7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Werner Weiss AEE - Institute for Sustainable Technologies (AEE INTEC) A-8200 Gleisdorf, Feldgasse 19 AUSTRIA INTRODUCTION TO RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Current Situation: Heating and Cooling The majority of heat is currently produced in the EU from imported and polluting fossil fuels or from electricity largely generated by fossil fuels or nuclear power.

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING Solar thermal Biomass Geothermal

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin REHC - The sleeping Giant Heat is the largest energy market in Europe, larger than electricity and transport. Over 40% of the EU’s primary energy consumption is used for heating or cooling in buildings for domestic hot water supply for industrial process heat and for heat in the service sector

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin REHC - The sleeping Giant Source: EREC, 2006 Political Awareness ???

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Technologies – Solar Heating and Cooling Solar Thermal Applications Hot water preparation Space Heating Air conditioning and cooling Industrial process heat Sea water desalination Temperature provided: 30 – 80 °C (-250°C)

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Development - European Solar Thermal Market Market Data 2006 (est) Newly installed:2 100 MWth = 3.0 Mio m² Totally installed: MWth = 19.0 Mio m² Data: ESTIF, 2006: preliminary Annually installed capacity in European Countries

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Achievements – Worldwide 2006

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Targets – Solar Thermal Status now: 13 GW 19 Mill m² 0.04 m²/person 6.8 TWh 2020 (ESTIF) 322 GW 460 Mill m² 1 m²/person 184 TWh 2030 ambitious 966 GW 1,380 Mill m² 3 m²/person 552 TWh Long term2576 GW3,680 Mill m² 8 m²/person 1472 TWh Solar Share of the Total Heating and Cooling Demand (based on 2004): 2020 (ESTIF) 3% 2030 ambitious 8 – 19% (energy conservation measures: 0 – 10%) Long term % (energy conservation measures: 0 – 40%)

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Converting Biomass into Heat, Electricity or Fuels Source: IEA RETD

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Targets - Biomass Source: ACBION, 2007

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Technologies - Geothermal Deep Geothermal Concentrated along active tectonic plate boundaries where volcanic activity transports high temp. material near to the surface Heat can be used for electricity generation as well as for direct heat use applications. In Iceland 88% of all households use geothermal energy directly

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Deep Geothermal

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Technologies - Geothermal Shallow Geothermal Source: IEA RETD

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Technologies - Geothermal Source: (EGEC, 2006) Number of Geothermal heat pumps sold in Germany (units sold)

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Temperature is an indication of the ‘value’ of heat as classified by: - high (over 250°C) - medium (80°C - 250°C) - low (below 80°C) Merit order of REHC options An exergetic view is needed if we want to achieve the EU 20% target of 20% RES by 2020

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin 1.Energy efficiency and conservation options in buildings 2.Passive solar heating and cooling building designs 3.Solar thermal (space heating, DHW, cooling…) 4.Geothermal where sufficient resources exist 5.Geothermal heat pumps where possible, preferably powered by renewable electricity. 6.Biomass in integrated bioenergy systems for cogeneration of electricity and heat (CHP) where there is a heat demand (and also the tri-generation of cold). 7.Biomass combustion for heat only production. Merit order of preference

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Renewable Obligations and Subsidies Obligations for new buildings Incentives for the building stock

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin REHC for a Sustainable Energy Future Renewable heating and cooling can significantly contribute to: Security of energy supply in the EU Reducing CO2 emissions Reducing emissions that cause urban pollution Creating employment/wealth at a decentralised level

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin Further Information IEA Report: Renewables for Heating and Cooling Joint Declaration: Renewable Heating and Cooling

7th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting, Berlin To reach the REHC targets, a quick reaction and adjustment to the situation is needed RENEWABLE HEATING AND COOLING Thank you for your attention