Smarter Renewable Energy and Heating Management Project Overview
SMARTrenew project aims to address challenges in the Arctic and Northern regions related to low population densities, cold climate, and reliance on fossil fuels. The project focuses on implementing smart renewable energy and heat storage solutions, building transnational networks, and evaluating the impact of energy pilots. Key goals include creating awareness, implementing renewable energy solutions, and devising smarter energy action plans to combat local energy poverty.
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SMARTrenew: Smarter Renewable Energy and Heating Management for Arctic and Northern Rural Territories Lead Partner: Dr. Nick Timmons, WiSAR Lab, LyIT Funder: Interreg NPA Value: 1,65 million Duration: 3 years, start date Oct 2018 End Date: March, 2022 but continues as part of NPA HEATER Cluster project until June 2022 Partner Counties and Organisations: Ireland; WiSAR Lab, LYIT Ireland; Donegal County Council N. Ireland; Derry City & Strabane District Council Finland; Oulu University of Applied Sciences Norway; Sinter Narvik Research Centre Iceland; Energy Agency Faroe Islands; Environment Agency
SMARTrenew in Alkureyri Iceland (just before lockdown)
SMARTrenew: Challenges facing the Northern Periphery and Arctic (NPA) region to be addressed by SMARTrenew: Remote, low population densities, cold climate, with dependency on fossil fuel for heat and energy Poor uptake of smart renewable technology High cost of fossil fuel leading to fuel poverty and insecurity Smart energy storage is underdeveloped with energy being wasted Unrealised benefits of renewable energy from local resources and latest energy research Many existing buildings and energy systems not optimised for energy efficiency or storage Countries are at different levels of renewable energy development and have transferrable skills and knowledge.
SMARTrenew is focussed on smart energy and heat storage and renewable mix Establish a transnational network of countries covering Arctic, Northern, Atlantic, and Islands 1. Build Smart Energy Rural Communities through Stakeholder teams in each region Build NPA Directory of Services and Solutions through transnational knowledge exchange Baseline analysis of smart storage and renewable mix in each region Design and Implement pilots of smart renewable energy storage and renewable mix 2. Storage implementation including hydro, batteries, and rock Renewable mix implementation including, heat/energy from the ocean, solar, wind Integrate smart management of energy and heat storage for renewable systems in dispersed communities 3. Evaluate impact of energy pilots in each region Disseminate results of energy efficiencies and cost savings through smart storage and renewable mix Devise smarter energy action plans for each region
SMARTrenew Results: The main results will be: greater awareness in communities and local authorities; (i) (ii) renewable energy implementations that will show that local energy poverty can be decreased, and energy security increased. 1 NPA transnational network of 7 partner organisations from 6 NPA countries 1 transnational Directory of Services and Solutions online targeted at the whole NPA territory 6 pilots implemented across the network 18 houses and public buildings retrofitted with smart renewable energy and storage solutions, 1 smart storage service 1 renewable service 6 Smarter Energy Rural Communities
PILOT SHOWCASE EVENT AGENDA WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION TO SMARTRENEW SIGUR UR FRI LEIFSSON, ENERGY AGENCY ICELAND Pilot: Conversion renewable mix of wind, solar, biomass, and battery storage in Grimsey Island, Iceland SANNA HILTUNEN, OULU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES, FINLAND Pilot: Smart heat storage combined with district heating to reduce oil use in Kuusamo, Finland & introduction to the SMARTrenew Hydrogen Working Group PEADAR ESPEY, DONEGAL COUNTY COUNCIL Pilot: Retrofit of existing public buildings in Northwest Ireland with pumped insulation, solar array, and air-to-water heat pumps BJARTI THOMSEN, UMHV RVISSTOVAN (ENVIRONMENT AGENCY), FAROE ISLANDS Pilot: Borehole thermal energy storage combined with water storage in the Faroe Islands LEO STRAWBRIDGE, DERRY CITY & STRABANE DISTRICT COUNCIL Pilot: Retrofit of existing public buildings in Northern Ireland with HEATBOSS intelligent wireless heat management system YSTEIN KLEVEN, SINTEF RESEARCH INSTITUTE, NORWAY Pilot: Remote monitoring of solar, wind, temperature, and energy consumption, to reach an off-grid solution utilising a mix of renewable in technologies Norway DR NICK TIMMONS, WiSAR Lab, LETTERKENNY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Pilot: Solar array with battery storage and grid back-up to power EV slow charging stations in Northwest Ireland Q&A SESSION CLOSING ADDRESS
