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12 A true fairytale on solar heating Lars Gullev, VEKS
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15 Kge - A new Large Greenfield DH system in Denmark Jes B. Christensen, DBDH
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20 MANY INNOVATIONS BEHIND THE CONSTRUCTION OF
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Mr. Hans Bjrn, Managing Director, TVIS, and Chairman of DBDH
Little strokes fell great oaks meaning: even though something adjustable water flow on both primary and secondary side as well
may seem impossible, if you break it up into small parts and take a heat pump with CO2 as refrigerant Marstal on r is now a
one step at a time, you will succeed. This is partly the challenge role model to be copied throughout Europe.
of district heating and cooling (district energy). The idea of
implementing district energy seems like a great oak, but to get The seasonal storage facility will also be able to include wind
going you will need to decide on many smaller strokes. Thus, many power, wave energy, PV and solar cells thus district heating is
times it seems impossible to succumb to the fact that huge acting as the smart grid balancing unpredictable renewable
district heating systems in Copenhagen, Beijing and Moscow, once energy supply and demand.
had to start from scratch becoming these great successes today.
Again this fantastic system was not build over night but patience
Go greener is better than waiting and step-by-step is today by example a remarkable site to visit
Because of the district energy systems flexibility replacing and be inspired by.
inefficient individual and highly polluting fuel like brown coal to
natural gas is actually a big step in the right direction of prudent Getting started is the first step
use of energy while combating climate change cause by going Greater political requirements will eventually also become parts
greener. of the municipal agenda. In Kge, Denmark, they are at a cross-
road facing the challenge of not having a district heating network
The arguments are many, but to convince home owners that while politically interested in contributing to the ambitions for a
connecting to a district heating and/or cooling system is a greener future.
good idea, they need different arguments than global fear of
climate change. They focus on down-to-earth challenges like The Danish Parliament will in late September be presented by
costs and local air pollution. In Tuzla, Bosnia, the air pollution has a report stipulating the broadly founded political ambition of
created difficult times for the inhabitants making the city almost creating a fossil free environment in Denmark. The EU has also
unlivable because of individual heating using brown coal with no mandated Denmark as a member state to present a plan installing
requirements to cleaning and treating emissions. 30% renewable energy by 2020. Without district heating this will
not be economical achievable.
Step-by-step the network improved its performance,
measurement and now the air quality from converting individual Kge and many cities all over the world are facing this question of
brown coal consumers to the district heating network utilizing how to get started? Of course you will need the economical due
surplus energy from the Tuzla Power Plant. And the price for diligence and technical appraisal of the project. And that is exactly
connecting to clean energy and comfortable living is basically the also a step in the right direction. Mapping the opportunities and
same. The citys goal is to connect all inhabitants to the district demand are prerequisites for getting started.
heating network and with 70% today they are well on their way.
Over the coming six months, Kge has to decide its future. Will
It does not have to be perfect from the beginning. By taking it continue to use natural gas with expected prices to increase,
action and moving ahead all advantageous decisions make sense. building a dependence on imported fuels (Denmark is running out
of natural gas) and not eliminating CO2 emissions, or choosing
Long Term Strategy a bright green future embracing what is right and economical
Over 20 years of continuous and persistent research and prudent?
development the small island of r in Denmark now offers
100% renewable energy solutions for heating AND more than As the successful American financier Mr. John Pierpont Morgan,
half is from solar collectors. In the cold north we are, because of Sr. is quoted to say The first step towards getting somewhere
district heating, also able to utilize the truly renewable energy is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are, does
from the sun. The challenge is, like wind, the ability to store the not sound so bad considering he was once one of the wealthiest
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Birkerd faces district heating future

By Mr. Jan Olsen, Deputy Chief Executive of Nordforbrnding, and Mr. Ren Salomon, Group Manager of Grontmij | Carl BroT
The potential of district heating (DH) is huge in Denmark, and a are already well under way, and the potential is huge. Today,
CO2 neutral heating supply for the entire country is no longer Nordforbrnding processes 130,000 tonnes of waste a year
just a pipe dream. Using excess heat from waste combustion, and, according to all forecasts, this figure will increase over
Nordforbrnding is setting up one of the largest DH projects the next few years. Some of the heat is currently being cooled
in modern times. rather than being used but when the network has been fully
expanded, the towns of Birkerd and Holte can also be supplied
There is a good chance to propagate DH to even more Danes, with some 110,000 MWh of heating a year.
thus benefiting the climate and Denmark's CO2 accounts.
According to Varmeplan Danmark (Heating Plan Denmark), The project proposal includes conversion of several major
Denmark's total DH consumption can be expanded from 46 % natural gas heat-only boiler stations (HoB) and several small
to 60 % by 2020 and up to even 70 % by 2040-2050. However, stations. The total number of potential customers in Birkerd
at first the most profitable solution would be to supply densely is 300. The network expansion plan involves that 30 % of the
populated areas. If the supply of DH is expanded as the share heating base will be connected by 2010 up to an expected 80
of waste heat, biomass and solar heating increases, it would % by 2012.
be possible to have almost CO2 neutral heating supplies in
Denmark.
Nordforbrnding is launching this project in response to recent

years' intense societal focus on reducing CO2 combined with
increasing amounts of waste as a result of economic growth.
The steadily increasing amounts of waste are being converted
into electricity and heating rather than being cooled as excess
heat, wasting huge amount of energy, all to the benefit of the
climate, economics and the citizens connected to the systems.
Win-win-win
The large-scale project started in 2008 when Rudersdal
Municipality approved a project proposal from Grontmij |
Carl Bro suggesting huge economic profits for society, users
and the DH company alike. At the same time, with overall CO2
savings of 270,000 tonnes, the project fully matches Denmark's
environmental objectives. Fig. 1: Plan for expanding district heating in Birkerd. Numbers refer to
energy districts and colours to rate of expansion.
Expansion of the network and connection of new customers
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Customers saving up to 30 % seasons to Holte, Nrum and DTU whereas, in winter when
As a result of the project's excellent user economics, it has not DONG Energy's gas turbine is running optimally, heating from
been difficult to find new customers to connect and to convert Nordforbrnding is diverted directly to Birkerd. This means
from natural gas to DH. A typical natural gas customer is that the connection to Holte and indirectly to DTU helps ensure
estimated to save between 20 and 30 % by connecting to the an even load throughout the year for the project.
new network.
Figure 2 illustrates the overall system with existing supply
One of the first major customers to connect to the DH areas as well as new customers and supply areas. The overall
network was Grundejerforeningen Svaneparken that supply area will be tied together by the on-going project, which
transferred its entire local distribution plant, including boilers is marked by the red lines.
and cogeneration unit, to Nordforbrnding. These boilers will
subsequently be included in the strategy for peak loads and
standby loads in Birkerd.
Another major customer is Holte DH Company that is connected

to DONG Energy's CHP plant at the Danish Technological
University (DTU) via a transmission line. This transmission line
is owned by Holte DH Company and DTU together. The CHP plant
at DTU produces electricity and heating based on a turbine
which does not run optimally on natural gas in the summer
where the heating market is reduced. That's why DONG Energy
saves costs for natural gas and maintenance when the gas
turbine is not running in the summer period. At the same time,
Nordforbrnding compensates for absent earnings from the
displacement of the electricity production. By being indirectly
connected to this transmission system, Nordforbrnding Figure 2: System outline. The red dotted lines outline the district heating
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High connection rate

