RES-chains training material:

The aim was to identify sustainable renewable energy source chains (RES-Chains) to encourage sustainable development within the South Baltic Region. The training material aimed to describe the connections between renewable energy sources and customers.

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Your choices:
1 Comfortable indoor climate;   2 Wind

What is your resource? What do you want to deliver? What is the service the customer wants?
Biomass (digestible sludge) District cooling 1 Comfortable indoor climate
Biomass (fermentable sludge) District heating Electricity
Biomass (solid) Electricity Process cooling (< 0 °C)
Geothermal Fuel: Gaseous Process heat/steam (50 - 150 °C)
Sunshine Fuel: Liquid Process heat (150 - 1000 °C)
Water Fuel: Solid Process heat (> 1000 °C)
2 Wind Local cooling (ind. house) Transport
Residual oils/fats etc Local heating (ind. house)

 

The blowing wind should be used for the production of electricity and nothing else. Electricity should be used for climate control only in such cases when the thermodynamically better alternatives district heating and district cooling are not feasible.

Thus, this combination can be recommended only when it comes to climate control in buildings outside densely populated areas.

Todays' air-conditioning units will provide air-borne heating as well as cooling in one single unit and often such units will be found in the individual rooms in single-family houses.

For the use of renewable energy in combination with AC-units there is mainly one alternative, and that is to provide at least part of the electricity need for the house by local, individual, generation. This can be achieved by a small-scale wind-power installation or simply by contracting the electricity delivery to be 100% wind power.