Solid
Biomass in
General
The Romanian National Renewable Action Plan (NREAP)
splits the overall 24% renewable energy target into 42,1% RES-E, 22%
RES-H&C and 10% RES-T. The NREAP, which was prepared by the Ministry of EconomY,
accurately describes the RES legal framework and shows the interest of the
Romanian authorities to comply with the 2009/28 EC Directive.
In July 2010 the Romanian
Parliament enacted the country's renewable energy promotion law — first drawn
up in 2008.
Renewable electricity and heating: solid
biomass
Forests that cover more than a quarter of the
country and a large agricultural sector offer plentiful biomass for fuel
production.
In the heating sector the country already has
an installed biomass capacity of more than 4 GW, almost exclusively used for
heating. According to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD), district heating systems offer the best opportunity for short-term
deployment of new resources.
Every year by 15 April, the
Energy Regulatory Authority (ANRE)
checks whether the electricity producers met their renewable certificate quotas
in the previous year.
Green certificates in the quota system are
issued by the transmission grid operator for electricity from renewable sources. Green
certificates may be either acquired by generating renewable electricity or
purchased from other producers. Romanian certificates
system distinguishes
two types of biomass:
·
biomass
·
liquid
biofuels for energy generation that were produced from biomass but are not used
in the transport sector.
Biomass systems that
are less than 10 years old, and have already been used for electricity
generation within the territory of another state or were in operation before
the Law came into effect, cease to be eligible to obtain support through green
certificates after 7 years.
The amount of subsidy corresponds to the price
per certificate achieved in the market. In the period of 2008–2025 the
transaction value of a green certificate is guarantee to be at least 27 Euros
and at maximum 55 Euros. The certificate price will not differ according to
technology. In 2010 mandatory quota was 8,3%.
Romanian national use of biomass in 2010 was
8,1 MWe and 27 MWe are
under construction. In January 2010 there was only 1 producer power from
biomass in
Future programme
changes expected
Earlier this year it was announced that the
first biomass plant in Romania to produce electricity from a wicker plantation will
be built in Timis County in the west of the country, using private investment
from Germany.
Estimations of total contribution expected
from biomass for heat and bioheat looks like 2794 ktoe in 2010, 2931 ktoe in
2015 and 3876 ktoe in 2020.
Sources
Centre for Promotion of Clean and Efficient Energy in
FPT Project SUSPLAN
Structural Funds
Romania
http://structuralfundsromania.blogspot.com/2011/02/romania-opens-up-to-green-energy.html
Association for the Protection of Human Being and Environment
for a Sustainable Development in the World – ECOM
http://www.sludgebiomar.ro/documents/Newsletter%20May%202010.pdf
Ministry of Economy, Commerce and Business Environment
Intitute for Renewable Energy
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