ENERGY

Investment priorities for 2014-2020

(as presented in the approved Operational Programmes)

31 March 2015 Yanna Nikou

Unit for the Co-ordination of NSRF Projects (Energy Sector)

Ministry of Reconstruction of Production, Environment and Energy

National Strategic Framework for energy sector

Energy Road Map

Energy efficiency in buildings (certification, specific measures for public buildings,

smart meters, promoting RES / EE / cogeneration, ESCOs, training, etc.)

Electricity (transmission network, new regulatory framework for RES)

Natural gas (TAP, expansion of distribution network, expansion in new sectors)

Hydrocarbons (research)

NREAP (target 20% in 2020)

Regulatory and fiscal initiatives

RES in all sectors (agriculture, industry, buildings)

National Plan for Energy Efficiency

Main areas for intervention: transport, services, buildings

Funding sources in the new Programming Period 2014-2020

Funds for energy projects

13 Regional Operational Programmes

Operational Programme For Competitiveness,

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Operational Programme For Infrastructures,

Environment and Sustainable

Development

Total (In terms of EU contribution): 903 m €

Electricity: 165 m € RES: 79 m €

Natural gas: 120 m € CHP: 31 m €

Energy efficiency: 461 m € Smart metering: 46 m €

(households 195 m €, public buildings 227 m €, SMEs 39 m €)

Project planning in the new programming period

Energy efficiency

Households

Public buildings

Private buildings

SMEs / tertiary sector

Tools: grants, loans,

guarantees, etc.

Energy infrastructure

Smart meters

Interconnections to mainland

transmission system

(Cyclades islands / Crete - PCI)

Upgrading transmission and distribution

system for natural gas

Tools: grants

RES - CHP

Financial support to RES and/or CHP projects

Tools: loans, guarantees, grants, etc.

Energy efficiency measures

Projects:

Energy efficiency in households

Energy efficiency in public buildings

Energy efficiency in private buildings (e.g. Office buildings, hotels, warehouses,

malls, hypermarkets, etc.)

Energy efficiency in the tertiary sector / SMEs (e.g. energy management systems,

upgrading production systems, etc.)

Grants and/or Fund providing incentives to carry out interventions (replacement of doors/windows -

frames/glazing- and installation of shading systems, installation of heat insulation on a

building shell including the terrace/roof and pilotis area, upgrading of the heating and hot

water supply systems), aimed at improving the buildings’ energy efficiency, while at the

same time contributing to the achievement of Greece’s energy and environmental targets.

RES / CHP projects

Projects:

Loans and/or guarantees to RES and CHP businesses, focusing on biomass,

geothermal energy and production of electricity and heating through RES

Energy transmission and distribution projects

Major projects for next programming period:

Smart meters (pilot project telemetering system / installation of smart meters to all

electrical energy consumption points in Greece -7.200.000 meters-, with the aim to

balance demand and supply of electrical energy, as well as allow the development of

new market mechanisms, e,g. differentiate prices among time zones)

Upgrading transmission and distribution system for natural gas (M/R stations,

compressors, information systems, etc. AP)

Interconnection of Cyclades islands to mainland transmission system (Syros, Paros,

Naxos, Mykonos), thus increasing the security of supply and reducing the production

cost

Interconnection of Crete to mainland transmission system (PCI), allowing the

exploitation of the RES potential of the island