Renewable Energies made- in- Germany From industrial area to solar city: The Gelsenkirchen experience Joachim Hampe, City of Gelsenkirchen, head of economic development
Gelsenkirchen: At the heart of The Ruhr, State of North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW)
Gelsenkirchen 1929: City of the Thousand Fires (Coal Mine Consolidation )
Gelsenkirchen: City of Change Population 400000 350000 300000 250000 200000 150000 100000 50000 0 Coal discovery Industrialization coal & steel crisis Structural Change? 1840 1860 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000
The Ruhr: Region of Change Employment in Mining Sector 500.000 450.000 400.000 350.000 300.000 250.000 200.000 150.000 100.000 50.000 0 1957 1961 1965 1969 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989 1993 1997 2001 2005 Phase-out of coal mining at The Ruhr in 2018 2009 2013 2017
Gelsenkirchen : City of the Thousand Suns
Getting Started: Science Park Gelsenkirchen (1995) 1850-1984 coal mining and steel production 1995: Inauguration Science Park 11,000 m 2 offices and labs 25 companies / 400 jobs 210 kw-pv Power Plant 44 Mio. Euro investment
Solar Industry Cluster: Solar Cell Production (1999+)
Solar Industry Cluster: Solar Module Production (1990+) Company Headquarters Akademie Mt. Cenis, Herne Lehrter Bahnhof, Berlin
New Pillars for Gelsenkirchen s clean energy industry cluster Heat Pump Production (Vaillant, 2006+) Output 2008: 10.000 heat pumps Capacity range: : 6 to 46 kw Solar (Flat( Plate) Collector Production (Vaillant, 2008+) Capacity: : 250,000 sqm p.a.
Solar Industry Cluster: Demonstration Projects Tram Garage, Local Transport Company (2003): 250 kw Headquarters of construction company Peiniger (2000) PV-Sail, Sport Arena AufSchalke (2001): 84 kw
Solar Housing Estate Sonnenhof (72 houses newly built 1999-2001) 60 65% of warm water through solar collectors (470 sqm) 25% of electricity through photovoltaics (installed capacity: 80 kwp) CO 2 -reduction compared to conventional housing: 55%
Solar Renovation: Housing Estate Lindenhof Lindenhof (2003) 60% of warm water through solar collectors (600 sqm) Energy for room heating reduced from 300 to 65 kwh/sqm*a (-80%) CO 2 -reduction compared to conventional housing: 55% Improved leasability!
Solar Housing Estate Gelsenkirchen-Schaffrath - Germany s largest PV-community (784 kwp) - 3rd Solar Housing Estate in Gelsenkirchen - Integrated energy concept for miners estate of the 1960s incl. district heating
New Flagship-Project Project: : Graf Bismarck Brownfield 1976 2006
Graf Bismarck: Garden City at the Waterfront (2010+) 80 ha area in the middle of the city: housing (12ha), offices/industry (11ha) 50 ha free space (forest/water) Solar Architecture: direction/height of buildings, generous plot sizes, roofs & facades suitable for PV & solar collectors, low energy construction Sustainable energy supply Attractive environment for business & citizens
Solar Industry Cluster: R & D University for Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen - testing facilities for PV-modules - research on solar thermal applications (incl. solar cooling) FhG ISE Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Symstems- Laboratory & Service Center Gelsenkirchen
Regional Marketing / Job Marketing Regional Trade Fair Megawatt (bi-yearly since 1999) 30.-31.05.2008 Renewable Energy Job Fair (2005, 2007, 2008)
International Cooperation through capacity building projects, International Visitor Centre (www.ruhrenergy.de),...
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