Overview of National DHC Market

Overview of National DHC Market

Country

Spain

Summary of the National DH market

Spain is a country with no tradition of DH/DHC systems. In fact the volume of DH/DHC existents is very low. The current situation of installations in Spain is (January - 2010):

- Existing systems: 15 (two of them finished last year)

- Planned or in construction: 9

With this proportion, in following years the amount of DH/DHC system will have increased in a 60%.

Since the measure of the implementation of the legislation about bonus for the electricity sale of cogeneration systems the number of DH/DHC systems had increase, also the plans to do it. In 2007 the number of DH/DHC systems was 13, nowadays is 15 with 9 planned, in three years we can say that the amount of DHC systems will have increase in a 69,2%.

The stimulation to it is the occasion promoters and constructers together with energy services companies have to sale the thermal energy to domestic hot water, heating and cooling what is the case and also sale the electrical energy generated with the cogeneration system (in all new cases the systems are being made with cogeneration).

So this sector is actually emerging in this country.

There aren’t still any national targets related to DHC systems, but energy agencies and urban planners are being gradually interested in this kind of systems. With this and the national policy for energy efficiency and saving emissions, the future is the increase of these systems in new urban areas.