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Introduction to IrDEA – Why we Exist Donna Gartland - Director
Welcome to the First (actually second)
Irish District Energy Association Conference
IrDEAEstablished as not-for-profit company in 2017 by Directors David Connolly & Donna
Gartland, with mission:
“To promote and support the use of District Heating and Cooling from sustainable, low carbon and renewable energy sources, and help to
overcome the current barriers facing the sector in Ireland”
Founding Members:
District Energy – more than just a heating solution….
Industrial Waste Heat –increasing plant efficiency
Integrate more Renewable Electricity – Large scale Heat Pumps & Electric Boilers &
RE CHP
Thermal Storage – Cheap Energy Storage for Large Scale
Demand side Response
Less Fossil Fuel Imports –increased security of supply
Customer Safety – no onsite combustion or fuels
Low-cost heat – utiliseswaste and renewable
sources of heat
New market – new local employment
Low-carbon & lower local air pollution
Where we are now…
Source: Eurostat
District Heating Systems across
Europe
Lowest shares in Ireland, Malta, Cyprus
& Greece(the last 3 being in the
Med!)Source: Heat Roadmap Europe & Aalborg University
Fuel is valuable and scarceHeat is cheap and readily available
And there’s heat here….
In Dublin alone it is estimated there is…
• >2,000 MW of zero-carbon heat not being used –available indigenous energy resource
• Equivalent market value of more than €1.2 billion• Potential value to heat suppliers €410 million – DH
provides a New Market for Ireland
District Energy is source agnostic…
It can support and integrate all sources of low-carbon heat, and
many more sources than individual heating solutions can
Source: Aalborg University
District Heating is gaining momentum in Ireland…
Project Ireland 2040 National Planning Framework• DH named as key future growth enabler for Dublin, Galway, Cork,
Limerick and Waterford• DH named as key way to meet emission targets• Compact & Sustainable growth – DH more feasible
DCCAE Climate Action Fund • DH named as supported project type• Two of seven projects approved are DH schemes - Dublin City & South
Dublin
IrDEA are calling for a ‘National Heat Plan for Ireland’
• We have national plans for all other energy sectors • We are lagging far behind in our emissions targets• We need a plan that looks at what is best for the
environment, the economy and society • Form part of the new National Energy & Climate Plan
IrDEA main achievements in its first year…
• Commissioning the Irish Heat Atlas in partnership with ESB – increasing evidence base for DH policy in Ireland
• Launch the new IrDEA Website www.districtenergy.ie• Hosting first Irish District Energy Association conference
(thank you all for coming!)
Join IrDEA in 2019!
