DO UMENTATION OF THE SELETION OF THE IOVILL TARGET...

DOCUMENTATION OF THE

SELECTION OF THE BIOVILL TARGET VILLAGES

Project Title: Bioenergy Villages (BioVill) - Increasing the Market Uptake of Sustainable Bioenergy

Grant Agreement N° 691661

Deliverable N° 2.8 Documentation of Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) with the target villages

Lead Partner: WIP

Submission date: 31 October 2016

BioVill – D2.8: Memorandums of Understanding

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

under Grant Agreement N° 691661

Imprint

This document is issued by the consortium formed for the implementation of the BioVill project under Grant Agreement N° 691661 by the following partners: GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany) WIP – Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs- KG (Germany) KEA - Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Baden-Württemberg (Germany) AEA – Österreichische Energieagentur Austrian Energy Agency (Austria) REGEA – Regionalna Energetska Agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (Croatia) SDEWES-Skopje – International Centre for Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems - Macedonian Section (Macedonia) GEA – Asociatia Green Engergy (Romania) GIS – Gozdarski Institut Slovenije (Slovenia) SKGO – Stalna Konferencija Gradova i Opstina (Serbia) Lead Partner for the compilation of this document: WIP – Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs- KG (Germany)

Contact: WIP Renewable Energies Sylvensteinstr. 2 D-81369 Muenchen Germany Tel: +49-89-720127 39 Fax: +49-89-720127 91 E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected] URL: www.wip-munich.de Authors of this report: Juan Manuel Ugalde, Dominik Rutz - WIP Renewable Energies Copyrights: ©(2016) by authors. No part of this work may be reproduced by print, photocopy or any other means without the permission in written from the main authors. Disclaimer: Neither GIZ nor any other consortium member nor the authors will accept any liability at any time for any kind of damage or loss that might occur to anybody from referring to this document. In addition neither the European Commission nor the Agencies (or any person acting on their behalf) can be held responsible for the use made of the information provided in this document. Further information about the BioVill project on: www.biovill.eu

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Contents

1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4

1.1 The BioVill project .................................................................................................................. 4

1.2 Scope of the task/deliverable ................................................................................................ 4

2 Process of the target village selection........................................................................................... 5

3 Overview on the selected target villages ...................................................................................... 7

3.1 Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija ........................................................................................................... 7

3.2 Estelnic, Romania ................................................................................................................... 9

3.3 Ghelinţa, Romania ...............................................................................................................11

3.4 Kichevo, Macedonia .............................................................................................................13

3.5 Kostojevići, Serbia ................................................................................................................14

3.6 Lekenik, Croatia ...................................................................................................................15

3.7 Perušić, Croatia ....................................................................................................................17

4 Signed Memorandums of Understanding ................................................................................... 19

4.1 Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija .........................................................................................................19

4.2 Estelnic, Romania .................................................................................................................27

4.3 Ghelinta, Romania ...............................................................................................................31

4.4 Kichevo, Macedonia .............................................................................................................36

4.5 Kostojevici - Bajina Bašta, Serbia .........................................................................................39

4.6 Lekenik, Croatia ...................................................................................................................47

4.7 Perušić, Croatia ....................................................................................................................50

Annexes................................................................................................................................................... 53

ANNEX 1: Application Form: Become a BioVill „Bioenergy Village“ ..................................................53

ANNEX 2: Press release, 15.04.2016 .................................................................................................53

ANNEX 3: Template for the Memorandums of Understanding ........................................................53


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1 Introduction

1.1 The BioVill project

BioVill is a three years project supported by the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme with a budget of around 1.99 Mio EUR. The project started in March 2016 and is implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in collaboration with 8 partners from the BioVill target partner countries Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia, as well as from Germany and Austria.

Many South East European countries have high biomass potentials, but these potentials are often not or only inefficiently used for local energy supply and regional economic development. Thus, the overall objective of the BioVill project is to support the development of regional bioenergy concepts and the establishment of bioenergy villages in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. This will be achieved by identifying suitable biomass value chains according to local and regional needs and transferring existing experiences in Austria, Germany and other European countries to the South-Eastern European partners. Thereby the market uptake of domestic bioenergy supply chains will be increased and the role of locally produced biomass as a main source of energy supply and added value for the local and regional economy will be strengthened.

Core activities of the BioVill project include national and local framework analyses, technological and economic assessments of local bioenergy value chains, development of the institutional set-up and energy management concepts for the potential Bioenergy villages as well as capacity building on financing schemes and business models. As a key factor of success the BioVill project uses a multi stakeholder approach fostering the involvement and active participation of the citizens and all relevant stakeholders in the planning and implementation process.

