Transcript Slide 1

Kerry Turning
Green to Gold
Kerry County Council
Submission on Proposal for a Sustainable Energy Community
Sustainable Energy Community
Award
Vision Statement
Kerry County Council in a multi-agency partnership with core
community involvement proposes to establish an Energy Efficient SelfSustaining Region for Tralee, through a twin track program beginning
with energy conservation of both commercial and domestic premises
followed by the development of biomass energy centers meeting
identified demand, using locally produced biomass. Transforming the
local economy base through job creation and achieving a high living
standard and excellent quality of life.
CREATING A
SUSTAINABLE
ENERGY
COMMUNITY
Building a New Future - together
SEC
Management
Structure
National Energy Targets for 2020
• 20% energy efficiency improvement (33% for public
sector)
• 40% renewable electricity
• 12% renewable heat
• 10% renewable transport
Kerry SEC Targets
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33% energy efficiency improvement
50% renewable heat
100% renewable electricity
10% renewable transport
Peripherality
Gas Pipeline
Forestry Resource
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Kerry Farm Forestry Owners is a cluster group structure for
marketing of timber in the North Kerry Area
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Headford Forestry Owners Group, located near Killarney
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Kerry has a mild moist climate ideal for biomass and other short
rotation crops
Kerry
Tralee
Killarney
South West Region
Overview of the SEC Development
We are here !!
Stage 2 on previous slide – Identify.
Overview of the Energy Master Plan
We are here !!
Energy
Forestry
Establish the Area of
Thermal Demand
Establish the Area of
Forestry
Survey Buildings
& enter EMP Phase 1 data
Survey Forestry
Confirm thermal loads by
obtaining actual billing data
Phase 2
Analysing the individual
loads to create profile for
Tralee
Establish Route for potential
District Heat
Feasibility Analysis, Costs,
Payback, NPV, IRR etc
Feasibility,
Technical
Information
&
Recommendation
Input Forestry to Forecast
Feasibility Analysis,
Access to resource,
market conditions
Surveying Program
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8 internships employed,
4 working on Energy demand, 4 working on Forestry.
Tralee
Approximately 750 Building entries for thermal and
electrical demand. All 6 Zones complete.
Estimated Energy demand is 75,525 MWh annual*
Killarney
Approximately 620 Building entries for thermal and
electrical demand. 9 Zones complete.
Estimated Energy demand is 57,417Mwh annual*
Tralee Energy Benchmark Zone Plan
Tralee District Heating Scheme
All private forest owners selected for sampling within 50 km of Tralee
Multistage sampling design for private forests in Kerry
Dr. Máirtín Mac Siúrtáin and Anita Nemesova Ing
COFORD FORECAST Project, Forestry, UCD
The sampling objective was to estimate the volume of the growing stock for
private forests in Kerry and forecasts of potential volume using methods
developed within the FORECAST project.
Stage 1. Stratifed random sampling of private forest using four year ageclasses
Stage 2. Two stage cluster sampling within each age class
Stage 2.1. Selection of primary sampling units, farms, with probability
proportional to size (PPS)
Stage 2.2. Selection of secondary sampling units, plots, with probability
proportional to size (PPS)
BIOMASS RESOURCE
• 55,000 ha of forest plantation in Kerry
(11.6% of County area)
• 1400 local farm families involved
• Co-ops are formed in the region
10% of National Plantation Target being achieved in
Kerry
Thinning will give 25% more income to farmers
• 50,000m3 of woodchip per annum available
• 10.6 million litres of oil costs €9 million
• 10 jobs created per €1m of oil displaced, therefore 100
direct wood based jobs created
If oil is used as a fuel 80% of the money generated goes
out of the Country, while with wood-chip 90% of the
money generated stays in the County.
Interest rates on funding @ 3%.
Annual Fuel Price Inflation
4.95%.
Three year Network and CHP
Plant Planning and Construction
Program.
Twenty five year lifetime
minimum of plant. Replacement
costs of main plant items has
been included
Five years for full connection of
Network
Heat @ 10c/kWh (index linked)
standing charge.
Internal Rate of Return
20.57%
Payback Period
4 years + Construction period
Investment Cost
€28,266,905
30% moisture content chip
delivered - cost 4c/kWh.
Exported electricity @ 12 c/kWh
under REFIT scheme applicable.
Ash removal costs €108 per
tonne including levies.
