1. Do we burn the earth?

2. Self-sufficient city of Güssing Werner Rauscher Brussels, the 7th of March, 2007

3. Location Güssing

4.  50 years cross border region to Hungary  no industry  high rate of unemployment  70% commuters  high migration rate  small structured agricultural fields  no traffic infrastructure Background

5. Problems Regional added value (City of Güssing) Cash drain for energy imports (predominantly of fossil sources) 20051991 © EEE 2005

6. Sun Waste wood Sawdust ResourcesTechnologiesEnergy types Gras, corn, clover Canola oil, Cooking oil Photovoltaics Solar plant Gas Biomasse combustion Biomass combustion Thermical gasification District heating grid Transester- ification Rapskuchen steam Steam turbine Gas engine Fuel Cell Methanisation Fischer-Tropsch Biogas Gas Public electricity grid Electricity Fuels Heat Wood chips Pyroforce Gas engine Gas RME G l y c e r i n RME Gas

7. The added value 50 new companies More than 1.000 new jobs Net 9 Mio. Euro/year Total sales volume of 13 Mio. Euro/year Total wood consumption of 20.000 t/year

8. Municipal tax development

9. Service package of ECRE Güssing Energy concept Feasibility-studies- plants-financing Education - solarteur-handcraft - energy manager for communities Investment in local energy Ltd. Marketing Technology

10. Solar schools worldwide

11. Ecological Marketing 20 EU Preparatory course: Basic of heat engineering 30 EU Preparatory course: Basic of heat engineering 30 EU Profiling Modul 2 Solar Heat 40 EU Profiling Modul 1 Photovoltaik 40 EU Addtit. Module 3 Biomassor Heat Pumps 40 EU Solarteur® (Solar Engineer) Alternativ to first training Training Tools

12. Energy manager for communities CONTENTS Economy - Financing Technique Project management Communal politics EM for communities

13. TIME SCHEDULE Duration 9 months Theoretical part 3 months Internship 6 months Energy manager for communities

14. Contact European Center for Renewable Energy Güssing Europastraße 1 A-7540 Güssing Tel.: 03322/9010 8640 Fax: 03322/9010 850 12 Home Page: www.eee-info.netwww.eee-info.net www.solarteur.com Email: office@solarteur.atoffice@solarteur.

15. Biomass power plant

16. District heating plant

17. District heating Urbersdorf

18. Biodiesel plant

19. Biogas plant

20. Photovoltaic plant

21. Gas engine

23. Wood chips

24. Sawdust

25. Fischer-Tropsch

26. Methanation

27. Power plant II

28. Steam turbine

29. Fuel Cell