Major results of the BioVill project will be the initiation of at least five bioenergy villages in the target partner countries up to the investment stage for physical infrastructure, the raise of public acceptance and awareness of a sustainable bioenergy production and its commercial opportunities as well as increased capacities of users and key actors in business and legislation to sustainably manage bioenergy villages and to enact national and EU legislation. Altogether, the BioVill project will contribute to the expansion and sustainability of the bioenergy markets in the European Union.

1.2 Scope of the task/deliverable

The ambition of the BioVill project is to support at least one village each in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia to become a bioenergy village. Thus, the selection of appropriate target villages, which have the necessary motivation and resources, was one of the major tasks during the first months of the BioVill project implementation. Although various villages in the target countries have already shown interested before the project has started, it was decided to launch an open call of applications and therefore to assure a nomination in a transparent and fair way and to allow all interested villages to join the project and to perform as a target village. The present report includes a description of the selection process, a short overview of the selected target villages and a copy (and translation, if necessary) of the signed MoUs.


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2 Process of the target village selection

Based on the specifications in the Grant Agreement of the BioVill project, the process for selecting the target villages was discussed by the BioVill consortium at the Kick-off-Meeting as well as in various subsequent email exchanges. In order to identify potential candidates, an Application Form (ANNEX 1) was elaborated and disseminated by the partners through national networks. This was accompanied by a press release “Project start and call for application to become a bioenergy village in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia” (ANNEX 2) in order to inform potential candidates.

The response on the application process was very good and 32 villages sent their applications to the BioVill partners. An overview is provided in Table 1.

All applications were screened by the target country partners and, if necessary, the given information was verified in an interview with the applicant. In the 2nd project meeting on 30.6./01.07.2016 in Belgrade, Serbia, the partners presented a short list of suitable target villages to the Steering Committee which then took the final decision unanimously. The selection process included the following selection criteria:

quality of the provided information in the application form

motivation of the applying village to become a BioVill target village

available biomass potential of the village

communication between the candidate and the Biovill partner

The Steering Committee selected seven villages as BioVill target villages. Since not all interested villages could be selected as target villages, the project will involve the not selected ones as “follower villages”. They will be invited to relevant project activities and events, so that they can closely follow all actions implemented in the target villages in order to gain experience and knowledge and to be able to replicate the results and to become a bioenergy village in the future.

Representatives of the selected target villages, such as mayors, members of village councils and other stakeholders, were invited to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) (ANNEX 3). The signatures show the commitment and the willingness of the villages to contribute to the BioVill project and to its activities foreseen in the next years, e.g. assessments and surveys, information events, training courses, and working group meetings to formulate strategic bioenergy goals.

Six of the seven selected villages provided the signed MoUs. However, the village of Bedekovčina (Croatia) was not able and/or willing to sign the MoU. Therefore, REGEA proposed to continue with the village of Lekenik, which from the very beginning showed a great interest and has a large potential to become a bioenergy village. The Steering Committee approved this in Sepember 2016.


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Table 1: Applications and selected BioVill target villages

Country No of

applications Applying villages

Finally selected target villages

Follower villages

Croatia 3 Perušić Lekenik Bedekovčina

Perušić Lekenik

Bedekovčina

Macedonia 4 Cashka Delchevo Kriva Palanka Kichevo

Kichevo

Romania 19 Bodoc Valea Crisului Ghidfalau Ghelinta Bretcu Lemnia Ciumani Belin Estelnic Joseni Sacele Zarnesti Codlea Harman Lupeni Prejmer Huedin Gura Ialomitei

Ghelinta Estelnic

Bodoc Valea Crisului Ghidfalau Bretcu Lemnia Ciumani Belin Joseni Sacele Zarnesti Codlea Harman Lupeni Prejmer Huedin Gura Ialomitei

Serbia 4 Kaonik Kostojevići Veliki Šiljegovac Varna

Kostojevići Kaonik Veliki Šiljegovac Varna

Slovenia 2 Radeče Litija

Dole pri Litiji Radeče


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3 Overview on the selected target villages

3.1 Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija

General information

Name Dole pri Litiji

Country Slovenia

Municipality Litija

Postal code 1273

Number of households 250

Number of inhabitants 766

Area (km2) 55

Local information point

Contact person Irena Bostič

Address -

Telephone number -

E-Mail [email protected]

Website of the village http://dole.si/

Location

The municipality of Litija is situated in the western part of the Posavje hills and in the centre of Slovenia. City Litija is the local centre of the municipality, located 37 km southeast of Ljubljana, in the valley of the longest Slovenian river Sava. The local community Dole pri Litiji is part of the municipality of Litija.

Biomass potential

Litija has a rich cultural and historical heritage. Above all, this local community is maintaining and implementing the traditional way of producing coal from wood, which also gives them the name of Charcoal Land – Oglarska dežela. In the local community Dole pri Litiji facilities are heated individually.

Bioenergy installations and related industries

In Dole pri Litiji, there are several operating sawmills. Forest owners are fairly well equipped with adapted forest tractors as well as with tractors with semi-trailers for transport of wood and chips.

