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Financing opportunities
for energy sector in Romania
Silviu Stoica
General Director
Managing Authority for SOP ENV
– Ministry of Environment -
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Energy Policy in the EU
Energy Policy in Romania
Romanian commitments
Financing programs
 SOP Comp;
 SOP ENV;
 Other governmental programmes
Energy Policy in the EU
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Energy – essential element for EU economic
development;
Main objectives:
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Reduction of GHG with 20% by 2020;
Increase of potential renewable energy sources;
Increase of bio-fuels percentage;
Reduction of global consumption of primary
energy with 20% by 2020;
Directive 2001/77/EC - by 2010, 21% of the total
electric energy produced in the member States
should come from renewable energy sources
Classical energynon renewable source!
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International Energy Agency estimates that in 2030
Europe will import 70% energy
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Oil resources will end in 40 years! (sources IEA)
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Natural gas is available for 60 more years from now on
(sources IEA)
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The present consumption will lead to exhaust off all
coal ressources within 200 years ! (sources: AIE)
Energy Policy in Romania
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National Energy Strategy approved in 2007
Strategic objectives:
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Energy safety;
Sustainable development;
Competitiveness.
Specific measures:
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Environmental protection – e.g. compliance with
LCP and IPPC Directives, Kyoto Protocol, promotion of
green technologies;
Improvement of energy efficiency - achievement of
Lisbon objectives, compliance with Directive
2006/32/EC on energy efficiency, promotion of
renewable energy sources
Energetical capacities and total
investment effort during
2007-2020 (according to the National
Strategy for Energy Efficiency)
Necessary investment effort – approx. 6 billion
Euro, out of which:
•Environmental protection – 2.6 billion Euro;
•Energy efficiency – 2.5 billion Euro;
•Renewable energy – 1.8 billion Euro
Percentage breakdown of renewable
energy sources identified in Romania
(estimation for 2010)
65% biomass
 17% wind energy
 13% solar energy
 4% micro-hydro-power plants
 1% geothermal energy
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Territorial distribution of
renewable energy sources
I – Danube Delta (solar energy);
II - Dobrogea (solar and wind energy);
III - Moldova (micro-hydro, wind energy,
biomass);
IV - Carpathians (biomass, micro-hydro and
wind energy);
V - Transilvania (high potential for microhydro and biomass);
VI – West Plain (high potential for
geothermal and wind energy;
VII - Subcarpathians ( High potential for
biomass and micro-hydro);
VIII – South Plain (biomass, geothermal and
solar energy).
Green Certificates
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Source of additional income for producers
delivering “clean energy” in the networks.
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1 Green Certificate = 1MWh of electric energy
resulted from a renewable source = 24 – 42
Euro additional income per producer.
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There is a green certificate market, in parallel with
the electric energy market, but:
 All distributors are obliged to buy a fixed ratio of
energy from renewable sources.
2.20% was the annual ratio for 2006.
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Advantages
of renewable energy
(environmental, economic, social)
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Less GHG emissions;
Less waste quantities;
Green technologies;
New opportunities for business environment;
New jobs created
Critical aspects
Atmospheric pollution resulted from district heating
systems leads to big environmental consequences:
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Climate changes through green house gas emissions;
Transport of pollutants on long distances;
Low air quality due to low atmospheric dispersion conditions.
Commitments according to
Accession Treaty
– Environmental Section–
Air quality
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Reduction of emissions
(Directive 2001/80/EC)
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resulted from LCPs
2013 – gradual reduction of SO2 emissions up to
148,000 tones/year;
2013 - gradual reduction of NOx up to 112,000
tones/year;
2013 - gradual reduction of dust emissions up to 15,500
tones/year.
Commitments in climate
changes sector
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Romania is the first country - among the
developed and in transition countries,
included in Annex I of United Nations
Framework
Convention
on
Climate
Changes (UNFCCC) which ratified Kyoto
Protocol to UNFCCC;
Romania committed itself to reduce the
greenhouse gases emissions (GHG) with
8%, in first stage of commitment 20082012, referring to the baseline year (1989).
