31 May 2012
Monthly Bulletin
The authoritative source for the project pipeline from the
Activity in January 2012
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Switchyard access road at site for 39 MW wind park in province of Mersin Turkey
What’s New: Because of the growing quantity of data available and the difficulty of surveying it all on a monthly basis, it is foreseen that from the next issue the Bulletin will become bimonthly. Beginning with the present issue the Bulletin will include project information culled from filings for the major emissions-reduction programs that cover power projects in Southeast Europe (SEE). The principal emissions-reduction programs and the countries in SEE that they provide information on are as follows:
Mandatory, Kyoto
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): Bosnia Herzegovina Serbia Montenegro Albania Macedonia Moldova Cyprus Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Iran
Joint Implementation (JI): Bulgaria Romania Ukraine Russian Federation
Voluntary, non-Kyoto emissions-reduction programs:
VCS, GS: Bulgaria Ukraine Russia Turkey Georgia
Overview by technology: In recent months the construction of large, ground-mounted photovoltaic parks has slowed in most of the region, but is accelerating in Romania Cyprus Turkey Bosnia Macedonia Bosnia Montenegro Macedonia Albania Serbia Caucasus (Turkey Armenia Georgia Turkey Georgia Greece Turkey Turkey
Overview by area: Few large projects are moving forward toward construction in the Western Balkans (Slovenia Croatia Bosnia Serbia Bosnia Black Sea , i.e., in Ukraine Romania Bulgaria Bulgaria Turkey Turkey Turkey Turkey
Largest and smallest plants/projects mentioned in this issue:
Biogas: 7.0 MW (Turkey Croatia
Biomass: 30 MW (Turkey Turkey
Cogeneration: 146 MW (Ukraine Slovenia
Geothermal: 13 MW (Cyprus Turkey
Hydroelectric: 210 MW (Georgia), 0.2 MW (Albania
Photovoltaic: 200 MW (Greece Croatia
Wind: 400 MW (Romania Greece
Contents
Declarations of Renewable Energy Production Facilities
In January production facility declarations were issued for the following 106 renewable energy and high-efficiency cogeneration facilities:
Cogeneration: 5 facilities (0.15, 0.01, 0.006, 0.006, and 0.006 MW)
Hydroelectric: 1 facility (4.3 MW – a plant that had already been in operation for many years)
Photovoltaic: 100 facilities (0.96, 0.95, 0.93, 0.85, 0.79, 0.49, 0.48, 0.25, 0.25, 0.25, 0.24, 0.21, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20, 0.20, 0.19, 0.19, 0.18, 0.14, 0.14, 0.13, ... 0.004 MW)
Licenses for Production of Electricity in Power Plants over 1 MW
In January licenses for the production of electricity in power plants of over 1 MW capacity were granted to the operators of 2 facilities. The types, capacities, and locations of the facilities have not yet been made public.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January there were no EIA filings, public hearings, or approvals regarding renewable energy projects.
In the News:
In January an Austrian firm that had begun construction of Slovenia
Capital:
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Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)
Between 12 January and 6 February a total of 6 plants that had already signed power purchase agreements were connected to the electrical grid and began to receive incentives:
Biogas: 1 plant (0.14 MW – at a chicken farm)
Photovoltaic: 4 plants (0.03, 0.03, 0.02, and 0.00452 MW)
Wind: 1 plant (18 MW)
Between 12 January and 6 February the following 23 plants signed power purchase agreements without connecting yet to the grid:
Photovoltaic: 23 plants (0.12, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, ... 0.0025 MW)
Decisions on Status as Eligible Producers
In January final decisions granting the status of eligible producer of renewable energy were given for 5 plants:
Biogas: 1 plant (0.135 MW, at a chicken farm)
Photovoltaic: 2 plants (0.03 and 0.03 MW)
Wind: 2 plants (18 and 6 MW)
In January preliminary decisions granting the status of eligible producer of renewable energy were given for 22 projects:
Photovoltaic: 22 projects (0.29, 0.20, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, 0.03, ... 0.007 MW)
In addition, an application for the status of eligible producer that the firm “Končar” had submitted in 2009 (and for which it had received an extension in 2010), filed for its 1 MW wind-turbine prototype installed at Pometeno Brdo, was cancelled. This cancellation was carried out at the request of “Končar” itself, presumably because the firm has now gone ahead with the construction of a 6 MW wind park at that site. (In January the same firm signed a contract for the refurbishment of a 111 MW hydroelectric plant in Kenya
Energy Licenses
In January no licenses were issued for the production of electrical energy.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January a notice was published of a public hearing to be held in February regarding an application for the construction of a wood-based biomass cogeneration plant southeast of Zagreb
In the News
In January RES feed-in tariffs were raised by 2.1% for 2012 to reflect an equivalent rise in the retail price index in 2011.