Motivation for becoming a bioenergy village


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The local community Dole pri Litiji is already working on the development of the area, supported by a locally based initiative. Since the majority of the households are individually heated using wood, the inhabitants are keen to implement the BioVill project in order to use local woody biomass.

Slogan for becoming a bioenergy village

“Dole pri Litiji – the first BioVill Charcoal Land; with the hand of tradition and the future!”


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3.2 Estelnic, Romania

General information

Name Estelnic

Country Romania

County Covasna

Postal code 527143



Area (km2) 97.6


Contact person Varga Attila

Address Str. Principală, nr. 175, Estelnic, Covasna County, Romania

Telephone number 040-267-366670; Mobile: 040-745-455529


Website of the village www.estelnic.ro

Location

The villageEstelnic – is a commune in the center of Romania, in the north-eastern part of Covasna county. It is situated at the meeting point between the hilly zone of the Nemira Mountains and the Târgu Secuiesc Depression.

Biomass potential

The commune is situated in the mountains surrounded by forests. Estelnic has a very high local dendromass (woody biomass) potential including 8,134 ha forest and 3 ha willow plantations. Research results show that the given local biomass potential reaches up to 99.37 % of all local RES. More specifically, the local annual biomass energy sources are distributed as follows: cereal straw is 6.55 TJ/year, sugar beet 0.19 TJ/year, orchard filed wood yields 1.29 TJ/year, forest and sawmill wood waste is 52.26 TJ/year, the local sewage sludge 1.35 TJ/year, energy willow on a few ha of degraded land 4.92 TJ/year, municipal waste 2.2 TJ/year.1


In Estelnic, a new woodchip boiler with a capacity of 150 kW has been installed in March 2016. This woodchip boiler supplies the local public institutions with heat, like the local government building,

1 Tihamér Sebestyén, 2015: The impact of renewable energy use on rural development in Covasna County, Cluj-Napoca, Forum on Economics and Business 18 (122), 53–73.


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Angustia Leader Office, the House of Culture, and the local school building. This project was coordinated by Green Energy Romanian Innovative Biomass Cluster and Oxford Research AS from Norway. In addition, there is a large textile company with a high demand of heating and hot steam for its operation.


Biomass is a renewable energy option that can be practical and safe, it can strengthen the local economy, and it reduces the negative environmental impact on our planet’s ecosystem. Currently, in our county the biomass market is only poorly organized. Thus, it is necessary to find viable solutions for the biomass sector by assuring a balance between production and use of biomass. Furthermore, the local inhabitants request a cleaner and more efficient technology.

By participating in the BioVill project Estelnic will develop a model for a community-scale energy system, using a heating system based on biomass (woodchips), obtained from local wood waste and harvested energy crops. The results shall be disseminated among local communities to demonstrate that the bioenergy village concept can be the local solution to a sustainable energy supply.


“Estelnic, pilot of green energy applications”


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3.3 Ghelinţa, Romania

General information

Name Ghelinţa

Country Romania

County Covasna

Postal code 527090

Number of households 1,700

Number of inhabitants 4,722

Area (km2) 110.2


Contact person Cseh József

Address Main Street nr. 345, Ghelința, Covasna County, Romania

Telephone number (+4) 0267-345002


Website of the village http://gelence.info/index.php/hu/

Location

The village Ghelinţa (Hungarian: Gelence, German: Gälänz) is located in a commune in the Covasna County, in eastern Romania. It is composed of two villages, Ghelinţa and Harale. The village is part of the Székely Land, the ethno-cultural region of the historical Transylvania province.

Biomass potential

The availability of biomass is considered good, as there are large amounts of forest (6430 ha) and wood products for export and for the domestic market. The few wood processing workshops in that region lead to an abundant mass of wood by-products. In addition there are 38 ha of orchard and 26 ha of degraded area (suitable for growing energy willow). The research results show that the given local biomass potential reaches up to 98.98 % of all local RES. In Ghelința, the total biomass energy potential is 219.18 TJ/year. More specifically, the local annual biomass energy sources are distributed as follows: cereal straw is 29.65 TJ/year, sugar beet 3.13 TJ/year, orchard filed wood yields 3.76 TJ/year, wood waste from logging and sawmill dust is 55.47 TJ/year, the local sewage sludge 4.98 TJ/year, energy willow on 26 ha degraded land 83.72 TJ/year, municipal waste 4.70 TJ/year.2


2 Tihamér Sebestyén, 2015: The impact of renewable energy use on rural development in Covasna County, Cluj-Napoca, Forum on Economics and Business 18 (122), 53–73.


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In the village, numerous households have installed small central heating systems. The local institution buildings are heated by classical fire wood boilers. Even though there is a well-developed wood industry, the infrastructure to use their by-products is not yet developed.


