Benchmarking study
The benchmarking study provides an evaluation of the readiness for CSSC technologies of the targeted cities selected by the CSSC project partners.
The evaluation is based on the current state on CSSC solutions implementation, type of technologies used and other information like legal framework supporting CSSC.
For the CSSC readiness grade there were considered:
- physical characteristics in the target city
- policy tools/financing in relation to CSSC domain at local level
- local examples of CSSC solutions providers
- existing municipal initiatives in energy storage and sector coupling
- strong presence of electromobility
- high-quality energy distribution networks (and district heating)
Points 5 and 6 are the hallmarks of a city ready to implement CSSC technologies with a significant impact on the local environment and beyond.
Croatia - Zaprešić
Country: Croatia
Target City: Zaprešić
Croatia - Samobor
Country: Croatia
Target City: Samobor
Croatia - Velika Gorica
Country: Croatia
Target City: Velika Gorica
Austria-Oberwart
Country: Austria
Target City: Oberwart
Slovenia-Ptuj
Country: Slovenia
Target City: Ptuj
Bulgaria-Varna
Country: Bulgaria
Target City: Varna
Romania-Alba Iulia
Country: Romania
Target City: Alba Iulia
Romania-Sebeş
Country: Romania
Target City: Sebeş
Romania-Zlatna
Country: Romania
Target City: Zlatna
Czech Republic-Brno
Country: The Czech Republik
Target City: Brno
Slovakia-Bratislava
Country: Slovakia
Target City: Bratislava
Germany-Gutach im Breisgau
Country: Germany
Target City: Gutach im Breisgau
Germany-Freiburg im Breisgau
Country: Germany
Target City: Freiburg im Breisgau
Germany-Donaueschingen
Country: Germany
Target City: Donaueschingen
Germany-Oberndorf am Neckar
Country: Germany
Target City: Oberndorf am Neckar
Germany-Radolfzell am Bodensee
Country: Germany
Target City: Radolfzell am Bodensee
Germany-Allensbach
Country: Germany
Target City: Allensbach
Bosnia and Herzgovina
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Target City: Sarajevo
Montenegro-Niksic
Country: Montenegro
Target City: Niksic
Benchmarking tabel descrption
Country: Croatia
Target City: Zaprešić
General data
Size of the target city: 53.81 sq km
Population of the target city: 25000
Profile of the target city: traffic hub
Website: www.zapresic.hr/naslovnica
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level was positive for both energy storage and sector coupling. There were 5 CSSC initiatives with impact at local level, 4 CSSC solutions providers. 5 policy tools with impact over CSSC. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed very good infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 20% for district heating to 80% for electricity grid. Methane grid also has a coverage of about 65%. There are 2 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 15 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 11% from total investment budget.
Country: Croatia
Target City: Samobor
General data
Size of the target city: 250.75 sq km
Population of the target city: 16000
Profile of the target city: touristic
Website: www.samobor.hr
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level was positive for both energy storage and sector coupling. There are 5 CSSC initiatives with impact at local level, 4 CSSC solutions providers. 5 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed good infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 20% for district heating to 80% for electricity grid. Methane grid has an estimated coverage of about 65%. There are 3 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. Around 15 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 10% from total investment budget.
Country: Croatia
Target City: Velika Gorica
General data
Size of the target city: 328.7 sq km
Population of the target city: 32000
Profile of the target city: agricultural
Website: www.gorica.hr
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked positive for energy storage and highly positive for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 5 CSSC initiatives, 4 CSSC solutions providers and 6 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed above average infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 40% for district heating to 80% for electricity grid. Methane grid has an estimated coverage of about 70%. There are 12 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 15 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 11% from total investment budget.
Country: Austria
Target City: Oberwart
General data
Size of the target city: 39.46 sq km
Population of the target city: 7600
Profile of the target city: urban
Website: www.oberwart.gv.at
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage with the same situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 3 CSSC initiatives, 3 CSSC solutions providers and 5 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed excellent infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 30% for district heating to 100% for electricity grid. Methane grid also has a coverage of about 30%. There are 20 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. Around 30% of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 15% from total investment budget.
Country: Slovenia
Target City: Ptuj
General data
Size of the target city: 67 sq km
Population of the target city: 20273
Profile of the target city: economic, cultural centre, historic, touristic
Website: www.ptuj.si
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage with the same situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 2 CSSC initiatives, no CSSC solutions providers and 4 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed above average infrastructure quality, except district heating grid, which is low quality, with coverage ranging from 9% for district heating to 100% for electricity grid. Methane grid has an estimated coverage of about 18%. There are 5 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 32% of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level could not be obtained.