As a result of the Dayton Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Serb Republic
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Licenses for the Production of Electrical Energy & Decisions on Status of Qualified Producer
In January the status of Qualified Producer of Electrical Energy was granted to 2 hydroelectric facilities that were already in operation:
Hydroelectric: 2 facilities (0.47 and 0.35 MW)
Initial Licenses for Energy Facility Construction
In January no initial licenses for energy facility construction were issued.
In January a public comment period was announced regarding an application for an initial construction license for 1 renewable energy project:
Photovoltaic: 1 project (0.78 MW)
In January an application for an initial construction license was filed for 1 renewable energy project:
Biomass: 1 project (1.3 MW)
Environmental Permits
In January no permits were issued for renewable energy projects. One permit was issued for a pollution-reduction project at an existing coke-gas-fired power plant of 16.5 MW capacity.
Information on applications for environmental permits has not been published since December 2011.
Certificates of Production
In January it was announced that two applications for the issuance of certificates of production – for two renewable energy facilities that had already been operating for some time – had been judged to be complete, and public comment periods were announced:
Hydroelectric: 2 facilities (3.9 and 2.3 MW)
Certificate of production issued for hydro plant of 2.3 MW.
Licenses for Electricity Production
In January only 1 license was issued for electrical energy production, for a pre-existing thermal power plant of 24 MW capacity (two gas- or oil-burning units of 12 MW each).
Environmental Permits
In January no environmental permits were issued for renewable energy projects.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January no notices were posted concerning EIA screening decisions for renewable energy projects.
Concessions
In January there was no activity regarding concessions in the field of energy.
Emissions Reduction Projects
On 6 January a project involving a cascade of up to 6 hydroelectric plants, presently under development in Republika Srpska by a Norwegian firm through concessions obtained earlier from the RS government, was admitted to the phase of “prior consideration” in the CDM system.
Capital: Podgorica Pop.: 625,266 (2011) Area: 13.812 km² Highest point: 2,523 m
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Concessions
In January no new concessions were granted for renewable energy projects.
Energy Licenses for the Construction of Energy Plants
In January no energy licenses were issued for the construction of renewable energy facilities.
In January no new applications were filed for energy licenses for the construction of energy plants because the freeze on applications that the Ministry of Economy announced on 8 November 2011 remained in effect.
Construction Licenses
In January construction licenses were issued for the following 2 renewable energy facilities in the municipality of Mojkovac
Hydroelectric: 2 projects (10 and 5 MW)
In January no applications for construction licenses were filed for energy projects.
Use Permits
In January no use permits were issued for energy projects, and no applications for use permits for energy projects were filed.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January no approvals were granted for environmental impact assessments (EIAs) submitted for energy projects.
In Januray public notices were issued indicating that requests for approval had been received for EIAs filed for the following 3 renewable energy projects in the municipality of Berane
Hydroelectric: 3 projects (1.2, 0.9, and 0.3 MW)
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January no new applications were submitted for emissions reduction projects. More recently, on 12 April 2012 a 30-day public comment period was opened for the CDM application for a 72 MW wind park project.
Capital: Tiranë Pop.: 2,831,741 (2011) Area: 28,748 km2 Highest point: 2,764 m
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Qualification of Projects as Renewable Energy Sources
In January one project was granted qualification as a source of renewable energy:
Hydroelectric: 1 project (2.0 MW)
In January the review of an application for qualification as a source of renewable energy was begun for one project:
Hydroelectric: 1 project (1.5 MW)
Energy Production Licenses
In January no energy production licenses were granted for renewable energy projects. One license granted in 2006 for the construction of a hydroelectric plant was modified to raise the installed capacity of the plant from 7.0 MW to 8.6 MW.
In January the review of an application for an energy production license was begun for 1 renewable energy project:
Hydroelectric: 1 project (0.2 MW)
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January environmental permit applications for 3 renewable energy projects were considered, and all were approved:
Hydroelectric: 3 projects (88, 8.6, and 1.5 MW)
Concessions
On 6 January a concession was announced for a cascade of 3 small hydroelectric plants, with a closing date of 6 February.
In January no results were announced for earlier energy concession competitions.
On 18 January the Council of Ministers voted to open 1 hydroelectric concession for bidding, with the public tender process to be carried out by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Energy.
Plants in Operation
At the end of January there were a total of 16 private RES plants in operation in Macedonia
Hydroelectric: 8 plants (1.00, 1.00, 0.60, 0.40, 0.32, 0.23, 0.12, and 0.03 MW; total = 3.69 MW)
Photovoltaic: 8 plants (1.00, 0.25, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.05, 0.01, and 0.01 MW; total = 1.47 MW)
Besides the above plants the public utility company A.D. Elektrani na Makedonija (“JSC Macedonian Power Plants” or “A.D. ELEM”) operates 7 hydroelectric plants with a combined capacity of 528.4 MW.
Licenses for Energy Production
In January no licenses for energy production were granted for renewable energy projects.
In January no announcements were published regarding new applications for energy production licenses.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January no actions were taken regarding EIAs for renewable energy projects.