Ghelința has to manage intelligent its biomass feedstock, which until today is not utilized. By using the local renewable energies, the village can achieve a sustainable forest management. It will also be able to cover the heat demand by using the locally produced woodchips and woody biomass. The new green business will help to create new jobs, which ensure a high level of public participation.

The BioVill project would be helpful for Ghelința to develop its local bioenergy strategy and to start establishing a local energy supply chain and thus to develop a green and smart village.


“Producing energy by protecting the nature!”


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3.4 Kichevo, Macedonia

General information

Name Municipality of Kichevo

Country Republic of Macedonia

County

Postal code 6250

Number of households around 20,000

Number of inhabitants around 55,000

Area (km2) 814.3 km²


Contact person Tino Aleksov

Address Boris Kidrich No.1 Kichevo

Telephone number +38975323211

E-Mail [email protected] [email protected]

Website of the village www.kicevo.gov.mk

www.kercova.gov.mk

Location

The Municipality of Kichevo is located in the western part of the Republic of Macedonia, in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra.

Available biomass potential

The whole region is predominantly covered with forests and there are fertile agricultural areas within the Kichevo valley. In addition, the existing biomass feedstock mainly consists of forest biomass, stockbreeding residue, and solid municipal waste. The firewood is being used in rural schools as well as in residences. Also, a sawmill is situated close to Kichevo and the residues from the wood-processing are estimated to be about 200 kg per day, or around 4 t per month, during the full activity.

Motivation of the village to become a BioVill target village

The leitmotifs for joining this project are the huge energy consumption per capita and the currently high level of environmental pollution due to the energy production based on coal. Besides, there is a great potential in the municipality for energy saving measures and production of bioenergy.


“Our village - clean village – bioenergy village”

http://www.kicevo.gov.mk/

http://www.kercova.gov.mk/


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3.5 Kostojevići, Serbia

General information

Name Kostojevići

Country Serbia

Municipality Bajina Bašta

Postal code 31254



Area (km2) 12.13


Contact person Dragana Ivanović

Address Dušana Višića no. 28, 31250 Bajina Bašta

Telephone number +381 31 862366, +381 69 8259814


Website of the village

Location

Kostojevići is located in the municipality of Bajina Basta, in western Serbia. It is a small village, but has some urban characteristics and is surrounded by the densely wooded Tara Mountains. The local school and 40 households in the village are heated by a district heating system based on crude oil.

Available biomass potential and motivation of the village to become a BioVill target village

In the surroundings of the village, the territory of the municipality of Bajina Basta is rich with woods. This provides good preconditions to replace the crude oil with biomass as main energy source, which is the main motivation of Kostojevići to participate in the BioVill project. In addition, there is a certain number of wood processing facilities that could be included in the value chain. By using the available local renewable energy sources more efficiently and expanding the local district heating system, it is possible to connect more local institutions (health center, library, pharmacy, veterinary station) and 40 additional households to the heating system. The local district heating system could be additionally improved through connections with the local business sector (producers of beverages, small trade and car repair shops).


“Village for the Future”


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3.6 Lekenik, Croatia

General information

Name Lekenik

Country Croatia

County Sisak-Moslavina County

Postal code 44272


Number of inhabitants 1,898

Area (km2) 224.4


Contact person Ivan Mužek

Address Zagrebačka Street 44, 44272 Lekenik

Telephone number 00 385 (0) 44 527 814


Website of the village www.lekenik.hr

Location

Lekenik is located in the northern part of the Sisak - Moslavina county and it has a favorable geo-strategic position on the road D30, halfway between Zagreb and Sisak. Village is also very well connected by rail, new highway and it is near the Zagreb Airport and Sisak River Port. The whole area has a well-developed SMEs and its development will be even more intensive with the opening of the Business Zone Lekenik in which the complete infrastructure will be made and will be fully equipped with the all necessary for carrying out economic activities.


The Municipality of Lekenik is covered with forests where the common oak is mainly in the lowland areas (valleys) and beech in the mountainous areas. Exploitation of forests, which are mostly state-owned, is very pronounced. Wood is mostly exploited for heating (firewood), but it is also used as a building material and material for making furniture. Private forests are exploited by their owners, with the necessary consent and control of the Croatian Forests (Forest Office Lekenik), mainly for the heating (firewood). The municipality has a great potential in the production of wood biomass.

Because of the existing wood-based industries in the municipality, there is also possible to provide woody biomass (“Zec Promet”, Elgrad Ltd. lekenik, Eduro ie. Klizi Ltd, Interijer Color Ltd…). It is also possible to engage Croatian forests, Forest office Lekenik and other smaller entities in cutting and selling firewood.


