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Preliminary results and recommendations Preliminary results and recommendations of the Valencian peer review of the Valencian peer review 1-th June – Energy Cluster Facilities 1-th June – Energy Cluster Facilities Closing meeting Closing meeting www.regions4greengrowth.eu www.regions4greengrowth.eu

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Page 1: Preliminary results and recommendations  of the Valencian peer review

Preliminary results and recommendations Preliminary results and recommendations of the Valencian peer reviewof the Valencian peer review

1-th June – Energy Cluster Facilities1-th June – Energy Cluster Facilities

Closing meetingClosing meeting

www.regions4greengrowth.euwww.regions4greengrowth.eu

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Partners Regions for Green Growth

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Partners Valencian peer review

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The Peer Review TeamThe Peer Review Team

Flevoland Rogier WilmsGert-Jan WinkelhagenGeert-Jan ten Napel

Lazio Federica MagnificoLeonilde Tocchi

Västernorrland Niklas GussThure Mårtensson

AER Cristina Baizan Edge

Eszak- Älfold Melinda MatraiGábor VámosiKrisztián Szabados

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Regions4GreenGrowth:Initiative of EU regions who have defined high sustainable energy ambitions and have difficulties to attract investments.

Overall objective of the project:To equip regions with regional policy instruments, mechanisms and approaches to improve access to finance for and speed up investments in sustainable energy projects (e.g. renewable energy generation capacity, energy efficiency measures).

Goal of Regions 4 Green GrowthGoal of Regions 4 Green Growth

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Goal• Attract private foreign money to invest in local companies (mainly SME’s)• Help companies in Valencia to get access and to use available funds

(mainly public funds, EU or other)• Learn new methodologies used in other regions to finance sustainable

energy projects , that can be implemented in our region

Questions• How to increase financial confidence, in order to facilitate access to credits

for sustainable projects?• How to make the projects more attractive to foreign private investments?• How to facilitate the access to European funds for the regional companies

(mainly SMEs with small projects)

Focus of Valencian Peer ReviewFocus of Valencian Peer Review

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Key findingsKey findings

SWOT analyses

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StrengthsStrengths

• Energy strategy with clear goals

• Already 70% of 20-20-20 goal realised

• Good action plans implemented – e.g. wind plan

• Good organisational background – energy cluster, associations, etc.

• Knowledge of renewable energy and good technical knowledge

• Aware of potential in renewable energy due to past investments

• Awareness of funding: know how to find European funding (knowledge and R&D)

• People are open-minded to R&D

• Good examples of innovation at SMEs

• Spain is a large market

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Weaknesses (1)Weaknesses (1)

• Financial crisis

• Lack of trust and confidence (government, organisations, projects)

• Bank financing is unavailable

• Lot of projects depend (entirely) on grants

• Public sector created high expectations but there are no funds now

• Region’s status will change in the next period – lower intensity of EU support –

less investments

• Profitability is not ‘sure’ for several projects

• Energy price fluctuation

• Other uncertain variables

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Weaknesses (2)Weaknesses (2)

• There is overcapacity of the energy sector

• RES have to compete on the grid with (too cheap) fossil fuels

• No continuity in the RES and EE regulations (political uncertainty)

• Several agencies lack good communication

• Different (policy) plans are not well aligned

• Mentality: no long-term thinking and planning

• Renewable energy is not a priority in the public opinion

• SME’s lack knowledge of and have difficulties getting

EU-(investment) funding

• ELENA, JESSICA, European Investment Bank

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Opportunities Opportunities

• Use knowledge in projects outside the region

• Combining system knowledge in clusters

• Focus on initiatives with clear results – e.g. smaller projects

• Establishment of international energy cluster

• Using the funds of Eastern-European countries – e.g. ENPI

• Setting up/promoting ESCOs for energy efficiency

• Increase communication between public and private sector

• Valorisation of biomass

• Awareness campaigns for inhabitants

• i.e. domestic laboratories

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ThreatsThreats

• No projects, no work

• Brain-drain

• Highly educated people and companies go abroad

• Lose good international position in RES and EE

• Worsening of the economic crisis

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Conclusions and recommendations (1)Conclusions and recommendations (1)

Ambitions, goals and policy• Make an integrated regional ‘Energy Master Plan’

• National -> regional -> local level• Do this in ‘co-creation’ with stakeholders (regional, local government,

environmental groups, energy industry, R&D)• Introduce green public procurement for government and public bodies

• Creates a local market • Stimulates innovation

Organisational• Facilitate the creation of cross-sectoral clusters

• Projects will emerge • Create international energy clusters

• Share knowledge• Apply together for (European) funds

(investment, knowledge sharing, R&D)• ‘Rent a professor’

• Couple a professor to companies to help them with a problem, give advice

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Conclusions and recommendations (2)Conclusions and recommendations (2)

Realisation of projects• Focus on projects and initiatives with short-term results (build confidence in own

projects again)• Energy efficiency projects through ESCO’s seem attractive (i.e. EE-projects in

SME textile industry)• Include / start with government, municipalities, etc. (give the good example)• Proof that projects are feasible and profitable

• Create a new ‘sustainable demand’ for the energy surplus (i.e. electric cars)• Look with different perspective to project development

• Start focussing on adding value. Don’t startwith energy production or energy saving.

• Financial value• Economical value• I.e. valorisation of biomass waste

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Conclusions and recommendations (3)Conclusions and recommendations (3)

Financing• Don’t build the project around grants. Use more private money• Use the high quality knowledge on RES and EE to export and earn money abroad.

• Invest the money earned in R&D and projects in Valencia • Sell green energy certificates to other countries (to fulfil their 20-20-20 goals)• Access (European) funds from other countries by teaming up with them (i.e. ENPI)• Establish an investment community and regional energy fund

Communication• Increase the awareness that RES and EE projects are profitable for

• Economy• Environment

• Increase the communication between public and private sector• Know and connect to the needs of the companies

• Explain, communicate and promote the ESCO business model to companies and investors

• Increase the ‘green image’ of companies (ISO 14.001)

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Questions

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Thank youfor your attention !

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