GAINED EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (RES) AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY (EE) IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE

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1 Hellenic Republic - Ministry of Development Centre for Renewable Energy Sources GAINED EXPERIENCES AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES ON RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES (RES) AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY (EE) IN SOUTH EAST EUROPE Dimitris Papastefanakis dpapas@cres.gr SEE Kick-Off Event March

2 2 OUTLINE Overview of the RES and EE situation in the SEE region Priority Axes and Budget share Energy-related environmental threats RES situation EE situation Practices from SEE countries INTERREG IIIB CADSES projects INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC EMERGENCE 2010 project Suggestions Perspectives for RES and EE Suggestions Ideas Examples of activities suggested

3 3 EUROPEAN TERRITORIAL COOPERATION SEE The Programme includes 16 countries, with a total population of 260 million and presents one of the most complex transnational cooperation areas in Europe

4 4 ENERGY COMMUNITY PARTIES / / PARTICIPANTS / OBSERVERS Energy Community Secretariat: a non-profit organization under the Austrian law, established in 2005, to assist the EC in its tasks to assure the Energy Community process of creating an energy community coordination on a daily basis and to serve as a monitoring institution

5 5 SEE PRIORITY AXES AND BUDGET SHARE P1: Facilitation of innovation and entrepreneurship (21%) P2: Protection and improvement of the environment (26%: ) Specific Objective: to override the constraints imposed by national barriers, to foresee future environmental threats and opportunities and to develop common transnational action for the protection of nature and humans Operational objectives: - Improve integrated water management and flood risk prevention - Improve prevention of environmental and technological risks - Promote co-operation in management of natural assets and protected areas - Promote energy and resource efficiency P3: Improvement of the accessibility (27%) P4: Development of transnational synergies for sustainable growth areas (20%) P5: Technical assistance to support implementation and capacity building (6%)

6 6 ENERGY-RELATED RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL THREATS IN THE SEE REGION Envisaged convergence of SEE countries to the rest of the EU rapid increase of energy and resources demand, gaps in energy efficiency Strong growth in transport more greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy security and generating issues Worsening of conditions (high temperatures and drought) due to climate change reduced energy demand for heating, increased demand for cooling (IPCC Assessment Report,2007) Reduction of water availability, hydropower potential and crop productivity possible downward trend in energy production in Danube space (IPCC Assessment Report,2007) IPCC: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Energy efficiency: one of the most important options to reduce GHG emissions worldwide in the short- to mid-term Renewable energy sources: the only option for ecologically friendly production of energy, assisted by the recent legislation and technological trends in the area

7 7 SEE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES share of RES in primary energy consumption EU member states: Austria (21%) Italy (6%) Greece (6%) Slovakia (6%) Bulgaria (5%) Romania (12%) Hungary (5%) Slovenia (11%) Candidate countries: Croatia (11%, Energy Community Contracting Party, ECCP) The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (ECCP) Potential candidate countries: Albania (ECCP) Bosnia-Herzegovina (ECCP) Montenegro (ECCP) Serbia (ECCP) Third countries: The Republic of Moldova (5%) Ukraine (<1%) ECCP countries: Biomass (whole region): the only RES for heat production in ECCP (99%) Geothermal energy (more developed in FYROM, Serbia, Croatia) Solar thermal energy (more developed in southern parts) <1% of heat productio International Energy Agency (IEA) 2004 with the exception of Austria, Slovenia and Romania, low level of exploitation of renewable energy (2% together)

8 8 SEE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES Energy Intensity 7 times higher than the EU-27 average Austria Italy Greece Albania Croatia Bosnia-Herzegovina Slovenia Slovakia Montenegro Hungary Republic of Moldova Bulgaria Serbia Romania FYROM Ukraine *EU-27 energy intensity: 185 toe/meur (2004) Improvements in energy efficiency reduction in energy intensity

9 9 SEE PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES EE potential Great potential for EE in the region: 20-60% on average Households with average incomes spend at least 12% of total expenditures on energy and water in e.g. Hungary, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Serbia, Moldova. Better EE of energy supply and end use can help make retail price increases more affordable for consumers and reduce the need for subsidies, given that the social safety net policies become stronger and more effective. Barriers: still high costs of EE relative to average incomes large number of involved actors political indecision Many SEE economies face the need of more efficient industries (f.ex. The Bulgarian economy) - Need to increase end users and financiers awareness - Need to increase the capacities at the municipal and central level in order to effectively design and administer EE programmes

10 10 Projects on RES & EE within INTERREG IIIB CADSES predecessor program (I) BETTER: Biofuel chain Enhancement for Territorial development of European Regions. Partners: Italy (Province of Forli' Cesena), Poland, Greece, Hungary, Bulgaria Short description: The project aims at promoting RES with a focus on biofuel chain integration in rural regions. Strategic objectives of the project are: to improve the effectiveness of resource allocation policies to develop a new approach which integrates the transnational dimension and different national policies. Public decision-makers should be provided with common guidelines and methodologies to foster the production and use of biofuels on the basis of an appropriate concept for spatial development and private organizations should be provided with technical and economic know-how concerning biofuels. The knowledge concerning the biofuel chain development is increased by using a new approach which integrates the transnational dimension and different national policies.

