A Digital Transformation Plan or Feasibility Study — Simple, Fast, and BEW-Compliant?
Transformation plans and feasibility studies in the correct BEW format fulfill the statutory requirements of the WPG and serve as the gateway to lucrative BEW investment funding. Yet, after an agonizingly long—and expensive—preparation process, the service provider finally sends the final PDF… only for it to be outdated just one month later.
It doesn’t have to be this way!
HeatMap and HeatSim — A Powerful Combination: Create Turnkey, BEW-Compliant Transformation and Feasibility Plans in Just a Few Clicks
This is groundbreaking: With a single tool, you can generate a network routing concept, forecast heat demand with building-specific and annual precision, identify potential, and calculate an optimized generation strategy with hourly resolution.
Click “Download” just once, and you receive a complete, comprehensive, always up-to-date, and fully customizable Excel-based business model.
With one more click, that Excel file is transformed into a secure, BEW-compliant final report in Word format.
Why did we do this?
We ourselves have created over 35 transformation plans and feasibility studies—mostly “by hand.” And we thought: this can be done faster and better—learning from our own mistakes in the process.
Quality: Consistency and High Resolution.
For example: If the route alignment changed earlier in the project lifecycle, the heat demand—and consequently the heat production, and so on—would also change. Ultimately, nothing would align anymore—a frustrating and annoying situation. That is now a thing of the past. Because all data originates from a single tool—covering generation, distribution, and consumption—it is ensured that everything always fits together perfectly.
Efficiency: Faster and More Affordable!
Sometimes, you simply don’t have 24 months to leisurely develop a transformation plan or feasibility study. The client is pressing, the existing plant is nearing the end of its service life, and the deadline for the KWP (December 31, 2026) is fast approaching. With our tool, we can generate simple BEW plans in under four weeks. And—particularly for smaller heating networks—this naturally results in significantly lower costs (especially given that Module 1 transformation plans have no longer been eligible for funding since April 1st).
Seamless Transition: From Planning to Supply and Operations!
We have realized that the final report of the BEW plan marks not the end of the project, but the beginning. This is where the real work begins: heat prices must be determined; specific heat pump models from various manufacturers must be compared via operational simulation and evaluated for their Annual Performance Factor (APF)—as required for Module 4; sales efforts must launch to secure the necessary connection rates; the central heating plant requires intelligent operational management; and so on. Yet another set of new tools? No—the Kelvin Green software is designed to allow you to transition directly into implementation while continuing to utilize the very same software platform.
Up-to-dateness: Nothing is more outdated than yesterday’s transformation plan.
In the past, the scenario was all too common: the transformation plan was complete—everything looked great—and then reality struck! Heat sources turned out to be unavailable after all; additional anchor customers on a neighboring street requested a connection; or routing paths couldn’t be laid out as planned due to tree roots. Consequently, the entire plan essentially had to be rewritten from scratch for the BEW Module 2 application—a costly and arduous process. That is now a thing of the past: with just a few clicks, changes can be entered into the tool, and a new final report is automatically generated.
And many more benefits:
- Cross-departmental collaboration
- Everyone always has access to the latest data
- Custom analyses and calculations can be embedded directly into the Excel model (and update automatically)
- Comprehensive filtering and aggregation functions that allow for quick retrieval of specific buildings or routes
- Full HeatSim functionality
- And much, much more…
And now, the most frequently asked question: Does Kelvin Green also assist with the creation of studies and plans? Absolutely! As part of our consulting projects — and utilizing the software — our experienced consultants would be happy to develop transformation plans together with you. You can then use the software to independently maintain, update, and transition these plans into live operations!
Transformation plans and feasibility studies…
… become necessary input for municipal heat planning (KWP), which must be implemented for municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants by 2028 at the latest.
… are a prerequisite for lucrative investment and operating cost subsidies in accordance with BEW Module 2 and are mandatory for almost all existing grids by 2026.
… help to offset impending losses from the natural gas business with new heating products and to find the optimal path to a renewable heating network by 2045.