Rhein-Hunsrück District - from energy importer to energy exporter! The part of the districts and local communities in the energy turnaround LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg Introduction Rhein-Hunsrück District Germany 102.000 inhabitants Area: 991 km² 137 settlements (75% with less than 500 inhabitants) Rhineland-Palatinate Frank-Michael Uhle Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Architect Climate protection manager District administration of the district of Rhein-Hunsrück Ludwigstraße 3-5, 55469 Simmern, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany Phone: +49(0)6761 82611 Email: [email protected] Portrait: Hearts & Minds / DifU LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 2 District administration of the Introduction district of Rhein-Hunsrück The District Administration of the district of Rhein-Hunsrück Head of district authority Dr. Marlon Bröhr (CDU) approx. 450 employees, thereof 5 in the administration management 17 department managers 282 in the base administration 12 junior employees further staff: music school of the district, janitors, secretariats and eventually cleaning staff at schools LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg Rural structured district 45% forest area 42% agriculture (110 agricultural enterprises with more than 100 ha, another 708 agricultural enterprises with less than 100 ha) Middle rhine valley 2 Million overnight-stays per year viticulture Historical Heritage UNESCO World Heritage Overview 1. Keeping up the same old energy politics? 2. 290 million € currently spent on energy imports 3. Examples of renewable energy 4. Promotion of acceptance for wind power in districts and municipalities 5. Extracurricular learning center 6. Share of electricity from renewable energy 7. Rhein-Hunsrück as an associated partner within the “Designetz” consortium 8. Regional creation of value 9. Climate protection concept (municipality cooperation) LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 6 1. Keeping up the same old energy politics? Climate change causes billions of costs for the finite nature of fossil fuels German economics Cumulative costs of climate-damages Billions of Dollars effects of carbon dioxide on the climate 1.024 3.840 Source: German institut of economic research (DIW) 2007 dependence from energy- exporting-states Explosive development of energy costs Goals of the German Federal Government Share of Effici- renewables in CO ency 2 electricity Goal of German Federal Government 20 % 35 % 40 % 2020: Goal of German Federal Government 50 % 80 % 80 % 2050: LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 7 2. Goal: to transform 290 million € currently spent on energy imports into regional value added Total expenditure on energy imports in Rhein-Hunsrück approx. 290 Million € Rhineland-Palatinate Total expenditure on energy imports in the Federal Republic of Germany in 2012: about 92 Billion € Goal of our Climate 40% more than in 2010 Protection Concept: We aim at localizing the use of 250 Million € currently annually spent on energy imports! Through improvements in energy efficiency and introduction of renewable energies we convert energy import costs into regional jobs and value added! LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 8 2. Goal: to transform 290 million € currently spent on energy imports into regional value added Percentage of Renewable Energies 2050 2020 Reference Area for Sustainability 2011 Zero-Emission Submission of the (incl. Traffic a. Concept by IfaS Refuse) 2010 2009 Commission of IfaS 2012 - 2015 2006 Energy Concept I (College of technology) Realization of the Concept Part I Resolution of a - Manager for Climate Protection Energy Concept Climate Protection Concept - Expansion of Local Concepts 2003 for the District Optimization - Public Services through RE Of Building- and - Civic Partizipation 1999 Redevelopment measures time Energy controlling District owned properties LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 9 3. Example Energy Efficient Construction Achievements of the energy controlling operating since 1999 Reduction of: Heat demand by 25 % Water demand by 26 % CO2 emissions 9.500 tons Cost savings 2.000.000 € During the same period, however, heating energy costs have quadrupled! Increase of: Electricity demand about only 5 % Despite doubling number of PC‘s, introduction of air-conditioned server, introduction of catering and of all-day-school. Without additional measures of energy controlling the increase would have 2005 amounted to 30%. Certified with the Energy Seal of the State of District’s buildings by 2010 of Rhineland-Palatinate LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 10 3. Example Zero Emission Buildings 2010: The first Zero Emission School in the District 2006 : Connection to the local district heating grid (wood chips and plant oil CHP with native rapeseed) 2008: Conversion of swimming pool pump, Savings of electricity: 10,000 kWh per year 2007+2010: PV systems (electricity 93 kWp), Yield: 86.500 kWh / year 2011: Sports Halls in Simmern and Kirchberg Surplus electricity: 33% for Zero emission consumption sports halls CO2 credits: 14.5 t / year LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 11 3. Example Construction of energy generating buildings Energy generating administration buildings 2009 awarded a national-wide Energy Efficiency Prize Building‘s orientation to the South The mound of the Northern side constructed according to the Passive House Standard Brine heat pump connected with ground heat collectors Innovative control technology PV installations (20,7 kWp) generate more electricity than needed for heating and ventilation: Energy generating building LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 12 3. Example Local heat supply systems in communities Community of Ober Kostenz 2013 „Energy Cooperative 256 inhabitants Ober Kostenz eG“ 72 houses out of 91 houses Wood chips, Operating since January 2014 source: Cooperative „Energy for Mannebach eG“ Status in November 2018: 16 biomass-heating networks in operation, 1 biomass-heating networks in development LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 13 3. Example Local heat supply systems in communities common biomass-heating network : Ca. 142 houses want to take part Communities of Külz and Neuerkirch 2015 (altogether 757 inhabitants) Plan: Source: Rhein-Hunsrück-Newsletter, from 2 wood-chip-central-heating boilers, the 20th of September 2016 1.420 qm solar heating-plants Start of construction Spring 2015, implementing Summer 2016 Plan overview: ERS Simmern The biggest solar heating supported pictures: Bioenergy community Büsingen, F.M. Uhle heat supply systems in Rhineland-Palatinate is in operation LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 14 3. Example Material Flow Management: Bio-heating network Public building complexes are merged to district heating networks and heated with tree and shrub cuttings (120 collecting points, central treatment place) The first step: Fuel preparation in the central processing place Startscreen 2009 High quality compost: Awarded Environmental approx. 40% of the total Prize of the State of material Rhineland-Palatinate The second step: Fuel: approx. 60% of the total material Thermal processing in the central heating station with burning capacity of 500 to 850 kW Central heating station Fuel storage facility LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 15 3. Example Material Flow Management: Bio-heating network Public building complexes are merged to district heating networks and heated with tree and shrub cuttings (120 collecting points, central treatment place) Central heating station Total investment Three biomass-heating networks 9 Million € clear in schoolcenters (37 buildings in sum): 22 school buildings, Annual savings 8 sports halls, 1 town hall 2 indoor and 1 outdoor swimmingpools, 800.000 Liters 1 libary, 2 old people´s home Fuel oil equivalent In the course of the next 20 years at least 11.2 Million € of energy delivery costs will stay within the region (by 6% increase of energy costs 20 Millionen €) LECo Study Tour to the Rhein-Hunsrück District, climate protection manager Mr. Frank-Michael Uhle, 12th November 2018, Kirchberg 16 Source: energy agency Rhineland Palatinate / Sonja Schwarz „Thanks to our tree and scrub cutting concept we were able to put organic waste mass into value and to create five jobs in total!“ Employee Andreas Schromm and the commercial board Thomas Lorenz, Rhein-Hunsrück disposal17 3. Example Roofs – Source of revenue Objective: 1.000-Roofs-Photovoltaic-Program