Objective Ambitious plans will be developed for new destinations of the old mining sites in Limburg and elsewhere in Europe. The aim of the project proposed here, is to study from the beginning of the planning on the possible integration of renewable energy technologies as energy supply in such areas. Thereby, different technologies will be considered, namely wind, PV, solar active and solar passive, as well as combinations wind-solar. Preliminary calculations show promising results, especially for the wind energy potential on top of waste heaps, spread around over Europe. To obtain results which can be generalized, a case study will be done in the coal bassin of Limburg. Based on measurements of local resources, calculations will be performed in order to obtain an estimation of the potential annual energy output for different system configurations. Besides the technical study, also an economical study will be performed so as to determine the cost-effectiveness. As the coal bassin of Limburg is representative for a lot of old industrial sites in Europe, the results coming out of this project will allow to formulate useful recommandations for other renewable energy planners in similar sites all over Europe. The information will be disseminated to all the local programme committees of the RECHAR programme. These committees, on which social partners sit alongside local and regional authorities, are responsable for the local implementation of the RECHAR programme. This approach guarantees maximum effectiveness of the project. Fields of science engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energycoalengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringmining and mineral processingengineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power Programme(s) FP3-RENA - EU Preparatory action on renewable energies, 1994 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator European Renewable Energy Centers Agency - Eurec Agency EEIG Address 75,kapeldreef 3001 Heverlee Belgium See on map EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all SOLTECH NV Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 60,kapeldreef 60 3001 Heverlee See on map TURBOWINDS NV Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 340,steenweg op brussel 340 3090 Overijse See on map Windmaster NV Belgium EU contribution € 0,00 Address 3,rellestraat 3800 Sint-truiden See on map
