Austrian Development Agency ADA

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Austrian Development Agency (ADA)

• Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency
  Possibilities in Macedonia

Skopje 14.11.2008, Holiday Inn hotel, WKÖ
Delegation in Macedonia
Prepared by Robert Sarlamanov, Programme officer,
Office for Technical Cooperation Austrian
Embassy
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We shall focus on .

• Renewable energy potentials
• Legislation and strategic framework incl.
  delegation of responsibilities
• Wind energy potentials
• Solar energy potentials
• Biomass energy potentials
• Geothermal energy potentials
• Small hydro energy potential

• Energy efficiency
• Legislation and strategic framework
• Energy efficiency in buildings

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Legislation and Delegation of Responsibilities

• Legislation and strategic framework
• Law on Energy
• Law on Environment (CDM)
• National strategy on renewable energy in process
• CDM strategy in place
• Book of rules for renewable energy sources and
  on guarantees of origin for electricity
  production (OJ nr.127-2008)
• Book of rules for privileged producers (under
  public discussion)
• Responsibilities
• Subsidies and incentives Ministry of Economy
• Privileged producer Guarantees of origin
  procedures Macedonian Energy Agency
• Feed in tariffs Energy Regulatory Commission

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Share of the renewable energy out of the gross
energy consumption

• Hydro power input approx. 3 of gross energy
  consumption
• Wood input approx. 6 of gross energy
  consumption
• Geothermal energy input approx. 0,4 of gross
  energy consumption

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Wind Energy Potentials

• An official countrywide wind-atlas is not
  available yet
• Systematic measuring
• campaign is required in
• order to draw safe estimations
• Feed in tariff for electricity produced from
  wind power plants 8,9 cent/kWh, in place
• since May 07

SourceTECHNICAL REPORT Use of Renewable
Energies and Energy Conservation PART D Wind
Energy, Biomass and Solar Energy
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Solar Energy Potentials I

• Solar irradiation in Macedonia is amongst the
  highest in Europe
• Yet, the contribution of different solar systems
  to the total energy consumption is insignificant
  (less than 1) HUGE POTENTIAL
• Average daily solar irradiation is between 3,4
  kWh/m2 and 4,2 kWh/m2
• Total annual solar irradiation of 1250 kWh/m2 in
  the northern and 1530kWh/m2 in the south-western
  part of Macedonia
• The average annual irradiation is1385 kWh/m2

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Solar Energy Potentials II

• Solar Water Heaters
• Solar labelling under way
• Solar test centre established
• Association Solar Macedonia established
• GoM has introduced set of incentives reduction
  VAT from 18 to 5
• Photovoltaics - feed in tariff in place
• Group 1 50kW 46 cent/kWh
• Group2 gt 50kW 41 cent/kWh

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Biomass Energy potentials I

• Biomass potentials in Macedonia
• Wood
• Approx. 90 of the total forests in Macedonia are
  managed by PE Macedonian Forests)
• Over 90 of the users are the households
• 800,000 m3/year wood provides about 2,660
  GWh/year - 8.9 of the total primary energy
  consumption
• Only 0.5 out of the of this percentage goes on
  residues
• Theoretical capacity of 6,000 GWh/year from
  wood.
• Agriculture residues Wheat, Grapes, Potatoes,
  TomatoesFAO web
• Organic waste (not advanced waste management)
• Animal waste (poultry, pigs etc)

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Biomass Energy potentials II

• Biomass for district heating (Law on PPP please.
  Possible PPP with the local government and the
  PCEs )
• Biomass for electricity from biogas (produced
  from biomass)
• Feed-in tariff since November 2007
• Group 1 500kW 13 cent/kWh
• Group2 gt 500kW 11 cent/kWh

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Geothermal Energy Potentials I

• Macedonia has
• 12 geothermal areas
• 18 localities on and
• more then 50 sources with water temperature
  24-78C (90-110C is expected on depth gt 800m)

• The existing thermal capacity in Macedonia
  accounts up to 74.5 MWt. Yet, the proven thermal
  potential is with 220 MWt
• App 70 of the produced geothermal water is
  being consumed by the agricultural sector (green
  houses)

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Geothermal Energy Potentials II

• Regulation
• Book of rules on the method and conditions for
  geothermal energy price regulation
• Tariff System for Selling of Geothermal Energy
  (OJ No. 7/2001) http//www.erc.org.mk/DefaultEn.as
  p

• Potential for further extensions and achieving
  higher energy efficiency at the exiting
  facilities
• Very good knowledge and experience in the
  country
• More data to be found in the WB Study on
  geothermal potentials from 2001

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Small hydro-power potential I

• Study on small hydro power plants (HPP)
• 400 possible locations of small HPP (50-5.0000
  kW)
• Total installed power 250 MW
• Annual electricity production 1.100 GWh
• International public calls announced by the
  Ministry of Economy for water concession for
  electricity production
• from 41 SHPP (2007)
• from 27 SHPP (2008)
• The Ministry of Economy should launch its next
  tender for small HPP

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Small hydro-power potential II

• Feed in tariff system in place since beginning of
  2007

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Energy efficiency (EE)

• Legislative and strategic framework
• Law on Energy
• Book of rules for EE of households appliances
• Book of rules for EE in buildings
• Strategy for energy efficiency, 2004
• We recognise a huge potential for EE
• in the industry (cleaner production, win-win
  strategies etc)
• in the administration
• in the residential sector

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Energy Efficiency in Buildings Programme
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