The project is off to a good start with the great support right Facts
from the launching of the plant. The project was planned to
Nordforbrnding, the project client, is a joint
ensure that several municipal buildings as well as several and
municipal company owned by Allerd Municipality,
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Fredensborg Municipality, Helsingr Municipality,
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Hrsholm Municipality and Rudersdal Municipality. The
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The environmental debates have involved good press in the
community and surrounding residential areas have made
Nordforbrnding has employed Grontmij | Carl Bro to
inquiries as to whether it would be possible to be connected to
prepare the project proposal and subsequently to work
the DH system. That's why new project proposals are already
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Tenders will be invited for implementation of the project
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The first part of the project was completed under a
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Tuzla follows the green track

By Jesper With, Journalist, Person to contact: Ms. Ana Perasic, Sales Manager, Croatia, Danfoss
Immense improvements
Amer Karabegovic and his colleague Esad Trumic, director
of distribution at Centralno Grijanje, take us on a little tour
around the city. In a 15-story building, that used to be heated
by a rather ineffective heating system, a new substation has
been installed in a small boiler room in the basement.
Our rule is that every building must have its own substation.
In that way consumers get a more stable heat supply and they
get a much more comfortable temperature level. Before, the
residents had overheated apartments in the winter - often 28
degrees, which is much too warm - and therefore they opened
the windows to bring down the temperature. A terrible waste
of energy! Now they have 22 degrees. It is still too high, but
much better than before, and the residents are really happy,
Amer Karabegovic explains.
The Bosnian city of Tuzla wants to be green and is right on track.
So far, 70 % of all buildings in the city have been connected to
However, there are no flat stations in the building, so the
the district heating (DH) system and the network is gradually
residents still cannot regulate the system temperature
being optimized. In the near future, two hospitals, one of them
themselves. Therefore there is still room for improvements,
a big regional centre, will be connected as well.
adds Esad Trumic, the director of distribution. Moreover, the
substation does not handle domestic hot water. There were no
Amer Karabegovic is satisfied. From being a city with a high
pipes built for hot water when the building was constructed.
level of air pollution due to individual heating by the use of
Instead residents get hot water through an individual boiler
brown coal and oil, Tuzla has gradually enlarged its DH network.
running on electricity, which is not the most energy efficient
At the same time, the existing system has undergone major
system.
modernizations to make the city much more energy efficient
Still, the improvement in a building like this is immense. The
today than 5 years ago.
quality of life is higher than before and the energy bill is lower.
Furthermore, the DH company, owned by the city of Tuzla, saves
Individual heating by the use of brown coal is stinky and
a lot of money, which can be invested in other improvements.
unhealthy, so we have been working hard on replacing such
The company is the main contributor to making the city more
ways of heating with DH. And we make good progress. The
energy efficient, Kemal Lojo, project manager from Danfoss
only big brown coal users left are now the Dragodol area and
Croatia says. He has joined us in Tuzla, since Danfoss Croatia is
the citys two hospitals. We will connect these in 2010, Amer
tending the Bosnia-Herzegovian market as well.
Karabegovic says. He is development department manager at
the Tuzla DH Company, called Centralno Grijanje Tuzla.
550 substations are now installed in buildings around Tuzla,

app. 300 of them are compact stations. More than 200 of
these are from Danfoss. Big substations (195 - 1200 kW) are
supplying tall blocks of flats, others (60 - 190 kW) are supplying
small and medium-sized buildings and finally a small type of
substation (20 - 55 kW) is used for individual houses. 150 km of
pipeline is ensuring that surplus heat from the coal-fired Tuzla
Power Plant reaches the customers.
J O U R N A L N 0 . 3 / 2 0 1 0 www.dbdh.dk
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Tuzla follows the green track
Computerized monitoring system An employee from Centralno Grijanje shows us the substation
Many of the 550 substations in the city system are indirect in the basement. Once a day, he checks and notes down data
substations with multiple heat exchangers and with less of consumption and of variations in temperature between the
regulation from primary side. But today the DH company is substation and the building.
only implementing compact heating substations with full
regulation of temperature and flow on primary side and also This substation will not be connected to the SCADA system,
with regulation on the secondary side. This saves energy. but we want to follow very carefully how the building reacts
Approximately, it decreases the consumption in buildings like now when DH is installed. It gives us know-how which can be
this with 20-30 %. used in fu-ture projects, Amer Karabegovic says.
Another energy saving tool is

the SCADA system, which 36
substations are connected to by
Uptime
the use of remote control. We
control all data from this building
on our computer screen. We can
remotely control all parameters
16 years!
in the building and control how
temperatures are going up and
down in the substation. The city
council has decided to improve
the energy efficiency over 5 years.
We therefore also optimize the
monitoring software, by using the
Danish company 7 Technologies.
Their software optimizes the
operation of our DH network. By
connecting their software to the
SCADA system, we can predict and
optimize the consumption and in
this way improve the efficiency a
lot, Amer Karabegovic says.
Pazar area connected

A central area of Tuzla, the Pazar
area, was not connected to DH
during the Yugoslavia regime. Only
larger houses were connected,
whereas the 12-unit apartment
building we visit here in Pazar was Now the MULTICAL 402 energy meter is
connected for the first time in airborne. The new energy meter gives you
2009. The area only consists of the best within precision metering, wireless
single-family houses and smaller data communication and simple user inter-
apartment buildings which had to face non-stop for 16 years.
manage with individual heating. The
90 kW substation supplies all 12
You can find more information on
apartments with heating. Like in the
MULTICAL 402 on www.kamstrup.com
15-story building we visited before,
the residents pay the bill according
to the number of square meters,
since there are no flat stations
with heat meters in each individual
apartment.
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District heating instead of brown coal Facts

