L'intervento di Stefano Lambertucci (ESTIF) in occasione dell'evento "Solare termodinamico di piccola taglia: impianti dimostrativi in Sardegna e calore di processo industriale" che si è tenuto a Pula (CA) il 25 settembre 2015.

1. Solar Heat for Industrial
Processes
EU Policy & IncentivesEU Policy & Incentives
Pula, 25 September 2015
Stefano Lambertucci – Policy Officer
European Solar Thermal Industry Federation (ESTIF)
Stefano.lambertucci@estif.org - www.estif.org

2. • What is ESTIF
• The EU policy framework for RES-H&C
• National and regional support schemes
for solar heat for industrial processfor solar heat for industrial process
• EU support and incentives
• What next? What can be done?
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3. • What is ESTIF
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• What is ESTIF

4. European Solar Thermal Industry Federation
ESTIF: Common ST voice in Europe
– Direct representation, lobbying and input to European institutions on
policies, legislation, funding programmes
ESTIF: the meeting point of our industry
– Networking opportunities with key partners in the European arena
ESTIF: providing data & keeping members informed
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ESTIF: providing data & keeping members informed
– Expertise in standardisation, certification and technical regulations
– Market data and intelligence
– ESTIF communication activities, events, publications
ESTIF: training & supporting ST players
– Information and training on EU & national regulations and policies

5. • The EU policy framework for RES-H&C
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6. Energy Union
EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling
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EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling
Legislation (under review): RES-D, EPBD, EED

7. • National and regional support schemes
for solar heat for industrial process
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for solar heat for industrial process

8. Solar Thermal support schemes
Subsidy: AT, BE, CZ, EE, FI, FR, DE, EL, IE, LU, MT,
PL, RO, SK, SL, GB
Tax exemptions: BE, CZ, DK, FR, EL, IE, IT, NL, SE
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Price-based: GB, IT, LT
Loans: BE, BG, FR, DE, EL, IT, NL, SL, GB

9. Spain: GIT (Grandes Instalaciones Térmicas)
The maximum funding per project is 80% of the value of the eligible
investment (the intended thermal generation), with an absolute minimum of
250,000 and maximum of € 3,000,000 € per project (5 ml for ESCOs)
UK: Non-Domestic RHI (1 GWth but 93% biomass, 3.2% Solar Thermal..)
Solar Process Heat support schemes
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UK: Non-Domestic RHI (1 GWth but 93% biomass, 3.2% Solar Thermal..)
provides financial incentives to increase the uptake of renewable heat. For
the non-domestic sector it provides a subsidy based on the heat output of
the system, payable for 20 years, to eligible, non-domestic renewable heat
generators.
Netherlands: Energy Investment Allowance
41.5% of tax deduction of eligible investment costs

10. Germany:
- Market Rebate Programme: process heat subsidy: 140 EUR/m2 gross collector area.
Incentives for innovative designs. Performance based incentive requires Solar Keymark.
- Market Incentive programme: investment grants for heat provision <100m2
- KfW-Programme: Renewable Energies – Premium: enterprises can gain investment grant or
an interest subsidy for large scale technical plants with demonstration character.
France:
- Fonds Chaleur: ADEME supports RES heat production projects in production companies. It
covers solar thermal plants for hot water production and 350kWh minimum per m2.
10 Rue d'Arlon 63-67 • B-1040 Bruxelles • Belgium • Email: info@estif.org • Web: www.estif.org
covers solar thermal plants for hot water production and 350kWh minimum per m2.
- Project call "Grandes installations solaires thermiques" >300m2, subsidy range 45% to 65%
Austria:
- Environmental Assistance Programme (UFI): installations >100m2, environment-related
investment costs minimum € 10,000 + minimum of 4 t CO2 savings
- Kommunalkredit for Klima+Energie Fonds subsidises the realisation of large solar thermal
plants, funding is between 40 to 50% of total costs for solar thermal plants between 100 m² and
2,000 m²

11. Solar Thermal support schemes in Italy
Subsidy: Conto termico <1000m2
Tax exemption: 65% of investment for max. 60.000 EUR
over ten years
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over ten years
Loans: Fondo Kyoto

12. Regional support schemes: Wallonia case
Aide à l'investissement (support scheme + tax rebate)
Premium to the investment with exemption from property tax, for SMEs
and larger firms carrying out an investment program contributing to
sustainable development.
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sustainable development.
Eligible investment costs at least € 25,000
SMEs: max 50 % of the investments costs - total amount of the subsidy
cannot exceed € 1.5 million over 4 years
Large companies: max 20 % of the investments costs

13. Regional support schemes: Extremadura case
Grants to finance tourism and agro industrial companies in the
area of Extremadura
- SMEs in agro industrial and tourism sectors can apply
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- SMEs in agro industrial and tourism sectors can apply
- The subsidy consists of a grant of 5% of interest calculated on the
first two years under the terms of a loan arranged.
- Minimum eligible investment 10.000 EUR, max 100.000
- Maximum repayment term of 10 years
- Low temperature

14. Main weaknesses:
- Bureaucratic procedures (Conto Termico)
- Bad designs (Fondo Kyoto) or implementation
- Delays in implementation (RHI), stop-and-go policies (Italian tax
rebate)
- Unclear targets. Few support schemes focused on SHIP, most
target all RES-H&C, or all industrial process heat.
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target all RES-H&C, or all industrial process heat.
- Small scale installations prevail when in same scheme
- SHIP suffers from competition of other RES (ex. biomass in RHI)
- Information is lacking
- Governments prefer instruments delaying payments (tax
exemptions) not tools supporting up-front investment cost

15. Demonstration Deployment
EU level National level
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- Different typologies of support schemes needed for different
market phases (demonstration vs deployment)
- Different typologies of support schemes come from different
governance levels

16. Key success factors for support schemes
- Continuity, predictability and stability
- Contribution of different stakeholders
- Quality and performance assurance
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- Monitoring and evaluation transparency
- Clear targets
- Adequate financial resources

17. • EU support and incentives
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• EU support and incentives

18. - EU funds going to regional programmes (ex. Wallonia):
ERDF, EAFRD (12-20% earmarked for low carbon
economy)
- Specific programmes (Euromed, Jessica, etc.)
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- R&D funds: Horizon2020
- Ultra-large deployment: EIB and EFSI (aggregation?)
- Smart Financing Initiative - 2016

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20. • What next? What can be done?
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21. Future challenges:
- EU legislation review
- 2030 framework
- Electrification and other RES competition
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- Electrification and other RES competition
- Changing nature of support schemes
- Going from demonstration to deployment

22. Aggregate
Disseminate
– Establish trust
– Inform about existing options
What can we do?
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Aggregate
– Reach critical mass
– Exploit success
stories/sectors
Lobby
– Improve legislation
– Access funds, projects

23. Thank you for your attention!
Please do not hesitate to contact me:
Email: Stefano.lambertucci@estif.orgStefano.lambertucci@estif.org
Tel: +32 2 318 40 58
Website: www.estif.orgwww.estif.org
Twitter: ESTIF_SolarTwitter: ESTIF_Solar
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