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January a public comment period was opened on the CDM system for a proposed wind park of 100 MW (37 x 2.7 MW) in the east of the country. According to documents filed, the developers predict that construction will begin in November 2012 and that the plant will enter operation in January 2014. For their calculations of project profitability they assume that capital expenses will be € 1,285,000 per MW. With an assumed debt/equity ratio of 70/30 and a capacity utilization factor of 26%, they calculate that based on income from feed-in tariffs alone the project would not be profitable, i.e., it would achieve an equity IRR of only 11% instead of the targeted equity IRR of 12.9%. The project will only be profitable if certified emissions reductions (CERs) can be obtained, since with a CER price of € 8.5 the equity IRR will rise to 13.1%. The developers analyze the sensitivity of the equity IRR to CER price, within the range of € 6.5-10.5. (Since the analysis was conducted in December 2011, the price of CERs has continued to decline, and at present CERs are trading at roughly € 3.50 on the spot market.)
Turbine layout for 100 MW wind park in the east of Macedonia
In the News
In January a tender was published for civil and underground works for a 70 MW hydroelectric project.
In addition, in January the public utility company A.D. ELEM signed a contract for Lot 2 of the Bogdanci Wind Farm project, a wind park of 36.8 MW (16 x 2.3 MW) that will be constructed in the southeast corner of the country. For tendering purposes the project was divided into Lot 1 (supply and installation of turbines) and Lot 2 (construction of roads, substations, and transmission lines). The tender for Lot 2 was won by a consortium of Siemens and the Greek firm Terna Energy S.A. (In the CDM analysis that ELEM submitted for the project in August 2011 the firm wrote, “PVE Bogdanci project will generate around 82.000 CER annually in the first phase, which means an additional annual income of over 820.000 €.” This assumes a CER price of € 10. The firm is also predicting a capacity utilization factor of 31.0%.)
Register of Privileged Power Producers
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has not made the contents of the register public.
Electricity Production Licenses
The Energy Agency has not added any new information to its list of licenses for electricity production from power plants of more than 1 MW since October 2011.
Energy Permits
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has not updated its registry of issued energy permits since March 2011.
Permits for the Construction of Energy Plants
The Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy has not updated the registry of issued construction permits for energy plants between 1 MW and 10 MW since May 2010, and the registry for plants greater than 10 MW since October 2009.
Construction Permits
In January no construction permits were issued for energy-related construction. The most recent construction permit issued for an energy generation project was one issued for a hydroelectric plant of 0.58 MW in 2011.
Location Permits
In January no location permits were issued for power-related construction.
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January two renewable energy projects were registered in the UN’s CDM registry:
Wind: 2 projects (123 and 102 MW)
The first project will involve a preliminary phase, which will see the installation of 6 MW (2 x 3 MW) of capacity, and a possible second phase which would involve the installation of another 117 MW (39 x 3 MW), all at a site in northeastern Serbia. The project is being developed by a Belgrade
54% Fintel Energia Group S.p.A., Pollenza , Italy
40.1% Agri Holding AG, Switzerland
4.1% Roksanda Kostić
1.8% Miodrag Kostić
The second project, situated about 30 km southeast of the first project, would involve a total capacity of “up to 102 MW” through the installation of “up to 40” turbines. It is being developed by a Belgrade
61.3% Wind Power Co. , U.S.A.
4.1% Asporta Limited BVI, British Virgin Islands
In addition, in January public comment periods were opened for two projects in the “Validation” phase:
Biogas: 2 projects (3.0 and 1.0 MW)
The smaller of these two projects involves the construction of a biogas plant at a large, existing dairy farm in southern Serbia
The larger project, situated in northeastern Serbia
“Each genset is technically capable of producing 1.190kW output but is electronically limited only to 999k because of the legal requirements that the equipment should be under 1MW so that the licenses are obtained at the local rather than republic level.”
In this the project developers are modest, to say the least. In fact there are no “legal requirements” that the equipment’s capacity be kept below 1 MW and that licenses be obtained at the local rather than national level; instead the legal requirement is that any power production plant of more than 1 MW installed capacity obtain a national energy license (Закон о енергетици, Чл. 20).
And in fact the limiting of the three individual generators to 999 kW each – reducing their combined power from 3,570 kW to 2,997 kW – would not be enough on its own to reduce the total capacity of the facility below the 1 MW licensing threshold.
To keep the facility as a whole below the 1 MW threshold the developers write that they plan for the three “999 kW” generators, though installed side by side, to be owned by three separate firms, each of them a 100% subsidiary of the firm “GL & A Holding GmbH”, a company headquartered in Vienna which is 100% owned by a certain Vladimir Vuković. According to other information available online, Mr. Vuković was born in 1966 in Banja Luka in the Yugoslavian republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina Mödling , Austria
The developers admit – to the UN in English but not to the Serbian government in Serbian – that this will be one plant of 3 MW capacity: “This project is a 2997kW (3MW) project producing electricity from biogas supplying electricity to a national grid.” But to circumvent the requirement for obtaining a national energy license – and such a license is not particularly difficult to obtain in Serbia – they have elected to install, connect, maintain, and clean three engines instead of one, to keep each of these three engines from ever running at full capacity when connected to the electrical grid, and to maintain separate bookkeeping, bank accounts, and tax filings for three different shell corporations, all of this for the entire 20-year lifetime of the project,.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January no actions were taken regarding renewable energy projects. The only projects dealt with in January were a proposed steel smelter/foundry and a proposed plant for recovering lead from used batteries.
