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IEE BiogasHeat – Development of Sustainable Heat Markets for

Biogas Plants in Europe

April 2012- March 2015

2st Croatian workshop on utilising heat from biogas

"Heat from biogas - a lost profit?"

27th March 2015

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D.6.7

Biljana Kulišić

Željka Fištrek

Jadranka Maras Abramović

Energy institute Hrvoje Požar

Savska 163, Zagreb

Croatia

31st March 2015

IEE BiogasHeat – Development of Sustainable Heat Markets for Biogas Plants in Europe

This project (Contract no. IEE/11/025) is supported by:

Contents

Aim of the workshop ................................................................................................................................ 3

Target groups of the workshop ................................................................................................................ 5

Reaching the target groups .................................................................................................................. 5

Participants .............................................................................................................................................. 6

Presentations ........................................................................................................................................... 7

Discussion ............................................................................................................................................. 11

Coffee break and lunch (networking) .................................................................................................... 13

Annex ..................................................................................................................................................... 14

Invitation to the workshop .................................................................................................................. 15

Agenda ............................................................................................................................................... 16

Announcements ................................................................................................................................. 17

Media announcement ........................................................................................................................ 19

Media coverage - examples ............................................................................................................... 20

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The BiogasHeat project (Development of sustainable heat markets for biogas plants in Europe) is supported by the European Commission in the Intelligent Energy for Europe Programme. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EACI nor the European Commission is responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein. The BiogasHeat project duration is April 2012 to April 2015 (Contract Number: IEE/11/025).



Aim of the workshop

The aim of the second workshop was to attract as much as possible attention from all stakeholders

related to biogas market and heat utilisation in order to present not only project achievements but also

material that could serve as a starting point when deciding on heat utilisation from biogas cogeneration

plants in Croatia.

As the project closes in the time when public discussion commenced on the long-expected Law on

Renewable Energy Sources, most focus was given to the proposed change from Feed-in system to

premium market system. Although envisaged as an “overall law on RES” it is covering only RES-E and

does not cover heat use in general, let alone from biogas.

EIHP project team has emphasised that the material and research done through IEE BiogasHeat project

could be used for creating ordinances and other supporting legal documents of the new Law that would

describe heat use from cogenerations.

The workshop was presented in a more attractive way – in a form of conference with a co-organiser

Croatian Employers Association (HUP).

In its invitation to the conference, EIHP has stressed that the aim of the workshop is to provide ideas on

heat utilisation from biogas and highlight the necessity well defined heat use in the forthcoming

legislation pack (Annex – Agenda). First part of the conference was aimed on inspiring investors in

biogas projects in development of heat use concept. The second part was focused on future and the

place of biogas heat within the upcoming Law on Renewables and following ordinances.

Figure 1 Reception desk



All participants received a “conference pack” consisted

of a bag, notebook, pen, USB stick with all materials

produced and hardcopies of available materials: project

brochure, leaflet, best practice, study cases etc.

Figure 2 IEE BiogasHeat final conference pack

Figure 3 Conference venue before the beginning

The conference was organised in two sections, divided by a coffee break, including snack, and lunch.



Target groups of the workshop

1) Biogas project investors and developers

2) Consultants to biogas projects

3) Biogas plants operators

4) Stakeholders involved in new legislation development (responsible ministries, energy market

and regulatory agencies, biogas associations’ representatives…)

Reaching the target groups

Responsible bodies were identified through EIHP network gathered during the usual business activities

and implementation of other biogas projects. After identifying potential beneficiaries of BiogasHeat

projects, an introductory phone conversation was made, official e-mail was sent with general information

and invitation attached. In addition, official hard copy invitation via snail mail has been sent from the

Director Office to the responsible body (Ministry, Agency).

Investors were contacted via mailing list provided by the Ministry of Economy, responsible for managing

the Register of Renewable Energy Projects and Cogeneration (first step in permitting procedure). The

Registry contains pending 65 projects with total of ~64 MWel. Most of biogas project developers establish

SPV companies and it is difficult to assess how many of investors are actually existing.

NGO DOOR’s network was used to publish the conference.

HUP invited all companies – members of its association section for food processing and agriculture as

they are potential beneficiaries of BiogasHeat project.

Operating biogas plant operators were contacted via e-mail based on the EIHP list.

Figure 4 BiogasHeat conference



Participants

In total, 61 applications were received via Google Forms (Annex – Google Forms) and 5 applications by

e-mail, in total 66 applications. 57 participants actually attended the workshop which is proven by

signatures at two participants’ lists that were circulating at the conference (Annex - Participant Lists).

The structure of participants is showed in the pie below.

biogas project operators,

developers & investors

50%

media2%

consultants25%

administrative bodies

20%

financing institutions3%



Presentations

In total, there were 8 presentations where 3 presentations were made and presented by EIHP staff and

5 presentations were invited and specially made for this event.