Bosnia-Herzegovina suffered a lot during the war in Yugoslavia. Tuzla has 170,000 inhabitants.
Arriving at a hillside covered with single-family houses, Amer The citys final goal is to connect as close to 100 % as
Karabegovic explains that the city is nevertheless lucky due possible to the DH network. Until now, 70 % have been
to one thing: reached and during 2010 this number should increase.
Having the DH system makes it possible - without very Before arriving in Tuzla from the north, we pass the
big investments - to get a modern energy efficient heating Tuzla Power Plant a few kilometres outside the city. It is
system prepared for the future. a surprisingly huge construction, built back in times of
the Yugoslavia regime to supply a larger part of Bosnia-
The houses here on Amalija Street did not have a good heat Herzegovina with electricity - and at the same time supply
supply before. People had different individual heating systems Tuzla and a few smaller towns with DH as well. The co-
fired mostly with brown coal, which created pollution and an generation plant is the largest in the country and was
unpleasant sweet smell in the city. the third largest in former Yugoslavia. The owner, Electro
Privreda Bosnia-Herzegovina, is a state owned energy
We connected all the houses in this street to our system by company managing power generation and distribution.
installing a substation outside each house in a box (the size of
a telephone box). The price of 3-4,000 to be connected is After modernizing and enlarging the DH system of Tuzla,
expensive for many people, but we gave them a lower prize and the power plant is the largest problem for the city since it
the possibility to pay off in rates, Esad Trumic says. is an outdated and ineffective power plant based on coal.
The price of using brown coal was not much higher than Bosnia-Herzegovina probably has the largest amount of
receiving DH. However, you have a much bigger comfort, there coal reserves in switch to other energy sources. But it is
is no pollution, which was a big problem before, and you have the hope of the government to close down the old plant
a much more reliable heat supply all over your house. Not just and build a new effective CHP plant that can produce 700
in some of the rooms. So everybody wants DH, the question is MW electricity and deliver 4-500 MW of heat.
only how to finance the investment in order to get connected.
Therefore, it is fine that the DH company helps people in Moreover, Tuzla has a plan to build a plant based on waste
this situation, Samir Domba, engineer at Danfoss says, and incineration. Four regional waste dis-posal sites exist in
he knows that this is a crucial point. After being connected, the Tuzla region. Experts estimate that there is enough
basically nobody is dissatisfied. The advantages are so much garbage for building an incineration plant and use the
bigger. surplus heat in the DH system.
Since air pollution is an old problem in Tuzla, UNDP (United Overview of installed substations
Nations Development Programme) is supporting the city The DH system of Tuzla has a total number of 550
in getting rid of the last big areas where brown coal or oil substations. There are about 300 state-of-the-art
is being used. The Dragodol area and the two hospitals are substations; here app. 70 % of these are supplied by
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82-year-old Dina Kunosic is happy about having changed from an individual
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lower and for the first time she has a stable heat supply. E-mail: ana.perasic@danfoss.com
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SDH plant on the island r, Denmark, showing the existent 18,300 m2 solar collectors. With the extension in the SUNSTORE 4 project the total area will
be 33,300 m2 and thereby the first 100 % renewable energy supply DH system with a solar fraction of more than 50 % in the world as far as known.
Photo: Marstal Fjernvarme.
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on solar heating
By Ejvin Beuse, chairman in PlanEnergi
Utilisation of solar energy in conventional district heating a small amount of broken glasses just 25 out of 7,600 pieces.
(DH) systems is with the EU supported developing project In time of course, these expenses will rise a little due to wear
SUNSTORE 4 taking a giant step into the future. The project and tear.
is a result of more than 20 years of continuous and persistent
research and development of concepts fitting into modern DH Energy saving strategy
plants. Provided that the solar fraction in the present system should
The SUNSTORE 4 energy concept offers more than 50 % solar be 100 % in the summer months, the demand to the forward
fraction in large heating (and cooling) systems for DH, block temperature in the DH network temperature was 70 72C. To
heating or industrial applications. comply with this demand, it was considered to build the system
with adjustable flow to reach a higher supply temperature,
Based on experiences even when the sun radiation was low.
The history begins 15 years ago when a local DH supplier - The solar thermal plant in Marstal has therefore a unique
Marstal Fjernvarme (Marstal DH Company) - on the island of operation strategy with an adjustable flow on both the
r in Denmark established an 8,000 m2 solar heating plant. primary and the secondary side of the system. By measuring
The successful outcome of this first step led to a continuous the solar radiation (W/m2) the return temperature and the
expanding to the present level of 18,300 m2 and 10,340 m3 pilot required forward temperature in the DH network, it is possible
pit heat storage. by means of the solar efficiency curve of the solar collectors
to calculate the necessary flow needed to achieve the wanted
One of the huge problems when we are talking about solar outlet temperature.
heat, and renewable energy sources in general, is storing This way of regulating the flow will result in 75 % saving of
techniques. Provided that our energy systems in the future electricity consumption for the pumps, compared to plants
should consist of windmills, solar collectors, solar cells or wave with the traditional constant flow. In this way Marstal only use
energy operated with high long term efficiency, the seasonal 2 to 3 kWh electricity to produce 1 MWh heat from the sun.
storing will become a necessity.
Large scale demonstration
The storage was built in 2004 and functioned well until The objectives of the SUNSTORE 4 project is to demonstrate a
September 2005 where a leakage in the manhole caused a large scale technical inno-vative and reliable 100 % renewable
water leak to the cover insulation. The leakage was repaired energy supply system based on 55 % solar energy and 45 %
and the cover has functioned since however with reduced biomass (willow wood chips from energy crops). The concept is
insulation capacity including a heat pump with CO2 as refrigerant and electricity
In general the operational expenses on solar collector plants production from biomass energy through an Organic Rankine
are low, which the experience from the plant in Marstal shows. Cycle (ORC) unit. The yearly heat production will be 28,000 MWh.
The running expenses under Danish conditions are app. 0.66 The plant extension consists of 15,000 m2 solar system; a
/MWh solar heat including electricity consumption (app. 2.5 combined heat and power (CHP) system with a low emission 4.0
kWh/MWh heat and 0.15 /kWh). MW wood chip thermal oil boiler and a 750 kWel ORC, 75,000 m3
If one summary the operation expenses of the solar plant pit heat water storage and a 1.5 MWth heat pump with CO2 as
after twelve years, they shows to be very low. There has been refrigerant.
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10,000 m3 pit heat storage at Marstal Fjernvarme under construction. The heat store concept is a result of years of development and tests to find the ideal
solution with regard to store capacity and price and at the same time a simple and functional solution.
How it works :
In the Summer period the solar system loads the storage and Calculated production of heat and electricity
provides Marstal with DH. From end of September the stored
Solar collectors 12,927 MWh
heat has to be supplied with heat from the wood chip boiler or
the heat pump. The boiler runs with app. 3,25 MW heat output Heat pump 2,931 MWh
and the integrated ORC will produce 750 kW electricity. The Wood chip boiler 11,304 MWh
heat pump runs when the electricity prices are low to cool the
Existing oil boiler 190 MWh
storage and heat up the return temperature to 75C.
In the winter period the back up boilers will have to supply a Heat loss, storage - 978 MWh
few hours and/or the heat pump has to run even when the Electricity production 2,600 MWh
electricity price is higher.
In February the solar system will begin to heat up the storage Wood chip consumption will be 13,900 MWh/year
again. The wood chip boiler will run approximately full time until
April.
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including ORC and the heat pump which increases the capacity 2,100 m3 steel tank water storage;
of the pit heat storage. 1,450 end-users;
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in Eastern, Southern, Central and Northern-Western regions
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Kge - A new Large Greenfield

