Good Practice Case Study: Fossil Fuel Free Kristianstad, Sweden

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Runner-up for the ManagEnergy Local Energy Action Award 2008
Lennart Erfors, Kristianstad Municipality, Sweden

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Summary

Kristianstad municipality, Sweden, is working on becoming fossil fuel free. The different projects within this work are funded by municipal means and state grants. In 1999 the executive committee of Kristianstad municipality unanimous decided to declare its will to become a Fossil Fuel Free Municipality. The reduction of fossil fuels is to be achieved primarily by the use of bio-fuels, both biomass as fuel for heating and production of electricity and biogas as fuel for local buses and other vehicles. Other activities are efforts in the field of energy efficiency and changes in behaviour patterns. Community planning is an important instrument to promote a Fossil Fuel Free municipality. The target audience is all sectors of the society, for example companies, households, children etc. The yearly CO₂-emissons have been reduced by 123 000 tonnes. One conclusion that can be drawn is that it is easier to reduce the emissions from the heating sector than from transports. We recommend other municipalities to work with both energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.

Results

Energy

Achieved:

• New heating system, fuelled by pellets in 43 public buildings
• New heating system, fuelled by straw in one public building
• Increased biogas production from the waste water treatment plant
• Local heating sys­tem with bio-fuel in Åhus and Fjälkinge
• Energy saving using window efficiency

In progress:

• Conversion of small houses to district heating
• Conversion of small houses to bio-pellets
• New boiler at the CHP-plant
• Small-scale district heating in Tollarp
• Conversion of more public buildings 

Transport

Achieved:

• Bicycle lanes aiming to reduce car traffic
• Cycle paths are now cleared of snow before, or at the same time as, roads
• Cycle campaign among municipal employees
• Bicycle pool for employees at the city hall
• Introduction of biogas as vehicle fuel
• Car-pool with biogas vehicles for employees at the city hall
• Bicycle projects for municipal inhabitants
• An Internet forum for car pooling
• Mobility management activities during the European mobility week

In progress:

• Biogas Kristianstad: a project aiming to increase the number of vehicles fuelled by biogas
• Bicycle lanes aiming to reduce car traffic are continued to be built

Heating and electricity	Results 2005
Energy for heating sold from the power plant	285 000 MWh
Electricity produced in power plant	30 000 MWh
Number of dwellings connected to the heating system	14 300
Number of houses converted to bio-pellets	660
Number of schools converted to bio-pellets	43
Electricity from wind turbine generators	16 000 MWh
Electricity from two solar panels	11 MWh
Biogas and transports	Results 2005
Biogas production from the landfill	14 700 MWh
Biogas production from the waste water treatment plant	6 800 MWh
Biogas production from the biogas production plant	40 600 MWh
Biogas used for vehicle fuel	11 200 MWh

Local energy advisor

The development of the energy advice in the Municipality of Kristianstad is closely connected with grants, which can be achieved for different energy investments. The energy advice is used mainly by households (80%), but also by housing associations (house building and administration) (10%) and the local industry/agricultural sector (10%).

The measurable results of our energy advise in combination with the mentioned investment grants are:

• Direct advice to the inhabitants: about 1000/year, 5/day
• More energy efficient windows: 450
• Wind insulation: 400
• Flexible solar energy: 5-10
• Conversion from oil or electricity to district heating: 700
• Conversion to heating systems with compressed wood (pellets): 250

(Total number of houses in the municipality are 18 000)

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