concentration of potential utilisa- will remain the power source and the basis for mobil- mobilitaet tions, the centres of large cities do, on the other hand, ity for decades to come, particularly in heavy-goods AHEEEHAPKJAJIJMGMKNIOPAHEEEHA offer opportunities for efficient traffic systems and transportation. BNFFFNBPEHAPBLMDNDEHBPBNFFFNB NANBHEFNGJMCFFFEPELDMGFLBCPDO new mobility concepts. The achievement of rational-cost mobility will ne- ACJPANFNJLKFBPAPBPJMNGDHLEKEJ HHIHLHFDLPAMGAJGMJJICOOGLBMOM How can the contradiction between the new mo- cessitate further efforts on the part of the industries MNFNFNEHCPPEFODIPEDIAHFHACBLP APBBBPAPCMHBJDKNFJOHHDGDEPKBE bility requirements and the old means of transport be involved in this value chain: automotive, mechanical HHHHHHHPPPPPPHPHPPPHHHHHHPPPP resolved? In the city of the future, it will be necessary and plant engineering, energy-supply, electrical en- to answer anew the question of how we live and how gineering, the chemicals industry, the metallurgical we travel in it. industry and the IT technologies sector. Just changing The market launch of electric and hybrid vehicle technologies is not sufficient - the boundary condi- models in recent years provides an indication that the tions must change if concepts such as the car-free necessity of sustainable urban mobility has been rec- inner city are to be realised, and people’s travel be- ognised. These vehicles, too, also consume resources haviour must also be modified, as the precondition and space, however. Not only new technologies, but for new mobility solutions in towns and cities. also new concepts, such as car-sharing and integra- tion with local passenger transport, are necessary if the number of vehicles in inner cities is to be reduced. Innovations in the two-wheel sector (e.g. eScooters and eBikes) also reduce the traffic burden in conurba- tions, thanks to their lower space requirements. Sales of so-called Pedelecs have, for example, increased in the last few years from 70,000 (2007) to 410,000 (2013). An infrastructure for the charging of electric vehicles and Pedelecs is becoming increasingly avail- able in the private and semi-private sector. The costs of efficient batteries are (still) too high, the systems

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Münster-Energie eG Partnership between utilities and citizens

he Stadtwerke Münster municipal utilities initiated the foundation of Tthe “Unsere Münster-Energie eG” (Our Münster Energy) energy cooperative in 2014 in order to accelerate the energy turnaround and involve citizens more in- Zaubersterne from Duisburg tensively. rap for climate protection The cooperative’s members now number some 500 citizens. In the coop- erative, they have the benefit of being able In December, NRW climate protection minister Jo- to actively co-determine all processes: hannes Remmel celebrated the winners of the first every member has a vote, irrespective of the amount contributed. state-wide “KlimaKita.NRW” competition, organ- The primary purpose of the coopera- ised by EnergyAgency.NRW. tive is the operation of wind turbines and the sale of the electricity generated. Three wind turbines have been planned and con- he First prize went to the “Zauberst- children with climate protection. “The re- structed by the Münster municipal utilities erne” children’s day centre in Duis- sponse was fantastic”, enthused Lothar for this purpose. The cooperative then pur- Tburg, which had earned it above all Schneider, director of Energy­Agency. chases these. The capital required for this with its climate protection rap song, the NRW. “116 day centres from all over North investment originates from the coopera- climate tree in the day centre, and further Rhine-Westphalia took part in the compe- tive shares and Münster citizens’ subor- climate protection activities. tition and submitted lots of documentation dinated loans. A total of 3 million euros “Our children are our future, and we on climate protection project activities”. was raised within a very short time using have to inculcate the fundamentals and in- The best of these works were celebrated these participation instruments, and is to teractions of the available resources and at the “Nature and Environment” station be topped up by means of bank loans of 9 the climate as early as nursery in Wuppertal. million euros. school and day centre age EnergyAgency.NRW The utility has been entrusted by the if we want them to han- provides support for cooperative with the technical operation of dle them responsibly”, children’s day centre the wind turbines, and is also supporting stated the minister, employees in NRW it on economic questions and on publicity who was also the in establishing or work. A win-win-win situation - with the as- patron of the com- expanding cam- sistance of the cooperative, the Münster petition. The Zaub- paigns and pro- utilities are able to further the expansion ersterne (it means jects on climate of renewable energy in Münster, Münster “Magic Stars”) will protection at their citizens are able to take an active part in receive an award centres. In the con- this development via their financial stake, of 1,500 euros from text of the “KlimaKi- and the cooperative benefits from the utili- EnergyAgency.NRW ta.NRW” competition, ties’ experience and capability. for their creativity in the day centres receive awaking awareness of the specific assistance and topic of climate protection. The materials from EnergyAgency. other winners are the Portendiek day cen- NRW, to enable them to complete their tre, Essen, and the Kanalhaie day centre, climate protection projects successfully. of Münster. There were also special prizes A repeat of the competition is planned for for similar facilities in Arnsberg, Rheine, 2016. Mönchengladbach, Korschenbroich, Es- sen and Issum. EnergyAgency.NRW has, for the first AHEEEHAPJCCMMFJMKFDFEPKAMPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPNKFDAOJCIKJLAPMOBPBNFFFNB PDEGMHFNIIIMCCGLBFGDKDLBMIJMNIDGI time, initiated a state-wide climate protec- JKADACFLPPEMEMMNPIBOOMFPDGODGGILP OMNBOGFBODGDGIEBFPFHADCLIECOADFMK tion competition for children’s day centres MBPNJEFLGMHDJJPDJGFGPBNANFIIMAFMI www.energieagentur.nrw/ MFNFFFEHCKLEHOOMOKAJMKEBAHFHADOLH APBBBPAPIMMNJLMEIEKPDBGAAEFFGPHDC in order to familiarise even very young klimakita HHHHHHHPPPPPPPHPPHPHPHPHPPHPPHHPP