Location permits
In January no location permits were issued for renewable energy projects.
Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija / Аутономна Покрајина Косово и Метохиja / Krahina Autonome e Kosovës dhe Metohisë
Licenses for Electric Power Generation
The file of licenses was last updated in mid-December 2011, but at that time no new electric power generation licenses had been issued since 2006.
Authorizations for Construction of New Generation Capacity from Renewable Energy Sources
In January no new authorizations or preliminary authorizations were issued and no applications were filed.
Capital: Kyiv Pop.: 45,633,600 (2012) Area: 603,700 km2 Highest point: 2,061 m KP: Annex 1
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Plants in Operation
In January no new data was published on plants in operation.
Automated Commercial Electricity Metering System (АСКОЕ)
In January the following 2 renewable energy plants were connected to the automated commercial electricity metering system:
Photovoltaic: 1 plant (20 MW)
Wind: 1 plant (25 MW)
Decisions on Access to Green Tariffs
In January the following 1 facility was granted a “green” tariff for electricity production:
Hydroelectric: 1 facility (1.3 MW)
Licenses for Electricity Production
In January a license for electricity production was granted to 1 renewable energy facility:
Hydroelectric: 1 facility (1.3 MW)
Power Purchase Agreements
In January a contract for the purchase of electricity was approved for 1 renewable energy facility:
Wind: 1 facility (25 MW)
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January a monitoring report submitted for one Joint Implementation (“JI”) energy project was deemed “final”:
Cogeneration: 1 project (146 MW)
The project involves the burning of methane gas from a coal mine to produce heat and power. According to the monitoring report, the installation of the 6 cogeneration units (total 48.8 MW) at the Central Shaft of the mine – delayed due to lack of funds as a result of the global financial crisis – was in progress in January, while the installation of the cogeneration units (total of 97.5 MW) at Air Shaft No. 2 had been delayed but was expected to begin soon. The report notes that on 16 August 2011 an accident took place at the cogeneration unit section as the result of a lightning strike. Meanwhile on 23 December 2011 the company was granted a 10-year energy license for cogeneration (combined heat and power – CHP), with an electrical output of 18.22 MW.
Construction Permits
In January no new construction permits were issued for renewable energy projects. A declaration of commencement of construction work was received for the following 1 renewable energy project:
Photovoltaic: 1 project (20 MW)
Capital: Chişinău Pop.: 3,559,500 (2012) Area: 33,843.5 km2 Highest point: 430 m
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Licenses for Electricity Production
In January no licenses were issued for electricity production. The most recent energy license to be issued was granted in 2009.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In Moldova
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January there was no activity regarding CDM projects in Moldova
In the News:
On 20 January it was announced that International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank group, would be collaborating with the international renewable energy development group Renovatio in the construction of a wind park in Moldova
Capital: Bucureşti Pop.: 19,042,936 (2011) Area: 238,390.7 km2 Highest point: 2,544 m KP: Annex 1
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Green Certificates Issued
In January the following 4 facilities began delivering power to the grid and consequently began receiving green certificates (certificate verzi) for the first time:
Hydroelectric: 2 facilities (1.0 and 0.7 MW)
Photovoltaic: 1 facility (1.0 MW)
Wind: 1 facility (70 MW)
At the end of January the total installed capacities of renewable energy facilities in Romania that were grid-connected and eligible to receive green certificates reached 25 MW for biomass/biogas, 382 MW for hydro, 2 MW for photovoltaic, and 976 MW for wind.
Grid Connection Contracts
To date 12 projects are known to have signed grid connection contracts in January:
Biomass: 1 project (3.1 MW)
Photovoltaic: 5 projects (5.0, 5.0, 5.0, 1.7, and 0.1 MW)
Wind: 6 projects (400, 200, 102, 70, 36, and 7.4 MW)
As an adjustment to figures for December, in late April 2012 it was revealed that a cogeneration project of 35.2 MW had signed a grid connection contract on 29 December 2011 .
