More than 10.000 more connections to the Ede heating network and fewer CO2 and nitrogen emissions. With the Cleaner than Fossil project, Bio-energie de Vallei wants to become one of the cleanest bio-energy installations in the world. The province of Gelderland and the municipality of Ede contribute financially to this project.
"With this subsidy we contribute to more homes being heated with sustainable heat," says deputy Jan van der Meer. “Emissions of all kinds of substances and CO2 are decreasing, and the share of biomass is decreasing. With this unique project we are setting a new standard for bioenergy installations and becoming less dependent on Russian natural gas.”
The project is positively nominated for an incidental subsidy of 1,7 million. The Cleaner than Fossil project reduces total dust and nitrogen emissions from the installations by as much as 70 percent, according to the province. “This project also improves the air quality in the municipality of Ede. Partly for this reason, the municipality is contributing 300.000 euros to this project. This also complies with the Clean Air Agreement.” The project is part of the sustainability plans of Warmtebedrijf Ede.
This company is making the heating network even more sustainable by connecting multiple sustainable sources, such as industrial residual heat and solar thermal heat. The company is also investigating whether deep geothermal heat can be added, after which the biomass installations can be scaled down to a backup and peak supply.
"In the coming years, the installations of Bio-energie de Vallei must be transformed from bio-energy installations to hybrid heat installations that reduce CO2 emissions, with a growth of 30 percent sustainable, emission-free heat for 10.000 new connections to the heating network,” according to the province.
“We are switching to sustainable energy. In the coming years, thousands of homes must quickly become natural gas-free and we will heat the homes with other, more sustainable sources. We do this in steps and with the energy sources that are now available, such as sun and wind, but also with bio raw materials.”
The provincial agenda 'Biomass as an energy carrier' states that only residual and pruning wood may be used. "This is how we use the residual flows from the region. And in this way we reduce the consumption of natural gas, it results in a CO2 reduction and the combustion process in Ede will soon also be cleaner than with fossil energy, where nitrogen is concerned. There are now also sufficient power stations in the province for residual flows from the region.”
The province also wants to soon propose a strategy for higher-quality use of woody residual flows, such as their use in insulation materials.
Source: Edestad.nl
