Transcript Dr Tim Rotheray

Dr Tim Rotheray
Director
The Association of
Decentralised Energy
Saving money through
low carbon heat
solutions
Dr Tim Rotheray
About the ADE
The voice for a cost effective efficient, low carbon,
user-led energy system; a market in which the
Association’s membership can flourish
Areas of focus:
Policy
Regulation
District heating and cooling
Combined heat and power
Demand side energy services
Market
Development
Key issues in heat transition
• 1/3 of GHG
emissions
• ‘bad or boring’
• RHI failure
• Regeneration
• Exclusive
electricity policy
• Key for poverty
Customer
Appeal
Carbon
Inclusivity
Cost
• Stern report – 12% GDP
Should DH be part of the mix?
Case Study: Can DH deliver
Cube Housing Association homes in the Wyndford
estate in Glasgow
CHP and heat network installed for 1,800 residents,
plus overcladding insulation
1960s tower blocks with night storage heating
Case study: Can DH deliver?
• 80% residents
“felt safe and
warm at home”
because of the DH
scheme
• 7000 TCO2 saved
annually – insulation
and CHP
Customer
Appeal
Inclusivity
• £27m regeneration
• 1500 tennants and
300 owners
Carbon
Cost
• Heating cost
reduction average
25%
Case study: Can DH deliver?
• 80% residents
“felt safe and
warm at home”
because of the DH
scheme
• 7000 TCO2 saved
annually – insulation
and CHP
Customer
Appeal
Carbon
“What is most important is the benefit this
system brings to the residents.”
Glasgow City Council Leader Gordon Matheson
Inclusivity
• £27m regeneration
• 1500 tennants and
300 owners
Cost
• Heating cost
reduction average
25%
DH and regeneration - Solihull
1100
23
12
100k Tonnes
“I have noticed a massive
change in my flat since the
work was carried out. The
rooms used to be very cold
in the winter. Since the
insulation work was carried
out my home feels cosy
even on cold days.”
Delivery - UK Current and potential
Sweden 49
Denmark 29
Netherlands 7.25
Norway 4.7
Source Euroheat and Power Country by Country Survey, 2015
How to get there
Design
build and
operation
Customer
satisfaction
Development
Market
How to get there continued...
m2
supplied
Dwellings
supplied
Establishment
Expansion
Heat Network
Development Unit
Initial licensing for
investment in DH
Scottish DH Loan
Fund
Policy encourages
heat storage
DECC 300m
Customer protection a
requirement
Heat Trust
Consolidation
Fuller
regulation?
£ energy
supplied
DH and DNOs
network
integration
£ value of
installation
2019
Timeline
202#
2050
Questions
@theADEuk
@trotheray