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Study
"Legal and Regulatory
Environment
for the Construction and
Operation of CNG Filling
Stations in European
Countries"
COUNTRY PROFILE
MOLDOVA
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BACKGROUND TO THIS PROJECT (2011-2012)
• Sponsor: European Business Congress
• Primary Contractor: National Gas Vehicle Association
Russia, assisted by Clean Fuels Consulting
• Project Scope
- 21 European NGV Country Profiles (West &
East Europe) – PowerPoint file
- Legal & regulatory environment to build fuelling
station network – Excel File
- Strategic approaches to create NGV fuel
infrastructure – PowerPoint file
- NGV Infrastructure Calculation Tool (NICA) –
Excel File
Study of the "Legal and Regulatory Environment for the Construction and
Operation of CNG Filling Stations in European Countries"
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The European market for natural gas vehicles has been expanding
steadily since 1994 when there were 524,000 natural gas vehicles (NGVs)
and 1,693 CNG fuelling stations. Today the European market has
expanded to 1.5 million NGVs and 4,000 fuelling stations; growth of 286%
and 236% respectively.
While NGVs and the fuelling infrastructure are a practical potential
business opportunity they compete with the ‘politically attractive’
technologies such as hydrogen fuel cells and electric battery vehicles.
Thus, the time is right for the wider European business community to be
made aware of the ‘NGV potential.’ This is best done by highlighting the
excellent opportunities to invest in a sustainable fuel and technology that
addresses today’s important concerns about energy and the environment
through the wider use of NGVs, whether they run on fossil natural gas,
liquefied natural gas or renewable biomethane.
The European Business Congress has recognized this need and now
is seeking a way to inspire new investments in the CNG fuelling
infrastructure across Europe. Once in place, this can lead to a much more
widespread development of the European NGV market in individual
countries that are linked across Europe along the normal transportation
corridors.
PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT
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The project sponsors wish to thank the following
individuals for their dedicated research and
analysis in making this project possible
• EBC Project Coordinator: Detlef Wessling,
E.On Ruhrgas
• NGVRUS Project Manager: Eugene Pronin, Gazprom
• Clean Fuels Consulting
- Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeffrey M. Seisler
- Research Assistant: Marco Dal Pont
- Project engineer for the Natural Gas Infrastructure
Calculation Tool (NICA): Gijs van Schoonhoven
(Ingenieurbüro van Schoonhoven)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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NGV Country profiles provide, in a PowerPoint format,
a template of information that represents in-depth
analyses on a country-by-country basis. The profiles
focus on the specific elements that are important
to understand the investment environment to develop
a CNG fuelling infrastructure. Taken together, these
country profiles provide a unique window
into individual markets that may be attractive
to different commercial interests investing in the
NGV infrastructure.
NGV COUNTRY PROFILES
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MOLDOVA (March 2012)
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COUNTRY PROFILE TEMPLATE
• NGV Profile
• Motivation
• Energy Profile (oil & gas/imports & exports)
• Vehicles
• Fuelling Infrastructure
• Government Support
• Gas Industry Support
• Conclusions
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NGV PROFILE
• Number of NGVs: 5.000
• NGVs are 0.0079% of total vehicle population
• 1.4 NGVs per 1000 population
• CNG fuelling stations: 24-68*
• 73.5 - 208 vehicles per fuelling station
(depending on accepted stations numbers)
• Price differential CNG-Petrol/diesel:
– CNG equivalent per liter gasoline: €0.37/liter
– Regular Gasoline: €1.047/liter
Natural gas costs 65% less then gasoline
* IGU Report 2011 shows 24 stations, Metanoauto.it lists 68 stations
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MOTIVATION
• Economics
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ENERGY PROFILE
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ENERGY PROFILE SUMMARY
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• Moldova has almost no internal energy
resources of coal, natural gas or oil
• Moldova is almost completely dependent on
imported energy resources (approximately
98%), mainly from Russia and Ukraine
• Low level of use of renewable energy sources
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ENERGY PROFILE
Source: CIA World Factbook 2011
• Oil
- production: 0 bbl/day
- consumption: 20.000 bbl/day
- imports: 14.730 bbl/day
- exports: 714 bbl/day
- reserves: 0 bbl
• Natural gas
- production: 60.000 m3
- consumption: 3,176 billion m3
