Peder Vejsig Pedersen,

Cenergia Energy Consultants
Sct. Jacobs Vej 4
2750 Ballerup
Denmark

Tel.: +45 4466 0099
Fax: +45 4466 0136
Mail.: cenergia@cenergia. dk
Web: www. cenergia. dk

Introduction

The city of Copenhagen has already agreed on a very ambitious CO2 reduction plan and concerning support to renewables around one Mio. EURO of funding have recently been allocated for implementation of building integrated PV, at the same time supporting the ambitious PV implementation plan for the city area Valby where it is aimed to have installed 300.000 m2 of PV-modules (30 MWp) for a city with

45.0 inhabitants by 2025

An important partner in these activities is the electricity, gas and district heating utility, Copenhagen Energy which is owned by the Municipality of Copenhagen and which has now launched a Solar Stock Exchange for the whole Copenhagen area where it is aimed yearly to have installed around 200-300 kWp of PV-modules based on a feed-in tariff of approximately 0.55 EURO/kWh which will be financed by green electricity sales to environmentally concerned citizens. Installation of the PV projects for the Solar Stock Exchange will be made by private companies based on a 20 year contract with Copenhagen Energy. In connection to this a Copenhagen PV-Coop has been established based on the idea to secure investments in shares of PV installations from private people along the same lines as the “Middelgrunden” windmill park which has been erected in The Copenhagen Habour.

Besides Copenhagen Energy also the Urban Renewal Copenhagen company and Cenergia is deeply involved in the here mentioned PV implementation plans.

Besides it has been agreed to establish a “Solar City Copenhagen” organisation which shall function as a stakeholder association promoting use of PV and energy efficient building in connection to foreseen urban development projects in Copenhagen not only focussing on Valby but on Copenhagen as a whole.

This initiative is also related to the European Solar Cities initiative, ESCI.

See www. eu-solarcities. org and http//sc. ises. org.