National Energy Saving Systems - Conference in Lublin
29/08/05
Hotel MERCURE UNIA LUBLIN, Al. Racławickie 12, Lublin, Poland 7-9.6.2005
Summary of the conference report
Workshop language – English & Polish with simultaneous interpreting
Tuesday, 7 June 2005
9.15 – 9.25 Welcome; Introduction and overview of the event
Vice-President of the Regional Government (Marshall's Office) of the Lubelskie Region, Waldemar Jakubaszek, wellcomed all participants to the seminar
9.25 – 9.40 Opening speech. Presentation of the ESCOBALT project.
Seija Vanhanen informed about the role of Uudenmaa Regional Council (URC) as the main developer of its region and ESCOBALT.
9.40 – 10.10 National legal standards on energy saving systems.
Ewa Błaszczak-Brzozowicz (PL). This presentation gives an exellent state of the art about the legislation in Poland today. The topic of the presentation is legal regulations on energy law in Poland allowing for European Communities legislation. The EU directives:
Directive No 90/547/EEC from 0.10.1990
Directive No 91/296/EEC from 31.05.1991
Directive No 96/92/EC from 19.12.1996
Directive No 98/30/EC from 22.06.1998
Directive No 2001/77/EC from 27.09.2001
10.10 – 11.10 Principle and practices on Energy savings of the EU. Implementation in Nordic countries.
Presentation given by Seppo Silvonen (FI). The presentation includes exellent information about the principles and practices of the EU and its inmplementation to nordic countries. Main items are: Energy strategy elements Green Papers, White Papers, Directives and Programmes related to Energy in the EU, such as: Security of Supply, Energy Efficiency Action Plan, Appliance labelling, Combined heat and power production, Energy performance of buildings, Energy Services,
Ecological design of products, Transport policy, Electricity market, Gas market, Use of RES in power production, Alternative fuels for transport, Emission trading of GHGs, Intelligent Energy for Europe.
Also following items are ecplained: Green Paper “Towards a European strategy for the security of energy supply”. The Green Paper outlines a long-term energy strategy in which the EU must e.g. rebalance its supply policy by clear action in favour of a demand policy.
11.25 – 11.55 Role of Energy Agencies in Regional Energy Saving programs.
Speech given by Lars-Erik Persson (SE). Sustainable development in Sweden has National strategy consisting of economical strategy. social strategy, environmental strategy. The swedish energy agency is active in the fields of transformation, promotion, collaboration and supervision. SEA has a reserch programmes: International climate policy consisting on 2 sub programmes and general energy system studies.
Examples of general energy studies are: technology studies of the electricity market reform, political science studies o fenergy policy guide measures, economic studies of the power market, energy system modelling develoment and forecast studies of the transport sector.
Collaboration takes place for example with regional energy agencies and local authority energy advisers. Monitoring includes iniatives that the agency has taken, training and coordination. activities done by energy advisers, authorities applying for funds-statistics, projects and cooperation with energy agencies and energy advisers.
11.55 – 12.25 Introduction of Energy Saving programs to Helsinki Metropolitan area.
Speaker: Pasi Salo (FI).
Vantaa is the fourth biggest city in Finland and a part of Helsinki Metropolitan
area (185 thousand inhabitants). There are nearly a million inhabitants in
Helsinki Metropolitan area. City of Vantaa offers many municipal services like
education (80 schools), public health care, social welfare (120 day care
centres), land use planning, culture and leisure.
City of Vantaa is an owner of 850 buildings (520 000 square meter). Examples
of Municipal Services are: educational services, culture and leisure services,
libraries, sport facilities etc, public health care services, social welfare services,
day care centres etc, land use planning, housing services, traffic and road
infrastructure, planning and maintenance, water supply services and waste
water management, environmental protection.
Real state center of Vantaa supplies and maintains Facilities for Municipal
Services The roles are Real Estate Management, Real Estate Administration,
Real Estate Maintenance, Facilities Management. Yearly electrical energy
consumption is 55 GWh (4,000,000 €) and heat energy consumption is 110
GWh (4,200,000 €), of which 100 GWh district heating and 10 GWh oil-
heating.
