DIGITALISATION OF THE DANISH DISTRICT HEATING SECTOR
CASE CATALOGUE 2023
“IT'S NOT EASY TO DIGITALISE A DISTRICT HEATING COMPANY'S DATA. IT TAKES TIME, AND REQUIRES A LOT OF EFFORT. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU GATHER A CORPUS OF DATA THAT YOU CAN UTILISE IN THE FUTURE.”
JIMMY JØRGENSEN, HEAD OF HEATING, NYBORG FORSYNING
Data future-proofs the district heating company Even though digitalisation of NFS Varme's reporting has not saved time, Jimmy Jørgensen still considers the new way of processing data an important step for the district heating company. Not least because they have now started on their digitalisation journey, and they can begin to explore what opportunities the future holds. “Digitalisation is also about finding out what computers are good at, and what people are good at. And then it's just a matter of laying the interfaces in the right places," he says. The digital interface in processing the company's key figures has turned out to be one of the 'right places' that Jimmy Jørgensen is talking about. Company figures are now much more visible, because updated figures are available once a month at the click of a button.
“It has become much easier to keep track of production fig- ures and compare them with previous months. In short, we retrieve our reports once a month and are confronted with reality," says Jimmy Jørgensen and continues: “This will protect us in the future in that we can keep track of our meter data and store everything in one database. It makes good sense to register your data so that it can be used in the future – for example to plan conversion projects. Eventually the various readings will merge, providing a smooth transition, in which the solution increasingly be- comes a management tool.”
NFS VARME From Manual to Digital Data Processing CASE 5
MONTHLY REPORT, FEBRUARY 2022 – 1 MARCH 2022
Challenge NFS Varme in Nyborg has replaced manual data processing and reporting with a digital solution in the form of a SCADA database. The database collects key figures for the utility company and the figures are then used to draw up account- ing and operations reports. The solution has not necessarily lightened the workload for the district heating company. Instead the company has an important management tool that brings financial and production data into play in completely new ways. Solution With a wish to release time in the administration, NFS Varme chose to digitalise the company's data processing. Previously, budget follow-up, monthly reports and annual readings were carried out in spreadsheets, which was very time-consuming. The utility company therefore decided to install new remote- ly read metres and implement a SCADA database to gather all financial and production data in one place. The database was supplemented by the reporting system ReportPlus from Novotek, which gathers the key figures for the district heating company and draws up reports on the basis of the figures. The aim of all this was to streamline payments to suppliers, monthly and annual tax returns, as well as calcula- tion of surplus heat tax.
Results Jimmy Jørgensen, Head of Heating at NFS Varme, is uncer- tain whether this actually made reporting and data process- ing easier. However, the utility company has clearly benefit- ed in other ways: "When you start digitalising the reporting process, you might expect that the main advantage is that you can prepare a report quickly and easily. But for us, the real advantage has been that we've been forced to keep much better track of our data. We have streamlined our reporting and become much more disciplined in our data registration," he says and continues: "This is a new way of doing things. But we can't get away from the fact that it takes time and resources. You can't sud- denly do without three employees, but it optimises the com- pany in other ways. This is particularly relevant today, with the enormous focus on reporting and increasing demands to submit figures to the authorities. Specifically, NFS Varme has optimised calculation of tax refunds for stand by heat. NFS Varme has been able to run this calculation process monthly. Overall, Jimmy Jørgensen says that the link between production figures and account- ing figures has become closer, and this has resulted in much better accounting follow-up.
VAT deduction
Standstill heat
Unit price
Mineral oil
94.578
15.7836
1,492.78
Surplus heat
94.578
0.0000
0.00
Oil & liquefied petroleum gas tax
1,492.78
Waste heat
94.578
78.8085
7,075.24
Coal tax
7,075.24
Natural gas
94.578
0.0000
0.00
Natural & town gas tax
0.00
Excise duty
Heat produced from oil
Unit price
DKK
NO X tax on bio oil
275.900
0.3000
297.97
INFORMATION
Meters Address Email Phone
Company Solution Providers Employees Heat
8.500 Gasværksvej 2, 5800 Nyborg, Denmark nfs@nfs.dk +45 63 31 50 00
Nyborg Forsyning Novotek 8 168 GWh
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