1. The Güssing Model An example for a sustainable energy supply
Christian Keglovits

2. Location Burgenland District of Güssing Town of Güssing
Area (km²) 3.966
Population
District of Güssing
Area (km²) 485
Population
Town of Güssing
Area (km²) 49,3
Population 3.764

3. Our Güssing …

4. Situation at the end of the 1980s
50 years alongside iron curtain
no industry
high rate of unemployment
70% commuters
high rate of migration
small structured agriculture
bad traffic infrastructure

5. The Güssing Model The Goal:
…is the strategy of a decentralized local energy production with the existing renewable resources of a region!
The Goal:
… to get independent from fossil energy
in order to strengthen the regional added value! This strategy can be adapted individually
wherever resources are available. 5

6. Milestones in Güssing Since 1990:
Energy efficiency measures and beginning with production of heat out of biomass
Since 2001:
Production of electricity (biomass and photovoltaic)
Since 2008:
Beginning of important research projects (production of synth. Natural gas and production of synth. Liquid fuels). New research institute!
Goal for 2011:
Pilot project 2MW demonstration plant
-> gasification of waste

7. The district heating system of Güssing
Since 1996:
Gradual grid-development
Current grid 35km
Convincing arguments:
No loss of comfort!
Stable energy price!

8. Costs of heating

9. Parador Parkett

10. Photovoltaic plant Güssing& Production of photovoltaic cells
Since 2004
Capacity: 27,9 kWp
Average amount of Energy:
ca. 30MWh
Since 2008:
140 jobs
Invest. 50 Mio€
Average efficiency of monocrystalline solar cells: 17,5%
Annual output:
85MWp

11. Biomass power plant- wood gasification Since 2001 Heat Electricity
Synth. Natural
Gas (BioSNG)
Liquid synth.
fuels

12. Anaerobic digestion plant Strem
Since 2004
Heat
Electricity
Biogas

13. demonstration plant Güssing
Methanisation
demonstration plant Güssing
Since 2008
420kWh heat and 182 Nm³ BioSNG produced out of 1 ton of wood chips
1Nm³ SNG -> 10kWh

14. Forschung in Güssing
Since 2009 K1-Research Institute „Bioenergy 2020+“
Private Non-Profit Research Institute „Güssing Energy Technologies GmbH“

15. Heat, Electricity, synthetic Natural Gas, synth. liquid fuels
Out of these resources we are producing…
Heat, Electricity, synthetic Natural Gas, synth. liquid fuels

16. Energy balance – town of Güssing
Total annual demand (2008):
heat (33GWh private, 40GWh public + industries) GWh
electricity (7GWh Privat, 33,4GWh Öffentl. Geb. + Gewerbe u. Industrie) 40,4 GWh
fuels GWh
Annual production of energy (2008):
heat – 4 biomass-district heating plants ,2GWh
heat – private (cockle stoves, pellets, etc) ,5 GWh
electricity – 2 CHP plants ,2GWh
Since 2009 Methanisation (Prod. synth. natural gas) projected 8,4GWh/a
Current degree of self sufficiency regarding heat and electricity:
regarding private households and public buildings %
incl. industries and commercials approx %

17. CO² Emissions in Güssing
2009: t/a
1996: t/a

18. For the town of Güssing The added value For the district of Güssing
More than 50 new companies
More than new jobs netting € 9 Mio. a year
Total sales volume of energy € 13 Mio. a year (2005)
Total wood consumption tons a year
For the district of Güssing
45% self sufficiency netting 18 Mio. EURO
Potential in case of 100% self sufficiency 37 Mio. EURO

19. Plants in the district of Güssing

20. Network EEE Demo- plants Research & Development Advanced Training
Service
Ecoenergy
Tourism

21. Regional Bioenergy Partnership
Local initiative by the local government
Resulted in
EEE Association
Managing Board
and
RBP of MIB
consists of:
Local government
Representative of
Regional biomass plants
Regional Management
(->Link to E.U.)
Province government
State Ministries
Private members
Operating
unit
Administration
Policies
Demonstration plants
In Güssing (town),
all over the
region and
other districts
EEE GmbH
Dissemination&
Distribution of
Güssing Model
Energy concepts
and policies regional
& nationwide. Coop
with Province gov.
and state gov.
R&D based on
national
and international
cooperation

22. Energy concepts – process
Development of energy concepts – process:
Collection of data (surveys)
Private households
Public buildings
Economy/businesses
Analysis of data and calculations
Estimation of energy demand
Potential of energy savings
Resources and potential of substitution
CO2 – emissions
Evaluation of measures
Action plan

23. Energy concepts – results
Energy concept – content:
Used energy sources & current energy demand
Possible energy savings subdivided in following sectors:
private households
public sector (public buildings, street lighting, etc.)
industry
Available resources to cover the energy demand – ratio between available resources & current energy demand
Evaluation of measures
CO2 – emissions & potential savings

24. Thank you for your attention Europäisches Zentrum für
Erneuerbare Energie Güssing GmbH
Europastraße 1 Tel.: / A-7540 Güssing Fax: /