Thursday, 2 October 2014
Warmia and Mazury voivodeship faces many cancellations of investments in RES, due to the problems with connections to the national grid
Due to the
difficulties associated with the connection to the national transmission lines many investment
cancellations took on the territory of Warmia and Mazury voivodeship. The region, which already has problems with
energy security, might face difficulties with sustaining safe level of electricity
if the management of this issue will not change. The post presents opinion of
authorities and the operator of the electricity grid on the territory of Warmia
and Mazury.
In order to
better understand the scope of problem, it is worth describing the specificity
of the region. Warmia and Mazury voivodeship ( seen on the map) is defined as a region with very backward energy
system, where more than 90
percent of energy consumed is being
imported from other regions. In recent years, energy security in the Warmia-Mazury has improved thanks to the energy bridge between Poland and Lithuania and construction of a new 400 kV line between
Ostrołęka – Olsztyn – Mątki.
Poland is very intensively working on the lowering emissions of the greenhouse gases (due to the Poland's dependency on coal for the electricity production), therefore any investment in RES is beneficial. Furthermore, as a member of EU, many funds are being distributed to,still, new member states in order to construct new power plants. If many companies resign from such investments due to the impossibility of their connection to the national power system, it can be projected that the region will stop its development in RES sector. Furthermore, the region's general power security is at stake.
Despite the
pointed improvements, the situation in the region seems to be worrying for the
authorities responsible for the development of clean energy and those ensuring
security of the grid. President of the Regional Fund
for Environmental Protection ( Polish: Fundusz Ochrony
Srodowiska FOS) in Olsztyn, Maria
Sokoll, told PAP ( Polish Press Agency) that in recent years, investors have resigned from the construction of , among others, photovoltaic
farms and biogas
plants, even though they had signed
a contract with the
institution of their funding. The decision has been made laid upon problems with obtaining
connection of the planned investment
to the national transmission line. The company responsible
for the connections to those
investors determined the conditions
that they could not meet,
for example indicating possible connection to the transmission
line that run through the plot
belonging to several private persons. In such situation, the investor either buys the land
for the planned connection line or resigned from the investment as there is no obligation
for the private owner to allow usage of its property for the electricity line.
The only alternative could be new "space planning strategy" that incorporated all
the new investments and its cabling connection – which is very costly and lengthy
procedure.
The regional
company responsible for the determining the conditions of power connection (Energa-Operator) does not feel responsible for the
complication of the investments in the area. The representative of the company Piotr Janiak
told PAP that Energa-Operator if the
company does not agree to the conditions proposed by Energa on the connection
expire automatically after 2 years. He also pointed out that his company "has no knowledge about the causes of
the resignation by the parties on the implementation of connection ".
Before proposal for the connection to the
electricity transmission line, Energa-Operator needs to do technical evaluation
of the investment. The study is performed
by external research and development
units. Its main aim is to check
whether the network connection of the facility to be adhered to technical
parameters on the quality of electric
power, short-circuit conditions, the
permissible voltage change if
the permitted ampacity of network elements. These criteria are strictly defined and uniformly applied by all operators in.
Due to the problems (which are not
new to the government), authorities are extensively working on the change of
regulation in the distribution of EU funds. In their eyes, the grants should
not only cover investment in the PV/biogas plant but also its connection to the
national system.
- Energa-Operator website: http://www.energa-operator.pl/index.xml
- FOS (Fundusz Ochrony Srodowiska): http://www.nfosigw.gov.pl/
- Picture: http://media.web.britannica.com/eb-media/40/99540-004-4E090C0C.jpg
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