Licenses for Electricity Production
In January licenses for electricity production were granted to the following 3 renewable energy facilities:
Biogas: 1 facility (0.3 MW)
Photovoltaic: 2 facilities (1.0 and 0.06 MW)
Authorizations for Energy Construction
In January licenses were granted for construction of the following 8 renewable energy production projects:
Cogeneration: 1 project (1.4 MW)
Hydroelectric: 1 project (2.4 MW)
Photovoltaic: 3 projects (3.0, 2.5, and 1.6 MW)
Wind: 3 projects (28, 8.0, and 3.0 MW)
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January there was no activity regarding Joint Implementation (JI) projects in Romania
Plants in Operation
To date a total of 20 renewable energy plants are known to have entered operation in January:
Hydroelectric: 1 plant (0.7 MW)
Photovoltaic: 18 plants (1.3, 1.0, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, ... 0.03 MW)
Wind: 1 plant (22.5 MW)
Use Permits
In January a total of 459 use permits were issued in Bulgaria
Cogeneration: 2.0 MW (province of Vratsa
Hydroelectric: 0.7 MW (Blagoevgrad), 1.128 MW (Pazardzhik)
Photovoltaic: 1.3, 1.0, 0.4, 0.4, 0.2, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.01, 0.01, ... 0.02 MW
Wind: 22.5 (Stara Zagora
Energy Licenses
In January a 25-year license for electrical energy production was granted to 1 project, about which a public hearing had been held in December:
Photovoltaic: 1 project (15 MW)
In January the State Energy and Water Regulatory Commission (SEWRC) held a public hearing regarding a proposed license for 1 project:
Photovoltaic: 1 project (76 MW)
This project, developed by a German firm, will involve the installation of 76 MWp in new photovoltaic capacity on sites totaling 155 ha. in an area of southeastern Bulgaria Turkey
According to documentation submitted by the project holder, financing has been guaranteed by Donau-Finanz GmbH & Co. KG, Vienna , Austria 29 July 2011 asked the project developer to submit a new financial model reflecting the new tariff of 485.60 BGN/MWh (€ 248.28/MWh), which the firm did. (N.B.: The plant will not enter operation until November 2012 at the earliest, but the next yearly FIT rate, which will go into effect in July 2012, is expected to be on the order of 30% lower than the present rate in order to reflect the decline in PV capital expenses over the preceding year.) Depreciation is calculated over 25 years using a straight-line method. Operating costs and revenues are calculated without any adjustment for inflation.
Emissions Reduction Projects
On 16 January a verification report was issued for a Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) project, a hydroelectric plant of 3.4 MW situated in the province of Blagoevgrad Bulgaria Greece 17 October 2011 and carried out a full inspection. It was verified that the plant delivered to the grid 9.96 GWh in 2008, 14.52 GWh in 2009, and 15.80 GWh in 2010, corresponding to capacity utilization factors of 32.5% (2008), 47.4% (2009), and 51.5% (2010).
On 20 January a monitoring report was issued for a Joint Implementation (JI) project involving a cascade of 9 small hydroelectric plants in western Bulgaria
Plants in Operation
No update to the list of renewable energy plants in operation was published in January. The previous update, published 22 December 2011 , covered plants that entered service through the end of November 2011.
Grid Connections
In accordance with Greek law № 4001/2011 – passed by the Greek parliament on 2 August 2011, approved by the president on 18 August, and published in the Government Gazette on 22 August – on 1 February 2012 the power transmission functions of the firm Hellenic Transmission System Operator S.A. (HTSO or “DESMIE” – in Greek Διαχειριστή του Ελληνικού Συστήματος Μεταφοράς Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας (ΔΕΣΜΗΕ)) were spun off into the firm Independent Power Transmission Operator S.A. (IPTO or ADMIE – in Greek Ανεξάρτητος Διαχειριστής Μεταφοράς Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας Α.Ε. (ΑΔΜΗΕ Α.Ε.)), while the market operation functions of DESMIE were transformed into the firm Hellenic Electricity Market Operator S.A. (HEMO or LAGIE – in Greek Λειτουργός της Αγοράς Ηλεκτρικής Ενέργειας Α.Ε. (ΛΑΓΗΕ Α.Ε.)). The two new companies, ADMIE and LAGIE, have not yet updated their databases with new data regarding grid connections or grid connection requests.
Installation Licenses
In January installation licenses were granted to 20 renewable energy projects:
Biomass: 1 project (6.5 MW)
Photovoltaic: 9 projects (4.2, 3.0, 2.0, 2.0, 1.9, 1.8, 1.6, 0.10, and 0.10 MW)
Wind: 10 projects (32, 30, 28, 18, 18, 18, 14, 14, 14, and 14 MW)
Approval of Environmental Conditions
In January “approval of environmental conditions for construction and operation” was granted to the following 17 renewable energy projects:
Photovoltaic: 16 projects (200*, 7.0, 5.5, 2.0, 2.0, 1.0, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, 0.1, ... 0.1 MW)
Wind: 1 project (0.05 MW)
*This project of 200 MWp, in the region of West Macedonia , will consist of 1,000,000 PV modules, each of dimensions 1600 x 990 x 50 mm, divided into 50,000 arrays of 20 modules each. The project will use 200 inverters of 1,000 kW each. The project will be built on three separate sites with a combined area of 5.21 million m3 (521 ha., or 5.21 square kilometers), implying a ratio of 2.60 ha/MWp or 0.384 MWp/ha. The project will connect to the national grid via two new substations that will be constructed. The company developing the project is 100% owned by ΔΕΗ Ανανεώσιμες Α.Ε., which itself is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the publicly-listed utility company Δημόσια Επιχείρηση Ηλεκτρισμού Α.Ε. (“ΔΕΗ”).