16 altbauneu innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Outstanding modernisation

he municipalities participating in ising their buildings. Successful energy modernisation of the Dall family’s the “ALTBAU NEU” (“EXISTING These awards have been present- building in Ratingen (left to right): Klaus Pesch (Mayor of Ratingen), Manfred Krick (Deputy District Council- BUILDINGS RENEWED”) project ed since 2014 for privately used proper- T lor of the District of Mettmann), Ekaterina Dall, Edgar last year again nominated existing build- ties which were constructed before 1995 Mählmann (Architect and Energy Consultant), Jörg ings modernised in an exemplary manner and which, after energy modernisation, Dall in the context of the “ALTBAU NEU - Aus- achieve not less than the KfW Efficiency

gezeichnet!” (“Outstanding Modernisa- House 115 standard. The affixing of the ernisation of buildings in North www.alt-bau- tions”) campaign. plaques to the building wall enables the Rhine-Westphalia. It is co-ordi- neu.de The City of Gelsenkirchen and the owners to visibly publicise their energy nated by EnergyAgency.NRW AHEEEHAPKGGLABFCKKNBGPAHEEEHA Districts of Mettmann and Borken award- modernisation, and thus to motivate their and sponsored by the state’s BNFFFNBPEGBPJONKFOEHBPBNFFFNB MDJAHBFLDPGHJLIFAMJEMGFPABJDO ed a total of twelve plaques to building neighbours to follow suit. climate ministry. LMJCLCFAMGMBPDOFNPJMNHDHLEKCI HDHHIPFADPOJFNCOMFGMHOOOIDIGN owners who have made a noteworthy con- The building modernisation project MNFNNFEPKOFAICBJFDOAAHFHACBHP APBBBPAPCAFKIEKNOHKHHCGDEMMBE tribution to climate protection in modern- is a municipal network for energy mod- HHHHHHHPPHPHHHHHPPHHHHPHHPPPP Efficiency included Mettmann children’s day centre is Plus Energy building

ettmann’s Kirchendelle children’s The building, certified as a Passive The central ventilation system, incorporat- day centre is a bit of an oddity - House this year, was erected “sustainably” ing heat recovery by means of cross-flow Mbut in a positive way! At a cost of using a timber frame and panel structure. heat exchangers, assures the necessary around 5.2 million euros, the new day cen- The use of building and insulating mate- air-change rate, which can be adjusted in- tre, operating by the City and District of rials obtained from renewable sources, dividually on the basis of occupancy num-

Mettmann, has been constructed to Pas- including 176 m³ of glued laminated and bers. A PV system of 98 kWp on the roof of sive House standards on the 9,380 m2 site structural timber and 765 m³ of cellulose the centre rounds off the energy concept. of a former school. Barrier-free access insulation, for example, ensures that 326 “The surplus electricity of around 30,000

completion of the building, with its floor tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere are kWh fed into the public grid means that area of more than 1,900 m2, was the pre- permanently fixed. The components of we can now, on balance, also talk about a condition for disabled children of between the building shell, with U values of 0.089 ‘Plus Energy Building’”, explains Dipl.-Ing. five months and six years of age being able to 0.15 W/m²K, the solar and internal heat Andreas Bernhardt, of the City of Mett- to attend this day centre. gains and the equipment technology used mann’s technical building management The building was planned with barri- result in an annual final-energy heating department. er-free access in order to meet the peda- requirement of only around 7,500 kWh, gogical aim of inclusion. Four self-con- equivalent to approx. 4 kWh/m²a. AHEEEHAPEKPIEHEDMIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPIDEHJHEKECJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB LFMDNBFEEMOHHMFAOMLFLFJPCFAFMGFIB tained building sections, each featuring Heating of the building, and passive NPMJIBFHPPDJJNOKKMPONIJJEJCBKFLID EPFAHGFIGIBMHDOBBCCHHCFLAOHJHLNEN two groups, plus the therapy, administra- cooling during the summer, is achieved re- CDKOMNFIFFJIHFPPJBOLJIAOOPJJNOLDJ MFFFFNEPIBICBPNDDLDCAFLKAHFHAANID APBBBPAPKNDEMKKNICFDLOFJAFCCBHPLF tive and kitchen division, are arranged in a generatively via the use of geothermics. HHHHHHHPPPPHPHHHHHPPPHPHHHPPPPPHP www.energieagentur.nrw/19976 star configuration around a 230 m² court- yard, the latter serving as a communica- tion space, a play area, and a meeting point for children, parents and teachers.