13.30 – 14.00 Strategy of District Heating Rehabilitation in economies in transition
Presentation by Juri Markovitch/Arto Nuorkivi (FI).
Main focuses of the presentation and the thesis of Arto Nuorkiviare the
following: Strategic investment planning model, which would improve energy
efficiency of DH systems in transition economies, where huge need of
rehabilitation prevails.
The content of the presentation is is based on the thesis of Arto Nuorkivi. the
whole thesis can be picked up from: http://lib.tkk.fi/Diss/2005/isbn9512275422/
Content of the thesis: Private sector participation (PSP) needed, Framework of
rehabilitation, General approach of optimization, Four approaches of research.
14.00 – 14.45 Energy Models as basis for urban energy saving concepts
Presentation of Thomas Hamacher (DE).
In urban energy systems the special role of cities in the energy sector is the high demand for heating and transport services. That is why a strong focus on the demand side is necessary. There are numerous possibilities to increase efficiencies. One big possibility to achieve increasing efficiencies is combinations of heat and power and cooling production. Close interference between population and politics is possible, or it is better to say, necessary.
When we speak about ES model concepts, something like an energy model could be a bridge between a lot of regulation vs. free market. Some theoretical ideas of models of ES concept could lead to some new approach.
Three steps to identify energy saving measures are: Energy monitoring, Description of a possible future and Identification of measures to reach a desirable future. Energy monitoring - if you don’t have a energy balance it is difficult to report the improvement you have done. Description can be done through a formal model, or it could be a guideline how the development might go. Participation process of interested people is needed to identify measures.
14.45 – 15.15 Approaches to the energy seving systems in Poland. Energy Works “LUBZEL” Corporation (PL).
Speaker: Włodzimierz Czwórnóg.
The presentation shows the ations of LUBZEL joint-stock company supporting the rational use of energy in the context of Polish energy policy until 2025. The main actions of the joint-stock company aim at: shaping demand for energy;
limiting network losses; modernizing street lighting; facilitating the use of electric energy.
The presentation also explains the new system of the rationalization of electric energy charges thanks to sizeable cost cuts resulting from the use of electric energy during the smallest load of the system.
15.30 – 16.00 Technologies of the energy saving in the Lubelskie, Heat and Power Generating Plant “Lublin-Wrotków”.
Speaker: Marek Stanzyk (PL).
The presentation analyzes the experience of 3 years work of gas-steam block considering the use of co-generation as one of the basic ways of energy saving in energy business.
The gas-steam block in Heat and Power Generating Plant “ Lublin-Wrotkow”
is the largest block of this type in Poland. It produces electric energy and
heat in the process of co-generation from natural gas. It was set in operation
on 12th April 2002. The investment cost 550 million PLN.
The main advantages of the process of co-generation are: limiting the use of
original energy; Limiting pollution emission into the environment; Lowering
the cost of energy per user. The presentation focuses on showing benefits resulting from using this method, which are: Limiting the use of electric energy at one’s own need; Limiting pollution emission into the environment; Lowering the cost of heat per user; The gas-steam block in Heat and Power Generating Plant “ Lublin-Wrotkow” is a modern and effective co-generation source that keeps to European standards as far as energy saving and limitation of pollution emission into the environment is concerned.
16.00 – 16.30 Analysis of the use of the energy sources in the Lubelskie region
Presenation given by Ewa Banak (PL).
The presentation shows the energy policy of self-government in Lublin voivoidship on the basis of regional programme documents i.e. Development Strategy for Lublin voivoidship and Land Use Plan . They aim at improving the efectiveness of supply and the security of energy needs in the region. They provide the consumers with the continuity of electric energy delivery.
Increasing the energy safety level in the region is connected with the following operation goals: Main goals are: Increase in RES use to 7,5% in 2010 and to 14% in 2020 in energy production and Realizing balanced development.
Increasing the level of energy security in the region: Diversification of energy sources; Decreasing the use of mine fuel; Optimizing the use of energy resources; Creating new job places; Reviving economy in the country; Increasing the regional development.
The reduction of pollution emission into the environment is connected with the following operation goals: Executing the record of the meeting in Kyoto; Environment protection from the negative consequences of energy processes; Rational use of the renewable sources of energy; Using agricultural wastelands; Creating pro ecological region.