Approval of environmental conditions for a PV project of 100 kWp on the island of Rhodes.
Energy Licenses
In January energy licenses were granted to 28 projects:
Biomass: 1 project (2.3 MW)
Photovoltaic: 17 projects (12, 10, 10, 7.5, 7.5, 5.0, 4.5, 3.6, 3.5, 2.6, 2.6, 2.4, 2.0, 2.0, 1.5, 1.5, and 1.3 MW)
Wind: 10 projects (72, 46, 39, 36, 20, 19, 18, 15, 10, and 4 MW)
Although in Greece
In January there were also 8 rejections of energy license applications: one for a wind project of 20 MW in the region of West Macedonia , one for a wind project of 4.6 MW in the region of Central Greece , and six for PV projects of 1.38 MW each in the region of Thessaly .
In the News
On 31 January the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (ΥΠΕΚΑ) published in the Government Gazette a restructuring of purchase prices for power from PV plants for the period from February 2012 through August 2019. The new prices represent a reduction of 12.5% for power from ground-mounted PV plants and 5% for power from roof-mounted plants. For an explanation of the rationale behind the restructuring and the new prices see the Ministry’s official press release (1 February 2012 ): Αναδιάρθρωση των εγγυημένων τιμών για τα φωτοβολταϊκά.
Also in January, a state-owned company announced a tender for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of a 0.998 MWp rooftop PV plant in an industrial area west of Athens
Energy Licenses
In January energy production licenses were granted to the following 34 energy projects:
Asphaltite: 1 project (138 MW)*
Biogas: 1 project (1.2 MW)
Biomass: 2 projects (0.8 and 0.6 MW)
Cogeneration (NG): 2 projects (5.8 and 2.1 MW)
Combined cycle (NG): 1 project (853 MW)
Hydroelectric: 12 projects (19, 18, 16, 13, 9.2, 7.2, 5.8, 4.5, 4.4, 3.8, 3.7, and 2.0 MW)
Oil & gas: 1 project (8 MW)
Wind: 14 projects (100**, 53, 51, 50, 50, 45, 45, 23, 20, 11, 10, 10, 9, and 5 MW)
* This project, located in southeastern Turkey Iraq
** This wind project of 100 MW (32 x 3 MW + 2 x 2 MW), situated in the eastern part of the province of İstanbul, will connect to the grid at the Tepeören substation at a voltage of 154 kV. Predicted construction time is 48 months, so it is foreseen that the plant will be completed in January 2016. The plant is expected to generate 377 GWh/year, implying a capacity utilization factor of 43.0%.
During January there were 27 license applications undergoing review:
Biogas: 1 project (7 MW)
Biomass: 2 projects (30 and 1.1 MW)
Coal: 1 project (137 MW)
Cogeneration: 1 project (9 MW – from process waste heat)
Cogeneration (NG): 5 projects (13, 6.9, 1.6, 1.6, and 1.6 MW)
Combined cycle (NG): 5 projects (970, 609, 62, 61, and 56 MW)
Combined cycle (coal): 1 project (1480 MW)
Geothermal: 5 projects (10, 5.0, 5.0, 3.0, and 3.0 MW)
Hydroelectric: 6 projects (11, 10, 5.1, 4.3, 3.7, and 1.4 MW)
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January the Ministry of Environment and Urbanism ceased updating its database and file system of EIA applications, meetings, and decisions, and began developing another system, which at present is not fully functioning. Until the new system is fully operating, complete nationwide information on EIA filings will not be available.
Hydroelectric Tenders
No hydroelectric tender bidding meetings were held in January. Prior to January the most recent meetings held were on 22-23 November 2011, when bidding was held for 4 hydroelectric plants. The capacities of the plants, with the province and the number of firms participating in the bidding, were as follows: 14.0 MW (Rize, 10 firms), 9.0 MW (Ordu, 5 firms), 3.9 (Konya Erzurum Erzurum Erzurum Konya
Emissions Reduction Projects
On 3 January a verification report was completed for an operating wind park of 57.5 MW in the province of Hatay in southeastern Turkey, about 40 km from the border with Syria. The wind park consists of 23 x 2.5 MW GE 2.5xl3 turbines, with a hub height of 85 m. The third and last phase of the project (9 x 2.5 = 22.5 MW) was completed in late 2011, with the last turbines being commissioned on 24 November 2011 . The project directly employs 22 persons, of whom 16 security guards (all of them local people) and 4 are technicians (none of them local people). The project developer estimated that the wind park would generate 193 GWh/year, implying a capacity utilization factor of 38.3%. The wind park is located near the ruins of the 6th century monastery of St. Simeon the Stylite the Younger, with one of the turbines situated only 250 meters from the monastery.
