RES MARKET PLACES Project cofinanced by         Presentation       Project      Partners       Associated      Partners       Best Practice      Examples       Downloads       News on the      Project       Contacts       Links       Members       Virtual Market      Places          Manual for   Planning and  Implementation   "Oñatiko Ur Jauziak" a Mini Hydroelectric power station in Oñati, Guipúzcoa (Basque Country) In 1989 the Municipality of Oñati bought a mini hydroelectric power plant which was working since 1908 to provide electricity to a siderurgy company. The Mini Hydroelectric power station consist of six falling waters which provide electricity to all municipality becoming self-sufficient and self-supporting. Moreover, the surplus of electricity is transfered to an energy supplier which guarantees the provision of electricity in dry season and low production periods. More information   "Arasketamendi" a renewable energy park in Amurrio, Alava (Basque Country) The municipality of Amurrio, within its framework of Sustainable Development policy, has built up in the area of “Arasketamendi” a park integrated in the natural environment. The objective of this thematic park is to promote in an informative and recreational way the renewable energies. More information   Sustainable HQ building, Coillte, Newtown Mount Kennedy, Co Wicklow. Coillte is a state owned company charged with managing over 10,000 properties (7% of the total land mass of the country) and as such is a predominantly rurally based organisation. The company's new headquarter is Coillte’s show case building displaying best practice in the use of Renewable Energy technologies. More information as download. More information   Citizen participation: user association Argi ta Garbi in the Basque Country Argi ta Garbi o atg is a non-profit organization founded by users of renewable energy sources in the rural parts of the Basque Country in 2002. The association has been included in this list of “best-practice examples” due to its important role in promoting the use of RES in the region. More information as download More information   Wood Chips Boiler for a School Building in St. Florian, Upper Austria A Third-Party Financing Scheme made the installation of a biomass boiler in agricultural school in St. Florian/Upper Austria possible. The ESCO is the company Ing. Aigner GesmbH. The biomass boiler has an installed capacity of 700 kW with a pipeline of 100 meters between the plant and the school, the construction time of the plant was only 10 weeks. More information as download More information   Low Energy Building Christophorus Haus, Stadl Paura, Upper Austria The ChristophorusHaus is a passive house building which - due its high insulation standard, air tightness and architectural design - does not need a conventional heating system... More information as download More information   Solar Thermal Plant Installed in the Frassinoro Sport Centre, Modena Frassinoro belongs to the mountain area of the Province of Modena and is located in a tourist area. The sport centre has been equipped with a solar thermal plant in order to produce hot water for the showers... More information as download More information   Photovoltaic Plant in the Sassi di Roccamalatiina Regional Park The regional park covers a territory of 1,119 hectares and protects the spectacular rocky spires located on the right of the middle Panaro valley, in the Province of Modena. The photovoltaic plant has been installed with the aim both to reduce the electricity costs and to create a sustainability example for the community... More information as download More information   Biomass installation at "Agritourism" Ca’ Palazza, Modena Ca’ Palazza is a family managed "agritourism" located in the mountain area, nearby the Municipality of Fanano. More information as download   "Electricity from Heaven" – Third Party Financing of a PV Plant at St. Konrad Church, Linz Having to renovate the old church's roof, the church's parson had the idea to cover a part of the roof with PV modules. As the alignment and the angle of the roof were ideally suited for solar electricity generation, financing was the "only" question remained to be solved. A Third-Party Financing Scheme made the installation of a biomass boiler in agricultural school in St. Florian/Upper Austria possible... More information as download More information   Energy efficiency measures in Destrnik primary school, Slovenia The primary school in located in municipality of Destrnik. It was built in 1924 with ordinary bricks and without any heat isolation... More information as download More information   Energy Performance Contracting in the Municipality of Kranj, Slovenia The municipality of Kranj and the company EC-TEC Mulej Ltd. from Bled signed a contract for energy performance in 2001... More information as download More information   Biogas plant on farm Flere in Letuš, Slovenia Mr. Anton Flere is owner of farm with 90 full grown livestock and surrounding land of 10ha of mainly meadows, additionally around 20 ha on leas... more information as download More information   Modular Biomass Gasification Plant in Júndiz, Alava (Basque Country) The modular biomass plant of 700 kWe is being developed by the Basque company Guascor as a demonstration project at the industry park of Júndiz (Alava), with the objective of offering a flexible solution for different types of biomass, as well as industrial and agricultural waste. The plant will be able to produce electricity using a wide range of biomass, including wood residues, waste from fruit production and wineries, corn, cotton, sugar cane and tobacco, but also compost, effluents from water treatment and solid household waste. Since the plant is composed of modules, its capacity can be adapted to the local resources available in a given location, starting out with a minimum of 0.7 MWe and adding capacity by simply installing more modules. More information as download or at the Guacor's web site: http://www.guascor.com/ingles/home.htm More information   Energy