Commitments
according
to
Convention on long distance crossborder atmosphere pollution
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Ratified through the Law No 271/2003;
Romania committed itself to comply in 2010,
with the level of emissions thresholds laid
down in Gothenburg Protocol for SO2 and
NOx emissions
Financing programmes
SOP Comp;
 SOP ENV;
 District Heating 2006-2015
 Environmental Fund
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SOP for Economic
Competitiveness Increase
Priority Axis 4 – “Increasing energy efficiency and security of
supply, in the context of combating climate change”
Objective - Improving energy efficiency contributes to the three core
objectives of the EU energy policy: security of supply, competitiveness
and sustainable development.
Results
 Reducing of energetic resources losses;
 Reducing of climate changes due to CO2 emissions;
Key areas of intervention
 4.1 - Efficient and sustainable energy (improving energy efficiency
and environmental sustainability of the energy system)
 4.2 - Valorisation of renewable energy resources for producing
green energy
 4.3 - Diversification of interconnection networks in view of
strengthening security of energy supply
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SOP Competitiveness (2)
KAI 4.1 - Efficient and sustainable energy
(improving energy efficiency and
environmental sustainability of the energy
system)
Indicative operations:
a. supporting investment in installations, equipment for industrial
operators, in order to improve energy efficiency leading to energy
savings.(Beneficiaries – industrial companies)
b. supporting investments in expanding and upgrading electricity, natural
gas and oil transportation grids and electricity and natural gas
distribution grids, in order to reduce losses and secure the continuity
and safety of transport and distribution services(Beneficiaries –
large, small and medium enterprises)
c. Investments in flue gas de-sulphurization installations, burners with
reduced NOx and filters on refurbished/upgraded groups of large
combustion plants(Beneficiaries- large enterprises)
SOP Competitiveness(3)
KAI 4.2 - Valorisation of renewable energy
resources for producing green energy
Indicative operations:
 investments in upgrading and building new power and heating
production capacities by valorization of renewable energy sources:
biomass, micro hydro, solar, wind, geothermal, bio fuels and other
renewable resources.
Eligible beneficiaries:
 Local public authorities,
 Large, small and medium enterprises, urban microentreprises
(excepting for those which produce energy or biofuels based on
agricultural products processing, as listed in Annex 1 to EC Treaty).
SOP Competitiveness(4)
KAI 4.3 - Diversification of interconnection
networks in view of strengthening security of
energy supply
Indicative operations:
 supporting investments for interconnecting the national
electricity and natural gas transport networks to European
networks.
Eligible beneficiaries:
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National transport operator for electric energy and natural gas
SOP Environment
Priority Axis 3 „ Reduction of pollution and mitigation of climate
change by restructuring and renovating urban heating systems
towards energy efficiency targets in the identified local
environmental hotspots”
Objectives:
• Mitigation of climate change and reducing pollutant emissions from
urban heating plants in the identified local environmental hotspots;
•Ameliorate ground level concentrations of pollutants in the localities
concerned;
•Improve the health condition of the population in the localities
concerned.
Strategy - integrated approach, considering both demandmanagement and energy-efficiency measures and direct
improvement of the environmental performance of urban
heating boilers.
Budget and beneficiaries
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Community financing source –
Cohesion Fund
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Allocated budget – 458 million Euros;
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Co-financing rate – 50%;
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Beneficiaries – local public authorities
Operations envisaged
•Introduction of BAT (best available techniques) for SO2,
NOx and dust reduction (de-SO2, de-NOx and reduction
of dust emissions);
•Rehabilitation of boilers and turbines;
•Introduction of improved metering;
•Rehabilitation of non-compliant slag and ash landfills;
•Rehabilitation of heat distribution networks (including
redesign of networks if justified by more cost-efficient
reasons).
Final target- to promote the efficient use of the nonrenewable energy sources and, where possible, the use of
renewable or less polluting sources of energy for urban
heating plants
Complementarity of SOP ENV with
Governmental Programme
“District Heating 2006 – 2015 – Quality and
efficiency”
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Governmental Programme for rehabilitation of district
heating systems;
Extended up to 2015;
Objectives – thermal effective power of district heating
systems is supposed to be of at least 80%, by mitigation of
transport and distribution network losses and introduction of
metering systems;
Budget – 2,7 billion Euros;
Co-financing rate:
 70% - state budget;
 30% - beneficiaries (local authorities who managed the
district heating systems).
Environmental Fund investment in
energy sector
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Amount :
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50,000 – 20,000,000 Lei (12500 – 5000000 euro)
Co-financing:
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Up to 50 % (for economic agents) or up to 60% (for local
authorities), out of the total eligible costs.
Thank you for your kind
attention!