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A village Lekenik has few public-law institutions (kindergarten, school, health center, etc.) which are situated in a relatively small area. That opens the possibility for making a central biomass plant on renewable resources with the least possible losses when bringing such energy in a particular unit of its use. With the establishment of the biomass plant, public buildings will become completely supplied with heat and power and all the households throughout the village could connect to it.

The benefits will be achieved through the increased quality of life, environment preservation and energy and money savings. Furthermore, the manufacturing sector will be activated, even agriculture through the investments in the production of biomass or cultivation of energy crops.


“We use energy from our environment – let us become BioVill !”


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3.7 Perušić, Croatia

General information

Name Perušić

Country Croatia

County Lika-Senj County

Postal code 53202



Area (km2) 382.94


Contact person Nada Marijanović, mag.ing.silv.

Address King Tomislav Street 14, 53202 Perušić

Telephone number 00 385 (0) 99 497 4007


Website of the village www.perusic.hr

Location

Perušić is situated in the south-eastern part of the region Lika at 575 to 600 m.a.s.l., in a valley located between the railway to Gradina to the east and the hill Klis to the west. The old town Perušić is located in the place of the present-day Kula.


Agricultural land accounts for 46% of the whole municipality’s area, while the forest surface cover over 51% (mostly owned by the state) of the area. Woody biomass is the most predominant resource for the development of the bioenergy sector.

In the municipality there are 2 sawmills with small capacities and one sawmill with high capacity - company Viševica which has one of the most modern facilities for timber processing in Europe; they produce wooden sleepers, wooden elements for furniture, parquet flooring, pellets etc.


Perušić wants to become more environmentally friendly and ensure a completely unpolluted environment with surfaces that are suitable for ecological farming. The safeguarding of natural beauties will provide the basis for ecotourism.


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In addition, Perušić wants to ensure the development of the municipality as a place of high living standards and sustainable economy, which makes life pleasant – living in a beautiful and almost intact environment


“Forest, water, soil and air are the heritage of our ancestors, and in order to preserve them and make them the future of our children, BioVill Perušić is the next important step.”


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4 Signed Memorandums of Understanding

4.1 Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija


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Translated version of MoU of Dole pri Litiji, Slovenija


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Figure 1: Signature of the MoU for Dole pri Litiji

Figure 2: Signature of the MoU for Dole pri Litiji


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4.2 Estelnic, Romania


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4.3 Ghelinta, Romania


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4.4 Kichevo, Macedonia


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4.5 Kostojevici - Bajina Bašta, Serbia


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Translated version of MoU of 4.5 Kostojevici - Bajina Bašta, Serbia


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4.6 Lekenik, Croatia


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4.7 Perušić, Croatia


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Annexes

ANNEX 1: Application Form: Become a BioVill „Bioenergy Village“

ANNEX 2: Press release, 15.04.2016

ANNEX 3: Template for the Memorandums of Understanding


ANNEX 1: Application Form: Become a BioVill „Bioenergy Village“

Become a BioVill „Bioenergy Village“

Become a “Bioenergy Village” and turn your village into a national leading competence centre for the use of bioenergy!


The BioVill Project

The BioVill project is a three years project supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The objective of BioVill is to initiate, promote, and guide bioenergy villages in Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Romania up to the investment stage. The project started in March 2016 in collaboration with 9 partners from the target countries, as well as from Austria and Germany. More details on the BioVill project will be soon available at www.biovill.eu.

What is a Bioenergy village?

A bioenergy village is a village, municipality, settlement or community which produces and uses most of its energy from local biomass and other renewable energies. Biomass from forestry, agriculture and waste is used in a bioenergy village to generate electricity and heat. This is usually implemented by several technologies of different sizes, such as: woodchip boilers, pellet stoves, logwood boilers, biogas plants, combined heat and power plants using woodchips etc. They usually supply a small district heating grid of the village in order to distribute the heat to the consumers. The planning and installation of renewable energy technologies is often accompanied with energy efficiency measures. Besides supporting an increased use of renewable energies and its positive effects on climate and environmental protection, a central objective of a bioenergy village is to strengthen the local economy, as the expenses for energy remain in the region.

The involvement and participation of a broad range of local stakeholders and consumers is crucial for the success of a bioenergy village. Ideally, biomass suppliers and energy consumers are shared owners of the necessary installations. The concept to set-up bioenergy villages was developed through concerned citizens’ movements aiming to contribute in making the energy sector environmentally friendlier. Initiatives like Jühnde in Germany, Güssing in Austria and Samsø in Denmark are well-known bioenergy villages that contributed to this development. Today, several hundred bioenergy villages exist in these countries.

What are the objectives of a bioenergy village?

