Table 1 Overview is policy action plans Ruhr city governments have prepared regarding CHP
City | Year of origin of policy action plan | Inhabitants | Actions regarding decentralised CHP |
|---|---|---|---|
Bochum | 2009 | 373,000 | Feasibility study: integration of small CHP (buildings) in the regional supply concept (‘virtual power plant’). |
Bottrop | 2011 | 116,000 | Local heating grid Kirchhellen: construction of a CHP plant of 15,000 kW with local heating grid on the basis of renewable energies (biogas, wood). |
Dortmund | 2011 | 580,000 | Potential study of utilising CHP units in private households and the commercial sector. |
Block-heating station-‘Push’ in municipal properties. | |||
Duisburg | 2009 | 488,000 | None. |
Essen | 2009 | 573,000 | Integration of urban development contracts into town plans to regulate use of CHP. |
Gelsenkirchen | 2011 | 256,000 | Block-heating station-‘Push’ in municipal properties. |
Pilot project: ‘Extension of CHP’. | |||
Local heating grid in interconnection (potential analysis for block heating stations). | |||
Combination of geothermal energy and micro-CHP. | |||
Oberhausen | 2012 | 212,000 | Heat supply in the form of heat contracting for private house owners. |
Decentralised CHP for the local heating grid in Barmingholten. | |||
Recklinghausen | 2012 | 118,000 | Extension of (renewable energy) CHP in the city area. |
Witten | 2013 | 98,000 | ‘Push’ for combined heat and power. |