DH system in Denmark heating
By Mr. Lars Gullev, Managing Director, VEKS District ner
- a greere
futu
There is a broad consensus in the Danish Parliament that The Development Plan for DH in Kge, which was presented in
Denmark in the long term has to be in-dependent of fossil June 2010, highlights opportunities for developing a DH system
fuels. The EU directives require that the reduction of CO2- with focus on supply of all properties over 300 m2 in urban
emissions must be done in a cost-effective way. The Renewable areas.
Energy Directive (RE-Directive) requires that cities must plan
for district heating and cooling (DHC) in order to use RE where
it is advantageous for heating, preparation of domestic hot
water and cooling. Area of supply
In the preparation of Heat Plan Greater Copenhagen

see article in HOT | COOL 03.09, page 8 - was highlighted
the possibility of converting existing natural gas supplied
customers to district heating (DH). One of the places where
this opportunity is of particularly interest is in the town Kge,
located 40 km from downtown Copenhagen.
Today there is no DH in Kge, but the city is of particular

interest for three reasons:
It has an industrial city with amounts of biomass-based The intent is that the supply initially is to be based on heat
surplus heat from the biomassfired CHP plant - peak and reserve load
Many large block heating plants, which make it particularly production will come from boilers at the larger DH customers.
obvious to establish DH
Only 7 miles from the DH transmission network in Greater Around New Year 2010/2011 the political decision will be taken
Copenhagen if the majority of the heat demand in Kge will continue to be
based on natural gas or whether the future in Kge will be a
For these reasons, in autumn 2009, the municipality of Kge city of biomass-based, environmental friendly DH.
began collaboration with DONG Energy, Junckers Industrier
and VEKS to prepare a development plan to examine the What does the Development Plan?
feasibility of establishing DH for all major properties in Kge The Development Plan is a study of the economic, customer-
town. A DH supply based on utilisation of surplus heat from economic and environmental consequences of introducing DH
DONG Energys biomass-fired CHP plant at Kge harbour in Kge;
A positive economy for the society is necessary to
Kge CHP plant subsequently obtain authority approval of the project
A positive customer economy is needed to motivate
customers to connect to the DH system
Environmental impact must be known before such a large
project begins
The precondition for the Development Plan is that the main

parts of all buildings larger than 300 m2, - or approximately
1.8 million m2 - are connected to the DH system. According to
estimates approximately 600,000 m2 of new buildings - including
the new city area Kge Coast will be connected during the
project period 2011-2031. The estimated development means
that:
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Kge - A new Large Greenfield DH system in Denmark
From 2016 a natural gas consumption of 15 million m3 /year Heat demand forecast and the proposed
penetration of district heating
will be replaced by approximately 160,000 MWh DH - 1.4
million m2 building area connected to DH 250 2.500
From 2020 a natural gas consumption of 19 million m /year 3

200 2.000
will be replaced by approximately 200,000 MWh DH
NET heat demand in GWh/yr

150 1.500
Area in 1000 m2
The extension of DH is concentrated on larger buildings, and
100 1.000
therefore there will be 700 to 800 heating customers for the
INDividual supply
final extension, of which 100 customers will cover about 70 % 50 district heating
500
total floor area
of the DH demand
0 0
2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029
Existing customers sorted by size
180 The extension of the DH system will continue the next 10-15
NET heat demand in GWh/yr (acc.)

100
Share of net heat demand in % (acc.)
90 160 years for the connection of the remaining selected buildings.

80 140
70 120 There is an economic benefit that new settlements,
60 100 constructed in the DH supply area, are connected to the DH
50
80
40 system. This saves fossil fuels in the most economical and
60
30 sustainable way in relation to individual alternatives. Therefore
20 40
20
one assumes that new buildings, which according to local plans
10
0 0 created for the DH supply area, will be connected to the DH
1 101 201 301 401 501 601
number of delivery points (sorted)
system. This applies to terraced house, apartment houses and
commercial buildings and partly one-family houses.
For approximately the next 5 years, the development of the DH
system will focus on a solid customer base of large customers, With current energy prices, however, it is not profitable within
equivalent to approximately two-thirds of the final DH-market the project period to supply the existing one-family house areas
with DH. Therefore it is proposed that natural gas supplies to
these customers proceed as now, with an increased effort
to get the remaining gasoil customers connected to natural
gas. Flexibility in the DH system is ensured for later extension
to one-family house areas, where it becomes profitable after
2020.
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In 2030 the prices of natural gas is expected to be so high Price Guarantee means that customers are not burdened
that it may be relevant with a massive extension of DH in financially with extraordinary one-time costs of converting to
residential areas - unless previously targeted subsidies to get DH. The DH investments to be covered through the guaranteed
the conversions completed are introduced. price contain:
DH Company's financing of a new DH unit (user facilities) to
Economic the customer
Analysis shows a very robust reduction of economic costs over DH Company's total costs for the delivery of DH to the
the project period. The economic cost of fuel purchases and customer, i.e. financing of pipe network, heating purchase,
operation and maintenance of the current natural gas supply administration and operation of the DH system etc.
will in the project period be approximately DKK 960 million
( 128 million). The corresponding cost connected to the The development of the natural gas price and thereby the
conversion to DH would be approximately DKK 790 million ( development of the Guarantee Price is therefore of central
105 million) or equivalent to a saving (NPV) of DKK 170 million ( importance to the project economy. The trend for the
23 million) based on the assumptions set by the Danish Energy development of the natural gas price, which is used for the
Authority (DEA). The internal rate of return for the project in project, is based on the DEA price forecast for natural gas
relation to a reference with condensing gas boilers and heat plus the current energy taxes and contributions to the natural
pumps are calculated to 10 %. gas company.
Customer Economy With the given tariff assumptions, only existing building will
The customer economic analysis shows that with the assumed achieve savings of 10 % at the DH costs compared with natural
guaranteed reduction in DH price of 10 % for all current natural gas, while DH for the coming new buildings is considered
gas customers, which is considered to be a sufficient incentive economically neutral to the individual alternative.
to connect to DH, all DH investments will be repaid over the
project period. For all connected clients the net present value Total investments
(NPV) represents savings of DKK 112 million ( 15 million). The total investment will be remunerated and depreciated
by the DH customer via their contribution for the DH supply.
The largest and most uncertain project risk is associated Loans will be taken for financing the investments and loans
with future natural gas prices. The baseline scenario is are expected to be guaranteed by the municipality of Kge.
based on the development in natural gas price, which DEA The total DH investments are calculated to approximately DKK
has provided to the community economic analysis. Sensitivity 600 million covering DH network and the associated customer
calculations show that with a reduction in natural gas price installations. The primary part of the investments will be made
at 5% throughout the project period, the corresponding lower in the period 2011 until 2016.
DH tariff extend the amortization period from 20 to 23 years
and accordingly if natural gas prices are reduced by 10% Reduced CO2 emissions
throughout the project period the amortization period will be The main environmental impact of the project is a large
extended to 27 years. Since the Danish DH legal framework reduction in CO2 emissions of approximately 40,000 tonnes
allows amortization periods up to 30 years, the economy for per year, which means a reduction equivalent to four times the
the project is considered to be robust. annual CO2 emission from municipal buildings with reference
to the Green Account from Kge municipality.
Tariff Structure
It is crucial to the project economics and realizing, that DH Security of supply
is not only more environmentallyfriendly but also competitive The project helps to increase the national security of supply
compared to alternative options, where natural gas is the by reducing its dependence of natural gas and other fossil
marketdetermined alternative. fuels, like DH in the future allows the society to switch to many
different energy sources depending on market developments
The project therefore propose a Price Guaranteed for DH of for instance solar heating and geothermal energy.
90 % of the equivalent annual cost of heating based on natural
gas - i.e. the purchase of natural gas, finance a new natural
gas boiler and operation and maintenance of a natural gas Connection to the DH transmission
boiler. The Price Guarantee is only in relation to natural gas network in Greater Copenhagen
supply whatever heat supply the customer has today. Does If Kge municipality decides to join VEKS as a new stakeholder,
the customer have gasoil boiler, there will be an extra financial VEKS is willing to extend the Greater Copenhagen DH
incentive to convert to DH. transmission network to Kge, if the value of the heat
transmission from Kge to VEKS or from VEKS to Kge can
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Kge - A new Large Greenfield DH system in Denmark
finance the investments in the pipe connection. It can e.g. be For further information please contact:
in 10 to 20 years if its not economically rational to extend the
lifetime of the CHP plant in Kge, or it can be in a few years if VEKS
its economically attractive to transmit the surplus heat from Att.: Mr. Lars Gullev
the CHP plant in Kge to the Greater Copenhagen DH system. Roskildevej 175
DK-2620 Albertslund
The further process Phone: +45 43660366
The further process toward the final decision in autumn 2010 lg@veks.dk
on the establishment of DH in Kge includes:
Preparation of project proposal to regulatory approval
Development of organizational model and resolution on
organization DH in Kge
Contacting VEKS for potential joining as stakeholder
Contractual matters, including guarantees from the
stakeholders regarding heat prices, production and
distribution
Marketing to potential
customers
The Technical and Environ-

