47 million for a smart network in Hyllie

The concept for Hyllie is based on effective energy system solutions for electricity, heating, cooling and transportation. There must be a high degree of interaction between different types of infrastructure, including waste, water and wastewater. Energy that is used in Hyllie will be based on renewable energy sources or be recycled, for example in the form of biogas for transportation. There will be local production in several buildings at the same time as the entire energy concept in Hyllie will as far as possible use existing infrastructure and central production in the Malmö urban district.

In the project, the potential roles of the consumers will have an added focus. Among other things, the project will determine the extent to which it is possible to develop consumers and households as:

• balancing power for both electricity and district heating,
• energy producers,
• energy-efficient consumers

"It will be very interesting to see the extent to which it is possible to influence the behaviour of consumers in an energy-saving direction with the help of different tools," says Kenneth Asp from the Swedish Energy Agency

Per-Arne Nilsson, Manager of the Environmental Management Department at the City of Malmö, is very happy to receive the news of the government support and emphasises, just like Kenneth Asp, that it will also enable an active choice to be made by the individual, a feature that plays a central role in the concept of smart networks.

"This is extremely positive news that creates the preconditions for a stable energy system in Hyllie where the active choice of the individual will play a central role. In Hyllie, it will be possible for the residents themselves to produce renewable electricity. It will also be easy for the residents to direct their electricity consumption to periods in which there are ample supplies of electricity from renewable energy sources," says Per-Arne Nilsson.

Hyllie is Malmö's largest single development area which, when fully developed in 2030, will consist of some 9 000 dwellings and almost as many workplaces. The vision for Hyllie is that the urban district will be developed into the most climate smart district in the Öresund region and that the energy supply will by 2020 consist to 100 per cent of renewable or recycled energy.

Hyllie's energy system is the result of cooperation between the City of Malmö authorities, E.ON and VA Syd, with Siemens as the lead supplier of energy technology, and involves a large number of proprietors and other players who are active in Hyllie.

Smart networks have for a number of years been promoted as an important solution for increasing energy efficiency. But it is only now that the technology has come so far that it can be demonstrated in full scale. Both the EU and the Swedish government support this development, and the Swedish Energy Agency has decided that the area should be given priority over the next few years.