There is no “official” definition of a bioenergy village included in legislations or similar. However, several projects and networks describe key parameters of a bioenergy village. The objectives include:

The biomass feedstock is produced locally and in a sustainable way

The power supply from local renewable energies is at least as high as the energy demand of the village

The heat demand is provided by locally produced biomass or other renewable energies

The business model allows also consumers, farmers and forest owners to become shared owners of the installations

The creation of the bioenergy village is based on a high level of public participation

Become a “Bioenergy Village” and turn your village into a national leading competence centre for the use of bioenergy!

Are you a concerned citizen and want to promote the usage of bioenergy in your village in in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia?

Are you a farmer searching for alternative income opportunities?

Are you forest owner and want to sell your wood?

Are you a mayor, public servant or politician and want to stimulate the local economy in your village and to support your village to become more environmental friendly?

Are you an installer who wants to sell renewable energy technologies in your village?



Call for applicants

Villages, municipalities, towns, settlements3 from Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia are eligible to apply for becoming a BioVill Target Village. The awarded BioVill Target Village will get free support4 by the BioVill project in initiating the development of a bioenergy village, including:

Information on bioenergy villages and bioenergy relevant topics in other countries including

study tours in Germany/Austria

Formulation of strategic bioenergy goals and establishment of a bioenergy information center

for your village

Techno-economical assessment of your village and concrete suggestions for the set-up of

bioenergy installations

Economic analysis of different options for bioenergy installations and energy efficiency

measures. Possible business models for your village

Organisation of workshops, training courses, working group meetings in your village

Promotional material for your village and participation in local, country- and EU-wide

promotional events

In each target country of the BioVill project, one or more villages will be selected by the BioVill project Steering Committee and become an official “BioVill Target Village”.

The “applicant” can be a municipality, mayor or interest group (e.g. group of energy consumers) representing a village in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia and Slovenia. Only one application per village can be submitted.

Procedure & Dates5:

Deadline for the submission of the application form: 20 May 2016

Selection of the villages by the BioVill project Steering Committee6: 31 June 2016

Signature of a Memorandum of Understanding of the main decision makers and key

stakeholders of the selected target villages : 22 July 2016

Official publication of the target villages and public ceremony: 29 July 2016

→ BioVill can help you!

→ BioVill will provide you useful information on how to initiate a bioenergy village and support you in its implementation.

→ Contact your national partner of the BioVill project: XXX

→ Act now, make a change!

3 There is no unified definition for a bioenergy village. Applicants may be villages, towns, municipalities and settlements. In the subsequent application form, due to simplicity only to „villages“ is referred, but the selection will be independent if villages, towns, municipalities and settlements apply. It can be a micro-region consisting of one or more administrative bodies.

4 The awarded BioVill Target Village will get free support by the BioVill project in initiating the development of a bioenergy village. This support is specified in the Grant Agreement between the European Commission and the BioVill consortium. Details will be included in the Memorandum of understanding which the selected BioVill target village has to sign. The support includes (1) service support by the national BioVill partner, (2) organisational costs for selected events (workshops, trainings, etc.) which are organised by the BioVill partners in the target villages, but no direct payments/grants/subsidies to the village. 5 The given dates are scheduled by the BioVill consotium. Individual dates may be adjusted and re-defined by the BioVill consortium.

6 Selection criteria will be, e.g.: (1) quality of the provided information in the application form (2) motivation of the bioenergy village to become a BioVill target village, (3) available biomass potential of the village


Application Form

Please fill in the application form and provide as much information as possible. In case you cannot answer some of the questions, please explain the reasons or please contact your national BioVill project partner.

Please submit the signed application form to:

Include here your organisation name

Responsible person

Address

Email

Telephone number

1) Description of the village

Name & country of the village/town/municipality/settlement

Details about the village

Number of households:

Number of buildings:

Number of inhabitants:

Website of the village:

Please describe briefly your village7.

7 Please generally describe your village. Please also include information such as: structure and main characteristics of the village; commercial, service, agricultural, forestry sectors; main achievements and challenges of the village.


2) Information about the existing energy demand and supply, including energy infrastructure

Is the village able to provide any energy consumption data, already? Or, is an assessment required? Please specify any available data, technical or economic concepts and studies.

Please describe the current overall energy demand and supply8 of the village.

Electricity:

Cooling:

Heating:

Please name and describe briefly existing biomass feedstock (e.g. forest biomass, energy crops, residues, wastes etc.) for developing the bioenergy sector in your village.

8 Please include actual numbers wherever possible!


Please name and describe briefly existing bioenergy installations (including capacities, installation year, type of feedstock, etc.) and related industries, such as sawmills, pulp & paper industry, etc.9.

3) Motivation of your village to become a BioVill Target Village

What is the main motivation for your village to become a bioenergy village?10

What would be the main benefits for your village to become a bioenergy village?

9 Please include actual numbers wherever possible! 10 Please also describe whether in the village exists already initiatives/activities supporting: the use of renewable energies, climate protection and sustainable use of resources, initiation of local/regional value chains, local/regional economic development, etc.