mental department in Kge
municipality has to provide
a basis for an organizational
structure, a project proposal
for authority approval and
proposal regarding the possi-
bility for joining VEKS as a new
stakeholder for the Technique
and Environment Committee,
Economic Committee and the
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MANY INNOVATIONS BEHIND THE CONSTRUCTION OF

DENMARKS LARGEST DISTRICT HEATING TUNNEL
By Mr. Michael Haslund, Salesmanager, L&H Rrbyg A/S
1 2 3 4
1/The large steam pipes. 2/Since the tubes were longer than the diameter of the shaft, they were immersed oblique and welded together and pulled into the
tunnel. 3/The six tubes are placed at different levels in the tunnel. Therefore there was a need of six welding stations in the shaft as the pipes had to be welded
together before being pulled into the tunnel. 4/The total drag was of 79 tons.
L&H-Rrbyg has developed completely new methods and tools The very narrow space combined with the very large pipe
to establish the new main transmission supply systems for dimensions required extremely high demand for the logistic
district heating (DH) based on warm water and steam from tells project manager Mr. Lars Andersen from L&H-Rrbyg.
the CHP plant Amagervrket to the centre of Copenhagen To be able to keep the contractual time schedule it was i.e.
through a 4 km long tunnel. necessary to have numerous installations processes running
at the same time through the tunnel with a precise timing and
VERSATILE COMBINATION OF distance between the various activities, setting out, drilling for
COMPETENCES AND KNOWLEDGE anchor bolts, erection of supports and roles and pushing of
It requires a broad verity of combinations and competences the pipes etc. With up to 2.5 km between the shafts, it was
to be able to push forward six pipes for warm water and two especially very important that each crew knew exactly what to
pipes for steam in dimensions from DN 300 to DN 1000 plus accomplish every day, and to make sure that they were bringing
two HVAC duct channels DN500 in a tunnel with a diameter the right materials and tools down to the tunnel. Because if
of 4.2 meter. something was forgotten, it was not possible to pass the
other crews and therefore it was very important that each
Especially when it all happens 42 meters below ground and 2.5 days production were packed and ready in the right sequence
km between the installations shafts. to accommodate the very narrow work space.
The Client, Copenhagen Energy, and L&H-Rrbyg, have through CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION CLEARED THE WAY
30 years of business relations solved a large number of large L&H-Rrbyg had to develop a whole series of new working
water based DH and steam installations together, and with methods and special tools/equipment to be able to optimize
L&H-Rrbygs solid experience from a similar project, it was the work process of the tunnel installations. One of the most
only natural to continue the close relationship on this - the important tools was a special constructed mock-up for the
third largest tunnel project in Denmark ever. drilling of wholes for the support and rails in the tunnel. This
mock-up made it possible to move through the whole tunnel to
The contract were carried out by the company Kemp & mark-up and drill all necessary holes. The concept worked so
Lauritzen, with L&H-Rrbyg carrying out the total piping and well that the completed installations for the piping erection
steel installations, Klimodan A/S doing the HVAC installations were within a tolerance of 1 mm per 21 meter tunnel. The
and Kemp & Lauritzen having responsibility for the electrical special constructed supports in the tunnel were installed with
installations. a distance of 10.5 meter through the 4 km long tunnel.
MANY LARGE PIPES AT MORE THAN 1400 TONS OF PIPE IN ONE PUSH/PULL
A VERY NARROW SPACE As all the installation work took place 42 meter
The new DH tunnel runs from the CHP below the ground, the 16 meter long pipes had
plant Amagervrket via Adelgade to be lowered down the shaft before they could
to Fredenspark (Fredensgade). be welded together. For each pipe installed the
The tunnel is established with 3 whole length had to be pushed/pulled 16 meter
installations shafts one at each further into the tunnel. With a weight of app. 9
end and one at Adelgade and tons per steam pipe (steel-in-steel construction)
during the construction phase all
materials and equipment had to be District heating tunnel (diameter of 4.2 meters) with six hot-water
hoisted through these shafts. and steam pipe plus two ventilation channels
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the pull technique. It was among others solved by a special
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could work in the very narrow space available.
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L&H-Rrbyg did not have any work-related injury during the
installation of the heavy pipe and steel structures. For the
project manager Mr. Lars Andersen it was a very hectic period
but also very useful: we would be more than happy to involve
our-selves in a new tunnel project by tomorrow. Many of our
new experiences, methods, and tools that we have developed
in this project will be very useful to future projects, and we are
looking very much forward to welcoming them.
There was not much room for conveying material and equipment in the
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Systemintegration between
Wind and District Heating
By Mr. Per Diget, Senior Project Manager, Niras
A windy winter night in Denmark has the potential to create It is estimated that there are 500 to 1,000 hours annually, where
a situation where production of electricity outstrips demand. electricity prices are attrac-tive for the use of electricity for
This is known as overflow of electricity or excess generation. production of DH.
One solution to this situation is to use that overflow of
electricity in the production of hot water for district heating Legislation
(DH). A majority in the Danish parliament voted in autumn 2009 to
implement the "Elpatronlov" act permanently. The reason for
Due to higher taxes on electricity than on gas, in Denmark it has this was to efficiently exploit the electricity from the wind
not been economically viable to use electricity for production tur-bines, not only at times of high demand but also at times
of DH. As the amount of electricity generation from wind tur- when the Danes do not use much electricity such as the middle
bines has increased, the need for increased flexibility on the of the night. The intention of the Elpatronlov is that it will
demand side has also increased. help prevent the perverse situation where by wind turbines
are turned off when the wind is blowing because of a lack of
How can demand follow supply? On the 1st January 2008 the demand,
"Elpatronlov" (the Electrical Immersion Heater Act) came into
effect as a four-year pilot scheme. This act allows combined Further legislation known as Act No. 722 of 25-06-2010 has
heat and power (CHP) plants to install electrical immersion expanded over the original Elpatronlov act, so that more
heaters to utilise excess electricity for the production of hot generators will be able to exploit the system. Therefore DH
water for DH. plants without the ability to generate electricity as well as
cogeneration DH plant and industrial CHP plants can all benefit
from the new taxation regime.
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Technique Electrical immersion heaters in DH systems are expected to