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comments Lothar Schneider, director of EnergyAgency.NRW. The aim of the guide is to assist hos- pitals in implementing for energy and the environment a sustainable goal-setting process tailored to their needs. The modu- lar-structured project is being implement- ed together with a network of companies, who benefit from various help tools, check- lists and workshops on energy and envi- ronmental topics. Branchen.Kompass Assistance can thus be provided in the introduction of a methodical environ- Hospital is the kick-off mental-management system, or in the integration of energy, environmental and quality management systems. he treatment of hospital patients fre- In 2013, the Federal Republic of Ger- Access to the Branchen.Kompass quently demands a great amount of many had 1,996 hospitals in operation, Krankenhaus is available via the www.en- Tmedical skill, care, attention and - with 500,671 beds. Around 19 per cent of ergieagentur.nrw/20187 Internet website. not least of all - energy. Hospitals have high all German hospitals are located in NRW. EnergyAgency.NRW is planning to energy needs, for the most diverse range An average of above 800,000 euros is ex- use the Industry Guide project in a large of purposes. Energy consumption for pended annually for just one hospital on number of industrial and commercial sec- heating is particularly significant. Energy­ energy and water, i.e., around 6 to 7 per tors for which the subject of energy is of Agency.NRW has evolved the “Branchen. cent of total non-personnel expenses. But: great importance. Kompass Krankenhaus” (“Industry Guide: “The rational use of energy makes sav- Hospitals”) on-line instrument in order to ings potentials of up to 30 per cent pos- achieve more efficient use of energy, and sible, and these have been demonstrably has, jointly with the Krankenhausgesells- achieved in a number of projects. Signifi- AHEEEHAPJBGLGDJPALEFFGPAMPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPNGBDJPBKJKBONPEDEPBNFFFNB JBFCMHFKNINBJGFJPCFLKEIBMKIMNIDGI chaft Nordrhein-Westfalen (KGNW) hos- cant savings can be attained in all fields OACLMGFGALHKPOKCKPMNBEFKFKONGGILP JFKHCMFIBMFMPJJOGPIPAFCDIHCOADFMK pital operating corporation implemented - ranging from heat, via electricity and MFKDFLFHPMAGALKJAHEFIJBBDBIIMAFNI MFFNNNEHCPFJCPDHPMDBMJHBAHFHADOLP APBBBPAPICELEKFIJCJLMJCBAFEFGPHDC it in NRW hospitals. water, up to and including waste-water”, HHHHHHHPPPPPHPHPHPHHPHPPPPPPPHHPP www.energieagentur.nrw/20187

Lab platform researching energy materials Efficient materials are of decisive importance for future energy supplies: they provide the basis for flexible and efficient supply of renewable energy.

he recently founded Helmholtz for Materials and Coastal Research, the version and storage systems, such as fuel- Energy Materials Characteriza- German Electron Synchrotron and the and solar cells. Materials for new catalysts Ttion Platform (HEMCP) combines Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. The and more efficient power plants are also seven research centres to form a tailor- platform, co-ordinated by the Jülich re- being investigated, however. HEMCP’s fo- made equipment and method park under search center, is receiving around 39 cus is on the chemical and microstructural one virtual roof. The participants are: the million euros of funding from the federal analysis of the new materials. Forschungszentrum Jülich research cen- government. The HEMCP tre, the German Aerospace Centre, the is intended to research Helmholtz Materials and Energy Centre, new materials for energy the Helmholtz Centre Dresden-Rossen- technology, primarily in dorf, the Helmholtz Geesthacht Center the field of energy con-

Dedication of the new HEMCP laboratory platform at the Jülich research centre, showing Thomas Rachel MP, parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the federal research ministry (5th from right), Dr. Georg Menzen, head of the Department of Energy Research and Project Funding at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (2nd from left) and Axel Fuchs, Mayor of Jülich (3rd from right).

18 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 All the winners of the 2015 CeresAward in CeresAward for front of Berlin‘s Brandenburg Gate “energy farmer” from Reken

