The Energy Policy INVOLVEMENT IMPLEMENTATION INNOVATION Gerrit F. Schotte March 29, 2012 1
The Energy market before 10/10/2010 • • • • • • • • • •
No policy, no goals, no vision Very old legislation, no regulations High prices of Electricity, Water and Fuels Fully dependent on oil Polluting refinery Highly inefficient production and distribution network Weak service performance Major production issues (outages) No sustainable production No energy reduction incentives The new government had to start immediately with a new Energy policy 2
A few figures on Electricity • • • • • • •
Base load: Peak load: Number of households: Average usage per household: Number of companies: Average usage per SME: Base products:
• Grid:
100MW 130MW 62.000 350kWh per month 7.000 2000kWh per month 127V/50Hz 220V/50Hz 66-30-12-LV
100% based upon fossil fuels, time to change!! 3
New Energy policy consists of 3 elements
Energy Policy
Electricity
Fuels
Water
Approved February 16th 2011,
Draft version will be realized soon
Draft version ready December 19th 2011
Currently under implementation
Consultation in Q2
Consultation in final phase
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Policy documents (more to come) February 16th , 2011: Policy document regulation electricity supply Curaรงao 2011-2015 November 16th , 2011: Policy paper small-scale renewable production November 23rd , 2011: Tariff Guideline small-scale renewable electricity production November 23rd , 2011: 2012 feed-in tariffs for small-scale renewable electricity production March 5th , 2012: Adjusted import duties for energy saving products 5
New Electricity Policy 2011-2015 was defined based upon the following principles • • • • • • • • •
Affordable prices for households and business Reliable services Sustainable energy production, minimum of 25% in 2015 Switch from oil to natural gas for at least another 25% Energy savings first Market orientation for production (IPP’s) Introduction of feed-in and net-metering Consumer interest to be secured Independent regulatory body New Energy policy was formalized on February 16th 2011, and is currently being implemented 6
Solar and wind regimes in Curaรงao are excellent
SOLAR: average of 5+ sun hours per day on an average, driving the business case for small and large scale solar production to offset daily peak loads
WIND: average wind speeds of 10+m/s at 80m height along the northern coast line, driving the business case for large scale wind production
Goal to reach at least 25% sustainable electricity production in 2015 (currently neglectible) 7
Policy paper provides for small-scale renewable electricity production •
Small scale electricity production is allowed as of January 1st 2012 • • •
Renewables only (solar and wind to start with); Households up tot 10kW, companies up to 1MW; Net metering for households, net billing for companies.
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Stimulation via tax regime (adjusted duty tariffs) and feed-in tariffs;
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No cap in place yet, to be evaluated over time.
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Advantages of renewable electricity production •
Clean energy
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$aves fossil fuel
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Reduces the dependency on fossil fuels
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Reduces the investments in conventional electricity production
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Creates economic activity
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Oil import represent a substantial factor on the Balance sheet Yearly costs of (energy related) fuel in 2011: Fuel for transportation Fuel for energy production* TOTAL IMPORT
240 mln ANG 310 mln ANG 550 mln ANG •Energy production for ISLA not included
Becoming less dependent on fossil fuel helps our financial balance sheet as well !!
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INVOLVEMENT is key • Involvement of all stakeholder is a key success factor • Involvement starts with awareness • Intensive information campaign with all media has started end of 2011 to create awareness
Articles
Social media Press conferences 11
INVOLVEMENT
Read it all on: www.energiakonsiente.com 12
IMPLEMENTATION of large scale has started
New state- of-the-art Wind turbines (30MW)
Decommissioning of 22MW Aggreko’s as a first step towards efficient NG based power plants
Waste to Energy plant (appr. 10MW) to be built in combination with garbage separation
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IMPLEMENTATION of small scale as well
Dutch Marine Base
New gas station Curoil
Building Depot
St. Margaretha School
Goisco 14
IMPLEMENTATION Estimate of small scale renewable electricity production 2012 Category
Number
kW (kVA)
Installed
20
1.000
Pending
50
7.000
Total
70
8.000
After only 3 months already heading for 8MW small scale renewable production in 2012
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It is also about INNOVATION From a useless roof in 2011… …to a useful roof in 2012.
with a useful parking lot
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INNOVATION needs to be embraced mobility
appliances
Full Electric: Nissan Leaf Inverter Airco
Hybrid: Toyota Prius
Biodiesel
Saving fossil fuels
Inverter fridge
LED television
LED bulbs
Saving electricity 17
New Policy on Fuels will include mobility Key elements of the draft Policy: • Switch from fossil fuels to cleaner renewable alternatives • CO2 and (post) Kyoto objectives • Sustainable mobility: (bio-fuels, e-vehicles, CNG and fuel cells) • vision document • roadmap • impact on Electricity (demand and recharging infrastructure) Financial incentives already in place as of January 2012: • 0% import duties on Full Electric Vehicles, • 10% import duties on Hybrid Vehicles 18
Finally…
It not about what THEY are doing… It is about what YOU can do! The government of Curacao wishes you a very informative, fruitful and durable conference !! 19