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dossier	COM(2009)35 - Programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy.
document	COM(2009)35
date	August 1, 2009

ANNEX

ELIGIBLE PROJECTS

A. Gas and Electricity infrastructure projects

1. Gas interconnectors

Project	Location of projects supported	Envisaged Community contribution (EUR million)
Southern Gas Corridor
NABUCCO	Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Germany, Romania	200
ITGI – Poseidon	Italy, Greece	100
Baltic interconnection
Skanled/Baltic pipe	Poland, Denmark, Sweden	150
LNG network
Liquefied Natural Gas terminal at Polish coast at port of Świnoujście	Poland	80
Central and South East Europe
Slovakia-Hungary Interconnector (Veľký Krtíš - Vecsés)	Slovakia, Hungary	30
Gas transmission system in Slovenia between the Austrian Border to Ljubljana (excluding the section Rogatec-Kidričevo)	Slovenia	40
Interconnection Bulgaria-Greece (Stara Zagora — Dimitrovgrad-Komotini)	Bulgaria, Greece	45
Romania-Hungary gas interconnector	Romania, Hungary	30
Expansion of Gas Storage Capacity in the Czech hub	Czech Republic	35
Infrastructure and equipment to permit reverse gas flow in the event of short term supply disruption	Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia	80
Slovakia-Poland interconnection	Slovakia, Poland	20
Hungary-Croatia interconnection	Hungary	20
Bulgaria-Romania interconnection	Bulgaria, Romania	10
Mediterranean
Reinforcement of FR gas network on the Africa-Spain-France axis	France	200
GALSI (Gazoduc Algérie-Italie)	Italy	120
Gas Interconnection Western Axis Larrau Branch	Spain	45
North Sea area
Germany-Belgium-United Kingdom pipeline	Belgium	35
France-Belgium connection	France, Belgium	200
TOTAL		1 440

2. Electricity interconnectors

Project	Location of projects supported	Envisaged Community contribution (EUR million)
Baltic interconnection
Estlink-2	Estonia, Finland	100
Interconnection Sweden-Baltic States, and strengthening of the grid in Baltic States	Sweden, Latvia, Lithuania	175
Central and South East Europe
Halle/Saale – Schweinfurt	Germany	100
Wien-Győr	Austria, Hungary	20
Mediterranean
Portugal-Spain interconnection reinforcement	Portugal	50
Interconnection France-Spain (Baixas - Sta Llogaia)	France, Spain	225
New 380 kV AC submarine cable between Sicily – Continental Italy (Sorgente – Rizziconi)	Italy	110
North Sea area
500 MW Ireland/Wales interconnector (Meath-Deeside)	Ireland, United Kingdom	110
Electricity interconnection Malta-Italy	Malta/Italy	20
TOTAL		910

3. Small island projects

Small isolated island initiatives	Cyprus	10
Malta	5
TOTAL		15

B. Offshore wind projects

Project

Capacity

Location of projects supported

Envisaged Community contribution

(EUR million)

1.

Grid integration of offshore wind energy

1.1.	Baltic – Kriegers Flak I, II, III Building on projects under development. Financing aimed at ensuring extra cost for securing a joint interconnection solution.

1,5 GW

Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Poland

150

1.2.	North sea grid Modular development of offshore grid, demonstration of virtual offshore power plant and integration in the existing onshore grid system.

1 GW

United Kingdom, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Denmark, Belgium, France, Luxembourg

165

2.

New turbines, structures and components, optimisation of manufacturing capacities

2.1.	Borkum West II – Bard 1 – Nordsee Ost – Global Tech I New generation of multi-megawatt size turbines (5-7 MW) and innovative structures, situated far from shore (up to 100 km) in deeper waters (up to 40 m).

1,6 GW

Germany

200

2.2.

Aberdeen offshore wind farm (European testing centre)

Building on project presently under development – testing of multi-MW turbines. Development of innovative structures and substructures including optimisation of manufacturing capacities of offshore wind energy production equipment. An increase in size of 100 MW can be envisaged.

0,25 GW

United Kingdom

2.3.	Thornton Bank Building on project presently under development. Learning from the Downvind project (cofinanced through FP6). Upscaling the Downvind installations turbines (5 MW size) in deep waters (up to 30 m) with low visual impact (up to 30 km).