eres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, is the id manure are readily available as the feed materials. source of the name of an award presented in Around 25 hectares of maize are supplied from the CBerlin every year to farmers from the German- Bennings’ own farm, while the remaining regenerable speaking world. The award’s initiator was dlz agrar- feed materials are purchased from neighbours when magazin, one of this country’s highest-circulation needed. specialist journals for farmers. This year, victory in The Bennings defined their target from the start: the “Energy Farmer” category goes to Reken, in the not only the electricity, but also the heat from the com- District of Borken. bined heat+power (CHP) units was to be used as com- For farming family Benning, the generation of en- pletely as possible. Reken’s outdoor and indoor swim- ergy from the soil is just as natural as the production ming complex proved to be the right customer for the of foodstuffs. Geographical proximity to Iglo’s frozen- heat. A decision was taken in favour of a satellite CHP foods freezing plant suggested the farm’s first spe- unit plus a micro-gas system and gas drying. It was cialisation: spinach - for nearly 30 years now, and most then necessary to convince councillors, expand the fittingly, in view of the sandy soil conditions. Over the system and install the gas pipeline after agreement years, however, Hermann-Josef and Ulrike Benning with the landowners affected. The satellite CHP unit have developed another speciality. Benning Agrar- concept works, and has been copied in three follow-up Energie GmbH operates a 10 km micro-gas system, projects: a satellite CHP unit in Hülsten supplying fif- has four decentralised locations generating power and teen residential buildings and a pigsty with heat from heat on the heat+power cogeneration principle, has biogas, one on the Benediktushof farm, and one at the initiated a 4.3 km heating system, and now supplies Maria Veen grammar school. thirty-five large and small end-users. The Bennings’ After a good fifteen years of intensive study of biogas plant has an installed capacity of 1,400 kW, the subject of renewable energy sources, the biogas and is supplied with biogas from two adjacent instal- plant is now well established, and requires, alongside lations. Two wind-power installations, each of 600 kW, vegetable cultivation, the greatest work input. But as

and a photovoltaic system of 93 kWp, round off the Hermann-Josef Benning notes, “We continue to see regenerative generation of energy. ourselves as farmers who supply electricity and heat It was a long road, and Ulrike and Hermann-Josef as commodities to meet the daily needs of the local Benning were firstly confronted with the question of population. We market the heat directly to the end cus- how the 72 hectare family enterprise could be stra- tomer, almost like a farm shop. Our aim is to continue tegically developed. Because: land is scarce in the in future to sell green electricity to the end consumer”. processing-dominated Münsterland. “Better more yield from the land, than more land”, was Benning’s concept. The Bennings therefore put their faith in re- AHEEEHAPEMNIFLBDNIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPIDEDEHMLFCJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB LEMDICFEEOPHHMFAOMLFLFJPCEBFMGFIB newables, and chanced the construction of a biogas FLKBAFFCAPLOMNCPOMPONIJJGJCBKFLID DMFADFFAGMBMHBPBBHCHHCFLAPFJHLNEN plant - thanks to local livestock rearing, liquid and sol- CPKKENFJMNNPBFLKIJGLJIAOPPJJNOLDJ MFNFFNEPICKKBIPLDPDCAFLKAHFHAANID APBBBPAPKFHGMKGLBKBDLOFJAFDCBHPLF HHHHHHHPPPPHPHHHHHPPPHPHHPHPPPPHP www.energieagentur.nrw/20237 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 19 practice

Pilot CCF.NRW in the home straight

EnergyAgency.NRW has been pursuing the pilot “CCF.NRW” project with thirteen medium-sized enterprises from ener- gy-intensive sectors in the chemicals, steel and plastics/ plastic-fibres processing industries since early 2015.

his project assists the participating companies mate strategy and drafting a carbon footprint. In ad- in identifying and balancing their emissions. dition, the tool also supplies information on meeting TAn important precondition for this is ad- economic and political requirements, such as equate documentation of the relevant reporting of emissions to the Carbon energy flows and energy consump- Disclosure Project (CDP). tion. The aim of the project is to The CCF.NRW project is to implement, on this basis, a cor- officially start during 2016; respondingly tailored climate a kick-off event with NRW protection strategy within environment minister Jo- these companies. The pilot- hannes Remmel present project participants have, is to be held on 15 March. in the form of workshops The results obtained by and via visits to their sites, the enterprises partici- received instruction in data pating in the pilot phase acquisition, the application of the project will be pre- of emission factors, calcula- sented here. In addition, tion and reporting, all in order representatives of the po- to help them in the drafting of litical world and industry will their corporate carbon footprint discuss practical approaches to (CCF). the even more intensive transfer of The new knowledge and experience the subjects of climate protection and ef- gained in the pilot project have been used to develop ficiency enhancement to small and medium-sized an on-line “toolbox” for companies and consultants, industry. Interested persons can obtain information in the form of “CCF.NAVI”. Here, basic information on advisory services available in the context of the and practically orientated help tools, with check- accompanying “Potentials Market”. lists, are provided as an aid in implementing a cli- www.energieagentur.nrw/ccf WildesWild plants pflanzen, = energy Energie crop ernten

