F. Promitzer LandesEnergieVerein Steiermark / Austria f.promitzer@lev.at

1. The Austrian “klima:aktiv”-Programme qm heizwerkeQuality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids Biomass energy for heating and hot water supply in Belarus23. April 2008, Minsk F. Promitzer LandesEnergieVerein Steiermark / Austriaf.promitzer@lev.at Folie 1Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

2. Contents • Energy Agency “LandesEnergieVerein” • The Austrian “klima:aktiv”-Program • Quality assurance wood combustion • qm heizwerke - the Austrian way Folie 2Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

3. LandesEnergieVerein Steiermark Styrian Energy Agency Founded in 1981 - one of the oldest regional Energy Agencies (Staff: 18 FTE) Vision: Empower the use of renewable energies and energy efficiency in the province of Styria Styria: • Area: ~ 14.000 km2 • R&D: 3,5% / GDP • 25% of the end energy consumption is from RES • RES: 250 SMEs, 3000 jobs, 250 researchers Folie 3Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

4. LEV - Activities Projects Energy Efficiency Biomass Quality Management RES Solar Wind Water Networking NOEST - R&D-Cluster (providing R&D funds and innovation transfer) ECO&CO - SME-Cluster WIN CENCE EU-Projects Local energy agencies Styrian provincial government Regional Energy Plan Residencial-building-fund Environmental fund Information Internet Publications Library Training Energy Consultants Further training for experts E-Learning Folie 4Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

5. www.lev.at Folie 5Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

6. Forest enrichment - Division percentages in Austria Source: Statistik Austria Folie 6Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

7. Forests enrichment In Austria a cubic meter of wood grows every second. That is yearly 31,000000 solid cubic meters. At the moment only 20,000000 solid cubic meters are used yearly. Folie 7Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

8. Map of Austrian biomass district heating plants and grids Folie 8Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

9. Map of Styrian biomass district heating plants and grids Folie 9Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

10. klima:aktiv • Active climate protection initiative • Launched in 2004 by the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management • Emissions must be reduced from 78.9 million tonnes carbon dioxide equivalent (base year: 1990) to 68.7 million tonnes by the period of 2008-2012 • All klima:aktiv - programmes are managed by the Austrian Energy Agency Folie 10Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

11. klima:aktiv goals • Lower carbon dioxide emissions through higher energy efficiency • Increased use of renewable energy sources in all climate relevant areas of life • Meeting the Kyoto targets • Stimulating the climate protection markets • Creating a strong home market • New jobs are created and secured in the climate relevant industries • Strengthening Austria’s position as a business location in the long term Folie 11Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

12. klima:aktiv Strategy Broad cooperation with the federal provinces and partners from the industry 23 programmes focus on four general areas • renewable energies • building an energy efficiency • municipalities • mobility and have been launched specifically in areas where • the economic framework conditions are favourable • market players are willing to cooperate • additional stimuli can yield results “This enables us to help climate-friendly technologies, services and products to attain larger market shares in a faster and more cost-effective way.” BM Pröll Folie 12Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

13. klima:aktiv ProgrammeKategorien: Energieeffizienz, Gebäude und Kommunen Folie 13Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

14. klima:aktiv ProgrammeKategorien: Mobilität, Erneuerbare Energie qm heizwerke Folie 14Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

15. Quality assurance wood combustion • Originated in Switzerland • Advanced by experts from Germany, Switzerland and Austria • Model and basis for qm heizwerke in Austria QM Holzheizwerke = QA Wood Combustion Folie 15Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

16. Main technical deficiencies • The heat demand of the consumers is over estimated • Over estimated reserve capacity stored in the heating plant • The pipeline grid system is over dimensioned • Size of the fuel silo is bigger than required Folie 16Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

17. Main technical deficiencies (2) • Low utilisation ratio of the wood boiler • Fuel quality does not meet the quality requirements for the installed firing • Faults in the hydraulic and in the control system lead to high operation costs Folie 17Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