- imports: 2,33 billion m3
- exports: 0 m3
- reserves: 0 m3
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ENERGY PROFILE
3%
95%
2%
Oil
Gas
Hydro
1%
5%
92%
2%
Coal
Oil
Gas
Waste
Electricity production Heating production
Dominance of imported natural gas in
electricity and heating production
Source: IEA statistics
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NATURAL GAS PIPELINE MAP
Moldova imports all of its gas from Russia
and distribution is through a pipeline
network of 1,906 km
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NATURAL GAS
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Source: IEA statistics, 2011
11% 1%
86%
1% 1%
Industry
Transport
Residential
Commercial and Public Services
Other Non-Specified
Despite the significant usage of natural gas
in energy production only 1% of gas is used
in the non-road transport sector
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ALTERNATE NATURAL GAS SOURCES
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Moldova wants to open negotiations with
Ukraine on participating in an LNG terminal
in the Black Sea region
• LNG could be an alternative energy solution,
cheaper than natural gas transported by
pipeline
• Main barrier: the construction of an LNG
terminal could cost several billion euro, and to
become a partner, Moldova will have to
contribute significant sums. As one of the
poorest countries in Europe, this could be a
challenge
Source: energetika.net, Moldova interested in co-operating with Ukraine on LNG terminal, 28 September 2011
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ALTERNATE NATURAL GAS SOURCES
Energy Strategy 2020 has set forth the goal
of increasing the use of renewable energy in
the country’s energy balance up to 6% in
2010 and 20% in 2020
• The potential of biogas production in Moldova
is estimated at about 3.700 m3
• In order to achieve the Energy Strategy’s
targets, it is necessary to increase the
fermentation installation capacity up to 7.100
m3
Source: Academy of Sciences of Moldova, Bioenergy in Moldova, December 2009
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VEHICLE PROFILE
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VEHICLE PROFILE
On-road
vehicles
Gasoline Diesel LPG CNG Total
Passenger cars 337.300 60.963 9.186 3.600 411.049
Trucks 31.756 100.109 8.712 1.150 141.727
Buses 4.505 14.646 1.958 250 21.359
Motorcycles 27.183 27.183
Farm Tractors 30.615 30.615
Other 68 1.635 1.703
Total 400.812 207.968 19.856 5.000 633.636
Small potential market for NGVs and
competition from LPG is strong, with 4 times
the market
Source: IGU country report 2011
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VEHICLE PROFILE
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0-5 yrs 6-10 yrs 11-15 yrs 16-20 yrs >20yrs
65-70% of passenger cars newly registered in
Moldova are 2nd hand. More than a quarter of
registered cars are 20+ years old; 80% are
11+ years old
Fuel Quality Vehicle and Emission Standards Overview for the
Azerbiejan Republic, Georgia, etc. (Caucuses countries), Regional
Environmental Center for the Caucuses,, January 2008
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Three quarters of the total NGVs in
Moldova are comprised of passenger
cars
Source: IGU country report 2011
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NGV INDUSTRY
No NGV industries are present in
Moldova
• All NGV related equipment – conversion
kits, cylinders and compressors – are
imported
Source: NGV Global
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NGV FUELLING INFRASTRUCTURE
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NGV FUELLING INFRASTRUCTURE
Majority of CNG fuelling stations are located
in the South-East of the country
9
Drochia
Chisinau
Orhei
3 Tiraspol
2
BaltI
Comrat
Bendery
Rybnitsa
Slobodzeya
Hincesti
Porcani
Dubasari Grigoriopol
Source: IGU country report 2011
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NGV FUELLING INFRASTRUCTURE
Today, "Moldovagaz" is the only company
importing natural gas, which supplies natural gas to
the Moldovan market in accordance with national
and international quality standards, including for
use as motor fuel
Source: Moldovagaz
In January – June 2011
Moldovagas sold 2,41
Mcm of natural gas to
vehicles
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STANDARDS & REGULATIONS
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• Multi-fuel stations: allowed
• No limits on opening hours
• Self service: not allowed
• Payment practices at the pump: cash, credit
card and company fuel cards
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STANDARDS & REGULATIONS STANDARDS &
REGULATIONS
Moldova uses UN ECE vehicle regulations,
which include R.115 and R.110 applying to
NGVs •16 January 2007 Moldova decided to accede to the Agreement
concerning the Establishing of Global Technical Regulations for
Wheeled Vehicles, Equipment and Parts which can be fitted
and/or be used on Wheeled Vehicles, of 25 June 1998. The
Agreement entered into force for Moldova on 17 March 2007.
