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Business Models Sustainable Energy Planning 2 North Sea – Sustainable Energy Planning How to transfer energy planning into business Business models and agreements in energy planning in the NSR Period of publishing October 2012 Organization Municipality of Tynaarlo Author Femke Adriaens This publication is part of the Interreg IVB project North Sea Sustainable Energy Planning. It is based on the synopsis report of Workpackage 3,activity 3.3 ‘Developing Business models’ Activity Leader: Municipality of Tynaarlo Author: Femke Adriaens (Drenthe/Tynaarlo) Content 1. Background 5 1.1. Interreg IV b North Sea Sustainable Energy planning 5 1.2. Why North Sea SEP focuses on regional energy planning 5 1.3. Partners in North Sea SEP 5 1.4. The holistic approach of North Sea SEP 7 1.5. Content 8 2. Introduction to business models 9 2.1. Business models 9 2.2. Definition 9 2.3. Responsibilities and relations 9 2.4. Transnational variations 10 3. Business models for municipal buildings 11 3.1. Introduction 11 3.2. Middelfart’s model for energy saving with an ESCO firm 11 3.3. Osterholz: Energiekindergarten ‘Am Wurth Wald’ in Worpswede 15 4. Models for private building energy renovation 17 4.1. Introduction 17 4.2. Middelfart: Transferring the ESCO model to private buildings 17 4.3. Municipality of Tynaarlo and province of Drenthe: ‘SMART’ 18 4.4. Osterholz: Energy consulting campaign Ritterhude 20 5. Business models for generation of renewable energy 22 5.1. Tynaarlo’s social cost-benefit model for income generation with renewable energy 22 6. Participation models 25 6.1. ‘Solarstrom für Osterholz’- Solar energy for Osterholz 25 7. Business models for energy in new urban areas 27 7.1. Spatial planning as a part of a business model? 27 7.2. Middelfart: Low Energy Class 1 as requirement for new buildings 27 7.3. Tynaarlo: Integrated planning model for integrating energy in housing districts 27 8. Climate Partnerships 32 8.1. Introduction 32 8.2. Frederica climate partnership Dong 32 8.3. Business-model for the regional Triangle Denmark. 35 9. Performance agreements with companies 37 9.1. Introduction 37 9.2. Kolding (DK): Green Shops 37 9.3. Hedensted Municipality (DK) Agreement on saving 38 9.4. Hedensted Municipality (DK) Agreement on electric cars 39 9.5. Hedensted Municipality (DK) Climate and energy lessons for schools 39 10. Conclusion 40 4 1. Background 1.1. Interreg IV b North Sea Sustainable Energy planning This report is the conclusion from a survey energy strategies is an important part of the North undertaken within Workpackage 3 North Sea Sea SEP project. The project aims to be holistic; it Sustainable Energy Planning (North Sea SEP) project. covers all of the aspects of energy planning that It is a transnational EU project, partly funded within rural municipalities will encounter. the North Sea Region Programme, Interreg IVB. WP3 deals with the development and The North Sea SEP project objective is the implementation of energy strategies. The WP3 sustainable development of energy self-sufficient consists of seven activities: regions. The project was initiated by a group of Activity 3.1: Stocktaking interested specialists from different fields: green Activity 3.2: Roadmaps and strategies industry, regional planning and regional and Activity 3.3: Business models municipal development. The project mainly focuses Activity 3.4: Public buildings on the specific challenges municipalities and Activity 3.5: Dissemination provinces face in the field of renewable energy Activity 3.6: Concept of Economic Analysis and energy efficiency. The development of regional Activity 3.7: North Sea Investment Appraisal Model 1.2. Why North Sea SEP focuses on regional energy planning The cost of fossil fuel energy has been increasing decline. This leads to a negative cycle: the citizens significantly during the last few years. It is clear that and public bodies have a lower budget at hand it will remain high (and continue to increase) in the while at the same time the costs are rising, despite medium and long term. A possibility of absorbing the lower demand. This combined with the flow of rising costs is to critically question the status quo of money out of regions because of the centralized energy consumption in order to use existing local (fossil fuel) energy supply, and the fact that the energy saving and production potential. Rising potential for the transition towards renewable energy costs and declining budgets contribute to energy is mainly based in local projects, means steadily increasing financial pressure for public there’s need for sustainable energy planning on a utilities. In addition, towns and small towns, often regional level. situated in rural areas, have to face population 1.3. Partners in