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GC ESC - COGEN Europe’s Contribution

18 March, 2016 Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavice (COGEN Europe)

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Outline

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• About COGEN Europe

• CHP & the electricity grids

• NC RfG implementation – preliminary input

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About COGEN Europe

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Who we are

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Structure

• European trade association for the promotion of cogeneration

• Established in 1993 and is headquartered in Brussels

• Secretariat of 7 staff

We have a vision

• Through the promotion of cogeneration, to grow an industry which changes the

way Europe provides heat and electricity for a sustainable future

Our approach is

• We promote the wider use of cogeneration as part of Europe‘s sustainable

energy strategy

• We participate in the EU legislative process and liaise with key actors in the

European Commission and European Parliament

• We work closely together with other stakeholders

• Relations with Brussels-based and sector media/press (EurActiv, ENDS Europe,

Decentralised Energy, Cogeneration Channel)

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• Around 50 corporate members, including:

• 14 National COGEN Associations

Kogen

Polska

Our Members

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CHP & grid connections

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Generated electricity and heat in EU-28

CHP plants (2005-2013)

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• Total installed electrical CHP capacity in EU28 is approx. 113 GWe

• About 30% of CHP electricity is generated by auto-producers.

Source: COGEN Europe based on available Eurostat data

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Wide range of CHP technologies

Micro-CHP

(0.3 – 50 kWe) Small/Commercial CHP

(up to 1 MWe)

Large scale industrial/utility CHP

(up to 500 MWe)

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Micro-CHP

(0.3 – 50 kWe) Small/Commercial CHP

(up to 1 MWe)

Large scale industrial/utility CHP

(up to 500 MWe)

• Installed at distribution

level

• Small market a total

of about 150k units

expected by 2020

across EU

• Mostly installed at

distribution level

• Growing market segment

• Installed at both distribution and

transmission levels

• Proven market and economic

• Difficult market conditions have lead

to stagnation/decline in this

segment

Different designs in terms of interaction with the grid: • Historically most CHPs have been sized to heat demand for space heating or industrial processes

• For most industrial must-run CHPs the electricity produced is tightly coupled with the steam demand

needed in the industrial process

• Today designs are focused on max. the cogenerated electricity output against the on-site (load)

power demand

• New energy solutions launched may include CHP, heat/electricity storage, which can follow electricity

load

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• CHP and electricity legislative framework

• General comments

• Concrete input on NC RfG

Grid codes implementation

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CHP in the general electricity

framework

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• CHP first on the EU legislative map via the CHP Directive (2004/8/EC)

access priority rules

• The need to “ensure continuity in heat supply” for CHP mandated by

Art 15 in the Energy Efficiency Directive (2012/27/EU)

• Energy Union framework: “energy efficiency first” principle

• 2016 Heating & Cooling Strategy need to recognise the links

between heat and electricity and exploit synergies between them

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General comments

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• European CHP manufacturers sell their products across Europe

Different national regulations entail additional cost

• EU standardisation of technical requirements is key for NC

implementation

• National implementation should take into account the need for

harmonised requirements at least at Synchronous Area level

• Non-technical provisions (e.g. derogations, emerging technology

classification) should ideally be implemented consistently at a

synchronous area level as well

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Generators Types

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• At least 2 MS in Continental Europe are discussing lowering the

threshold between Type A and B

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Generators Types

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• At least 2 MS in Continental Europe are discussing lowering the threshold between Type A and B

• Possible impact on non-technical provisions linked to Type A (e.g. emerging technology classification/simplified derogation procedure)

• Will it impact the application of requirements in other NCs linked to NC RfG classification?

Recommendation:

• Have common generator type thresholds at Synchronous Area Level

• If additional technical requirements are necessary for the larger size

low voltage connected units, address the issue in standards

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Emerging technology

classification

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• Non-technical provision

• Earliest deadline in the NC RfG manufacturers have 6 months from entry into force to

apply for the “emerging technology classification” (est. Sept/Oct 2016)

• To our knowledge, only the UK has drafted guidelines on Title VI

• 0.1% threshold defined at Synchronous Area Level, but applied at national level

proportionally to the maximum load in each country

Recommendation:

• Common Synchronous Area guidelines to apply for “emerging

technology” status will reduce the burden on both manufacturers and

regulators (UK guidelines are a good starting point)/Coordination by

ACER will help!

• Depending on how Title VI implementation advances, there may be scope

to open a discussion on applying the 0.1% threshold at Synchronous Area

(SA) level and reallocation of thresholds within a SA

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COGEN Europe • The European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration

Avenue des Arts 3-4-5, 1210 Brussels, Belgium • T +32 (0)2 772 82 90 F +32 (0)2 772 50 44

info@cogeneurope.eu • www.cogeneurope.eu

Contact details:

Alexandra Tudoroiu-Lakavice

Policy Officer E-mail: alexandra.tudoroiu@cogeneurope.eu Tel: +32 2 772 8290

Thank you for your attention!