The presentation also includes a rich cartography on the alternative energy resources in Lublin voivoidship.
16.30 – 17.00 Energy saving methods in agriculture.
Speakers: Grzegorz Siejka (PL) Bogusław Kiedrowski (PL).
The presentation starts with pinpointing two basic methods of energy saving that are: Limiting energy use; Finding new energy sources.
The limitation of energy use may be achieved by: replacing old equipment with new one; insulating the livestock buildings and the farmer’s house; using economical systems of heating.
In 1999 the following kinds of renewable energy sources were used: 98,05% biomass; 1,83% water energy; 0,10% geotermal energy; 0,01% wind energy;
0,01% solar energy.
The presentation shows prospects for the renewable sources of energy in Poland and stresses advantages and barriers in their development.
Some examples:
Agriculture can produce fuel at its own needs: Bio diesel – extract from oil produced from rape seeds – for agricultural machine drive. Bio ethanol – spirit but also as an additive to petrol. High production costs are barriers to bio fuel production, f. e. the cost of bio diesel production equals the price of diesel oil at a petrol station.
Energy plants: Biomass is produced in a field – it replaces coal needed to heat houses and livestock rooms. This discipline is flourishing. New plantations are being started, especially of bushy willow.
Biomass furnaces: Wood furnaces, Fire places, Straw furnaces, Pellets and briquettes furnaces. Straw furnaces: Straw is an additional crop for farmers. Straw production is usually bigger than demand for bedding. Straw surplus is often burnt in a field. This is wrong. It is better to heat houses and livestock rooms using free straw.
WORKSHOP and panel discussions
Wednesday, 8 June 2005
9.00 – 10.00 Finnish National Energy Saving program
Seppo Silvonen (FI).
The presentation gives a very detailed description of Finnish ESP:
Finland’s high dependence on imported energy and the first oil crisis in 1973 showed in a concrete way how important energy efficiency is, not only from the economic point of view but also as a matter of supply security. Since that time thee have been determined actions by the Finnish governments to support efforts for energy saving.
The current ESP is for the years 2002-06. It is one of the four main components in the national Climate Strategy the target of which is to bring the GHG-emissions back to the 1990-level. The ESP target corresponds to one fourth, i.e. 3-4 million tons of CO2 per year, of the total emissions reduction target in the energy sector,.
When making the decision on a new nuclear reactor in 2002 the Government included in it a specific declaration concerning the importance of the saving of electricity. Similarly, the Parliament included a strong statement for increased efforts to the implementation of the ESP.
The Finnish energy policy traditionally favours voluntary instead of regulatory measures in promoting energy saving. The EU-directives bring along new obligatory elements to be included in the ESP. The central measures of the program deal with financial instruments to the development and commercialization of and investments in energy efficient technologies, the building code and other enactments, voluntary agreements, energy audits, information dissemination and education activities. The state-owned company Motiva Oy acts as the administrator for the implementation of the main energy saving measures supported by the Government.
10.00 – 11.00 Preparation of Directive 2002/91/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2002 on the energy performance of buildings and its implementation
Speaker: Esko Tähti (FI)
EU is very important player in the struggle for sustainable environment. It has tools for many purposes and at many areas and levels of society. It is said that it is impossible to follow all EU rules and that the discipline in obeying the rules is weak. However, directives are a excellent way to unify European possivilities in global environment. The procedure is complicated and long lasting, but the problems are also difficult to solve. The whole process to establish this directive will be nearly ten years but it will help Europens in many ways.
In the presentation following items are handled: Political Context and Environmental Targets, Directives, how and why, Technical content of the directive, Standardization. Impact in Finland and Impacts on the Property and Construction Sector.
11.00 – 12.00 Renewable energy sources. Modern trends
Speech by Lars-Erik Persson (SE).
Following renewable energy sources were handled: Wood residues, Agricultural residues, Waste, Hydro power, Wind power. The figures are compared to the figures in White paper. According to it, Targets 2010:
- double the share of RES, from 6 to 12%.
- renewable electricity share 22%.
- biofuel share 5,75%
Targets 2020:
- 20% RES
- renewable electricity share more than 33%.
