Piedmont – An integrated approachfor a Smart Region

Silvia Rovere

Piedmont Region –

Environment Department

Smart Region – How can we get there?

Brussels - West Midlands European Centre - 25 March 2010

Area: 25.399 km2

Population: about 4,44 million

GDP (2006): 120 bilion

8 provinces, 1.206 municipalities

Piedmont

The situation

Gross inland consumption:

15.838 ktoe (2006 ENEA values)

Imported

electricity:

2.024 ktoe

Oil:

5.193 ktoe

Natural gas:

7.028 ktoe

REs:

1.142 ktoe

� Renewable energy mostly from hydroelectric plants

� Very high dependence on imports (90,1 %) and on fossil fuels

� Natural Gas widely the main fuel for electric production and heating

� Net imports of electricity from France

The situation

Low percentage (7,3%) of renewables

in the final energy consumption.

Transports:

28,9 %

Agriculture:

2 %

Industry:

30,7 %

Buildings:

38,4 %

Final energy consumption (2006): 10.029 ktoe

3rd Region in Italy for renewables (26% of

electricity produced from Hydro)

Functions

Some functions:

� energy planning

� definition of the actions, policies and

financial support for REs development and

energy efficiency promotion

� Authorization of power plants < than 300

MW and grids (electricity and natural gas)

� Legislative power on energy, within the

principles given by the central government

(“concurrent legislative competence”)

� Partial financial authonomy (direct

revenues from taxes)

An integrated approach:

The Regional Energy Plan

-20 % energy

consumption

-20 % CO2

emissions

20 %renewable

energy

2020

2009: New Regional EnergyPlan (regional law 23/2002)

2. Sustain industries towards a green economy

1. Favour the growth of RES and increaseEnergy Efficiency

3. Sustain innovation, R&D

4. International approach

EPBD (energy

performance of buildings)

Directive

Regional law 13/2007

Regulations

Inspections of

boilers

Energy

performance

requirements

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency in buildings – lawsand regulations

Solar systems in

buildings

Energy

performance

certification

Use of RES (i.e. 60% of hot water produced by solarthermal collectors)

Better performance of shell (low U-values, low

energy demand)

regional law requires betterperformances than Italian

standards, both for new and

existing buildings

Efficient and low-emissionheating systems (low NOxcondensing boilers, HPs)

Energy retrofit compulsoryfor existing buildings with low

energy performance

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

Energy efficiency in buildings – lawsand regulations

Future:

� Plan for further development of district heating

in Turin metropolitan area (800.000 citizensserved)

� Development of renewable DH from biomassin small-medium towns (local biomass)

Today: 9 % of existing buildings

connected to DH networks, mainly from

natural gas cogeneration systems

(27% of DH in Italy)

District Heating

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

TURIN: Italian leading municipality

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

80 M€ � renewables and energy efficiency in SME plants

26 M€ � energy efficiency in public buildings

10 M€ � PV systems in closed landfills

30 M€ � energy efficiency and renewables in social housing

25% of total 2007-2013 ERDF on ENERGY!

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

2004-2009: about 50 M€ on energy

29 M€ ���� demonstration projects

3 M€ ���� Small size PV systems on buildings

15 M€ ���� District heating (new networks or

extension of existing ones)

AIM: help the diffusion of innovative technologies/systemsand of the most advanced design criteria

Other funds

1 - RES and Energy efficiency

Very low energy buildings

Geothermal and groundwater heatpumps

Demonstration projects

Small scale cogeneration plantsusing local Biomass/Biogas from

anaerobic digestion of farms waste

2 - Towards a “green economy”

40 M€ � to help SMEs shifting their production

towards the fields of energy efficiency and RES

The problem: most technologies for renewable energy

(i.e. photovoltaic modules) installed in Piedmont are

produced abroad.

Need of a strategic choice for new industrial development, price cutting and increase of availability

“Contratto di insediamento” ���� Sustain other

companies to localize in our Region production

plants, R&D centres

3 - R&D and innovation

Research on second

generation biofuels (ethanol)

“Phylla” (solar-powered

electric car)

Kite gen project (exploitation

of high altitude wind)

Biosolar Lab (development of biochemical

conversion of solar energy)

Researchprojects

3 - R&D and innovation

� The Region recently funded 13 Innovation Hubs (September 2009), i.e. aggregates of industries, R&D centres, Universities that compete in specific technological domains strategic for the Region development.

� Aim: make available to SMEs value added services and infrastructures to foster innovation adoption and know-how sharing and valorisation

� 4 of them (budget: 18,4 M€) are focused on energy:

RES and biofuels

(Tortona area)

Eco-buildings and

Hydrogen (Turin

Area)

RES and small

hydro (Vercelli and

Valsesia area)

Technologies for

RES (Maggiore

Lake area)

Innovation Hubs

3 – R&D and innovation

� SPH2 (“Sistema Piemonte Idrogeno”): private companies, public

institutions, universities, research centres working together

� Presence of advanced laboratories (Hysylab, IN.TE.SE)

� Innovation Hub on Eco-Buildings and Hydrogen (“Polight”):

93 members (61% SMEs), 2600 employees

Hydrogen: a promising technological sector

4 – International approach

•Piedmont Regional member in the board of the HyRaMP(association of regions and municipalities actively working on the H2 and

FC sector)

•Piedmont won the 2°call of the JTI with the CHIC project (70 M€ total budget), to host 5 FC buses (with Milan)

Platform for Integration

of Transnational Energy R&d activities

Stratecic project RENERFOR

Technical group on enviromental field

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Thank you for your attention

Piedmont Region

Environment Department

http://www.regione.piemonte.it/ambiente/

silvia.rovere@regione.piemonte.it

stefano.caon@regione.piemonte.it