eed mixtures featuring high-yield floriferous do- be found, above all, in the methodology employed: mestic species of wild plants are also suitable “GrünSchatz” performs scientific crop yield tests to Sfor the recovery of energy in a biogas facility. investigate the cultivation of wild plants on ecological, The generation of energy from biomass could thus economic and landscaping criteria. At Oelde, cost-ef- be interlinked even more tightly with the targets of ficiency and fermentation in farming practice is being protecting nature and species diversity. The response tested, while the NRW Chamber of Agriculture is con- from farms has been lukewarm, however. A number of ducting a practical experiment involving two selec- projects and initiatives are currently mapping out the tions of wild plants. territory: the 2016 “GrünSchatz” regional project, the NRW Chamber of Agriculture’s “Energy Mall” and the initiative undertaken by players from the Oelde dis- AHEEEHAPDKPHAKCMLHCPIFEMKPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPNONOFLIOFDMKEHAKJPBNFFFNB trict. The common denominator is a change of course LALMKNFDDCADCPDHCAOCMKFDHCPKIKIHG ICIBHOFLGIEBBELDNDKHMHOGDADONKOBC For more information on the 5th Haus in biogas production, in order to present farmers with HBBPCFFGKBBHCNCGACFJLNEIFALGGIIKB PAIFANFJHKBFCKIDENLMOHMDKIOGBCOEO Düsse Energy Crop Day on 23 June MNNNFFEPJLONEFPEEAGLBKMFAHFHAPIBC new, sustainable, earning potentials. Differences can APBBBPAPOCCFLEGDHJINHBEKFDGFAEKFJ 2016, visit www.energieagentur. HHHHHHHPPHHPPHHPPPPPPPHPHHPHHHPHP nrw/19917

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26 municipalities and districts receive European Energy Award

phalia is not only way ahead nationally of of around 50 per cent in the energy costs

the strong southern states of Bavaria and and cuts CO2 emissions by more than 29 Baden-Württemberg, but is also up with tonnes per year.. “Street lighting is now the leaders in Europe as well. Only Switzer- an area where municipalities have at their land – which has been active in the EEA for disposal considerable practical possibili- 25 years – can boast more participants. ties for tapping climate-relevant and fiscal The European Energy Award (EEA) is given saving potentials. They can achieve this by to a municipality if it implements at least retrofitting LED equipment in combination 50 per cent of the measures which have with modern forms of financing such as been developed at the beginning of the contracting,” Lothar Schneider, CEO of En- process together with an accredited firm ergyAgency.NRW reports. EnergyAgency. of engineering consultants. The Gold sta- NRW acts on behalf of the state in coordi- tus is achieved if 75 per cent of all meas- nating the EEA in NRW. ures have been implemented. In all 118 municipalities in NRW take The “Gold” European Energy Award part in the EEA. These include 106 towns for particularly successful environmental and municipalities and 12 administrative efforts has been won by Aachen, Bonn, districts. In the whole of Germany 321 mu- Borgholzhausen, the District of Borken, nicipalities participate in the EEA. Brakel, the District of Lippe, Münster, Nottuln, Rietberg, the District of Stein- n the Coronation Hall of Aachen Town Hall furt and Vreden. The European Energy 26 North Rhine-Westphalian, municipali- Award 2015 was given to Bad Oeynhaus- Ities and districts were presented with the en, Drensteinfurt, Emmerich am Rhein, European Energy award (EEA) by Johannes Emsdetten, Hagen, Hilchenbach, Hürth, Remmel, Minister of Climate Protection, Kall, Ochtrup, Rheine, Rheinisch-Bergis- Environment, Agriculture, Conservation cher District, Soest, Unna, Warendorf and and Consumer Protection of the state of Wenden. NRW and EnergyAgency.NRW. The EEA is For example, Rietberg made an im- a certificate which is recognised through- pressive showing with the lighting scheme out Europe and is awarded for municipal for the historic Old City, with which the climate protection activities. And it is all the town even won the worldwide competi- more gratifying to see that North Rhine- tion for the “city.people.light Award”. In Westphalian municipalities are active and addition Rietberg is one of the ten award- successful to a special degree. Around one winning municipalities in the nationwide third of NRW municipalities now take part competition “Municipalities in a New in this Europe-wide certification procedure. Light” held by the Federal Ministry of Ed- Every fifth citizen in NRW lives in a ucation and Research (BMBF). Overall the certified municipality. North Rhine-West- renewal of the lighting leads to a reduction