It is technically viable and inexpensive to divert wind electricity have the following system benefits:
into DH for thermal energy generation. The expectation is that
in the future the DH related electricity generation on large Excess electricity can be absorbed at short notice.
and small plants can be reduced so that they do not compete Consumption in periods when supply exceeds demand, i.e.
with wind turbines when the wind is strong. Wind turbines avoid "giving away" excess electricity.
that previously stopped just when the wind was strongest, is Excess electricity can be converted into DH, which can even
therefore likely to be a rarity in the future. As it works now, the be stored.
production of electricity from wind turbines is highest in the The infrastructure can be implemented relatively cheaply
winter, forcing electricity prices down. In winter, the need for and quickly, establishing a significant capacity utilise this
DH is also highest, and thus is an ideal opportunity to use wind energy in DH.
powered electricity to heat up homes.
This has been confirmed by the Danish Ministry of Taxation
By establishing electrical immersion heaters for heating water (Skatteministeriet); in a report from the summer of 2010 it is
in DH systems, it will be pos-sible to maximise the utilisation of stipulated that if Denmark is to use electricity from multiple
this climate-friendly renewable electricity. The heating of DH wind turbines, so it must be in the DH sector. With a strong
water is done automatically when there is surplus generation expansion of wind turbines in Denmark within the next few
of wind electricity. Electrical immersion heaters are switched years, the DH sector is well placed to use surplus electricity in
on when there is excess generation relative to demand, the produc-tion of "green or "renewable DH.
and switched off again when theres no longer a surplus
of electricity. When the electrical immersion heaters are For DH plants where capacity is lower than demand or where
switched on, CHP plants can be switched off as it may not be the boiler is inefficient, electri-city can be an attractive
economically viable to run these plants when electricity prices alternative and / or supplement to existing equipment and
are low. This has the added benefit of the reduction in fossil fuels.
fuel usage and a reduction in associated emissions.
Concluding Remarks
In general it is not competitive to use emersion heaters to If the potential for wind energy in Denmark is approximately
produce energy for DH, but during periods of excess supply the 3,000 MW onshore is going to be introduced to the Danish
price of electricity drops. At which point it is financially viable electricity system, and thereby utilising low cost renewable
to utilise low cost renewable electricity for the production of electricity from wind turbines it may be possible to mitigate
heat. future expansion of traditional fossil fuel generation assets to
meet increased heat demand from the growth in DH networks.
Perspective Therefore realistically 15 % of Denmarks DH demand could be
Our Nordic neighbours has for many years used these so-called met by surplus renewable electricity from wind turbines.
electrical immersion heaters to absorb electricity from the
hydropower plants, but in Denmark electricity taxation regime For further information please contact:
for DH has made this economically difficult. With the adoption
Niras
of the new act, the tax on electricity used for production of
Mr. Per Diget
DH in particular CHP plants is reduced. Plants can save money
Buchwaldsgade 35
by using electricity for heating of DH rather than using fossil
DK-5000 Odense C
fuels like coal, oil and natural gas when the electricity price is
Phone: +45 4810 4200
low.
Fax: +45 4810 4300
pdt@niras.dk
A small number of electrical immersion heaters are already
www.niras.dk
installed in Denmark, but with this new act, it is likely that there
will be an increased interest into this opportunity from the
DH sector resulting in an increased number of plants having
electrical immersion heaters within the next few years.
In Denmark electrical immersion heaters are seen as one way

to create an integrated energy system, which encourages wind
and renewable electricity to replace fossil fuels such as natu-
ral gas, oil and coal. This ensures that there is an optimum yield
from the available resources.
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Fact-finding mission
to the south of China
- investigating the
District Cooling situation
In January 2010, DBDH China section with the aid of the Danish Shenzhen
Embassy in Beijing, arranged a fact-finding mission to the south We visited Shenzhen Municipal Science & Technology Trade
of China. The purpose of the trip was to get a better picture Commission, who had invited seven local companies within
of the Chinese district cooling business, both now and in the District Cooling. They are very far in their plans of establishing
future. The participating companies were: ABB, APV, Broen, district cooling, and plans to utilize the surplus heat from the
Danfoss, Grundfos, Kamstrup and Nathalie Chen from the CHP. We visited also the Bureau of Housing and Construction,
Embassy. and heard about their plans to build 600 demonstration
buildings with a minimum of energy consumption achieved by
Sanya e.g. the use of top insulation, energy saving windows, solar
In Sanya, due to the tropical climate, there's a huge need for panels and heat pumps.
district cooling. Here we visited Sanya Urban Planning and
the Yalong Bay District Cooling Project - a project under HongKong
construction. Yalong Bay should connect a number of the big In H.K. we visited the Government Office responsible for the
luxury Hotels along the Bay and Grundfos and APV were already planning of a complete new city with district cooling on the
among the suppliers. ground of the old Kai Tak Airport. The area can accommodate
about 50,000 people with schools, hospitals, police stations
Guangzhou: etc. An estimate of 300 MW cooling will be produced with
In Guangzhou, we visited the Guangzhou University Management compressor chillers and cooled with sea water.
Company, responsible for the supplying of cooling to the whole
campus area. It was explained that they are having a problem Per T Christensen, Vice Chairman DBDH, Sales Director ABB.
with the efficiency, the COP (Coefficient Of Performance)
meaning the energy required to provide a specific cooling, and
therefore they wanted to know more about how to improve the
COP.
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TVIS Multicity
District Heating
55,000 homes in Vejle, Fredericia,
Middelfart and Kolding Munici-
palities are served with surplus
heat through the regional heat
transmission network of TVIS.
DBDH VISITED
THE NETHERLANDS Surplus
heat from
From 17 20 May, 2010, in spite of the challenges from the Refinery
Icelandic ashes, 10 member companies of DBDH travelled to the
Netherlands to promote the concept of district heating and Waste
cooling. The member companies participating were: Aalborg incineration
Engineering, ABB, Broen, COWI, Danfoss, DONG, Grontmij|Carl Combined
Bro, Grundfos, Iron Pump and Kamstrup. Heat Only Heat and
Boilers Power
In cooperation with the Trade Council of Denmark in Haag the
members of DBDH visited several places in the Netherlands
creating an understanding of the current situation. With only
4% district heating in the Netherlands compared to 62 % in
Denmark, the Danish companies have the opportunity to share
Vejle
their knowledge, technology and experience with their Dutch
friends and partners.
The program included several good roundtable meetings with