11 11 Projects on RES & EE within INTERREG IIIB CADSES predecessor program (II) C2ENET: Central Europe Environmental Net. Partners: Czech Republic (Town of Vsetin), Austria, Hungary, Romania Short description: The projects aims at tackling the problem of compliance of local environmental protection measures with EU legislation that arises in many small and mid-sized towns and municipalities. The strategic objective of the project is: to help municipalities from the New EU Member-States to manage existing problems concerning environmental issues, taking into account technical, organizational and financial aspects The main topics dealt with are general issues of sustainable development with a concentration on energy efficiency, waste management and wastewater treatment. Pilot projects are included covering the evaluation of european indicators, how to use RES, water treatment and clean water suppliers. Results of project will be disseminated through 3 readers, a final guidebook, seminars and conferences.

12 12 Projects on RES & EE within INTERREG IIIB CADSES predecessor program (III) TAQI: Transnational Air Quality Improvement: A Management Tool for Regional Planning Partners: Austria (Austrian Environmental Expert Group), Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy, Germany Short description: The project aims at creating a regionalised, transnational, up-todate emission data information base for long-term planning decisions, such as Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) or Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) by linking environmental data with spatial information. The strategic objective of the project is: to develop strategic considerations to improve air quality The central goal is to develop strategic considerations to improve air quality. The project enhances the environmental knowledge and disseminates the results in order to also define strategies on reduced energy consumption.

13 13 Projects on RES & EE within INTERREG IIIB CADSES predecessor program (IV) CER 2 : Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables Network Partners: Austria (Österreichisches Forschungs- u. Prüfzentrum Arsenal GmbH), Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia Short description: The project aims at boosting regional development and increasing local economic growth and regional employment by promoting environmentallyfriendly energy technologies and the rational use of energy (RUE). The strategic objective of the project is: to develop and implement a Central European Regions Cluster for Energy from Renewables network using: (a) regional energy clusters and energy concept, (b) standardised education schemes for building service engineers, architects, planners, installers and energy advisers in the fields of RES and RUE, (c) a Quality Assurance Support Programme to guarantee high quality of new RES and RUE technologies. Among results, a detailed business plan for ongoing cluster networking, education concepts, quality schemes for production, systems, buildings, education and marketing, regional cluster concepts, energy proponent committees, regional RES and RUE company start-up support programmes, have been develop, supported, adapted or introduced.

14 14 Good practices in the field of RES & EE: INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC EMERGENCE 2010 (I) PROVINCIA DI CAGLIARI PROVINCIA REGIONALE DI CALTANISSETTA CDER - MOROCCO PREFECTURE OF DODECANESE REGIONAL ENERGY AGENCY OF DODECANESE S.

15 15 Good practices in the field of RES & EE: INTERREG IIIB MEDOCC EMERGENCE 2010 (II) Information Technological Environmental Geographic Εconomic Socio-economic Legislative Locating RES projects OptiRES Pilot projects Obstacles Technological Environmental Economic Social Legislative/ administrative/ regulatory Hierarchisation Evaluation Selection Criteria Sustainability Economic viability Contribution to the reduction of GHG Emissions Transferability Access to networks Representative projects Final list of RES projects Initial list of RES projects Stakeholders Authorities (local / national) Investors Society Banks Final decision for RES projects Techno-economic specifications A complete methodology for planning and validating RES projects (

16 16 SUGGESTIONS - INDICATIVE PROJECTS IDEAS (I) Future measures Legal measures Identifying the (non)availability of rules with might prevent or restrict the promotion of RES and EE strategies Developing strategies to deal with the social dimension of the energy sector reforms Developing policies for RES supply and EE at national and/or regional level to help implementing the relevant EU guidelines and directives Promoting a dialogue among policy makers, regulatory authorities, utilities, energy end-users associations on obstacles to energy efficiency and actions needed to improve the energy intensity (f.ex. Bulgaria s highest energy intensity within the EU) Developing transnational policies for emission reduction to reduce GHG emissions Financial measures Evaluation of the technically and economically available RES potential Review challenges and obstacles in financing and implementing energy infrastructure projects

17 17 SUGGESTIONS INDICATIVE PROJECTS IDEAS (II) Future measures Information/dissemination activities Raising public awareness and building capacity for energy efficiency Developing transnational networks on green industries, energy agencies, regional and local authorities Promoting of sustainable transport and efficient energy management systems, including information to industrial customers, service providers and citizens on energy consumption reduction issues Facilitating the co-ordination of energy providers, f.ex. RES associations and regional / local authorities Behavioral analysis (on end energy use regarding appropriate socioeconomic issues) Study of the socio-economic impacts of the energy sector reforms in SEE Improvement of the dialogue with the social partners Skilled and targeted approach for energy advice provision throughout the SEE region

18 SUGGESTIONS INDICATIVE PROJECTS IDEAS (III) Future measures Methodologies to support the commercial uptake of R&D results - innovation in RES and EE towards a balanced economic development of the SEE region Developing transnational strategies to support sustainable exploitation schemes on RES Coordinating infrastructure development for the use of RES (especially hydropower) at transnational level Enhancing know-how transfer The involvement of non-eu member states is a great challenge which will result in overriding the constraints imposed by national barriers to promote the renewable energy use and energy efficiency in South-East Europe SEE Kick-Off Event, Budapest, March

19 19 Thank you for your attention Dimitris Papastefanakis Director Centre for Renewable Energy Sources 19th km Marathonos Ave., Pikermi, GR19009 d.l.: f: