Austrian Energy Agency

Austrian Energy Agency Austrian Energy Agency; Renewables in Austria DI Johannes Schmidl Otto Bauer Gasse 6 A-1060 Vienna, Austria johannes.schmidl@energyagency.at Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 1

In a nutshell Austria s national energy agency (*1977) independent non-profit scientific association 50 members: the Federal Government, the Federal Provinces (Länder), enterprises (energy industry and energy engineering), financial institutions, interest groups, scientific organisations, energy agencies and consulting companies,... 65 employees 6 Million Euro annual turnover Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 2

Responsibility to develop, to support & to implement measures, that aim at a rational supply and use of energy to support on a scientific basis innovative technologies energy efficient systems and renewable energy sources Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 3

Managing Geschäftsführer Director Wissenschaftliche Kaufmännische Chief Sientific Officer Chief Financial Officer Koordination Koordination und Strategie und Controlling Chief Chief Commu- Legal nication Officer Officer Staff Office Buildings and Heating Communication and Marketing Business Areas Energy technologies and systems Energy Economy and Policy Transport Information Management and IT Project Office Back Office Internal Business Areas Shareholders Meeting Organisation President Business Steering Committee Operation General Meeting of Members Business Areas Managing Director International Cooperation Managing Director Auditor Arbitration Panel E.V.A. Ltd k:a National Climate Program (temporary) E.V.A. Ltd Accountant Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 4

Services Advice & studies for policy & companies Design and realisation of pilot projects Programme management & monitoring Advice for EU-proposers (in energy progammes) Cooperation & networking (EnR) Design and realisation of events/conferences Know-how transfer & communication Information service (website, newsletter, ) Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 5

Members Politics: the federal government, federal provinces, Städtebund Economy: OMV, OMV-Cogeneration, Wiener Stadtwerke Holding, Energie AG, TIWAG, VKW, Feistritzwerke-STEWEAG, A&B, E- Control, KWI, Ökoplan, Bundesforste AG, VAMED Interest groups & Associations: IV, WKÖ, Fachverbände, AEE, Austropapier, Biomasseverband, GBV, GDI, IWO, ÖAMTC, ÖEKV, ÖVE, ÖVFK, Städtebund, VKI, VÖWGW, u.a. Banks & Insurance Companies: KPC, S- Bank, Hagelversicherung Scientific organisations & Institutes: WIFO, EIV, LEV Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 6

Programme Management Federal Ministry for Economics and Labour Intelligent Energy for Europe Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management klima:aktiv Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology Energy Systems of the Future Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 7

Primary Energy Supply in Austria, 2004: 1,398 PJ (1,283 PJ for energetic uses) Renewables; 300.1 electric energy; 11.1 Coal, non energy use; 28.0 Oil; 522.8 Coal; 137.8 Gas, non energy use; 10.3 Gas; 312.0 Oil, non energy use; 72.5 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 8

Domestic Energy production of Austria in PJ for 2004 Coal; 2.3 Oil; 45.1 Natural gas; 70.5 Renewables; 300.2 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 9

Primary Energy Consumption from Renewables, 2004 (300.1 PJ or 23,4% of energetic use) Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 10

Examples for incentives from EUside Biomass action plan from Dec. 2005; indicative target: until 2010: 150 Mio. tons of oil equi (69 in 2003) from biomass in the EU25; Member States shall produce action plans 2001/77/EG, RES-El directive: increase share of electricity from renewables (Austria: 78.1% in 2010) 2003/30/EG, Biofuels directive: biofuels shall have a share of 2% of all fuels in 2005, 5.75 % in 2010 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 11

8,0 7,0 6,0 Hydropower in Austria P>10MW: 32,9 TWh/a; P<10MW: 4,4 TWh/a Final Electricity Demand (2004): 56 TWh Kosten von (Klein-)Wasserkraftwerken (Quelle: Neubarth, Kaltschmitt) Investkosten 1.000,- /kw Stromgestehungskosten cent/kwh Tagesspeicher Tagesspeicher 5,0 4,0 3,0 2,0 1,0 0,0 0,032 0,3 0,36 2,2 2,6 4,4 28,8 60 293 P/MW Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 12

