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Base Birmingham 2013Birmingham’s Decentralised Energy Potential

Mike Smith - Cofely District Energy

Presentation

•ESCO’s

•The Birmingham ESCO - Birmingham District Energy Company(BDEC)

•Outline of the scheme , it’s customers and it’s benefits

•Plans and opportunities for expansion

Cofely District Energy

Services to Energy Companies

External Clients

Energy Companies

New ESCOs

SGHC

Cofely Ltd

GDF SUEZ

GDF SUEZ Energy Services LTD

Cofely District Energy Group Ltd

ICE (UK)

Cofely District Energy Ltd

BDEC

BHP

LDEC

Birmingham District Energy Company

A partnership between:

District Energy

Birmingham District Energy Company, Birmingham

City Wide DE Scheme

12,000 tonnes CO2 saved p.a.

3 Core Partners Providing heat chilled water & electricity from

3 Energy Centres

6.1MWe CHP

BDEC Timeline

2003 – BDEC scheme conceived after feasibility study2005 – Tender Process Launched2006 – Cofely DE selected as preferred partner2006 – BDEC partnership formed -First 25 year agreement signed (after only 3 months!)2007 – First scheme operational (Broad Street)2009 – Aston University scheme operational (Eastside)2010 – Birmingham Children’s Hospital operational (Eastside)2011 – BDEC Partnership is cited for ‘Superior Achievement’ by International Energy Authority October 2011 – BDEC Scheme Re-launch

BDEC

•Large commercially developed CHP/district energy scheme

•Commenced 2006

•3 Initial Schemes: City Centre, Aston University & Birmingham Children's Hospital

•£6.0 M p.a. Energy Sales

•£0.3 M p.a. cost savings to consumers

•12,000 tonnes of CO2 saved p.a.

•6.6 MWe of CHP

•Supplying heating, cooling and electricity

•Project built on 20 year energy supply contracts

•Capital cost to date £7M

The Broad Street Scheme

Broad Street Scheme

Core Scheme

NIA

Hyatt

ICC

The REP

Paradise

Circus

Town

Hall

Council

House

Energy Centre

the NIA

Energy Centre

the ICC

Council House

Hyatt Hotel

Town Hall

the REP

Broad Street Scheme

Birmingham - Eastside Schemes

1. Phase 1 – Birmingham Children’s Hospital and BCC Lancaster Circus

CHP – 1.5 MW in new energy centre Application made for £1M NHS Capital Grant Energy Sales - £1.04M Carbon Savings - 3,500 Tons of CO2

2. Phase 2 – Aston University CHP – 2 x 1.5 MW in existing boiler house Energy Sales - £2M Carbon Savings - 5,300 Tons of CO2

BCC

BCHAston University

Regeneration Areas/ Potential Consumers

Energy Centre

Energy Centre

Eastside Schemes

Aston University

Aston University

Birmingham Childrens Hospital

BCH New Energy Centre

Masshouse/City Park Gate

HMCS: Magistrates Court

The Combined Schemes

Potential future energy links

Broad Street Scheme

Eastside

Regeneration Area

Westside Regeneration Area

Eastside Scheme

Phases 1 and 2

The Business Benefits to Potential Third Party Consumers

•Capital cost savings – connection charge up to 20% less than conventional plant

•Space savings – direct connections mean no plant space required – very valuable in urban areas

•No roof mounted plant – planning gain

•Operating cost savings – up to 10% when compared to the alternative cost of heating/cooling

•Guaranteed savings – prices linked to basket of indices to ensure savings maintained throughout life of the contract

•Delivers on carbon saving targets and indicators

•Ensures full and genuine outsourcing of energy supplies = risk transfer

Future Proofing - Integrating technologies

• New technologies being actively considered:-

• Biomass – woodchip

• Energy from Waste

• Anaerobic Digestion

• Fuel Cells

• ...and several others

Sustainability Achievements

17,000,000 kg of CO2 saved (since September 2007)

£300,000 savings per annum

Partnership Framework

Strategic Board

Energy Board

Operational co-ordination

Development co-ordination

Ownership &

Investment

Project

Governance

Risk Transfer

Joint Co-operation

Energy Services

Birmingham - Award Winning Scheme

2011 Award Winner

Premises and Facilities

Management (PFM)

Awards 2011

Partners in Expert

Services &

Overall Winner

The Future Vision

1. Expand both schemes to serve third party heating, cooling and electricity loads across their City area

2. Interconnect the two schemes

3. Introduce Biomass generation into the schemes – wood chip and digestion

4. Increase carbon savings from 12,000 to 20,000 Tons of CO2 p.a.

Cofely’s UK District Energy Schemes

£2.5bn revenue stream over the

concessions

77,000 tonnes CO2 saved

per annum

270 GWh energy sales

per annum

Manchester

MediaCity UK Midlands

Leicester District Energy

Birmingham District Energy

Coventry District Energy

Berryfields Estate

London

South Coast

Olympic Park & Stratford City

Whitehall

Bloomsbury Heat & Power

Greenwich Millenium Village

Equinox, Hatfield

Southampton Geothermal

Eastleigh

Contact

• Mike D Smith • Non-Executive Director, Cofely District Energy and Public

Sector Advisor• E-mail: mike.smith@cofely-gdfsuez.com• Tel: 01425 475370• Mobile: 07976 606858• Web: www.cofely.co.uk