Country: Bulgaria
Target City: Varna
General data
Size of the target city: 238.49 sq km
Population of the target city: 336216
Profile of the target city: urban, residential, touristic, university
Website: www.varna.bg
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked above average for energy storage with similar situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 5 CSSC initiatives, 3 CSSC solutions providers and 5 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed excellent infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 16% for district heating to 99% for electricity grid. Methane grid has an estimated coverage of about 16%. There are 30 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. Around 16% of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 5% from total investment budget.
Country: Romania
Target City: Alba Iulia
General data
Size of the target city: 103,6 sq km
Population of the target city: 74.905
Profile of the target city: mixed, with central touristic area
Website: www.apulum.ro
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage and sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 5 CSSC initiatives, 5 CSSC solutions providers and 5 CSSC related policy tools. Grids readiness revealed above average infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 80% for Methane to 95% for electricity grid. There is no district heating grid in operation at municipal level. There are 10 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. Around 5% of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 5% from total investment budget.
Country: Romania
Target City: Sebeş
General data
Size of the target city: 115,5 sq km
Population of the target city: 32604
Profile of the target city: industrial. historic
Website: www.primariasebes.ro
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage with similar situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 2 CSSC initiatives, 2 CSSC solutions providers and 4 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed above average infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging form 70% for Methane to 95% for electricity grid. There is no district heating grid in operation at municipal level. There are 5 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 2 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 3 percent from total investment budget.
Country: Romania
Target City: Zlatna
General data
Size of the target city: 224,3 sq km
Population of the target city: 7830
Profile of the target city: post industrial
Website:
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage with the same situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 2 CSSC initiatives, 1 CSSC solutions provider and 3 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed above average infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 30% for Methane to 90% for electricity grid. There is no district heating grid in operation at municipal level. There are no public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city and no 100% electric buses in operation yet. Around 1 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 3 percent from total investment budget.
Country: The Czech Republik
Target City: Brno
General data
Size of the target city: 230,2 sq km
Population of the target city: 379526
Profile of the target city: administrative, university, technological centre
Website: www.brno.cz
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked below average for energy storage with the same situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 2 CSSC initiatives, 2 CSSC solutions providers and 5 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed excellent infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 95% for district heating to 100% for electricity and methane grids. There are 3 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 10 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources. The yearly budget allocated to RES and CSSC at municipal level is about 5 percent from total investment budget.
Country: Slovakia
Target City: Bratislava
General data
Size of the target city: 367,6 sq km
Population of the target city: 425000
Profile of the target city: urban, industrial residential, governmental institutional, touristic
Website: www.bratislava.sk
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked above average for energy storage with similar situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 4 CSSC initiatives, 6 CSSC solutions providers and 4 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed very good infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 70% for district heating to 100% for electricity and methane grids. There are 72 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are twenty 100% electric buses in operation. About 1 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources.
Country: Germany
Target City: Gutach im Breisgau
General data
Size of the target city: 24,78 sq km
Population of the target city: 4479
Profile of the target city: medium sized industrial, touristic, agricultural
Website: www.gutach.de
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked above average for energy storage with even better situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 10 CSSC initiatives, 3 CSSC solutions providers and 8 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed very good infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 2% for district heating to 100% for electricity grid. There is no methane grid in operation at municipal level. There is 1 public charging station for electric vehicles in the city. There are no 100% electric buses in operation yet. About 15% of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources.
Country: Germany
Target City: Freiburg im Breisgau
General data
Size of the target city: 153 sq km
Population of the target city: 230241
Profile of the target city: touristic, university, research centre
Website: www.freiburg.de
Highlights:
The CSSC evaluation of potential at municipal level ranked well above average for energy storage with excellent situation for sector coupling. Locally, there were identified 50 CSSC initiatives, 100 CSSC solutions providers and 8 CSSC related policy tools. Local energy carrier grids readiness revealed excellent infrastructure quality, with coverage ranging from 6% for district heating to 100% for electricity grid. There is no methane grid in operation at municipal level. There are 70 public charging stations for electric vehicles in the city. There are two 100% electric buses in operation. Around 7 percent of local energy consumption is provided from renewable sources.
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