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1 | 2016 www.energieagentur.nrw innovation & The magazine of the EnergyAgency.NRW energy NRW has its first climate protection plan 12 18 24 INNOVATION PRACTICE MAGAZINE Hydrogen.NRW Branchen.Kompass Survey shows that research award Hospital shows way singles use electricity presented to efficiency differently contents 15 23 21 6 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: holistic climate protection 15 Mobility in the city of the future 2 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 editorial 17 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 innovation & energy 1 | 2016 3 news 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- A vehicles 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.