IEE/12/064/SI2.645706
20/03/2016
Municipality of Kecskemét - General economic data
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Capital of Bács-Kiskun county
Economic, administrative, educational, and cultural centre
Population: 113.275 (2011), number of households: 42.541
Important investors (e.g., Mercedes-Benz factor opened in 2012)
Economic structure:
 48.3% service
 41.39 % industry
 10.31% agriculture
 Perfect location
 M5 Motorway
 85 km from Budapest
 70 km from the airport
 NATO airbase to be
transformed for civil use
Scheme of the Existing district heating system
Heating Company
Proprieraty
• Heat provider: Termostar Kft.
• Owners:
• 69.5% - Municipality
• 30.5% - EDF DÉMÁSZ Zrt.
Distribution System
• Two independent distribution system
• Total heated space: 2 023 929 m3
• No. of heated flats: 11 234
• Supplied heat amount: 405 167 GJ
• No. of heat transfer stations: 309
Széchenyiváros System
• Capacity requirement: 38 MW
• Hot water requirement: 3 MW
Árpádváros System
• Capacity requirement: 19 MW
• Hot water requirement: 1,5 MW
Gas Engines
• Covers hot water heat requirements
• Capacity:
• 6,6 MW thermal capacity
• 6,2 MW electric capacity
District heating system – Future plans
 Connection of the two separate networks financed by the Environment
and Energy Operational Programme (Structural Funds) - executed
 Use of geothermal energy in the district heating system
 Installation of efficient gas boilers replacing the old ones
 Further extension of the district heating system with residential and
industrial consumers is possible and considered
Project plan
Layout of the geothermal system
Installed Geothermal Capacity
Temperature distribution chart
Total no. of days
200.00
Optimal
capacity
Optimal
capacity
• Length of the heating season: 182
days
• Peak time capacity is required in very
few days a year
• Produced heat amount is not linear
in function of the installed capacity
150.00
100.00
50.00
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-15
-13
-11
-9
-7
-5
-3
-1
1
3
5
Ambient temperature [°C]
7
9
11
60 MW
Produced geothermal heat
50 MW
40 MW
30 MW
20 MW
10 MW
0 MW
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Execution Phases (1)
Phase 1
Advantages
• Install geothermal heat plant in heat
transfer station no. 202.
• Drill 1+1 wells
• Pre-heat secondary loop return water
• Safety – Reduce drilling risk
• Adapted milestones
• Earlier operation
• Income
• Subsidy
Phase 2
Energy produced
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Phase 1: 3,5 MW capacity; 38 400 GJ heat
Phase 1+2: 18,3MW capacity; 254 500 GJ heat
Phase 1+2+3: 28,2 MW capacity; 382 100 GJ heat
• Connect Széchenyiváros system into
geothermal heat plant
• Drill 3+3 wells (total 4+4 operates)
• Pre-heat primary loop return water
Phase 3
• Connect Árpádváros system into
geothermal heat plant
• Drill 2+2 wells (total 6+6 operates)
• Pre-heat primary loop return water
Supply and Reinjection
Pipeline
• 3 parallel pipeline is installed (2 small + 1
large)
• Large pipeline is unused in phase 1
• 2 small pipelines reinject in phase 3
End users
(present and future consumers
of the heat)
Actors involved
Termostar
(district heating company)
69% municipality of Kecskemét
Municipality of
Kecskemét
EU-FIRE Ltd.
31% EDF
Financial investors
Kecskeméti Termálrendszer
Beruházó Ltd.
(project company)
7% Municipality of Kecskemét
93% EU-FIRE Ltd.
Contractual relation
Ownership relation
Contractors
Additional
professional
investors
Financing of the proposed investments (1)
Investment Cost
Drilling
Execution
Total Investment Cost
Phase 1
3 000 000 €
8 375 000 €
11 375 000 €
Phase 1+2
11 900 000 €
10 275 000 €
22 175 000 €
Phase 1+2+3
17 800 000 €
12 575 000 €
30 375 000 €
Phase 1
40 000 GJ
Phase 1+2
250 000 GJ
Phase 1+2+3
380 000 GJ
581 000 €/year
3 013 000 €/year
4 758 000 €/year
601 000 €/year
-20 000 €
1 388 000 €/year
1 625 000 €
2 006 000 €/year
2 752 000 €
Yearly Net Income
Heat Amount
Revenues
Sale price: 2500
HUF/GJ
Expenditures
Operating income
Financial Results
with 15% discount rate
Subsidy
20%
Sale price:
NPV
IRR
2500 HUF/GJ
4 422 000 €
20,8 %
The project is feasible, if
the following criteria can
be fulfilled
• Discount rate is less than 15%
OR
• Sale Price: greater than 2500
HUF
Overview of the workplan
 1: Management
 2: Preliminary studies
 3: Licensing and permitting
 4: Technical and financial engineering of the geothermal plant and
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5: Procurement
6: Financing
7: Communication
8: EACI Dissemination Activities
Partners & Contacts
Name of the beneficiary
Contact person
E-mail
Municipality of Kecskemét
Kecskemét Megyei Jogú
Város Önkormányzata
Zoltán BALOGH
[email protected]
EU-FIRE Ltd.
EU-FIRE Kft.
Péter KOVÁCS
[email protected]
Project Company (KTRB)
Kecskeméti Termálrendszer
Beruházó Kft.
Imre KOVÁCS
[email protected]