- biofuel share 25%
In the presentation all above mentioned RES areas were handled and the present situation is compared to the targets of White Paper.
13.00 – 13.30 Energy saving in Estonian municipalities
Speaker: Aare Vabamägi (EE).
Following items were handled in the presentation:
Association of Municipalities of Estonia. It is Founded on November 20, 1921 and it has 176 members as of April 15, 2004. The objectives of the association are, through the joint activity of the local governments: to foster the development of local government in general; to represent its members; to protect the common interests of its members; to promote co-operation between its members and, to create possibilities for improved performance of the functions prescribed by law for its members. See also: www.emovl.ee.
The functions of a local government include the organization, in the rural municipality or city, of social assistance and services, welfare services for the elderly, youth work, housing and utilities, the supply of water and sewerage, the provision of public services and amenities, physical planning, public transportation within the rural municipality or city, and the maintenance of rural municipality roads and city streets unless such functions are assigned by law to other institution.
District heating act: District Heating Region: Municipality has a right to determine region, where only district heating network can be used for heating purposes. Before making regions, municipality has to analyze alternative solutions of heating (Energy master plan). For the purposes of customer protection, system effectiveness and environmental protection municipality has to set requirements for the district heating companies active in the district heating region.
And also, Energy Market Inspectorate will regulate prices for: Companies, whose sales in their area is over 50 000 MWh; Companies belonging to concern, if the total sales of the concern in Estonia is exceeding 50 000 MWh; Companies using CHP-s. Other companies heat prices are regulated by the municipality.
District heating region. A district heating region is an area determined by a comprehensive plan within which consumer installations are provided with heat by way of district heating in order to ensure a secure, reliable and effective heat supply at a justified price in compliance with environmental requirements and the needs of the final customer.
The objective of energy master planning is to maximize the benefits available to a community through the optimum use of energy resources. The energy plan itself is a forward-looking document that helps to focus attention on the most important priorities and to create a framework for energy-related projects to be agreed and implemented.
Long Term public fuel and energy sector development plan until 2015: ensure compliance with the environmental requirements established by the state;
increase the efficiency of the energy consumption in the heat, energy and fuel sector; until 2010, maintain the volume of primary energy consumption at the level of the year 2003.
Energy saving programme 1992: The Principe's were: decrease use of import fuels compared with 1991 by 50% during 5 years (target was filled), Solve DH companies ownership problems (municipality took ownership), Finances for program (5,2 milj EUR from state budget during 1992 – 1998, loans guaranteed by state), End of gross subsidies for energy and fuel prices,
Awareness campaigns for energy saving and rational use
Energy saving programme 2000-2005: The Principe's were: decrease use of import fuels compared with 1991 by 50% during 5 years (target was filled),
Solve DH companies ownership problems (municipality took ownership),
Finances for program (5,2 milj EUR from state budget during 1992 – 1998, loans guaranteed by state), End of gross subsidies for energy and fuel prices,
Awareness campaigns for energy saving and rational use.
The targets were: To keep change of energy use, generated by economical growth, at least two times lower than growth of GDP. On the period 2008 – 2012 decrease 8% CO2 emissions from 1990 level.
The strategic objectives of the Estonian fuel and energy sector are among others see full text: http://www.mkm.ee/index.php
See also: www.emovl.ee, only in Estonian language.
13.30 – 14.00 Energy saving trends in Latvia-moving towards Energy Intelligent Europe.
Speaker: Linards Zolnerovics (LV)
The Saeima (Parliament) formulates the basic elements of Latvian energy policy in the document Republic of Latvia Government Energy Policy approved on 30 November 1999. The main goal of Latvian energy policy is to ensure safe and environmentally friendly long-term energy supply at cost-effective prices, contributing to enhance competitiveness, and to ensure safe energy transit. The basic principles and goals of the Government energy policy are as follows:
- Gradual transformation of the energy system on a market basis and elimination of subsidies;
- Regulation of residential electricity and natural gas tariffs by an independent regulatory body and delegation of the management of district heating systems to local authorities;
- Strengthening Latvia’s role as a transit country;
- Encouragement of rational energy use;
- Harmonization with EU legislation;
- Enhancing the role of local authorities and energy planning for environmental protection.
