CBC IPA ADRIATIC 2007/13

ALTERENERGY STRATEGIC PROJECT

Bologna, 22 November 2012

Mr Claudio PolignanoPuglia Region

Mediterranean DepartmentProject Responsible

GENERATING METHODOLOGY AND PROCESS OF THE

ALTERENERGY PROJECT:

A NEGOTIATED MODEL OF INTERVENTION

A wide agreement among all the eligible Countries led to a

strategic investment on the Low Carbon Economy sector

Role of Puglia Region and Republic of Albania

Project partnership and target area ØAdriatic relevance: a wide partnership covering the whole IPA Adriatic eligible area: 8 Countries, 18 project partners

ØPolitical commitment: a robust partnership made up by public administrations with specific competences in energy planning

ØTechnical competence: planned involvement in project activities of energy agencies and/or other technical bodies

ITALY•Puglia Region – Mediterranean Department (Lead partner)•Abruzzo Region•Emilia Romagna Region•Friuli Venezia Giulia Region•Marche Region•Molise Region•Veneto Agricoltura•ENEL SPA – (Associate partner)

SLOVENIA•GOLEA - Goriška Local Energy Agency•Ministry of Infrastructure and Spatial Planning (Associate partner)

CROATIA•Istria County•Primorsko Goranska County•Split and Dalmatia County•DUNEA, Regional Agency of Dubrovnik and Neretva County.

ALTERENERGY - Project partnership and total budget

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA•Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations,Department for Secondary Energy and Projects

SERBIA•Serbian Energy Efficiency Agency, absorbed by the Serbian Ministry of Energy, Development and Environment Protection

MONTENEGRO•Kotor Municipality

ALBANIA•Ministry of Economy Trade and Energy

GREECE•Region of Epirus•CRES – National Centre of Renewable Energy Sources and Saving

PROJECT BUDGET: € 12.499,600

ALTERENERGY GENERAL OBJECTIVEContributing to the European objectives for 2020 by promoting the development of an Adriatic community which would be sustainable from an energy point of view thanks to a wider use of renewable energy sources (RES) and of energy saving interventions (RUE).

ALTERENERGY SPECIFIC OBJECTIVEDeveloping replicable models for the sustainable management of energy resources in small Adriatic communities, improving their capacity to plan and manage integrated actions of energy saving and energy production from renewable sources, through a participated approach that involves the local stakeholders and the implementation of pilot interventions.

Why “sustainable management of energy ”?ØPUBLIC GOVERNANCE: the transition to a more “sustainable”model of energy use/production is a complex process that cannot be left only to the market.

àThe diffusion of RES/RUE solutions faces economical and social barriers that need to addressed by proper public policies and plans.

àRES plants are inherently distributed in space and have their own impact on the environment and the landscape that must be minimized through careful management of their entire life cycle.

àThe social acceptance of RES plants is not guaranteed and often specific groups of interest rise opposition to RES (e.g. farmers, environmental associations, citizens).

Why “small communities”?ØRELEVANCE: small communities - in the form of small cities well integrated into their natural surroundings - represent one of the most diffused modalities of human settlements in the Adriatic area, hosting an important percentage of the total population.

ØFEASIBILITY: sustainable models of integrated energy production and use are easier to implement in small communities, given their tighter connection with the surrounding natural resources (e.g. woods and water flows) and the higher relevance of agricultural activities, with their availability of biomasses.

ØPARTICIPATION: the relatively low population of typical small Adriatic communities (less than 10.000 inhabitants) creates better conditions for involving the local population in a participated process of energy use/production paradigm shift: from unaware dependence on fossil fuels and waste of resources to a consciousapproach to energy sustainability through RES and RUE.

Project approach: innovative goals

ALETERENERGY is an innovative project that integrates different aspects:

ØFocusing on a usually neglected target: the small Adriatic communities

ØMarrying technology with democracy: participated energy planning approach

ØIntegrating different technologies and economic sectors: distributed and integrated “low cost” RES/RUE solutions for the residential, rural and industrial sectors.

ØPromoting RES/RUE business: local energy SMEs support

ØImpacting a large area: wide partnership and project results disseminated in the whole IPA Adriatic eligible area and beyond.

