Renewable Cooling – On the way to large market introduction Teun Bokhoven, Director Conergy Business Development & Export Vice President ESTIF
AC Market is the fastest growing market in building services. Increasing comfort demands AC Demand in EU 1990-2020: Factor 5 Grid breakdown risks– Blackout AC causes increasing CO2 Emissions x 3 x 5 Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U. Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U. RE - Solutions need to be implemented – quickly !
Cooling is not only an issue in Southern Europe European AC Market 2005: 4.3 Billion € Already a shift in electricity use: from winter-peak to summer peak Others 13 % Greece 5 % Germany 11 % Italy 25 % Spain 24 % France 12 % Portugal 2 % UK 8 % | Spain and Italy account for 49 % of European market share However, also growth in Northern EU countries Data Source: Jarn-Study resp. BSRIA (Europe) Source diagram: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U. Air Conditioning Market in EU Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U.
Spain, Italy and France are the fastest growing markets - on a already high level Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U.
Half of the European systems are central chillers RAC (36%) 71% Chiller in CAC CAC (64%) RAC < 12 kW = Room Air Conditioning VRF = Variable Refrigerant Flow Rooftops = Centralised unit for series of rooms Packages = Combined unit of Air Conditioner and Central heater Splits > 12 kW = Centralised units for buildings (Multi-Split) Chillers = Central unit to generate chilled water for Air Condition CAC = Central Air Conditioning Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U.
Average cooling capacities in EU – Renewables will provide solutions Mainly domestic sector Mainly Commercial sector Opportunities for SAC/HP-AC Most economic size for SAC Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U. Huge market in Domestic and SME sector- Further development required Spain France Italy Source: Energy Efficiency and Certification of Central Air Conditioners (EECCAC) study for the Commission of the E.U.
Solar Assisted Air Conditioning- market implementation starts Single houses | Small 10kW cooling solution | Cooling at night (internal chem. storage) | Re-cooling with pool | Combined with floor cooling | Heat pump in winter Clients „Early birds” Upmarket segment High comfort demand Commercial applications 35-200kW cooling power Plug & Play Container Solution (10-40 feet) Trivalent usage (Cooling/Heating/DHW) Combined with back up – 24/7 Clients Offices Shopping centres Hotels
Economics- Solar Assisted Cooling will pay off. Price indication investment depends on project semi-standardised solutions higher investment costs will be balanced by lower energy cost
Our world is full of energy.