Wind-energy in Austria Installed power: 965 MW in 607 turbines (June 2006) Energy produced per year (2006 exp.): 2 TWh = 2.9 % of electricity consumption in Austria Special Austrian Know-how: application in mountainous areas and in cold climate Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 13

Biogenous energy sources (157 PJ or 12,2% of primary demand) combustible waste waste lyes from paperand pulp industry Logwood sewage gas biodiesel straw wood- and bark briquettes wood pellets biogas landfill gas Wastewood from Industry and other biogenous sources Woodchips Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 14

Emissions of biomass boilers for domestic use 30000 25000 CO (mg/nm3) 20000 15000 10000 5000 0 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 Jahr Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 15

Pellet boilers for domestic heating in single family houses 10-30 kw automatic feeding, ignition and ash removal > 90% efficiency very low emissions approx. 50 mg CO / m³ Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 16

Comparing full heat costs: wood chips, pellets, oil & gas Gesamtheizkosten pro Jahr [Euro / a] 20.000,00 18.000,00 16.000,00 14.000,00 12.000,00 10.000,00 8.000,00 Betriebsgebundene & sonstige Kosten Verbrauchsgebundene Kosten Kapitalkosten 6.000,00 4.000,00 2.000,00 0,00 Hackgut Pellets Heizöl Erdgas Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 17

Energy Cabin for small groups of houses 30 kw pellet boiler 12 m2 flat plate solar collector 2500 l buffer tanks Supplying 3 houses with heat & hot water 50m district heating pipes Investment costs approx. 30.000 Installation time upon delivery: 2 hours! www.energycabin.com Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 18

Wood pellet prices in Austria ( /t) 200 188 189 184 181 190 180 178 170 169 169 170 170 170 165 160 153 153 156 156 161 161 150 140 130 Pelletspreis ( /t) 120 110 100 Jän.05 Feb.05 Mär.05 Apr.05 Mai.05 Jun.05 Jul.05 Aug.05 Sep.05 Okt.05 Nov.05 Dez.05 Jän.06 Feb.06 Mär.06 Apr.06 Mai.06 Quellen: Genol, Propellets Pelletpreisindex Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 19

Biomass-District Heating (power)plants- End of 2005: 1,002 plants, 1,132 MW Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 20

New project: Biomass CHP in Vienna 65.7 MW installed total capacity heat for 12.000 households 15.1/24.5 MW el installed power capacity (CHP/condensing modus) 167 GWh/a electricity production 190,000 t energy wood (100% wood chips one of the largest plant in Central Europe of this kind) project costs: 52 mio. ground-breaking ceremony 2 weeks ago online by mid 2006 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 21 photo by Stadtwerke Wien

Biomass CHP in Lienz, Tyrol 24 MWth installed 36 MWth connected via the grid 37.5 km grid 630 m 2 Solar Collector 1 MWel (ORC) 60 GWh/year Heat Production 7.2 GWh/year electricity production Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 22

Solar Thermal Energy installed in MW th per 1 Mio. inhabitants (2001) installed capacity in MWth / 1 Mio. Inhabitants 450,00 400,00 350,00 300,00 250,00 200,00 150,00 100,00 50,00 0,00 Israel Greece Austria Australia Turkey Japan USA Switzerland Denmark Germany Source: Markets and Contributions to the Energy Supply 2001, IEA-SHC 2004 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 23

Global Installed Capacity Solar Thermal in MW th TOTAL (2003) 40.000 35.000 30.000 25.000 20.000 15.000 10.000 5.000 0 China USA Japan Turkey installed capacity in MWth TOTAL Germany Israel Australia Greece Austria Brazil Source: Weiß/Bergmann/Faninger: "Solar Heating Worldwide: Markets and Contributions to the Energy Supply 2003", IEA-SHC 2005 Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 24

Solar thermal plant in communal dwellings Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 25

Solar thermal plant in Hotels Ski-Restaurant, Tyrol Restaurant - Hotel, Tyrol around 1.000 buildings (market share 4,5 %) Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 26

Thank Your for Your Attention! Contact: Austrian Energy Agency A-1060 Vienna, Austria Phone/Fax: +43 1 586 15 24-0 / -40 Email: Website: www.energyagency.at Austrian Energy Agency 18/10/06 Page 27