efficiency at the battery factory SAFT The aim of the project is to show which possibilities there are to decrease the use of energy within industry and real estate companies. Several companies have been visited. One of the visited companies was SAFT that produce batteries. Some of the measures were: - Buying steam produced with biomass instead of using own oil boiler => higher efficiency in the heating system and less work for the staff - Improved ventilation and heat exchange - Using surplus of low temperature water to heat buildings (planned) In a complicated energy system it’s even more important to have an overall view to decrease costs and the use of energy. For example by sharing a steam culvert with the company next door it was possible to decrease the cost and convert the own oil boilers. More information   Pellets network – solutions, education and advertising Network of producers, installers and manufactures within the pellets sector in a region. - Pellets heating – Heating of the future - Completeness solutions, including: 1.Dismantle and reject of old equipment 2.Installation of new equipment 3.Production start and trimming 4.Instruction and education 5.Delivery of pellets 6. Service contracts - Education of producers, installers and manufactures: How meet customers need? How to argue for pellets heating? Future demands and possibilities? Economy? - Advertising: National advertising in newspapers Local advertising – local pellets days The work in this pellets network have been very successful according to develop and offer complete solutions for customers.The network have strengthened the producers, installers and manufactures in their work. The pellets heating market is growing fast in the region of southeast Sweden More information   Thermal solar installation at the hospital of Ljungby, Sweden This solar installation was made in 1988 on the roof of the heating central of the hospital. The solar collectors, TeknoTerm HT, are of the flat plate type that was developed in Sweden in the early 1980´s. The absorber is of type SUNSTRIP. There is a layer of Teflon in front of the absorber in order to decrease the heat losses. Each collector is 12,5 m² (appr. 6*2m). In this plant there are in total 16 collectors with a total absorber surface of 200 m². The collectors deliver solar energy, via the pipe system and a heat exchanger, to the domestic water system. The solar energy annual contribution is equivalent to somewhat 20-25 % in average of the total energy demand for producing domestic hot water. More information   Education, Energy Competitions and Exhibitions . Information in Schools - Education for teachers: Energy and sustainable development (in collaboration with University of Kalmar) - Education for children: The energy is everywhere - Education for children and teachers: The energy ladder – education in 7 steps - Material for energy education: Energy Competitions – Who is the best energy saver? - Collaboration with urban district of Mönsterås, SwedenExhibitions – energy exhibitions for young people The energy education for teachers is now running for the first year. This education is demand of teachers in the region. The energy ladder has been running for a couple of years now and some parts have been very popular. This has been a good way to make both children and teachers interested in energy questions.Energy is everywhere – over 400 children in ages 9-11 years old have been educated. It’s popular and makes children interested in energy. More information   Nearby heating in Braås Braås is a populated area in the south of Sweden with 1 600 inhabitants. A big factory is located in Braås, Volvo Articulated Haulers. They were interested in buying their energy from another producer. The energy company of Växjö, VEAB, who has great ambition to protect the environment, was a thinkable partner. Energy Agency for Southeast Sweden has in cooperation with the municipality of Växjö made an information study of the possibility to build a biofuel plant for providing both the industries and other buildings in Braås with energy. The Swedish government contribute with ~20 % grant. The complete heating plant has now, November 2005, been in production for over two years. More information   To live with the sun – solar projects for school classes and youth groups The CAJ (Christian Working Youth Germany) arranges project days for pupils and youth groups. These days are based on practical work. They take place in the garage of the CAJ (Christian Working Youth Germany) or in schools. The workshops have been created for different ages and interests. Topics for these meetings are f. e. renewable energies, building and installation of photovoltaic plants on top of the roof. The participants can also experiment with different models. Another topic are energy saving projects. The main target of these workshops is to raise consciousness among the pupils for solar energy use and for the "energy problem" in general. More information as download... More information   Citizen solar plants of the municipality of Saerbeck, Germany The roof areas of municipal buildings have been made available for photovoltaic plants by the municipality of Saerbeck. Private investors can install community photovoltaic plants f. e. on school buildings or sport resounding. For the use of these roof areas no costs become due - only the absorption of costs for plants and maintenance. The remuneration will be paid to the plant operators. It computes itself by feeding the net with the produced quantity of electricity. Up to date (July 05) there are four citizen solar plants in Saerbeck. They are operated by different partners. They are organized in two civil law associations named “Society Regiostrom Saerbeck solarly I civil law association” and “Society Regiostrom Saerbeck solar II civil law association”. The use of the roof is fixed for 21 years and 3 months. A use hiring contract has been closed between the municipality of Saerbeck and the respective civil law association. More information as download... More information