Title in original language: Transition énergétique du réseau de chaleur de Chambéry (5ème réseau de France)

Principal nomination: Technological
Secondary nomination(s): Financial

Principal field: Energy 
Secondary field(s): Buildings & construction

Start date: 2005
Duration: 1st phase until 2014

Objectives:

The 3 steps of the first phase which should allow to reach more than 50 % of renewable and recovered energies in Chambéry (58'500 inhabitants): 1: 2008: connection of the energy from waste plant Chambéry Métropole (25%) 2 : 2011 : installation of a biomass heating plant (7 MW) within the network Hauts de Chambéry (12%) 3 : 2013 : installation of a biomass heating plant (2x8 MW) within the basic network (17 %, then 26 % in 2018) In total 54 % in 2014 and 63 % in 2018

Activities:

Step 1: modernisation of the energy from waste plant with heat recovery from two additional furnaces. Establishment of a connection between the two plants Step 2: establishment of a wood energy plant of 7 MW Step 3: establishment of a wood energy plant of 2x 8 MW

Results:

See § 11

Mitigation effects: Very high

The first step of the energetic transition of the heating network allows to reduce the CO2 emissions by 40 000 tons/year which is 10 % of the total emissions of Chambéry and 22 % of the emissions of the housing and tertiary sector

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- Landscape: Neutral
- Alpine ecosystems / biodiversity: Positive
- Water / soil / air: Very positive
- "Other": None

Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions

- Social justice: Very positive
- Regional / cultural identity: Very positive
- "Other": Very positive

The town gets more attractive in terms of energetic and environmental performance. Guarantee for access to energy at a price which is stabilised in the light of the inflation of fossil and nuclear energies

- Employment / job creation: Very positive
- Added value / income: Positive
- Know how / competitiveness: Positive
- "Other": Positive

The wood energy sector will structure its production within the region and will strongly develop. In total the local enterprises worked for about 22 million Euros. Development of know-how of the local enterprises and development of the local wood sector.

The users and the promoters are choosing the heating network for its economic and environmental performance.

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This action takes into account all dimensions of a sustainable development: society, environment and economy.

This action allowed to bring together institutional partners/public bodies (the town of Chambéry and the agglomeration), the managing entity of the network (SCDC-Cofely), the users and managers of the heritage and the actors of the wood sector.

Executive body: Administration, Individuals, Organizations of civil society, Private enterprises

In the framework of a delegation of this public service The town of Chambéry entrusted the exploitation of its heating network to the SCDC company, a branch of COFELY GDF-SUEZ.

Name: -
Institution: Ville de Chambéry
Address: BP 1105 73011 Chambéry Cedex
Phone: 0479602020
Email: [email protected]

Other contact person: Henri DUPASSIEUX - Adjoint au Maire - [email protected] Chantal BAUDOIN - Suivi technique - [email protected]

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