Cogeneration plant of Dobbiaco
Centrale di cogenerazione di Dobbiaco
This climate response measure was researched by the project team as part of the cc.alps project in 2009.
Dobbiaco (BZ)
it (Italy)
Yes
since 1995
Mr Peter Paul Steinwandter
Teleriscaldamento Termo-Elettrico Dobbiaco-San Candido
info@fti.bz
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The plant of Dobbiaco-San Candico produces heat using wood shavings. This practice allows to produce energy reducing the use of fossil fuels, restricting CO2 emissions and promoting local forest resources.
The plant of Dobbiaco-San Candico produces heat using wood shavings. This practice allows to produce energy reducing the use of fossil fuels, restricting CO2 emissions and promoting local forest resources.
Mitigation measure
- technical
- strategic
- Energy supply
local
Renewable energy
Biomass
District heating
Dobbiaco is one of the coldest localities in Alto Adige, but it is also a touristic site and this was the reason why it needed a considerable amount of energy for heating. A district heating system powered by woody biomass resulted as one of the more sustainable solutions.
A boiler produces heat through biomass combustion (recovered from the production rejects of the local wood industry). A district heating system uses this thermal energy to supply two municipalities: Dobbiaco and San Candido. Since 2003, the plant also produces electric energyt hanks to a new module ORC of 1,5 MW, the biggest in Europe. It is also possible to visit the central since the plant organizes guided tours.
The district heating system allows the subscribers to decrease heating costs considerably compared to old oil-fired heating. It also helps to reduce pollutant emissions and exploit the important forest resources of Alto-Adige without consequences for the environment. The district heating system only uses rejected materials and at the same time offers new job opportunities at the central cogeneration.
Administration (local, regional, national)
Thermo-Electric district heating Dobbiaco-San Candido, Cooperative Company that manages the plant and the net.
Online information on the measure
The web-site explains in detail and clearly how the central works, costs and benefits to the subscribers and the territory.http://www.fti.bz/it/benvenuti.html