for CHP/DHC

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• for CHP/DHC
• on the European agenda
• Birger Lauersen, Manager Opportunities
  International Co-operation and Communication,
  Dansk Fjernvarme, Denmark

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A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive
and Secure Energy

• Landscape
• Climate change
• Security of supply
• Inefficiency of energy markets

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The Challenges

• Need for investments
• Import dependency
• Energy reserves
• Rising demand
• Climate warming
• Internal energy markets

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Investments Needed

• Which ones fulfil most ambitions?
• Interconnections
• Generating capacity
• Or
• More work from the same energy
• Centralised heat load
• Localised markets

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Import Dependency

• What reduces our dependency?
• More interconnections
• More gas
• Or
• Use of surplus heat
• Renewables
• Avoiding energy import

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Energy Reserves

• Whats our reserve?
• Sources in the Middle East or Siberia
• Or
• Surplus heat and renewables available locally

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Rising Demand

• Whats the sensible approach?
• Seeking energy ever further away
• Exotic technologies
• Or
• Increasing efficiency
• Known technology

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Climate Warming

• Does higher energy efficiency and use of
  renewables further climate warming?
• Yes
• Or
• No

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Internal Energy Markets

• Does use of surplus heat and renewables improve
  the internal energy market?
• Increases consumer choice
• Introduces local sources as price competition
• Put a value on what is otherwise wasted

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The Basic Offer
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Energy Scavengers
Source Swedish District Heating Association
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In the Pipe

• European Union Initiatives
• Efficiency
• Emission trading
• Renewables/biomass
• CHP
• ECO-labelling
• Energy services
• Buildings
• Heating cooling

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A Window of Opportunity

• Challenges
• Options
• Awareness
• Initiatives
• Our response?

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Barriers

• Sven Werner
• Low fuel and electricity prices
• Short term investment preferred
• Inappropriate legal frameworks
• Energy supply focus in energy policies
• Price regulations with social considerations
• Distorted market prices
• Inappropriate cost allocations
• Ownership shifts

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Our Response

• Convey the message
• Exploit COM receptiveness
• Input to political process
• Demand MS-action
• Develop business model for expansion
• Break barriers