CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY CCE Energy as the Activity Carrier in Cooperation between Croatian Chamb

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CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY (CCE)Energy as the
Activity Carrier in Cooperation between Croatian
Chamber of Economy and European Organisations

• Prepared by Kresimir Stih
• e-mail kstih_at_hgk.hr
• Pula, 9 May 2008

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CROATIAeconomic profile 2006

• MACROECONOMIC STABILITY
• Population 4.442 mil.
• GDP 34,220 mil
• GDP per capita 7,706
• GDP growth 4.8 (Q1-Q3 2007 6.2)
• Industrial output growth 4.5
• Inflation rate 3.2
• Unemployment rate 11.2 (ILO)
• Average net salary 630

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CROATIAelectrical energy profile 2006
EXP
IMPORT

• IMPORT 8,313.1 GWh 44,5
• EXPORT 2,690.9 GWh 14,4
• PRODUCTION 13,036.7 GWh 69,9
• hydro power plants 6,728.7 GWh 36,1
• thermal power plants 3,930.2 GWh 21,1
• public cogen. plants 1,875.4 GWh 10,1
• industrial cogen. plants 471.9 GWh 2,5
• wind farms 19.1 GWh 0,1
• other 11.4 GWh 0,1
• TOTAL
• NET CONSUMTION 16,137.0 GWh 86,5

HYDRO
TH.COG.
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RES IN EUNew EU Directive!

• Proposal of new EU directive on the promotion of
  the use of energy from renewable sources
• Transposition in Member State legislation
  latest 31 March 2010
• Electricity average 20 of power consumption,
  different for different Member States Malta
  10, Sweden 49
• Share according to reference year (2005), energy
  consumption and growth,
• Control through annual trajectory check points
• Defines 10 RES in transport
• Restriction to biofuels and biomass according to
  environmental sustainability criteria
• Greenhouse gas impact
• Guarantees of origin trading scheme
• Solar restriction overall efficiency 35

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RES EXPECTATIONS

• Lowering long term dependence on energy sources
  improvement of energy stability security of
  supply
• Energy efficiency and less environment influence
  of fossil fuels
• Employment increase, new SMEs in energy sector
• New technology development

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RES IN CROATIApossibilities

• Best options for RES use in Croatia in terms of
  competitiveness and potential contribution to the
  national energy balance sheet
• wind farms and biomass cogeneration for
  electricity generation
• biomass heat plants and solar thermal collectors
  for heat production
• liquid biofuels for transport
• Other RES technologies - geothermal energy for
  heat, small hydro, geothermal cogeneration and
  solar PV for electric energy generation

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RES IN CROATIAlegislative

• Strong activities towards RES legislation,
• Since July 2007 legislation in conformity with EU
  directives includes
• Important statement Energy production from RES
  is interest of Republic of Croatia
• Definition of RES by category
• Energy share from RES in energy mix till end of
  1010 will not fulfil
• Registration procedures MINGORP
• Incentive tariff system for energy produced from
  RES

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RES IN CROATIApotential

• WIND POWER
• largest potential
• interest stronger then connection to grid
  possibilities
• 1st wind farm 2005 5.8 MW
• 2nd wind farm 2006 12 MW
• 3rd wind farm under construction 42 MW

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RES IN CROATIApotential

• Solar power
• Still expensive technology, 1MW limit for Croatia
• Return of investment approximately 16 years for
  small objects contracts limited to 12 years
• Theoretical financial reliability coastline
  south from Zadar PV, north thermal heating and
  cooling
• Legislation does not recognise small solar power
  systems (less then 30 kW)
• Small solar systems (4 in Croatia) app. 56 kW
  capacity
• Todays PV efficiency 15
• Largest Solar power plant Portugal, 12 MW

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RES IN CROATIApotential

• BIOFUELS
• MODIBIT Ozalj
• 20,000t/year capacity
• Problems raw material, market
• No incentive for agricultural production in
  future
• VITREX - Virovitica
• 8,000t/year capacity

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RES IN CROATIA results

• Legislation opens the race for licence
• Legal framework licence requests for more then
  1,500 MW RES

• IMPOSSIBLE
• due to grid limits,
• system stability
• and security of supply

• For illustration Croatian electrical energy
  production capacities
• Hydro 2,056 MW
• Thermal 1,589 MW
• Nuclear 338 MW
• (50 share NE Krsko, Slovenia)

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RES IN CROATIA results

• Production
• First wind generator developed and produced in
  Croatia
• Factory tested, prototype will soon be installed
  on-site

• Production to start
• Semiconductor technology for solar panels

• Important questions
• New jobs How can RES increase employment?
• Energy efficiency Who is going on diet to save
  money for the food?

