LITHUANIAN NATIONAL SEMINAR
Role of DER in the EU and current status in the Baltic
States
CURRENT STATUS OF ENERGY POLICY ON
DEVELOPMENT OF DIDTRIBUTED
GENERATION IN LITHUANIA
VACLOVAS MISKINIS
VILNIUS, MARCH 6, 2007
Presentation plan
 Introduction;
 Policy documents and promotion of RES;
 Actual development of electricity generation;
 Possibilities to comply with country’s obligations;
 Policy documents and promotion of distributed
generation
 Current status of DG in Lithuania and expected
changes.
Energy Policy documents (1)
 Law on Energy:
One of the principal objectives of the state
regulation in the energy sector is promotion of
indigenous and renewable energy resources
 Law on electricity, Article 9:
The state will encourage the producers to generate
electricity from renewable energy sources by
imposing the public service obligation.
Energy Policy documents (2)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
10 October 2002):
The State will support the implementation of
projects for the use of wind, water, solar and other
renewable energy resources and provide conditions
for the EU structural and other support funds to be
used for achieving these goals.
Energy Policy documents (3)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Strategic objectives of the NES
To increase rapidly contribution of renewable and
indigenous energy resources;
To increase the share of renewable energy resources
in the national balance of primary energy at least
up to 20% by 2025;
Energy Policy documents (4)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Development of the power sector
Lithuania will implement its commitments to the
EU on the use of renewable energy resources for
electricity generation… the share of renewable
energy resources in the gross electricity generation
balance will account for over 7% in 2010, and in
2025 their input should increase to 10%.
Energy Policy documents (5)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Development of indigenous and renewable energy
To implement the programme for the construction
of wind power plants with the total capacity of 200
MW and to draft a new long-term programme for
usage of wind energy in Lithuania.
Procedure for promotion of electricity from RES
2006 2007 2008 2009
Wind power plants, GWh
112
140 196 278
Hydro power plants, GWh
115
126 132 134
Biomass power plants, GWh
21
60
120 180
Waste energy power plants, GWh 1.2
2
2.8 3.6
Solar and geothermal PP, GWh
0.2
1.2
3
Total electricity from RES and
waste energy
579 659 784 932
6
National policy instruments for support of RES-E
 From 2002 feed-in tariffs have been applied for the
purchasing of RES-E;
 Wind, biomass, solar and hydro power plants are supported:
Feed-in tafiff, EUR ct/kWh
Hydro power plants (<10 MW)
5,79
Wind power plants
6,37
Biomass power plants
5,79
 These tariffs will be maintained until 31 December 2020;
 40% discount for the connection to the network of RES-E
generators;
 Exemption from the pollution charge for bio-fuel PP.
Presentation plan
 Introduction;
 Policy documents and promotion of RES;
 Actual development of electricity generation;
 Possibilities to comply with country’s obligations;
 Policy documents and promotion of distributed
generation
 Current status of DG in Lithuania and expected
changes.
Changes of electricity production in Lithuania (1)
30
25
TWh
20
15
10
5
0
1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Industrial PP
Hydro PP
CHP
Lithuanian TPP
Ignalina NPP
Kruonis HPSPP
Changes of electricity production in Lithuania (2)
20
18
16
14
Wind power plants
Hydro power plants
TWh
12
Other CHP
10
Kaunas CHP
Vilnius CHP
8
Lithuanian TPP
Ignalina NPP
6
4
2
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Electricity production and consumption
20
18
16
14
Hydro PP
TWh
12
Other thermal PP
10
Lithuanian TPP
Ignalina NPP
8
Gross consumption
6
4
2
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Production of green electricity
700
600
500
Biomass PP
GWh
400
Wind PP
Small HPP
300
Kaunas HPP
200
100
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Contribution of green electricity
4.8%
5.0
4.5
3.9%
4.0
3.5
3.6%
3.4%
3.0%
3.2%
3.6%
3.0
2.8%
2.5
1.7
2.0
1.3
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
2000
2001
2002
Index of production (2000=100)
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
Share of RES-E in gross electricity consumption
Presentation plan
 Introduction;
 Policy documents and promotion of RES;
 Actual development of electricity generation;
 Possibilities to comply with country’s obligations;
 Policy documents and promotion of distributed
generation
 Current status of DG in Lithuania and expected
changes.