Do any official policies or strategies support renewable energies in your village? How are renewable energies supported by local politicians/parties in the village. Please describe the political context and mention the date of the next political elections in your village.

Please include a one-sentence slogan for becoming a bioenergy village.

4) Implementation of the bioenergy villages approach in your village

Who would be the main responsible person in charge of managing the process of preparation and implementation of the bioenergy village? Who would be the main contact person to the national BioVill project partner?

Name, occupation, employer, contact details (address, telephone number, email)

The BioVill project intends to establish a local contact/information point for citizen’s queries in the village. Where could this information point be established and would the responsible person be available as local contact point for citizens?


Who are the key stakeholders to support the set-up of a bioenergy village? Please list the key stakeholders11 and their roles.

(e.g. farmers, forest owners, main active citizens, NGOs, installers, municipality, politicians, interest groups, local industry, etc.)

4) Picture

Please include one/several pictures representing your village12

5) Signature

With this signature, the signing parties confirm their willingness to become a BioVill Target Village. The application will be evaluated by the steering committee. Descriptions, data and pictures can be disseminated by the BioVill consortium.

11 Please include names of the organisations, companies, associations, etc. 12 Please include only pictures for which you have the copyright(s). With the submission and signature of the application form, you automatically allow the BioVill project consortium to use this/these picture/s for further publication and dissemination purposes.


Location / Date / Signature(s)13

13 The application form shall be signed by at least 3 persons from the applying village (applicant) who want to initiate the implementation of the bioenergy village concept, e.g. representative/s from the village administration, the mayor interested citizens or interest group representatives..


Imprint

Project Title Bioenergy Villages (BioVill) - Increasing the Market Uptake of Sustainable Bioenergy Grant Agreement N° 691661

Consortium

This document is issued by the consortium formed for the implementation of the BioVill project under Grant Agreement N° 691661 by the following partners:

GIZ - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (Germany) WIP – Wirtschaft und Infrastruktur GmbH & Co Planungs- KG (Germany) KEA - Klimaschutz- und Energieagentur Baden-Württemberg (Germany) AEA – Österreichische Energieagentur Austrian Energy Agency (Austria) REGEA – Regionalna Energetska Agencija Sjeverozapadne Hrvatske (Croatia) SDEWES-Skopje –Medunarodni Centrar za Odrzivi Razvoj Energetike Voda i Okolisa (Macedonia) GEA – Asociatia Green Engergy (Romania) GIS – Gozdarski Institut Slovenije (Slovenia) SKGO – Stalna Konferencija Gradova i Opstina (Serbia)

Lead Partner for the compilation of this document

WIP Renewable Energies, Germany

Authors of this document

Domini Rutz, WIP Renewable Energies Juan-Manuel Ugalde, WIP Renewable Energies

Contact Please include here your organisation of the target country, as you will be in charge for collecting the application form and as you can answer questions (in local language) better.

Disclaimer Neither GIZ nor any other consortium member nor the authors will accept any liability at any time for any kind of damage or loss that might occur to anybody from referring to this document. In addition neither the European Commission nor the Agencies (or any person acting on their behalf) can be held responsible for the use made of the information provided in this document.

Further information about the BioVill project: www.biovill.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme

under Grant Agreement N° 691661



ANNEX 2: Press release, 15.04.2016

Title: Project start and call for application to become a bioenergy village in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia

15.04.2016 Biomass from forestry and agriculture is an important source of renewable energy in many regions in Europe. It can be used to deliver power and heat to households, industry and public buildings. Thereby, it stimulates the local economy, especially of rural areas, and mitigates climate change. In Europe, an increasing number of so-called bioenergy villages are being set-up to save costs and to increase the energy security of the village. A “bioenergy village” can be a village, municipality settlement or community in which the main energy source comes from local biomass and other renewable energies. This is usually implemented by several technologies of different sizes, such as: woodchip boilers, pellet stoves, logwood boilers, biogas plants, combined heat and power plats using woodchips.

Villages like Jühnde in Germany, Güssing in Austria and Samsø in Denmark were pioneers and today, several hundred bioenergy villages exist in these countries. This positive experience shall now be spread-out also to the south-eastern European countries.

The BioVill project supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme aims to initiate, promote and guide the establishment of bioenergy villages in villages in Croatia, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia up to an investment stage. The project started in March 2016 in collaboration with 9 partners from the target countries, as well as from Germany and Austria. A call is now open for interested villages to become a BioVill project target village. The selected BioVill target villages will receive support, free of charge, from the project in applying the bioenergy villages’ concept and initiating the process of becoming a bioenergy village. For more information, please contact XXXXX national partner XXXX.