Conference was opened

by welcome of organisers:

EIHP BiogasHeat Team

(Mrs Branka Jelavić, head

of Department for

RES&EE) and HUP (Mrs

Marija Šutina, director of

CRO Industry).

Figure 5 Mrs Branka Jelavić (EIHP)

Figure 6 Mrs Marija Šutina, director of CRO Industry

Mrs Željka Fištrek (EIHP), presented the IEE

BiogasHeat project, its achievements and materials

produced. All participants received a “conference

pack” consisted of notebook, pen, USB stick with all

materials produced.

Figure 7 Mrs Željka Fištrek (EIHP)



Agrokor Energija d.o.o. become a

national leader in biogas energy

production and use with an aim of

100% energy use from biogas in its all

plants. Mr Herman Seidl, director,

shared the experience in achieving

that goal.

Figure 8 Mr Herman Seidl (Agrokor Energija d.o.o.)

Figure 9 Mr Marko Karan (EIHP)

Mr Marko Karan (EIHP), the economist,

explained in the conditions for biogas project

bankability and effects of biogas heat use, if well

defined.

Mrs Biljana Kulišić (EIHP) gave the

insight on good practice examples

in biogas heat use in the EU and

their application in Croatia. She

reflected on missing lines in the

existing legislation describing

biogas heat use and how that

could be avoided in future

(example: positive list from

German EEG, 2012).

Figure 10 Mrs Biljana Kulišić (EIHP)



Figure 11 Mrs Marijana Živković (MPŠ)

Mrs Marijana Živković

(MPŠ) presented measures

for financing investments in

agriculture related to biogas

heat use (drying facilities,

heating and warm water

preparation, glass

houses…).

The next section was future orientated and more focused on the new Law on Renewables and

consequences for biogas sector.



Figure 12 Mrs Dubravka Škrlec (HROTE)

Mrs Dubravka Škrlec

(HROTE) reflected on

current state and future

aspects of renewable

energy market in Croatia

with emphasis on biogas.

Figure 13 Mr Krešimir Štih (HGK)

Mr Krešimir Štih (HGK)

talked about development of

biogas market from the

perception of an investor.

Figure 14 Mr Zlatko Zmijarević (HERA)

Mr Zlatko Zmijarević

(HERA) shared experience

on biogas heat use

regulations and proposed

future improvements.



Discussion

Ministry of Economy, Department of Energy, section for Renewable energy sources excused itself from

the participation due to the forthcoming Law on Renewables, explaining that all their capacities are now

focused on the public discussion and complementary events that will open at the same day as the

BiogasHeat conference.

However, Ministry of Agriculture (MPŠ) participated by presenting complementary funds from EAFRD

that could be used for financing the heat use concept from the existing or future biogas plants. Croatian

energy regulatory agency (HERA) gave presentation on the existing practice when regulating biogas

heat use and possible future upgrading of the legislation. Croatian energy market operator (HROTE)

gave a view on the new Law on Renewables to be placed on the public discussion with main novelties

relating to biogas sector. Croatian Chamber of Economy, Section for Renewables presented activities

of biogas group and future place of biogas regarding the changes in the support system. Agency for

payment in agriculture (APPRRR) participated in discussion.

Discussion was quite spirited as change from predictable feed-in market to fluctuating market premiums

has been perceived as a handicap for getting financing of projects. In general, the atmosphere around

the new Law was disappointing as it was announced to “define all renewable energy markets” in the

view of German EEG but it turned to be a law focused on renewable electricity market – the only market

for renewables in Croatia that was actually functioning.

In the view of biogas heat use, the most comments came from Mr Ljubomir Majdančić, Mr Krešimir Štih

and Mr Zlatko Zmijarević who have commented that all CHP plants should be mandated to be focused

on heat use and electricity production should be treated as side-activity – a total opposite from the

current situation. Much has to be done on legislation and regulation that should stream the investors to

the desirable investments’ properties.

Mrs Biljana Kulišić (EIHP) moderated both the sections and discussion. Mrs Jadranka Maras Abramović

(EIHP) took the discussion minutes while Mrs Željka Fištrek (EIHP) did photographs.



Figure 15 Mr Ljubomir Majdančić

Figure 16 Mr Krešimir Štih

Figure 17 Discussion continues in less formal way

Figure 18 Mrs Biljana Kulišić and Mr Zlatko Zmijarević



Coffee break and lunch (networking)

Coffee break was served in between sessions.

Lunch and networking was served at the end of the discussion.



Annex



Invitation to the workshop



Agenda



Announcements

Figure 19 Announcement of the event at the EIHP web site

Figure 20 Announcement of the event at the HUP web site



Figure 21 Announcement at Obnovljivi.hr portal



Media announcement



Media coverage - examples

Figure 22 Media report on the conference – Energetika – net portal

Figure 23 Media coverage – portal for entrepreneurship Suvremena.hr

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