Energy Utilities and site visits getting an impression of the
readiness to proceed with more district energy.
The companies also contributed with their knowledge and Fredericia

technical solutions at the Dutch-Danish District Heating
Seminar Looking into the Future of Sustainable Heating in
Amsterdam.
The Netherlands today is highly dependent on natural gas and

with very little district heating they have to import a continuous Middelfart
growing demand for energy. On the bright side the people Kolding
involved with district energy in the Netherlands are aware of
this unsustainable situation thus by cooperating with members
of DBDH, they can by example lobby the politicians for a green
and energy efficient future emphasizing energy security as the
primary argument.
A delegation from Amsterdam will visit Denmark discussing how

to implement district heating to a larger extend than currently
being the case.
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By Marianne Louise Hansen, Information and Marketing Manager, DBDH
IRON PUMP
Denmark has enjoyed international respect for its extensive
district heating system that optimizes the use of energy. As
a major supplier of pumps with high power exploitation for
district heating, Iron Pump has shared the same recognition
and international respect. Based on the experience of several
generations, Iron Pump has accumulated extensive knowledge
and which it applies to prepare the solutions for the next
generation of challenges.
IRON Pump A/S is an old lady - 104 years old with 110
employees - situated in Herlev only a 10 minutes drive from
Copenhagen. It is a family-owned company founded in 1906 by
Mr. C. G. Arnesen and today his two great grand-daughters are
on the board of Iron Pump. Since the companys foundation it
has built up a considerable expertise within a variety of pump
applications both in Denmark and abroad.
An important breakthrough
In 1912, Iron Pump made an important breakthrough in the
marine pump sector with a new type of cooling water pump to Many years into the future
Denmarks largest shipyard and until the mid 80s the marine The factory and the administration of Iron Pump are situated
business was the main market. Since then, Iron Pump has been at the same address. In the factory, the employees build
one of Denmarks leading suppliers of middle-sized and large new pumps and renovate old ones. Here, the production, the
centrifugal pumps for district heating, these being used in assembly and the test bed is situated. A 4 m deep water
large power plants, local district heating stations, booster and basin is situated under the factory floor enabling test and
heat exchanger stations. experiment of the pumps.
Sales Engineer, Birte Steffensen explains: A pump is no

stronger than its smallest part. We therefore have an
extensive test program for each and every pump. Not a single
pump leaves our factory without being tested and put through
its paces. This ensures complete reliability of an Iron pump -
right from the outset and for many years into the future.
The force of Iron Pump

Flexibility is both the key word and the force of Iron Pump.
We do not make off-the-shelf instead we design each pump
according to the customer's request, explains the Managing
Director Anders Frimodt-Mller. Tell us what you need and we
Today, Iron Pump is specialized in pumps for both the marine design it for you. We are not afraid of casting ourselves into
and the energy sector and exports close to 90 percent of their something new, and we are experts in adapting the program
output through a network of agents exporting to more than according to our customers individual needs.
70 countries. Iron Pump is fully capable of competing globally
and has an ambitious growth strategy. Specifically as a result The pump identity
of their experience from district heating, Iron Pump has been Very often customers contact Iron Pump because they need
involved in numerous projects worldwide, often as providers of spare parts for pumps manufactured in the 1950s. Therefore
specific cooling water pump solutions. all the pumps have their own identity code. This code provides
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access to spare parts and support for generations. Iron Pump Althoug an old lady Iron Pump is a modern and experienced
stocks about 90 percent of the spare parts which are supplied one with great market knowledge and a flexible production of
to older pumps. If Iron Pump doesnt have a particular spare high quality and fast supply. Ambitious strategies are being
part in stock, they have an archive of drawings which enable implemented to ensure that Iron Pump will continue through
them to recreate it no matter how old the pump is. A pump the next 100 years.
from Iron Pump is therefore always a good investment, both
now and in 50 years time, Birte Steffensen explains.
Durability
Cooperation with the members of DBDH District heating pumps play an essential role in the heating
Anders Frimodt-Mller mentions the very good and strong supply for the population, and pumps from Iron Pump
collaboration with other DBDH members, for instance we are are designed to follow several demands. Consequently,
beginning to establish a very good working relationship with reliability and durability are some of the key words as pumps
ABB around heating and cooling projects in China. With BWSC are often exposed to keen working conditions such as high
there has been a longstanding cooperation going on, tells pressures, high temperatures and continuous running.
Mr. Frimodt-Mller. we have supplied cooling water pumps of These conditions require a solid pump constructed from
type CVLS (vertical turbine pump) during the last 15-20 years, strong materials and quality parts.
explains Birte Steffensen and continues it has been a fruitful
collaboration with an ongoing development process in the Worldwide service
design of pumps for their applications in different situations Pumps from Iron Pump are found throughout the world,
around the world. Furthermore, our companies are situated from the most remote corner to the busiest commercial
very close to each other, which makes the cooperation even port. Thanks to a network of agents and partners, support
easier because BWSC can easily follow a pump during the is never far away.
whole process - from processing to test.
District heating and cooling know-how from

more than 30 offices world-wide
Biomass
Combined heat and power
(CHP)
District cooling systems
District heating systems
Energy efficiency in buildings
Energy planning
Feasibility studies
Hydraulic analyses Head office
Parallelvej 2
SCADA systems DK-2800 Kongens Lyngby
Denmark
Smart grids Tel: +45 45 97 22 11
Fax: +45 45 97 22 12
Solar
Contact: Jens Ole Hansen
Waste-to-Energy jha@cowi.dk
COWI is a leading northern European consulting group. We