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8./9.3.2016 Energy-aware Behaviour” in the afternoon Schulze has again agreed to act as patron Elektromobility of 12 April. In the initial introductory ple- to the coming NRW Battery Day and will nary phase all participants will be given a open the event. on the spot description of sensitisation and motiva- www.battery-power.eu tion of employees as an interdisciplinary On 8 and 9 March 2016 the conference challenge: here prominent experts such “Electromobility on the spot” will be held as the brain researcher Gerhard Roth will 1.6.2016 in Aachen (Hotel Pullmann “Quellenhof”). present selected theoretical principles of rd The conference, which is being organised use motivation. Then the parallel work- 3 LNG Roadmap in by the Federal Ministry of Transport and shops on “Administrative Bodies” and Düsseldorf Digital Infrastructure in collaboration with “Companies” will each devote their atten- the EnergyAgency.NRW, is the central tion to a sample approach which can be The EnergyAgency.NRW and Gas- und event for specialists on the user side from adopted to tap the potentials for energy- Wärme-Institut Essen e.V. have issued a municipalities, transport companies and aware behaviour. joint invitation to the “3rd LNG Roadmap vehicle fleet operators who shape the con- www.berliner-energietage.de – LNG as a driving force for cross-border ditions for electromobility in their sphere cooperation within Europe” on 1.6.2016 in of operation. Düsseldorf. The event will spotlight the de- www.energieagentur.nrw/20238 velopment of liquefied natural gas – LNG – as an alternative fuel for freight transport (maritime shipping and heavy goods traf- 17.3.2016 fic/heavy good vehicles) and will highlight th the synergy effects in relation to industrial 17 NRW Biogas applications. Once again national and in- Conference ternational experts from the fields of LNG as a fuel in combustion processes and in The biogas sector is not an easy one at the vehicles and as a propellant. present time. New plants are only being www.energieagentur.nrw/20188 constructed in the form of isolated mini- installations. Operators of existing plants are endeavouring to achieve greater rev- 30.9.2016 enue by skilful manoeuvring on the elec- 25.4.2016 tricity market. In order to obtain profitable KnowledgeNight th plant operation with such parameters, it’s 7 NRW Battery Day Ruhr 2016 necessary to pull out all the stops when it in Münster comes to improving the efficiency of plant The plans for the next KnowledgeNight operation. The event it being organised in The 7th NRW Battery Day will take place on Ruhr are already in progress and the new Bad Sassendorf by the NRZ Chamber of 25 April 2016 in Münster. It will highlight date has been fixed: 30 September 2016. Agriculture, the NRW Centre for Renew- NRW’s potentials and give an overview Whereas the first time round in 2014 the able Resources and the EnergyAgency. of possible trends and developments in subject of climate was to the fore, the sec- NRW. It will illuminate the subject as a battery technology. The Haus der Tech- ond KnowledgeNight Ruhr will be present- whole and is aimed at plant operators, in- nik will be conducting the event jointly ing the whole spectrum of the Ruhr as a terest association, municipalities, authori- with the clusters EnergyResearch.NRW, metropolitan knowledge hub. Interested ties, science and industry. EnergyRegion.NRW and NanoMicroMa- scientific institutions and research compa- www.energieagentur.nrw (Dates) terialsPhotonics.NRW. Then on 26 and 27 nies from the Ruhr Region can register with April 2016 the international symposium the KnowledgeNight Ruhr team. Regional- “Kraftwerk Batterie” (“The Battery as a verband Ruhr (RVR) will assist participant 12.4.2016 Power Plant”) will take place. This dou- if requested in programme development ble event has stood the test of time and and the search of a suitable site. Event “The Human is one of the most significant meeting www.energieagentur.nrw/20189 Factor” points with regard to battery technolo- gy in Germany. It offers the possibility of As part of the Berlin Energy Days 2016 the obtaining information at first hand on all EnergyAgency.NRW will be organising a aspects of battery development and bat- half-day event on “The Human Factor – tery use. NRW Science Minister Svenja

22 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 NRW energy industry has great potential in Latin America

Minister President Hannelore Kraft recently travelled to Chile and Columbia – accompanied by NRW’s Economics Minister Garrelt Duin and a 30-strong delegation.

he trips were organised by the Chamber of being to boost the collaboration between A.I.A. (Indus- www.ener- Foreign Trade of the Federal States jointly with trieverband Antofagasta) and the Mining Economy Net- gieagentur.nrw/­ 20190 TNRW.International – the foreign trade promo- work for the Mining Supply Sector NRW. At the Energy tion company of the state and the Essen Chamber Economy Round Table the subject of “Concepts for AHEEEHAPNIPNJAJHNMBKPNGGMPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPBCFLBPEDIOMGIKBGBPBNFFFNB of Commerce and Industry (IHK). North Rhine-West- Self-Provision and System Integration” was discussed. NGJJGOFNFFOEAJLPODJOEANJMFMDHJDIP LGPHMIFMMDMNFACCGPLDJCKJLMGJHBNNH phalia was the partner state at the German-Chilean FCNMHEFOJJMILIGHKCGGHEEJOPGPHBLAO EMJBKMFAPLNGHCJNKOLAGMPBIMGMGBLIG MNNFFFEPDFEOKEPAHNEPMDGGAHFHAELIH Industry Days and the EnergyAgency.NRW organ- Virtual energy in Columbia APBBBPAPGLBGIEOMCDGDJKGKGEBEBDLDH ised specialist events for this occasion. For Germany In Bogota the “Specialist Columbia – North Rhine- HHHHHHHPPPPPHHPHPHHHHHHPHPPPHHPPH companies the favourable conditions prevailing in this Westphalia Forum: Infrastructure, Energy, Plant Con- Andean country are extremely interesting: political struction” took place. All the companies in the German stability, a reliable economic policy and legislation, a delegation took part as did around 100 Columbian rep- low corruption rate, a modern infrastructure and not resentatives of the sectors mentioned and they con- least the free trade agreement covering almost all the ducted an exchange of views between experts. The world’s markets. In view of the great pressure of com- paper presented by NEXT Kraftwerke around consid- petition and its market transparency Chile is a popular erable interest. It presented the efficient use of emer- test market for the whole of Latin America for many gency power units as a virtual power plant. Once again foreign companies. with this it is possible to exploit energy efficiency and NRW companies see a lot of opportunities for achieve energy savings by the intelligent networking business links in the energy sector in particular. The with expertise from NRW. Chilean government is setting itself ambitious goals in its expansion of renewables and its increase in en- ergy efficiency: by 2020 it is intended to increase the share of power generation accounted for by renewa- bles from the present 11 per cent to 20 per cent. In addition it is intended to cut energy consumption by 20 per cent up to 2025 by taking energy efficiency measures.