The project activities

•WP1 - Project Management

•WP2 - Communication and information

•WP3 - Integrated energy management models

•WP4 - Integrated Plans for Energy Sustainability

•WP5 - Business and investments support

•WP6 - Pilot projects implementation

WP1 - PROJECT MANAGEMENT

ØWhat•T1.1 – Technical co-ordination•T1.2 – Financial and administrative management•T1.3 – Monitoring and evaluation

ØHow•Two-levels management structure: general project level (LP) and specific territorial implementation level (PPs)

- LP coordinates all project WPs- Guidelines and methodologies for activities implementation

jointly defined and agreed- Each PP is responsible for the detailed planning and the

execution of the project activities in its target territory (country, region, county, municipality…)

WP2 - COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION

ØWhat•T2.1 – Information and Communication Plan

•T2.2 – Design of the project corporate image and web site

•T2.3 – Communication and dissemination of project results

•T2.4 – Awareness raising and information campaign

ØHow• T2.1, T2.2 and T2.3 mainly managed by LP (T2.3 target = Adriatic basin & EU)

•T2.4, agreed with the LB, but mainly implemented by each PP in its target territory and communities

WP3 - INTEGRATED ENERGY MANAGEMENT MODELS

ØWhat•T3.1 – State of the art - technological analysis•T3.2 – Sustainable communities experiences survey•T3.3 – Regulations and policies analysis•T3.4 – Regional characterization •T3.5 – Financial framework definition •T3.6 – Common technical guidelines definition

ØHow•T3.1 and T3.2 are surveys conducted at international level whichare jointly developed by PPs under the coordination of LP•T3.3, T3.4 and T3.5 address the specific situations in the different partner territories and are therefore implemented by each PP in its own national and/or regional territory•T3.6 is mainly managed by LP

WP4 - SUSTAINABLE ENERGY ACTION PLANS

ØWhat•T4.1 – Target Communities identification (less than 10.000 inhabitants)

•T4.2 – Capacity building for target communities •T4.3 – Energy assessment of Target Communities•T4.4 – Energetic Sustainability Integrated Plans for Target Communities•T4.5 – Feasibility studies

ØHow•All the WP’s tasks are executed by each PP in its target territory and communities under the coordination of LP•In task T4.1, each PP defines a detailed work plan for the subsequent WP4 activities, on the base of its specific territorial needs and constrains, highlighted in WP3 tasks T3.3, T3.4 and T3.5

WP5 - BUSINESS AND INVESTMENTS SUPPORT

ØWhat•T5.1 – Local service systems enforcement

•T5.2 – Business partnership and investments support

ØHow•All the WP’s tasks are executed by each PP in its target territory under the coordination of LB; some joint BtoB initiatives are being planned within T5.2

WP6 - PILOT PROJECTS & DEMONSTRATIVE ACTIONS

ØWhat•T6.1 – Pilot Projects & Demonstrative Actions selection and realization•T6.2 – Financial Plans definition•T6.3 – Pilot Projects & Demonstrative Actions assessment

ØHow•T6.1 implemented in a selected number of partner territories:

- Large scale Pilot Investments realized in Italy (Puglia Region) and Albania

- Six smaller Demonstrative Actions realized in Croatia, Greece and Bosnia-Herzegovina

•T6.2 implemented by each PP•T6.3 jointly implemented by all PPs under LP coordination

WP6 - PILOT PROJECTS & DEMONSTRATIVE ACTIONS

Possible other source of funding:ØCIP-IEE ProgramØFramework Program of R&TDØEU Territorial Cooperation ProgramsØNational Programs (R&D, Energy, Environment…)ØRegional Operational Programs (ERDF Fund)Ø Banks or financial institutions (either public or private)

Workplan structure

ALTERENERGY Expected results

• Sharing of integrated sustainable energy management models, suitable for the small communities of the Adriatic area.

•Improved capacity of local communities to plan, implement and manage energy saving and distributed energy production projects/actions.

•Improved awareness, of citizens and local economic operators (SMEs, professionals), of the opportunities and benefits related to energy efficiency and energy mix changeover and diffusion of project results on a wide European scale.

•Availability of reference case studies concerning integrated energy sustainability planning and technological solutions integration in selected communities of the Adriatic area (feasibility studies, pilot interventions).

ALTERENERGY TIMING AND STATE OF THE ART

• START UP DATE: 1 September 2011

• CLOSING DATE: 31 August 2015

Most of the project activities have been started up; WP3 is almost closed and related materials will be available soon for a the larger public.

Nr 3 Project reporting have already been realised (and nr 2 Project Progress Report submitted).

The extremely large partnership can be considered either a strength (wide impact, wide interest on the project initiatives) and a weakness (not all partners react promptly or have the same technical and management experience)