On 5 January a validation report was completed for an operating run-of-river hydroelectric plant of 60 MW in the province of Muğla Turkey Malta
On 8 January a report was published regarding public meetings held in 2011 on a proposed hydroelectric project of 10.6 MW in the province of Bursa Bursa
Local stakeholder meeting for 10.6 MW hydro project held at Boğazköy Coffee House,
On 11 January a report was completed regarding a public comment meeting held in May 2011 for a wind park of 39 MW on which construction started later that same month. The project is located in the province of Mersin Turkey 1 March 2011 , the investment decision was made on 14 March 2011 , and finance was secured ten days later on 24 March 2011 . Construction site allowances were obtained on 2 May 2011 , and the works contract was signed on the same day. The stakeholder consultation meeting was held four days later on 6 May 2011 . Construction commenced on 26 May 2011 ; the project was first submitted to the Gold Standard emissions reduction system on the same day but before construction had begun. The individual turbine foundations will measure 20 x 20 meters, and will be 4 meters in depth. The construction phase will last for 11 months. When the plant is fully operational it is expected to employ 3 persons.
On 13 January a verification report was submitted for a hydroelectric plant of 82 MW in the province of Tunceli Turkey
On 16 January a project development document was created for a landfill biogas project of 1.2 MW in the province of Afyonkarahisar Turkey Ankara 19 August 2011 with Guascor Power S.A., and construction of the project began in October 2011.
On 16 January there was published in Turkish a river habitat report, compiled in August 2011, for a 9.8 MW hydroelectric plant operating since 2010 in the province of Rize Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey
On 18 January was completed a project description – and on 31 January was completed a validation report – for a dam and hydroelectric plant of 102.5 MW then under construction in the province of Kahramanmaraş Turkey Austria Czech Republic
On 23 January a revised project dossier was published for a hydroelectric project of 10.9 MW in the province of Giresun Black Sea coast in northeastern Turkey 5 October 2011 . The revised dossier does not give any update on the construction schedule, but according to earlier information the construction was expected to start in May 2011 and continue for 2 years.
On 30 January there was published a revision to a project description for a wind farm of 25 MW in the province of Balıkesir, roughly 150 km southwest of İstanbul. The project, which consists of ten Nordex N90 2.5 MW turbines, was commissioned in April 2011. The project developers had planned for annual energy production of 99,000 MWh, or a capacity factor of 45.2%, but preliminary data are showing results far below that. In April 2009, at a public comment session held at a village meeting hall, the general manager of the development firm, when asked by a local mayor how much a turbine costs, replied that the total investment would be € 35 mln, and that this means that the cost of one turbine is about € 3.5 mln.
In the News
In early January a tender was published for complete construction works for a 208 MW dam and hydroelectric project in the province of Muş Turkey
Plants in Operation
In January a total of 14 photovoltaic plants (total capacity 0.555 MWp) were connected to the national grid, but no new biogas, biomass, or wind plants were connected to the grid. At the end of January the total number of plants connected to the grid stood at 11 for biogas/biomass (total 8.0 MW), 811 for PV (total 9.9 MW), and 3 for wind (134 MW).
Certificates of Origin
On 18 January a firm that had been enrolled in the certificate of origin system since September brought online a wind park of 31.5 MW, so that the number of facilities enrolled in the system became as follows:
Wind: 3 facilities (82, 31.5, and 20 MW)
Grid Connections
The transmission system operator (TSO) has not published new data on grid connection requests since January 2011.
Energy Licenses
In Cyprus
In January one application was filed for an energy license:
Geothermal: 1 project (13 MW)
This application was filed in January, not in December as reported in the preceding issue of this bulletin. The application that was filed in December was for a biomass project of 14.5 MW.
Exemptions from Energy Licensing
In Cyprus
In January applications for exemptions were filed for 11 units, all of them diesel generators.
Power Purchase Agreements
In January no new power purchase agreements were signed. In December power purchase agreements were signed – in the form of amendments to memoranda signed earlier – with two companies, one for power purchase from a 20 MW hydro plant in the region of Mtskheta-Mtianeti in northeastern Georgia, another for power purchase from three hydro plants (20, 15, and 11 MW) in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti in southern Georgia.
Energy Licenses
In January there was no licensing activity regarding electrical power production.
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January public hearings on EIA filings were held for the following energy projects:
Hydroelectric: 2 projects (48.3 and 3.2 MW)
The first of these is a cascade of three hydro plants in the region of Samtskhe-Javakheti in southern Georgia Turkey
The second project is a plant of 3.2 MW to be built in the region of Shida Kartli in eastern-central Georgia
Emissions Reduction Projects
On 11 January an application was submitted to the CDM system for the planned construction of a cascade of 3 hydro plants (42.8, 35.0, and 35.0 MW) in the Autonomous Republic of Adjara in southwestern Georgia Turkey
In January there was considerable activity regarding a CDM application filed for a project that involves the refurbishment of an older hydroelectric plant that presently is operating at reduced capacity. The plant at present is operating at a capacity of 870 MW, well below its design capacity, but it is planned to increase the operating capacity by 210 MW to 1,080 MW by refurbishing the four generation units presently in operation. The dam is located in the region of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, but the powerhouse is 15 km away in the region of Gali in the eastern part of the (Autonomous) Republic of Abkhazia
Energy Production Licenses
In January no new licenses were issued for the production and sale of electrical energy.