Energy symposium and Round Tables of Energy­ Agency.NRW In addition to the mining forum at the Industry Days there was therefore for the first time also an energy symposium initiated by the EnergyAgency.NRW. The major topics were energy efficiency and renewables. In addition the EnergyAgency.NRW organised two Round Tables, where a “Letter of Intent” was signed, its aim

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Electricity use in the home? Survey shows that singles use electricity differently

ingle households have a different electricity sumption. But there is one facility which divides all consumption profile than households with cou- households into two groups, regardless of their size: Sples and families. This is one of the results of electric hot water preparation. It is extremely electric- latest version of the empirical survey “What happens ity-intensive and clearly tops the consumption rank- to electricity in the home?” conducted by the Energy­ ings in the households concerned: there it accounts on Agency.NRW, which analysed the consumption pro- average for 27.1 % of the total consumption. Some way files of more than 522,000 one-person to five-person behind come office (10.1 %), cooking (9.7 %), TV/Au- households. The analysis of the anonymous data re- dio (9.5 %), refrigeration (8.5 %), lighting (7.3 %) and cords from the online electricity check also show that drying (4.7 %). Households without electrically heated almost one quarter of power consumption in private water have a substantially lower electricity consump- households is attributable to electronic devices in the tion and in these households the consumption ratings information and recreation domains. are headed by office (14.0 %), followed by TV/Audio Taking all sizes of household there are six ar- (12.8 %), refrigeration (12.1 %), cooking (10.9 %), light eas which account for nearly two thirds of the total (10.6 %), circulation pump (7.0 %) and drying (6.7 %). power consumption 65.6 %: office (12.2 %), hot wa- If one divides the 522,000 data records into one- ter (12.1 %), TV/Audio (11.2 %), cooking (10.5 %), re- person to five-person households the result is that dif- Single households ferent sizes of household have specific consumption office cooling hot water cooking TV/Audio light profiles. Depending on the number of persons living in a household, the equipment and its use differs consid- Four-person households erably. For instance, in single-person households the office cooling hot water cooking TV/Audio light areas of office (14.2 %), refrigeration (14.0 %), hot wa- ter and cooking (13.5 % each), TV/Audio (11.5 %) and The size of a household frigeration (10.4 %) and lighting (9.2 %). On the other light (9.2 %) accounts for more than three quarters of has a major effect on hand the other consumption areas play a relatively the electricity consumed. In 4-person households, on the distribution of elec- tricity consumption insignificant role on average for all households: dry- the other hand, these six areas only make up 61 % of ing (5.9 %), circulating pump (5.6 %), dishwashing total consumption (office: 11.5 %, hot water: 10.9 %, (4.9 %), washing (4.6 %) and freezing (4.3 %), and TV/Audio: 10.7 %, cooking: 9.7 %, light: 9.1 %, refrig- the item “miscellaneous” (9.2 %), which covers the eration: 9.0 %); two additional large-scale consumers minor areas of wellness, air-conditioning, gardening here are drying (7.9 %) and dishwashing (6.2 %). and small appliances, and others (such as vacuum cleaners and ironing). A striking feature is that with the private office and the TV/audio equipment, infor- AHEEEHAPENPIFJEDNIHGJKDDPPAHEEEHA BNFFFNBPIDMPMHMKECJGIKBLMPBNFFFNB LHMDICFEEPMPHIGAOMLFLFJPCEBFMGFIB mation and entertainment electronics are among the FLMAAFFGHPLMNNKNAMPONIJJFJCBKFLID GNNAAEFAGODEHGNJBCDHHCFLAPFJHLNEN three most electricity-intensive consumption areas: CDLAEFFIJFNKMNHOABKLJIAPPPJJNOLDJ MFFFFNEPIGJKBLPDDLCCAFLKAHFHAANID APBBBPAPKFDGCKKJLCJDLOFJAFDCBHPLF taken together they make up 23.4 % of private con- www.energieagentur.nrw/20112 HHHHHHHPPPPHPHHHHHPPPHPHHHPPPPPHP

Where the mayor travels in a hybrid

ettmann’s new mayor, Thomas Dinkelmann – in office since September 2015 – sets great Mstore by new technology when it comes to transport. One of his first official decisions was to use an Audi A3 hybrid for his official journeys. Envi- ronmentally friendly hybrid cars are an increasingly important part of the urban scene in North Rhine- Westphalia’s municipalities. Mayor Dinkelmann said: “It’s very important to me to travel in a practical, eco- nomical and environmentally friendly official car, and I willingly do without ostentatious luxury.” It is also intended that the Audi A3 hybrid be available for use by other employees of the administration. A charging station has been installed specifically for this purpose.

