Municipal District Heating Company of Amindeo (D.H.C.A.)
Municipal District Heating Company of Amindeo (D.H.C.A.)
General info about DHCA, region and Power Plant
Name of institution | Municipal District Heating Company of Amindeo (DHCA) |
Distinctive Title | DHCA- detepa |
Legal Status | The company is municipal enterprise, it constitutes is a Legal Person governed by Private Law, with a social utility character, oowned 100% by mucicipality of Amindeo. DHCA is a non profitable and non governmental entity and is intended to Administrate the District Heating System of Amindeo, to construct all the necessary DH infrastructure, to Operate the DH system and to commission DH Heat to consumers. |
Date of Registration | 29-05-1997 (ΦΕΚ 262Β/12-4-94), last modified 2011 (ΦΕΚ 749Β/06-05-2011 |
Place / Postal Code | Amindeo/ 53200 |
Main Contact Person | Kiriakopoulos Konstantinos, Dipl, M.Sc. Elec. Eng. |
Position of the Main Contact Person | Managing Director |
Address | 2, Grigoriou Nikolaidi str. |
Country | Greece |
Region | West Macedonia |
Telephone/fax | +30 23860 23125 / +302386020065 |
detepa@detepa.gr | |
website | http://www.detepa.gr/ |
Tax Number / Unique Tax Number | 090052773 |
Region info | Amindeo is a town and municipality in the Florina regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The population of Amyntaio proper is 4,306, while that of the entire municipality is 16,973 (2011). Municipality is Member of networks relative to energy and environment, such as the “Covenant of Mayors” |
Power Plant |
The core of the investment program for the DH system of Amyntaio is the installation of a new biomass combustion plant to serve Amyndeon’s existing district heating system as well as its future extensions. The thermal energy production unit, the implementation of which has been launched, is a combustion of biomass. It has a total capacity of 30 MW (2×15ΜW) and will cover the thermal needs of the existing district heating network in the villages of Amyntaion, Filotas, and Levaia as well as future thermal needs. The contract for the implementation of the project was signed on 2/10/2018 with the contractor HELECTOR SA. |
The Applied DH system
District Heating Company of Amindeo operates an extensive network connecting aproximetaly 2000 public and residential buildings.
Originally constructed during 2000-2004, the district heating network is being expanded to cover a larger share of the wider area of Amindeo heating requirements.
The Amindeo district heating project is the third project of its kind in Greece following similar projects in Kozani and Ptolemaida.
The system has been installed in the wider region of Amindeo by municipal services, due to co-financing.
Municipal District Heating Company (DHCA) was established in 1997, according to the Municipal law (410/95), as a public body, owned 100% by the municipality of Amindeo, in order to administrate the DH system.
DHCA constitutes a Municipal Company, intended to construct and Operate all the necessary DH infrastructure, develop and utilize RES projects.
According to SME definition DHCA is a Small size company.
DH Infrastructure
Transmission Pipelines
installed : 2 x 9.900 m (Preinsulated twin Pipes)
Distribution Pipelines
installed : 2 x 76.920 m (Preinsulated twin Pipes)
Heat Power production
Units I ,II 30 MWth power plant
Accumulation tanks : 2 x 600 => 1200 m3, 70 MWHth
Renewable Energy Sources
- DHCA is building a RES power plant for power production, a biomass power plant of 30 MW.
- DHCA intends to install RES units (P/V).
INVESTMENTS:
Year AMOUNT (€ withou VAT)
2000-2004 14 M€
2008-2009 3 M€
2014-2015 7 M€
2019-2020 12M€
Project title |
cost |
year |
|
Α Power plant Reconstructions |
|
|
|
1. Power plant Reconstructions |
2,804,662.04 |
2001 |
|
Β. Transmission Pipelines |
|
|
|
1. Transmission Pipelines |
3,446,875.88 |
2003 |
|
C. Pump Stations |
|
|
|
1. Main pump station |
1,150,959.00 |
2002 |
|
2. Expansion of Main pump station and Hydraulic isolation of Filotas distribution nework |
|
2014-2015 |
|
D. Distribution Pipelines |
|
|
|
1. Distribution networks |
1,505,236.69 |
2002 |
|
2 Distribution networks of Amindeo |
1,474,887.11 |
2004 |
|
3. Distribution networks of Filotas – Levea |
1,474,675.42 |
2004 |
|
1. Distribution networks |
33,918.31 |
2003 |
|
4. Expansion of distribution networks |
1,984,240.91 |
2009 |
|
5. . Expansion of distribution networks |
23,965.49 |
2011 |
|
6. . Expansion of distribution networks |
37,292.46 |
2011 |
|
7. . Expansion of distribution networks |
|
2014-2015 |
|
Distribution networks total |
6,539,249.39 |
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Ε. consumers substations |
|
|
|
1. Supply of district heating consumers substations |
2,036,820.00 |
2004 |
|
2. Supply of district heating consumers substations |
2,8 |
2015 |
|
consumers substations total |
4,878,760.00 |
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TOTAL |
≈ 26 M€ |
DH environmental, economic, and social benefits
- Energy efficiency and saving more than 30% because of heat – power co-production
- Reduction of pollution because of Oil substitution
- Reduction of national CO2 emissions
- Cheaper domestic Heating , more than 30 % – 50% than Oil equal cost
- Independency from imported fuels (oil, natural gas) because of local lignite co-production.
- Currency savings and local redistribution of more than 12.000.000 €/year oil equal costs.
- Upgrading of life quality for the citizens
- Reduction of unemployment (constructors, suppliers , designers, project managers etc)
- Support and opportunities for sustainable regional development.
- Implementation of new technologies on environmental energy systems, energy efficiency, renewables.
- Increase of public awareness on clean, sustainable, environmental friendly energy.
Reduction of air pollution because of Oil substitution
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Tones of equal oil (TOE) |
CO2 |
SO2 |
CO |
NOx |
HC |
DUST |
|
Specific emission factor [g/kg fuel oil] |
6.030 |
3.142 |
0,7 |
0,572 |
2,384 |
0,191 |
0,286 |
|
18.945,57 |
4,22 |
3,45 |
14,38 |
1,15 |
1,72 |