•The 1998 Agreement provides the legal framework for the
development of global technical regulations for vehicles and
their components, with the aim of increasing their active and
passive safety, reducing their pollutant emissions and improving
their security (anti-theft) performance.
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Source: United Nations Press release 24 January 2007, http://www.unece.org/press/pr2007/07trans_n02e.html
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
The government has claimed its intention to
use more gaseous fuel but political action
in this direction is limited
• Switching of motor vehicles to gas ‘planned’
• State stimulation of biofuel indicated in law
• State Energy Strategy implies transposition of
Directive 2003/30/ЕС* into national legislation
by 2020 and increase of use of cleaner fuels
including gaseous motor fuel
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*Promotion of the use of biofuels or other rewewables for transport.
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GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
No incentives are offered by the state
• There is no dedicated NGV legislation in
Moldova
• Low price of CNG compared to diesel and
gasoline is actually the only incentive for the
drivers to switch on to natural gas
Source: NGV Global
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The main operator on the gas market is the
Moldo-Russian joint venture Moldovagaz
•According to the Agreement of September 1994,
“Moldovagaz” were ceded to Gazprom because of the
debts of the Republic of Moldova
•Gazprom holds 51% of shares in Moldovagaz. The
Moldovan state holds 35.3% of the shares, Transnistria
has 13.44%
•The two gas crises of 2006 and 2009
between Russia and Ukraine had led to temporary cuts
of Russian gas supplies to Moldova, illustrating
dramatically its dependence on foreign sources of
energy
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"Moldovagaz" plans to expand its own
network of CNG filling stations
•To accommodate motorists to refuel CNG
throughout the Republic of Moldova
•According to the investment plans of
"Moldovagaz" medium-term plan to build a CNG
car in seven localities of the Republic (Kishinev,
Rubber, Edinet Cahul, Balti, Floresti and
Causeni)
Source: Moldovagaz
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Source: The Heritage Foundation, 2011 Index of economic freedom
Lingering state interference in the private
sector increases economic risk in a volatile
political environment
• Lingering bureaucracy and a lack of
transparency often make the formation and
operation of private enterprises costly and
burdensome
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Source: The Heritage Foundation, 2011 Index of economic freedom
Non-tariff barriers and a lack of
transparency increase the cost of trade
• Although foreign and domestic investors are
treated equally, the overall investment regime
is not conducive to dynamic investment
growth
• The financial sector is relatively stable, but
the level of overall financial intermediation
remains shallow
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CONCLUSIONS
• Energy environment
• Gas industry support
• Government support
• NGV market development
• Legal and regulatory framework for CNG
station development
• Investment environment
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Energy Environment
• Natural gas a main energy source but is not
considered in the transport sector as a strong
contender to petroleum
• There are about four times as many vehicles
using LPG, so the competition of petroleum
fuels and LPG presents a big challenge to
increasing NGVs
• Implementation of a renewable energy
strategy could help displace oil-fuelled
vehicles
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Gas Industry Support
• There is only one gas company owned by
Russian Gazprom focused in the
implementation of gas pipeline network to
connect all the South East Europe
• Moldovagas indicates an interest in
expanding the CNG network, however, with
relatively low NGV numbers and lack of
support from government, the rate of increase
is likely to be slow
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Government Support
• Lack of any form of support. NGVs are not
considering NGVs in any current political
policies
• Municipality fleets or public transport services
could be good opportunities to develop the
market but challenging economic conditions
would suggest that government support could
be one of the only avenues to help build a
domestic market for NGVs
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NGV Market Development
• The relatively small NGV market is dominated
by passengers cars, which will not provide
fuel demand that is of long-term interest to
the energy suppliers
• The very old car parc does not lend itself to
rapid expansion of the NGV market
• The absence of incentives from the State is a
principle barrier
• Greater use of NGVs in the public transport
sector could help spur the market
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CONCLUSIONS
Legal and regulatory framework for CNG
station development
• There are no standards or regulations
specifically governing the CNG fuel stations
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Investment Environment
• Lack of transparency and lingering state
interference doesn’t help foreign investment
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