24 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 Wrong incentives set in the past Is the 2-degree target really still achievable? Prof. Timo Leukefeld of Freiberg no longer assumes this to be the case.

ne reason for this, the energy efficiency and This scientist from Saxony criticises the fact climate protection expert believes, is the in- that the ecological and economic potential of solar Ocorrect priorities and incentives which were thermal energy has not yet been adequately consid- set in the past, he explained in an interview with the ered. We’re talking here about efficiency rates of up EnergyAgency.NRW. Timo Leukefeld is honorary pro- to 80 per cent. And with thermal energy the problem fessor at the Glauchau Vocational Academy and at TU of storage is resolved – in the case of PV this is not yet Bergakademie Freiberg. Among other things he works so. A long-term heat storage system retains 95 de- as advisor to industry and politicians and to the Ger- grees over several weeks and in terms of investment man government. it costs about 20 euros pro kWh. And one sunny day Leukefeld assumes that something like “enthusi- in winter creates enough energy to heat the building asm” for climate protection will develop in the federal subsequently for up to three to four days. In this way states if climate protection can be turned into a source buildings can be supplied with heat independently. of business. In Leukefeld’s view the efforts being made By way of comparison, an electricity storage system in climate protection and the energy turnaround are costs about 1,000 euros pro kWh and can store solar focused too much on electricity. “If resources are in electricity from midday until the evening,” accord- short supply, in other words if there is a lack of money ing to Leukefeld. The insufficient use of solar thermal and spirit, it will be necessary to handle them more ef- energy is due to the lack of a lobby and to the fact fectively. The solution to one of the biggest problems that it is deemed among scientists to be technically does not lie with electricity, but with heat – after all, the exhausted. supply of energy to our houses is first and foremost The complete interview with Prof. Timo Leuke- the supply of heat.” feld can be found at www.energieagentur.nrw/20107. innovation & energy 1 | 2016 25 made in nrw

The Nierspark in Geldern: holistic climate protection

he Nierspark in Geldern looks set to become ence buildings under the Energy Savings Ordinance an eye-catching facility on the Lower Rhine in (EnEV) 2009. “Even though the climate protection terms of living conditions and energy supply of estates are aimed primarily at preventing CO emis- T 2 the future. The park is a site that was formerly used by sions, they should also display special town planning German Railways and it is now the location of, among and social qualities. The aim is to promote environ- other things, a climate protection housing estate. “The mentally friendly construction as a major component Nierspark is a superb example of how to successfully of a sustainable housing development,” Minister Rem- recycle waste land. What is emerging here is an hous- mel explained. ing project which already implements the future of The notion of the Nierspark also involves continu- the energy supply for our urban living space. This is ous training. For instance, local craft workers worked climate protection made in NRW.,” said Climate Pro- on a model passive house as training in interface tection Minister Johannes Remmel, who visited the management in passive house construction. In addi- park on a future energy tour with a delegation of the tion the master builders’ federation Bund Deutscher EnergyAgency.NRW. Baumeister (BDB) and architects’ association Bund With the energy concept for the Nierspark de- Deutscher Architekten (BDA) have used the Nier- velopment area various climate protection measures spark as a practical example in their further educa- were drawn up in 2011 during the implementation of tion courses. To improve the marketing of the plots an new urban construction area in the order of about of land financing institutes were called in to help draw 70 dwelling units. Within the framework of the state up a model calculation for the erection of a building programme “100 Climate Protection Estates NRW” in the climate protection estate. Half the plots have it is also intended to create such an estate here. “100 now been sold. Climate Protection Estates NRW“ is a project which The Nierspark is seen as a special example of is being implemented on behalf the state and the En- how to deal in a non-harmful way with areas in rural ergyAgency.NRW. areas. “The project should be seen in a wider context: The planning guidelines for climate protection rural spaces are also marked by structural change.

estates provide for keeping the permissible CO2 emis- Older, mostly centrally located former industrial ar- sions in new buildings, depending on the building type, eas can still be found in particular in towns and mu- about 50 to 60 per cent below the values for refer- nicipalities. The pressure to revitalise these areas was not as widespread in rural regions as in metropolitan regions. And yet economical land development has al- ready been in progress for many years in rural areas as well. For the town of Geldern the Nierspark is part of a comprehensive municipal climate protection strategy of action and given its favourable location for traffic it is a boon for the development of our inner city,” said Geldern’s mayor Sven Kaiser. “Seen globally, the town is the living space of the future. And so it is all the more urgent to find solutions for the problems of a future-proof energy supply in ur- ban living. In NRW we have already carried out interna- tionally pioneering work in this field with the solar and climate protection estates or InnovationCity Bottrop. The Nierspark is a further contribution which shows our federal state to be a leader in the future technical implementation,” Dr. Frank-Michael Baumann, Direc- tor of EnergyAgency.NRW said.

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