Directive 2001/77/EC on promotion of RES-E
On 23 September 2003 Directive was amended by
Act concerning the conditions of accession … and
the adjustments to the Treaties on which the
European Union is founded:
The percentage contribution of RES-E in 19992000 for the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania,… and in 2010 are based on the
national production of RES-E divided by gross
national electricity consumption … based on 2000
data.
Contribution of green electricity
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
Index of production (2000=100)
Share of RES-E in gross electricity consumption
Share of RES-E in gross electricity consumption (2000)
2007
Growth rates of electricity consumption
14
6.4%
12
6.8%
1.0%
-2.2%
4.3%
10
TWh
8
4.0%
1.8%
4.3%
6.8%
6.6%
4.3%
4.2%
6
4
2
0
2000
2001
2002
2003
Final consumption
2004
2005
Gross consumption
2006
Structure of gross electricity consumption
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
69.2
78.5
79.6
63.3
20
84.3
67.5
10
0
Estonia
Czech Republic
Latvia
Lithuania
Final consumption
Distribution losses
Refineries
Other needs of energy sector
EU-15
Lithuania-2005
Pumped Storage
Forecast of electricity demand growth
13.0
14
12
10
TWh
8
6
4
2
0.91
0
2000
2001
2002
RES-E
2003
2004
2005
Final consumption
2006
2007
2008
Gross consumption
2009
2010
Contribution of green electricity
1000
900
800
700
Biomass PP
GWh
600
Wind PP
500
Small HPP
Kaunas HPP
400
Objective
300
200
100
0
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Presentation plan
 Introduction;
 Policy documents and promotion of RES;
 Actual development of electricity generation;
 Possibilities to comply with country’s obligations;
 Policy documents and promotion of distributed
generation;
 Current status of DG in Lithuania and expected
changes.
Energy Policy documents (6)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Development of the power sector
To use at maximum extent possibilities and positive
features of development of distributed energy
generation
Increase of strategic reliability of energy supply
To develop distributed electricity generation
Energy Policy documents (7)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Strategic objectives of the NES
To increase the share of electricity generated by
combined heat and power plants during the heating
period in the national balance of electricity
generation up to 35% in 2025;
Energy Policy documents (7)
 National Energy Strategy (approved by Seimas
18 January 2007):
Development of the district heating sector
To fully implement the provisions of Directive
2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council on the promotion of cogeneration based on
a useful heat demand in the internal energy
market.
Presentation plan
 Introduction;
 Policy documents and promotion of RES;
 Actual development of electricity generation;
 Possibilities to comply with country’s obligations;
 Policy documents and promotion of distributed
generation
 Current status of DG in Lithuania and expected
changes.
Electricity generation by DG power plants
2004
2005
Small hydro power plants, GWh
61.5
66.1
Wind power plants, GWh
1.2
1.8
Small CHP, GWh
529
587
Gross consumption, GWh
12079 11818
Share of DG, % of gross consumption
4.4
5.0
Share of DG, % of gross production
2.7
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Share of distributed generation in the EU countries
DG total
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35
30
25
20
15
10
5
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Actual and expected new changes (1)
 Installed capacity of 36 wind power plants is
55.35 MW, the winner of last tender is known and
the programme of 200 MW will be implemented;
 Modernization of boiler with thermal capacity of
60 MW at Vilnius CHP for use of biomass and
peat for annual production of about 76 GWh of
green electricity and 330 GWh of heat;
Electricity production by wind power plants in 2006
8000
7000
6000
MWh
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
0
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
X
XI
XII
Electricity production by power plants using bio-fuel in 2006
8000
7000
6000
MWh
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
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II
III
IV
V
VI
VII
VIII
IX
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XI
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Actual and expected new changes (2)
 Modernization of district heating sector,
including construction of comparatively small
CHP and usage of bio-fuel (preliminary
programme is prepared by LDHA);
 Modernization of boiler houses by construction of
CHP in branches of industry with high share of
heat demand for technological processes (to be
prepared in near future);
 Ongoing activities directed to usage of municipal
waste for heat and electricity generation, etc.
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