Impact on Local Economy
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Energy Conservation Projects
SEAI Area Based – Warmer Home Program
SEAI Better Energy Community Program
DOECLG - Jobs stimulus 3 year investment programme for energy efficiency
retrofitting of social housing stock
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Construction of Biomass Plants and District Heat Pipelines
Direct, indirect and induced jobs
Kerry’s SEC when completed:
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Oil Displacement
Employment Potential
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15 million litres
10 jobs per million litres of
oil displaced
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Biomass/heat
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150 permanent jobs
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Indirect and induced jobs will be created through Green Economy, Green Tourism,
improved competitiveness, attract new investment, improve marginal farm holdings,
address fuel poverty and increase disposable income throughout the region.
BIOMASS RESOURCE DISTRICT HEAT SCHEME
Sustainable Energy Zone, Live Laboratory
Tobar Naofa – brown field site with high density
housing, within walking distance of Tralee town
centre
1 MW supplies heat to :
• 100 housing units
• 11 no “Towards Carbon Neutral” Houses
• 7 no B1 houses
• Moyderwell National School
• County Library
• Integrated Services Building
• Redevelopment of Convent (Listed building)
Tobar Naofa Live Laboratory
Plant Room
• Two 500kW Hertz Wood Chip
Boilers each with an auger feed
system from the fuel store.
• The boilers which operate on
duty/assist control are linked to two
5,000l thermal store buffer tanks.
• Distribution header with separate
branch, pump and district heat pipe
for each block of apartments and
spare connections for future
demand.
Wood Chip Boilers
Wood Chip Conveyor and Store
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Heat Meter
• The kWh heat output from the
Boiler Plant is recorded on
the Heat Meter.
• The Wood Chip Supplier
records the reading at each
delivery for billing purposes.
• The Supplier bills the Council
on kwhs of heat produced.
• North Kerry Wood Chip,
Knocknagashel, is the
present fuel supplier.
PAY AS YOU USE PREPAYMENT SYSTEM
“Pay As You Use Pre Payment System” will
provide the following benefits to the
householder:
• Financial/energy awareness meter
• Fitted to all energy users
• Allow monitoring and control of energy
demand
• Daily trends generated
• Profiles will be used to manage the zone
• Addressing the issue of fuel poverty
• No bulk purchase of fuel required
• No energy debts accumulated
• Multi-Energy solution for heating, electricity
and water.
Potential to use the prepayment system as a
form of guarantee for repayment of retrofit
loans, in exceptional cases.
Pay As You Use (Prepayment) already in use
in 250 units in Tralee and replicated in Killarney.
Smart Metering Network
Network Pipelines
PAY AS YOU SAVE
• This is a financial vehicle for funding retrofit projects for
public, private and commercial building.
• Grants and proposed tax relief are available for private houses
with the balance being made up through the proposed Pay As
You Save Scheme
• This will work towards meeting the targets set for energy
efficiency for our SEC.
• Community bank, Credit Unions Tralee and Killarney, 52,000
members, providing a Green Loan System.
Fuel Supply
Annual Demand
• 1,130 ton Wood Chip
• < 25% moisture content
• 3,400 MWhr Produced
• 3.01 MWhr per ton
• Displaces 340,000 litres of Oil
• Reduces CO2 levels by 1,000 tons
• 7,500 kWh per Apartment
• €750.00 per Annum for hot water
and heating
District Heating System
• District Heat Pipe Network to
each apartment block
providing temperature
controlled Space Heating and
instant Hot Water on demand
at low cost.
• Supplying water at 800c
throughout the development
Heat Distribution Substation
• Heat exchanger for instant hot
water with anti-scald control.
• Underfloor heating manifolds
with circulating pump and
temperature limiting control.
• Time clock to control space
heating times..
• Heat Meter measuring Kilowatt
Hours.
• Pre-Payment Card System
linked to an isolating valve.
ENERGY CONSERVATION
RETROFIT HOUSING STOCK
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To achieve a minimum Building Energy Rating
of C1 for all housing units in the SEC
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Pilot scheme, external insulation to 45no.
Units
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This pilot produced 30 jobs 14 weeks (20102011)
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Tralee TC/ ESB Electric Ireland / SEAI /
DOECLG Partnership Retrofit Pilot Project for
89 units in the Mitchel’s area (2011)
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Building Energy Rating improved from G to C
(improvement of 300 kWh/m²/yr)
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Potential savings €1000 - €1500 on heating and
hot water cost per unit.
External Insulation
External Insulation
External Insulation
External Insulation
Innovation & Replication
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Manage and Deliver
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Community
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Collaboration
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Committed Team
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Job Creation
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