ANNEX 3: Template for the Memorandums of Understanding

<Please use the letterhead of the village, including the logo, when printing the letter>

Memorandum of Understanding

Bioenergy Villages (BioVill) - Increasing the Market

Uptake of Sustainable Bioenergy — BioVill

<date, location>

between <Name of village/municipality>

and

the BioVill consortium, represented by the following organisations

The BioVill project is a three years project supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. The objective of BioVill is to initiate, promote, and guide the development of regional bioenergy concepts and the establishment bioenergy villages in Slovenia, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia and Romania up to the investment stage. The project started in March 2016 in collaboration with 9 partners from the target countries, as well as from Austria and Germany. More details are available at: www.biovill.eu.



With respect to our application of the village/municipality <Name of village/municipality> to become a BioVill target village, we are honoured that our village was selected by the BioVill Steering Committee as target village of the project.

We acknowledge that our village will get free support by the BioVill project in initiating the development of a bioenergy village up to the investment stage. The includes the following services, e.g.:

Information on bioenergy villages and bioenergy relevant topics in other countries including study tours in Germany/Austria

Assistance in the formulation of strategic bioenergy goals

Assistance in the set-up of a bioenergy information center for our village

A study on the techno-economical assessment of our village and concrete suggestions for the set-up of bioenergy installations

An economic analysis of different options for bioenergy installations and energy efficiency measures.

Proposals for possible business models and assistance in the selection of the best suitable option for your village

Support in the organisation of information events, networking workshops, and working group meetings in our village

Provision of specialised trainings on financing, contracts and business models for bioenergy villages

Promotional material for our village and participation in local, country- and EU-wide promotional events

We are aware that the support from the BioVill consortium includes (1) service support by the national BioVill partner and (2) coverage of organisational costs for selected events (workshops, trainings, etc.) which are organised by the BioVill project in our village, but no direct payments/grants/subsidies to the village.

We, the undersigned, on behalf of the village <Name of village/municipality> commit ourself, to strongly support the achievement of the BioVill project objectives and to undertake all efforts to prepare the village to become a bioenergy village as prescribed in the annex.

A bioenergy village is a village, municipality, settlement or community which produces and uses most of its energy from local biomass and other renewable energies. Biomass from forestry, agriculture and waste is used in a bioenergy village to generate electricity and heat. This is usually implemented by several technologies of different sizes, such as: woodchip boilers, pellet stoves, logwood boilers, biogas plants, combined heat and power plants using woodchips etc. They usually supply a small district heating grid of the village in order to distribute the heat to the consumers. The planning and installation of renewable energy technologies is often accompanied with energy efficiency measures.


Besides supporting an increased use of renewable energies and its positive effects on climate and environmental protection, a central objective of a bioenergy village is to strengthen the local economy, as the expenses for energy remain in the region.

The involvement and participation of a broad range of local stakeholders and consumers is crucial for the success of a bioenergy village. Ideally, biomass suppliers and energy consumers are shared owners of the necessary installations. The concept to set-up bioenergy villages was developed through concerned citizens’ movements aiming to contribute in making the energy sector environmentally friendlier. Initiatives like Jühnde in Germany, Güssing in Austria and Samsø in Denmark are well-known bioenergy villages that contributed to this development. Today, several hundred bioenergy villages exist in these countries.

There is no “official” definition of a bioenergy village included in legislations or similar. However, several projects and networks describe key parameters of a bioenergy village. The objectives include:

The biomass feedstock is produced locally and in a sustainable way

The power supply from local renewable energies is at least as high as the energy demand of the village

The heat demand is provided by locally produced biomass or other renewable energies

The business model allows also consumers, farmers and forest owners to become shared owners of the installations

The creation of the bioenergy village is based on a high level of public participation

The council of <Name of village/municipality>, as well as the mayor of <Name of village/municipality>, will contribute to the objective of preparing the village to become a bioenergy village through various means. Among others we commit to:

actively involve all citizens and important stakeholders of the village in the process

invite stakeholders and interested citizens to join and support the working groups and planned BioVill project events

bring in our own ideas and visions on bioenergy developments of the village

stimulate and support initiatives to increase the share of bioenergy and renewable energies in the bioenergy village, even beyond the BioVill activities

provide available data on energy consumption and demand of the village in order to facilitate the bioenergy planning process, without conflicting data protection issues.

nominate a responsible person in charge of coordinating the local activities

provide a suitable space (e.g. in the municipal office) where a local contact/information point for citizen’s queries in the village could be established and nominate a responsible person be available as local contact point for citizens

engage ourself in finding the necessary funds, investors and/or support programms to implement the relevant investments to become a bioenergy village


By signing this Memorandum of Understanding, the signatory(ies) allow the consortium to use the information provided in the submitted Application Form, including the pictures, for further dissemination.

The signatory(ies)declare(s) that I (we) received the mandate to sign this MoU based on the council decision <Number/Date/Location>.

Yours sincerely,

<Name(s)>

<Position(s)>

<Signature(s)>

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