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CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMYmain facts

• Established 1852
• More than 70,000 active members
• Umbrella institution of the Croatian business
  community
• 20 County Chambers, 7 Representative Offices
  abroad, 9 Departments, 6 Centres, 42 Professional
  Associations
• Euro Info Correspondence Centre
• BIZNET - Croatian companies database
• Business Opportunities Exchange
• Information about relevant regulations and laws
  in the field of economics
• Permanent Court of Arbitration and the
  Conciliation Centre
• ISO 9001/2000

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CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMYmain facts

• Established 1852
• More than 70,000 active members
• Umbrella institution of the Croatian business
  community
• 20 County Chambers, 7 Representative Offices
  abroad, 9 Departments, 6 Centres, 42 Professional
  Associations
• Euro Info Correspondence Centre
• BIZNET - Croatian companies database
• Business Opportunities Exchange
• Information about relevant regulations and laws
  in the field of economics
• Permanent Court of Arbitration and the
  Conciliation Centre
• ISO 9001/2000

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RES ACTIVITIEShow did it start?

• Activities initiated by a group of enthusiasts
  involved in RES business
• Beginning - hard work of a group of people
• Studies, promotion, education
• On-site measurements, research
• 2005 Established Association for RES
• Over 120 members after the 1st meeting
• Members
• Project developers, investors, companies
• Governmental institutions, policy creators and
  energy agencies
• Universities, institutes and research laboratories

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CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMYAssociation for RES
structure

• ASSOCIATION FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
• (in regular frame of CCE structure)

SOLAR ENERGY GROUP
BIOMASS GROUP
SMALL HYDRO GROUP
GEOTHERMAL ENERGY GROUP
WIND ENERGY GROUP
BIOFUEL GROUP
RES EQUIPMENT PRODUCERS GROUP
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RES ACTIVITIEScommon activities

• Discuss issues related to RES policy,
• Promotion and education,
• Analyse the effects of the measures, propose
  solutions and actively participate in final
  decisions,
• Participation in expert teams of competent
  ministries,
• Incentives and proposals relating to legislation
  and business conditions
• Drafting of special laws and defining specific
  requirements for an activity
• EU membership EWEA, EURELECTRIC
• WWEA excellent relation membership expected

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RES ACTIVITIESpromotion education

• Regular annual conference with international
  participation
• Wind Solar 2006
• Biomass, biogas biofuel 2007
• Next Energy efficiency Transport end 2008
• EUROPEAN BUSINESS FORUM ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
  SOURCES in Cavtat November 2007
• 3 plenary sessions, 3 round tables, 1 study trip
• More then 210 participants, 120 from abroad
• Over 40 abstracts
• More information www.hgk.hr/ebfres

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RES ACTIVITIESpromotion education

• Participation in Inteligent Energy Europe 2007
  as one of the partners to EUROCHAMBRES
• CHANGE Energy Efficiency for SMEs
• market monitoring, energy audits and pre-checks
  and support schemes
• total budget over 2 mil.
• 17 partners involved
• Kick-off scheduled for middle September
• Croatian companies are invited to participate in
  the programme

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EURO INFO CORRESPONDANCE CENTRE

• All relevant information from EU
• EU legislative
• EU programmes opened for Croatian participation
• Project partner search
• Public tendering
• Education
• Relay centres
• Dubrovnik
• Osijek
• Pula
• Rijeka
• Split

www.euroinfo.hr
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EURO INFO CENTRE EU projects

• Application for 128 EU project in different
  programmes, 3 in preparation for application
• 32 succesfully closed projects
• 24 active project (in realisation)
• 24 opened applications
• 38 rejected project applications
• 3 in preparation
• 5 project ideas
• 3 quit projects
• 1 abandomed
• 1 canceled
• Status on 21 April 2008

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

• CROATIAN CHAMBER OF ECONOMY
• Industry Technology Department
• Kresimir Stih
• e-mail kstih_at_hgk.hr
• Ph. 385 (0) 1 4606 758
• Fx. 385 (0) 1 4606 737
• http//www.hgk.hr