14.00 – 14.30 Energy efficiency and Energy saving surrounding in Lithuania and Kaunas.
Speakers: Dr. Rimantas Bakas (AB Kauno energija), Algirdas Vaitiekunas (Kaunas City Municipality)
Content of the presentation: Energy efficiency and renewable energy, The regulation of the energy and district heating sectors in Lithuania, Owners and operators in DH sector, Kaunas city and AB Kauno Energija, Investments and projects, Investments in Lithuanian DH sector.
Energy efficiency and renewable energy Includes: Energy conservation and efficiency as well as promotion of the efficient use of local, renewable and waste energy resources by producers and consumers are among the main objectives of the energy policy defined in the Law on Energy of the Republic of Lithuania.
National Energy Efficiency Programme includes: The Government by its Resolution No 1121 dated 19 September 2001, approved of the revised and updated review of the National Energy Efficiency Programme and the main directions of its implementation for 2001-2005.
Also following items were handled in detail:
*National Energy Efficiency Program and the main measures of its implementation for 2001 – 2005.
*Energy audits: The energy audits of residential houses, public buildings, kindergartens, schools, hospitals and etc. are carried out.
*Energy and heating conservation for the buildings.
*Buildings of public institutions
*Renewable energy sources: Following the arrangements made for the use of renewable energy sources in Lithuania, the boom in construction of power plants operating on biomass, hydro energy, geothermal energy and solar energy is observed. The total capacity of the completed projects on the use of local and renewable energy resources in the country is about 400 MW.
*National waste energy resource potential.
*Electricity produced using the renewable and waste energy resources
*Purchase prices of the electricity produced using renewable.
*Production and use of biofuel.
*State Strategic Waste Management Plan.
*The regulation of the district heating sector: The Competition Law (1999), Civil Code (2000), National energy consumption efficiency increasing programme (2001), The Energy Law (2002), The Lithuanian National Energy Strategy (2002), National harmonious development strategy (2003), The Heat Law ( 2003 )
*The survey of the Heat Law requirements.
*Owners and operators in DH sector.
*Heat production in DHC
*Owners and operators in DH sector (3)
Some information about Kaunas: Kaunas city is second biggest city in Lithuania: population 370 thousand , AB Kauno energija is second biggest DH company in Lithuania: 86% shares own by Kaunas City, Turnover - 55 mln. EUR, Annual heat sale to consumers - 1500 GWh, Max load of Kaunas DH network - 500 MW.
15.00 - 15.30 National strategies of the use of the domestic fuel and renevable energy sources in Belarus
Presentation given by Valentin Borodulya, Belarus Academy of Sciences
Belarus as many of the countries with small energy recourses, aiming to use low quality domestic fuels and wastes and to substitute expensive imported fuels and at the same time to introduce better emission control, could do it cheaply only by introduction of new technologies and renewable resources.
Taking into account that 38 % of Belarus is covered by forest, the firewood is one of the main donors of energy from renewable resources. The papers presents data on biomass potential in Belarus, analysis preset state of bioenergy development and highlights some trends which have emerged as a results of political, economical and technological frame conditions.
Belarus comes to the forefront in Europe in relation to the increment of biomass per capita; its stores of wood are twice higher than the European-average level, which makes it possible in future to replace a considerable part of imported gas and oil products by a biofuel.
Belarus has to import about 85 % of its primary energy demand and strongly depends on deliveries of natural gas from Russia, although the total standing stock of wood is more 1 billion (solid ) m3 covering about 8 million hectares. The annual increase in wood biomass is estimated at 25 million m3.
In 2004 Government of Belarus has adopted a programme for increased annual consumption of domestic and renewable fuels in structural balance of energy-producing fuel from 16,7% (4,2 mill. tce) in 2003 year to 25% (6,75 mill. tce) by year 2012. It means particular that it could be a wider use wood from 5,5% to 11,5% and peat from 2,5% to 5,0% and accordingly decrease of natural gas consumption from 78,1 % to 74,2%.
15.30 – 17.00 Energy Saving Portal. Review of development
Päivi Saarnia (FI) gave a summary of the portal (www.esprojects.net )activities. Information packages were given to participants.