Smarter renewable energy and heating Management for Arctic and northern Rural Territories

Programme 2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

Date of latest update: 2023-11-16

Description

Description (EN):

The aim of SMARTrenew is to transfer renewable energy and smart storage solutions to dispersed regions of the NPA. Transnational knowledge transfer will be demand led, supported by the quadruple helix approach (academia, business, public authority, citizens), and impact will be maximised by focusing on implementation and smart energy awareness building in communities. Common territorial challenges to be addressed by SMARTrenew include the high cost of fossil fuel dominated energy and heat supplies, remoteness, low population density, cold climate and low uptake in smart renewable technology resulting in energy poverty and lack of energy security combined with poor grid infrastructure in remote areas. SMART serves 6 NPA regions – with varying levels of renewable maturity – including Arctic, Northern, Atlantic, and Islands. The partnership comprises 7 organisations including academic, research, local authority, SME, and national energy organisations, all with complementary skills and experience in delivering renewable solutions. To address the challenges the project will deliver transnational knowledge and expertise from the partner regions into each of these communities, to increase awareness, and implement solutions with an innovative renewable mix combined with smart energy storage. The main results will be: (i) greater awareness in communities and local authorities; (ii) renewable energy implementations that will show that local energy poverty can be decreased, and energy security increased. The project outputs will be: 6 “showcase” Smarter Energy Rural Communities”, 18 houses and public buildings retrofitted with smart renewable energy/storage solutions, 1 smart storage services and 1 renewable services. Key to the project sustainability and growth beyond the project duration will be promotion of stakeholder ownership in these innovations including enhancing local and national policy-makers capacity to effect change.

Website: http://www.interreg-npa.eu/

Expected Results (EN): Awareness of energy efficiency opportunities and renewable solutions in housing sector and public infrastructures in remote and sparsely populated areas

Expected Outputs (EN):

The SMARTrenew project will produce two main results, which will make a positive contribution to the programme result indicator. The two project results are: (1) Enhanced Rural Energy Security, (2) Smarter Rural Energy Community. ENHANCED RURAL ENERGY SECURITY: The SMARTrenew project will significantly increase the NPA regions expertise, knowledge, and capability to improve energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment. This will have been proven by the output indicators (11 houses and public buildings connected to renewable energy). The pilots will demonstrate a blend of innovative renewable and smart energy storage schemes in the 6 partner regions. The energy storage schemes will include high temperature heat storage in solid materials and liquids, chemical storage, and battery solutions. Pilots will also include: heat extraction from the ocean to thermally power a DH system in an Icelandic coastal community; the Faroes renewable energy mix with hydro storage will be augmented by high temp thermal storage in solid materials such as rock; Norway will address island energy security by reducing diesel consumption with a renewable energy solution with smart storage. Finland will adapt a housing CHP system to incorporate smart energy storage to minimise waste. Ireland and N Ireland will implement battery storage on isolated public infrastructure and residential communities respectively. The public authorities of the regions will enhance their capacity due to the transference of knowledge, and implementation of new energy solutions. SMARTER RURAL ENERGY COMMUNITIES: this result will be the creation of "showcase" dispersed communities which will become leaders in terms of best practice in innovative energy solutions through the transnational exchange of knowledge and skills from other showcase regions. They will show by exchanging ideas, how communities can improve energy security and reduce energy poverty, through the adoption of renewable energy and smart storage solutions. This will extend to all stakeholders – citizens, public authorities, SMEs, and researchers. These communities will develop the capacity to continually improve their energy services by integrating new technologies and models as they mature after the project. The contribution of these results will be measurable using a range of indicators such as: (a) number of houses converted to renewable energy, (b) number of houses with access to smart energy and heat storage (c) number of public buildings fitted with renewable energy, (d) number of public buildings fitted with smart energy (e) number of new energy services introduced by public authorities. In the longer term, other measurement schemes could be adopted to track regional innovation progress such as: (a) number of SMEs delivering energy services, (b) quality of energy research, (c) adoption of new schemes and technology by local authorities, (d) number of Smarter Rural Energy Communities.