North Sea SEP The main partners in this activity are the partners Aberdeen City Council (United Kingdom) who developed a regional strategy. They are shortly Local government for the City of Aberdeen. introduced here: Aberdeen is known as Oil Capital of the world and 5 is also know for its granite buildings. The City has of renewable energy in all sectors of society. The approximately 217.000 inhabitants. The City Council agency works strategically and systematically to link focuses on promoting Renewable Energy in Public the projects at the local and regional level with the Sector Buildings and promoting low energy build projects of the European and international market. through planning policies. Green Network, Denmark County of Osterholz, Germany Private companies and public sector partners work The County of Osterholz is located in Lower Saxony together in Green Network to achieve greater and neighbouring directly to the hanseatic city of sustainability in the fields of environment, social Bremen. The region is represented in the North Sea commitment and occupational health and safety. - SEP consortium by two partners, the municipality Five municipalities were involved in North Sea SEP: of Osterholz- Scharmbeck and the stock company Hedensted, Kolding, Fredericia, Middelfart and Vejle. REON. The participation in North Sea - SEP is part of the mission ‘Energiewende OHZ 2030’ Intercommunale Leiedal (‘Energy u-turn Osterholz 2030’). Under this The intercommunale Leiedal is a partnership of mission-statement municipalities, county and local thirteen municipalities in the Kortrijk region. The businesses in Osterholz aim on meeting the demands intermunicipal co-operation supports the broad of climate protection in combination with economic socio-economic and spatial development of the development since the economy in the region region and deals with regional challenges. Making is quite weak. Overall goal is to become largely the shift from a traditional to a knowledge-based, independent from energy importation until 2030. creative economy is one of those challenges. Leiedal develops knowledge about the local Energykontor Sydost, Sweden implementation of sustainable energy and regional The Energy Agency for South-east Sweden, was energy planning, and applies this on sustainable established in 1999 as an EU project under the business parks, housing development projects and Association of Local and Regional Authorities regional approaches towards the implementation of in Kronoberg. The Energy Agency is working to windmills. Leiedal developed an overarching regional initiate, coordinate and implement projects aimed at energy strategy as a type of energy planning, to improving the energy efficiency and increased supply bring together a broad network of public authorities, Impressions from a meeting in Middelfart, Denmark 6 private companies and education partners around subsidizing the use of renewable energy, organizing the future of sustainable energy in the Kortrijk cooperation between municipalities, business and region. energy companies, climate change adaptation and mitigation. Energy is one of the areas for special Province of Drenthe and the Municipality attention in the Northern Netherlands. In North Sea of Tynaarlo SEP the province is responsible for Workpackage Drenthe is one of the three northern provinces three, together with subpartner the municipality of of the Netherlands. With its beautiful landscape, Tynaarlo. The municipality developed an integrated dynamic economy and excellent working and vision on the development of an energy neutral area recreational facilities, Drenthe is a great place to and focuses on an innovative business model for live! The Province of Drenthe has responsibilities building sustainable housing development. in the field of Energy Planning, encouraging and 1.4. The holistic approach of North Sea SEP The North Sea SEP concept of energy planning is development of regional energy strategies (centre) based on an holistic vision. In this vision energy are the core to regional energy planning and steer planning is concerned with regional development local development. These strategies are encircled by as well as a renewable energy supply, and includes (identifiable) local conditions requiring simultaneous the involvement of citizens as well as strategic attention. The light blue circles show the supporting planning. The scheme below shows all themes of tools and models: the focus is on sustainable the NS-SEP project and how they are related. In dark strategies for the long term. blue the activities in Workpackage 3 are showed. The Regional ↔ Sustainable Energy planning ↔ European Energy Roadmap 2050 Development Renewable Energy and Savings Communication Strategy Research and data collection Networking Business