Energy Construction Licenses
In January no new licenses were issued for the construction of energy facilities. On 18 January the conditions on a construction license granted in 2007 for a hydroelectric project were amended to raise the installed capacity of the project from 1.0 MW to 2.6 MW. In a separate decision, the period of validity for that construction license was extended to 26 January 2013 . The project will be situated in the center of the province of Vayots Dzor Armenia
Environmental Impact Assessments
In January no public hearings were held for renewable energy projects. On 26 January an announcement was published for a public hearing to be held on 6 February for a hydro project of 1.2 MW to be built in the province of Syunik Armenia
Emissions Reduction Projects
On 24 January a small hydropower project was submitted to the CDM system for “prior consideration”. Further details have yet to be published within the CDM system but it is clear from Armenian sources that this is the project «Վարդենիկ» ՓՀԷԿ in the province of Gegharkunik Armenia
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Plants in Operation
As of January the following renewable energy plants were in operation in the country:
Hydroelectric: 8 plants (402, 380, 150, 50, 22, 22, 16, and 5 MW)
Special Permissions for Activity Concerning Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources
Information on permissions requested and granted is not made public at the present time.
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January there was no public activity regarding emissions reduction projects in Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Caspian Sea . In this document, dated 5 December 2011 , the timeline of the project’s planned development contains the following entry: “January 2012 – Financing secured”.
Emissions Reduction Projects
In January a revised project description document was submitted to the CDM system for a landfill biogas project at a municipal landfill in the province of Razavi Khorasan Iran Turkmenistan Afghanistan
In January there was also activity regarding three projects that are in the CDM validation phase, all of them involving the conversion of existing gas-fired power plants from single-cycle to combined-cycle operation:
1. A gas-fired power plant of 640 MW in the province of North Khorasan Turkmenistan
2. A gas-fired power plant of 640 MW in the province of Fars Iran Persian Gulf . During January this project was undergoing review by the CDM team, and in mid-February the team sent a request for clarification to the reviewing agent.
3. A gas-fired power plant of 640 MW in the province of Kurdistan Iran Iraq
Carbon Expo 2012: Global Carbon Market Fair & Conference
May 30 - June 1, 2012 (organized by World Bank, International Emissions Trading Association, and Koelnmesse GmbH)
Koelnmesse, Cologne Germany
Renewable Energy Finance in Practice 2012
May 31 - June 1, 2012 (organized by GLC Europe)
Energy Trading Central & South Eastern Europe 2012
Prague Marriott Hotel, Prague , Czech Republic
InterContinental Bucharest Bucharest , Romania
5th Annual Balkan Energy Finance Forum
Continental Hotel Beograd, Belgrade , Serbia
Emerging Market Investments Summit 2012
Radisson Blu Alcron Hotel, Prague , Czech Republic
5th Annual SEE Private Equity Forum
Radisson Blu Hotel, Bucharest , Romania
Hilton Sofia, Sofia , Bulgaria
Training Course: Introduction to Energy Regulation
European Youth Centre Budapest Budapest , Hungary
15th International Power Electronics and Motion Control Conference and Exposition (EPE-PEMC 2012 ECCE Europe )
“Master” Congress Centre, Novi Sad , Serbia
Includes the topics "Power Electronics in Conventional and Renewable Energy Generation (Rotating and Linear Generators)" and "Power Electronics in Non-rotating Power Generation and Energy Storage".
DEMSEE 2012: 7th International Workshop on Deregulated Electricity Market Issues in South-Eastern Europe
University Politehnica of Bucharest Bucharest , Romania
8th International Conference on Biomass for Energy
Presidium of the National Academy Ukraine Kyiv , Ukraine
21st International Conference Hydroturbo 2012
Hotel Santon, Brno , Czech Republic
11th ERRA Energy Investment and Regulation Conference
Swissôtel Grand Efes, Izmir , Turkey
4th Annual Turkish International Renewable Energy Congress
Barceló Eresin Topkapi, İstanbul, Turkey
International Conference “Power Plants 2012” (Електране 2012)
October 30 - November 2, 2012 (organized by Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia)
Scholarly conference held every two years.
Sessions:
- Energy resources and sustainable development
- Liberalization of the electricity market and its impact on supply security, energy efficiency, and the effective operation of power plants
- Questions concerning power plant life cycle extension and the introduction of new clean-coal and low-carbon power generation technologies and equipment
- Exploitation problems of thermal, hydro, wind, and other power plants
- Environmental and climate aspects of power generation by thermal, hydro, wind, and other power plants
Abstracts submission deadline: June 24, 2012
Notification of acceptance: July 22, 2012
Full paper submission deadline: September 23, 2012
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