Thematic information

Renewable energy Energy efficiency

Specific Objective: Increased use of energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions in housing and public infrastructures in remote, sparsely populated areas

Thematic Objective: (04) supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors by:

Investment Priority: (04c) supporting energy efficiency, smart energy management and renewable energy use in public infrastructure, including in public buildings, and in the housing sector

Partners (8)

Lead Partner: Letterkenny Institute of Technology

Department: WiSAR Lab

Address: Port Road, F92 FC93 Letterkenny, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.lyit.ie

Total budget: EUR 294 900.00

ERDF budget: EUR 191 685.00

SINTEF Narvik AS

Name: SINTEF Narvik AS

Department: Process and Environmental Technology

Address: Rombaksveien (E6) 47, 8517 Narvik, Norway

Legal status: public

Website: http://norut.no/en/norut-narvik

Total budget: EUR 244 001.82

Derry City and Strabane District Council

Name: Derry City and Strabane District Council

Department: Environment and Regeneration

Address: Strand Road 98, BT487NN Derry, United Kingdom

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.derrystrabane.com

Total budget: EUR 203 997.20

ERDF budget: EUR 132 598.18

Varmalausnir ehf

Name: Varmalausnir ehf

Address: Spónsgerði 2, 600 Akueyri, Iceland

Legal status: private

Website: http://www.heatrd.com

Total budget: EUR 52 592.10

Oulun AmmattiKorkeakoulu

Name: Oulun AmmattiKorkeakoulu

Department: Energy and Automation Department

Address: Kotkantie 1, 90250 Oulu, Finland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.oamk.fi

Total budget: EUR 205 299.20

ERDF budget: EUR 133 444.48

Umhvørvisstovan

Name: Umhvørvisstovan

Department: Orka (Energy)

Address: Traðagøta 38, FO 160 Aigir, Faroe Islands

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.us.fo

Total budget: EUR 185 500.00

ERDF budget: EUR 120 575.00

Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall

Name: Comhairle Contae Dhún na nGall

Department: Facilities and Energy Management Department within the Housing Corporate and Cultural Services Directorate

Address: The Diamond County House, F93 Y622 Lifford, Ireland

Legal status: public

Website: http://www.donegalcoco.ie

Total budget: EUR 220 343.00

ERDF budget: EUR 143 222.95

Orkusetur

Name: Orkusetur

Address: Rangárvellir, 603 Akureyri, Iceland

Legal status: public

Website: http://orkusetur.is

Total budget: EUR 178 464.28

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Summary

Project name (EN): Smarter renewable energy and heating Management for Arctic and northern Rural Territories

Project acronym: SMARTrenew

Project start date: 2018-10-01

Project end date: 2022-03-31

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 1 585 097.60

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 721 525.61

Total EU funding (co-financing rate): 65.00%

Co-financing sources:

ERDF: Amount, EUR 721 525.61.

Third-country contribution: Iceland: EUR 133 375.00 (ERDF equivalent only); Norway: EUR 136 500.00 (ERDF equivalent only)

Documents

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Brochures / magazines / manuals

GOOD ENERGY PRACTICES GUIDE

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Brochure / magazine / manual

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2022-03-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

Videos / films

NPA SMARTrenew Explainer Video

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2022-11-14

Document date: 2021-08-23

Languages: en

Derry City and Strabane District Council SMARTrenew Pilot

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2021-08-23

Languages: en

Donegal County Council SMARTrenew Pilot

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2021-05-31

Languages: en

Meet SMARTrenew Partner the Faroese Environmental Agency

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2021-09-08

Languages: en

SMARTrenew OUAS EVO Finnish Pilot

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2021-06-25

Languages: en

SMARTrenew Pilot Showcase Event

Attachment type: link

Type of document: Video / film

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2021-12-06

Languages: en

Reports

Modelling of the heat dynamics of a geothermal well at Umhvørvisstovan

Attachment type: file

Type of document: Report

Data source: https://smartrenew.interreg-npa.eu/

Publication date: 2023-11-17

Document date: 2022-07-31

Languages: en

Attachment file: Download

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2014 - 2020 INTERREG VB Northern Periphery and Arctic

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2023-11-02

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152 / 152 (100%)

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779 / 779 (100%)

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Smarter renewable energy and heating Management for Arctic and northern Rural Territories

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