18. The objective of the tool „QA Wood Combustion“ is to ensure, that plants are built with • High technical and operational performance • High utilisation ratio • Low emission • Low investment costs • Low operation costs Folie 18Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

19. Assurance of the Technical QualityQ-Guideline (Q-Leitfaden) • Quality Guidelines • 45 single requirements are defined in the quality guidelines Folie 19Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

20. The requirements define the best available technology in the areas • Analysis of initial situation • Heat production • Heat supply • Documentation • Acceptance procedure • Optimisation of the plant operation • Final verification Folie 20Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

21. “Q-Plan” - Quality Control Plan • The “Q-Plan” is a tool to stipulate the quality for each specific plant. • After commissioning the functionality the recorded operation data must be verified by analysis. Folie 21Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

22. Quality Manager • Responsible for the execution of QA wood combustion • Making sure that the quality is defined • Supervising the project engineer • Making sure that deviations are recognised and corrected Folie 22Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

23. Tools for the Project Engineer • Planning and construction of wood combustion plants • Standard solutions part 1 • Standard solutions part 2 • Standard tender for wood boilers Folie 23Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

24. Standard Solutions • Description and diagram of the hydraulic solution • Description and diagram of the applied control system • List of necessary data points • Description of data recording systems Folie 24Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

25. Outcomes of QA Wood Combustion • Project engineers with little experience in planning are forced to acquire the knowledge of the state of the art. • Systematic data recording shows the actual performance of the wood boiler and the control system. Folie 25Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

26. qm heizwerke - the Austrian way qm heizwerkegeneral management Quality managers QA wood combustion system Folie 26Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

27. qm heizwerke General Manager LEVmain tasks • Developing a strategy how to reach the stated goals • Supplying the frame-work and the infra-structure of the coordination of qm heizwerke programme • Selecting, training and assisting of the quality managers • Integration of plant operators, project engineers and manufacturers of plant-components • Developing of a database, which collects qm projects as well as technical an economic data Folie 27Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

28. qm heizwerke General Manager LEVfurther activities • Monitoring and operation optimising of existing plants • A high-level equipment (data transmission by wireless network) was designed to record operation data of plants. This allows an efficient and cost-effective monitoring • Organisation of regular round tables for plant operators • Organisation of study-tours Folie 28Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

29. The Quality Manager During the process of planning, the quality manager recognizes and corrects any deviations of the stipulated quality protocol. Folie 29Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

30. Funding of local biomass district heating plants and grids • 30% of the investment costs are funded by the government and the provincial government • In 2005 1.625 projects applications were received. • 1.387 projects with investment costs of € 330 millions received a funding of € 63 millions. Folie 30Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

31. “qm heizwerke” and funding Folie 31Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

32. qm Strategy heat plant • easy access to projekt data • Feedback to the subsidising authority • efficient work of the quality managers • controlled by the general manager (LEV) Verifying + guiding basic data operating data subsidy q - manager qm database general manager subsidising authority Folie 32Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

33. qm database • easy access • comparing the operating data from plants • plans, charts and photos • Absence of documents is immediately apparent Folie 33Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

34. ProjektdatenbankProgrammierung - Fakten • Programmieraufwand:17.000 Zeilen VB Script25.000 Zeilen HTML1.400 Zeilen JavaScript2.500 Zeilen Online-Hilfe • In Betrieb seit März 2007 • Inhalte (Stand April 2008):186 Projekte (Neu und Best.) 3.340 PDF-Dokumenteca. 1.100 Anfragen6.264 Abnehmerdatensätze Folie 34Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids

35. Contacts LandesEnergieVerein Steiermark Program Manager qm heizwerke Burggasse 9/II A 8010 Graz Phone: +43 (0)316 877 3389 Fax: +43 (0)316 877 3391 E-Mail: f.promitzer@lev.at Web: www.lev.at www.qm-heizwerke.at Weblinks www.lev.at www.qm-heizwerke.at www.qmholzheizwerke.at www.klimaaktiv.at Folie 35Quality Management in local biomass district heating plants and grids