provide state-of-the-art services within the fields of engineering,
environmental science and economics with due consideration
for the environment and society. COWI is a leader within its fields
because COWIs 6,000 employees are leaders within theirs. www.cowi.com
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Aalborg Engineering Phone +45 9631 3950 CTR Phone +45 3818 5777
Supplier of boilers and boiler systems Fax +45 9631 3951 Metropolitan Copenhagen Fax +45 3818 5799
ae@aalborg-engineering.dk Heating Transmission Company ctr@ctr.dk
www.aalborg-engineering.com www.ctr.dk
ABB Phone +45 4450 4450 Dall Energy Phone +45 2987 2222
Monitoring and control for Fax +45 4450 4311 New Biomass Technologies info@dallenergy.com
district heating networks abb@dk.abb.com www.dallenergy.com
www.abb.com
AffaldVarme Aarhus Phone +45 8940 1500 Danfoss Phone +45 7488 2222
jawi@akv.aarhus.dk Heating controls, metering Fax +45 7449 0949
www.aarhuskommune.dk and pump speed control danfoss@danfoss.com
www.danfoss.com
Albertslund Fjernvarme Phone +45 4364 8692 DESMI Phone +45 9632 8111
District heating company Fax +45 4364 3888 Fax +45 9817 5499
albertslund@albertslund.dk desmi@desmi.com
www.desmi.com
Amagerforbrnding Phone +45 3268 9300 DONG Energy Phone +45 9955 1111
Waste and energy company Fax +45 3268 9393 Fax +45 7622 1980
amfor@amfor.dk dongenergy@dongenergy.dk
www.amfor.dk www.dongenergy.dk
APV Phone +45 7027 8444 Energi Viborg Phone +45 8929 2929
Plate heat exchangers Fax +45 7632 4110 Supplier of dynamic valves for Fax +45 8929 2939
heatexchanger@apv.com heating and cooling systems energi@energiviborg.dk
www.apv.invensys.com www.energiviborg.dk
ARCON Solar A/S Phone +45 9839 1477 Envotherm Phone +45 7365 0900
Fax +45 9839 2005 Fax: +45 7442 4770
www.arcon.dk info@envotherm.dk
www.envotherm.dk
Broen Phone +45 6471 2095 Fjernvarme Fyn Phone +45 6547 3000
Ballomax valves Fax +45 6471 2195 Supplier of dynamic valves for Fax +45 6547 3001
broen@broen.dk heating and cooling systems kontakt@fjernvarmefyn.dk
www.broen.com www.fjernvarmefyn.dk
Brunata Phone +45 7777 7000 Focus Energy Phone +45 9714 2022
Heat cost allocators, heat meters, Fax +45 7777 7001 Biomass-based boiler systems Fax +45 9714 2686
water meters and heat and water brunata@brunata.dk post@focusenergy.dk
accounting service www.brunata.com www.focusenergy.dk
BWSC Phone +45 4814 0022 Frederiksberg Forsyning Phone +45 3818 5100
Heat & power plant developer, turnkey Fax +45 4814 0150 Municipal district heating supply Fax +45 3818 5199
and operation contractor sales@bwsc.dk ff@frb-forsyning.dk
www.bwsc.dk www.frb-forsyning.dk
Cowi Phone +45 4597 2211 Grontmij | Carl Bro Phone +45 4348 6060
Consulting engineers and planners Fax +45 4597 2212 Consulting engineers and planners Fax +45 4348 6660
cowi@cowi.dk cbg@carlbro.dk
www.cowi.dk www.carlbro.com
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Grundfos Phone +45 8750 1400 SK Forsyning Phone +45 5836 2500
Submersible pumps, centrifugal Fax +45 8750 1490 Municipal district heating supply Fax +45 5836 2501
pumps and circulators grundfos@grundfos.com info@skforsyning.dk
www.grundfos.com www.skforsyning.dk
HentechSolution ApS Phone +45 4390 4720 SUNMARK Phone +45 62 53 26 10

Mechanical seals Fax +45 4390 4775 info@sunmark.com
huhnseal@huhnseal.dk www. sunmark.com
www.huhnseal.dk
Hydro-X Phone +45 9828 2111 7-Technologies Phone +45 45 900 700
Boiler water treatment Fax +45 9828 3021 Quality software for profitable Fax +45 4590 0701
info@hydro-x.dk operation of industriel plants sales@7t.dk
www.hydro-x.dk and utilities www.7t.dk
Iron Pump Phone +45 4491 6788 TVIS Phone +45 7594 0711
Manufacturer of pumps Fax +45 4454 7119 Heat transmission company tvis@tvis.net
bts@ironpump.dk of Denmarks triangle area. www.tvis.net
www.ironpump.com
JPL Phone +45 44 95 59 14 Uno Transport Phone +45 7020 8011

jpl_proces.opt@teliamail.dk Transports Fax +45 7020 8012
www. jpl-opt.dk uno@unotransport.com
www.unotransport.dk
Kamstrup Phone +45 8993 1000 VEKS Phone +45 4366 0366
Supplier of energy meters & automatic Fax +45 8993 1001 West Copenhagen Heating Fax +45 4366 0369
meter reading systems for heat, cooling, energi@kamstrup.dk Transmission Company veks@veks.dk
water and gas www.kamstrup.com www.veks.dk
Kbenhavns Energi Phone +45 2795 2750 Verdo Phone +45 8911 4811
Copenhagen Energy Fax +45 2795 2012 Energy company producing and selling Fax +45 8911 4800
ke@ke.dk heat and power energirandersenergiranders.dk
www.ke.dk
www.energiranders.dk
Logstor Phone +45 9966 1000 Vestforbrnding Phone +45 4485 7000
Preinsulated transmission Fax +45 9966 1180 Power and heat supply based on Fax +45 4485 7001
and distribution pipes lr@logstor.com waste incineration vestfor@vestfor.dk
www.logstor.com www.vestfor.dk
Niras Phone +45 6212 1581 DBDH Phone +45 3818 5440
Consulting engineers and planners Fax +45 4014 2784 Secretariat Fax +45 3818 5444
niras@niras.dk dbdh@dbdh.dk
www.niras.dk www.dbdh.dk
OKR Cleaning Phone +45 8692 4422

Boiler cleaning Fax +45 8692 2919
sales@okrcleaning.dk
www.okrcleaning.dk
Rambll Phone +45 4598 6000

Consulting engineers and planners Fax +45 4598 6700
ramboll@ramboll.dk
www.ramboll.dk
One check isnt enough
p i n d p r o m o t o r . d k 19286
Example the answer lies in multiple
Type of pipe Lambda
value
Heat loss Cost of heat loss CO2 emissions measurements
W/mK W/m trench 1000 EUR Tons
TwinPipe When measuring lambda values of pre-insulated pipe, the norm
without diffusion barrier, 0.027 15.1 26 45 61 243 494 752
traditionally produced is one external measurement on a randomly selected length of
TwinPipe
with diffusion barrier, 0.024 13.2 23 40 53 220 441 661 pipe. This value is then used to document the insulation per-
axial ContiPipe
TwinPipe formance of all the lengths of pre-insulated pipe from the same
with diffusion barrier, 0.023 * 12.7 22 39 51 209 418 627
production set-up. But LOGSTOR has now changed that.
axial ContiPipe NEW
10 y 20 y 30 y 10 y 20 y 30 y
Assumptions:
TwinPipe DN 80-80/280, Series 2 Pipe run: 500 m trench T flow/return: 80/40C
We have set up our own laboratory to enable us to carry out
Energy: Coal CHP plant Efficiency: 90 Energy price: EUR 46.67/MWh Effective interest rate: 3%
continuous testing of the lambda values for LOGSTOR pre-
insulated pipe using exactly the same methods as the Danish
Use www.logstor.com/calculator to do your own calculations, based on your
Technological Institute. This means the lambda values we
companys specific figures and conditions.
promise are based on a calculated average of lots of different
*) The average of the lambda value measurements carried out in-house by measurements not just one single check.
LOGSTOR and by external testing bodies has resulted in new, even better
lambda values for LOGSTOR axial ContiPipe 0.023 W/mK, compared with
the previous value of 0.024 W/mK. We have chosen to make these measuring results public, for full
transparency and as part of the LOGSTOR drive to document
the quality of our pre-insulated pipe systems. Current lambda
values are available at www.logstor.com/documentation
LOGSTOR A/S
Danmarksvej 11 DK-9670 Lgstr Denmark
Tel. +45 9966 1000 Fax +45 9966 1180
logstor@logstor.com www.logstor.com

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