90 MW

Belgium

TOTAL

565

C. Carbon capture and storage projects

Project Name/Location	Envisaged Community contribution (EUR million)	Fuel	Capacity	Capture Technique	Storage Concept
Huerth	Germany	180	Coal	450 MW	IGCC	Saline Aquifer
Jaenschwalde			Coal	500 MW	Oxyfuel	Oil/Gas fields
Eemshaven	Netherlands	180	Coal	1 200 MW	IGCC	Oil/Gas fields
Rotterdam	Coal	1 080 MW	PC	Oil/Gas fields
Rotterdam	Coal	800 MW	PC	Oil/Gas fields
Bełchatów	Poland	180	Coal	858 MW	PC	Saline Aquifer
Compostilla (León)	Spain	180	Coal	500 MW	Oxyfuel	Saline Aquifer
Kingsnorth	United Kingdom	180	Coal	800 MW	PC	Oil/Gas fields
Longannet	Coal	3 390 MW	PC	Saline Aquifer
Tilbury	Coal	1 600 MW	PC	Oil/Gas fields
Hatfield (Yorkshire)	Coal	900 MW	IGCC	Oil/Gas fields
Porto Tolle	Italy	100	Coal	660 MW	PC
Industrial carbon capture project
Florange	France	50	Transport of CO2 from industrial installation (steel plant) to underground storage (saline aquifer)
TOTAL	1 050

COMMISSION DECLARATION

The Commission underlines that energy efficiency and renewable energy sources are key priorities of EU energy policy, both for environmental and for security of supply reasons. In this respect, the Regulation will contribute to these priorities by giving substantial support to offshore wind projects.

The Commission recalls in this context the various other new initiatives supporting energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, suggested by the Commission notably in its European Recovery Plan, which was endorsed by the European Council of December 2008. These include:

A modification to the ERDF Regulation to allow investments up to EUR 8 billion in energy efficiency and renewable energies in housing in all the Member States.

A public-private partnership on a ‘European energy-efficient buildings’ initiative to promote green technologies and the development of energy-efficient systems and materials in new and renovated buildings. The estimated envelope for this action is EUR 1 billion: EUR 500 million from existing EC FP7 budget over the years 2010 to 2013 and EUR 500 million from industry.

The EC-EIB initiative ‘EU Sustainable Energy Financing Initiative’. It aims at enabling investments for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in urban settings. The Commission finances a technical assistance facility from the Intelligent Energy Europe programme (annual allocation of 15 M EUR for 2009). This facility, managed by the EIB, will facilitate access to EIB loans with substantial leverage effects.

The creation by EU institutional investors — led by the EIB — of a market oriented equity fund, called Marguerite: the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure. This Fund would invest in the areas of energy and climate change (TEN-E, sustainable energy production, renewable energy, new technologies, energy efficiency investments, security of supply, as well as environmental infrastructure). The Commission supports this initiative.

Furthermore, the Commission will present before the end of November 2009 the revision of the energy efficiency action plan as demanded by Council (Conclusions of the European Council of March 2009) and Parliament (EP Resolution P6_TA(2009)0064).

There is agreement among experts that energy efficiency is the cheapest available option to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Commission will provide by November 2009 a detailed analysis of the obstacles for increased energy efficiency investments. It will in particular examine whether there is a need for increased financial incentives in the form of low-interest loans and/or grants, how the European budget could be used to this end, and, if appropriate, the Commission will include, inter alia, additional funds for financing of energy efficiency in the new EU Energy Security and Infrastructure Instrument, to be presented in 2010.

When reviewing the energy efficiency action plan, the Commission will pay particular attention to the neighbourhood dimension of energy efficiency. It will analyze how it can give financial and regulatory incentives to neighbourhood countries to step up their investments in energy efficiency.

Should the Commission, when reporting in 2010 on the implementation of the Regulation under its Article 28, find that it will not be possible to commit by the end of 2010 a part of the funds foreseen for the projects listed in the annex to the Regulation, the Commission will propose, if appropriate and in a geographically balanced way, an amendment to the Regulation allowing for the financing of projects in the area of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources, in addition to the above initiatives, including eligibility criteria similar to those applying to projects listed in the Annex to this Regulation.

Statement by Portugal

Portugal is voting in favour, although in its view, in a review of the programme under Article 28, consideration should be given to the inclusion of renewable-energy and energy-efficiency projects, particularly for microgeneration and for smart grids and meters, to help achieve the objectives in Article 4(a) and (b) of the Regulation.