Self-consumption: creating value for the consumer and the energy system

18 JUNE 2015Storage and distributed generation: stronger together

Domingo Jiménez BeltránFundación Renovables

Renewable Energies – the obvious and ethical choice. RE « are right » and « a right »• Self-consumption key for quick,

effective, efficient and democratic [r]evolution to a new energy model

Benefits of renewable energies in Spain:– Climate Change

• Justice

• A matter of time

• And money – 252M€/y GHG Emissions avoided

– Air pollution, a major urban challenge

• 450.000 premature deaths/y in the UE; 27.000 in Spain

– Energy dependence on imports

• 2013: 40.997M€ fossil fuels net imports

• 2013: 7.300M€ imports avoided by renewables

Fuente: BdE

Spain Balance of Trade 2010-12

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Energy Dependence

Renewable Energies – the ethical chioce

• Self-consumption key for quick, efficient and democratic [r]evolution to a new energy model

Benefits of renewable energies in Spain:– Electricity Pool price

• 2013: 5900M€ pool reduction price

– Employment:

• 93.000 employed

Self-consumption : the right to choose energy

– Energy democratization needs to empower conusmers to choose energy and to be resposible for managing its demand

– Technology and social claims have pointed to the future

– We need to look at the future with clear targets:

• Granting energy access to sustainable energy , in sufficient amounts and reasonable prices now and in the future

• De-carbonization as a must

• De-energization as a need

• Efficiency

Self-consumption : the right to choose energy• Self-consumption current situation

EU:– Retail market Communication.A New deal for Consumers?

Any EU guidance for SC?– Energy Union: “The citizen at the centre”

Any chances for a Common Energy Policy? And for SC regulated at EU level?

– RE Directive. Prospects for more ambitious and predictable post 2020 regime?

– Efficiency Directive. Same challenges post 2020

Spain:– Regulation blocked during 3 years– The actual proposal for regultation: Blocking SC

• No more that 100kWp. No net balance

• Others illegalized with fines up to 60M€

• No batteries allowed

• Tax on Sun! And out of proportion

• Discharging excedent electricity for free to grid

• Super complex and expensive administrative procedure, applying also if no discharges to net

• Economical conditions transitory during next 3 years (and no clue about what will be after)

Self-consumption : the right to choose energy• Self-consumption: net billing,

connected and with storage

Regulation proposed by Fundación Renovables:– No extra support but no barriers– Stable legal and economical conditions– No limits on power– Incentivize batteries for demand management– Net billing– No fees /taxes on autoconsumed energy– Easy administrative procedure (Portugal)– Opportunity to set the rules for new ways of

sharing energy

Self-consumption and storage: the new opportunity

• Self-conusmption benefits:

- Better demand management , increased

efficiency

- Increased local ”connected self-sufficiency”,

up to 50%.

- Favouring the “bottom up approach”, towards local “zero emmissions”

- Empoworering citizens vs energy “power stations”. A tool to prevent in part energy poverty?

Self-consumption and storage: the new opportunity

• Self-conusmption benefits:Supposing 500MW self-consumption installation

(Only Murcia Region roofs: could host 1 000MW PW- CSS!)

– Reduces 10M€/y the electricity system revenues (0.6%)

– Canary Islands case:

• Now 1.800M€/y spent in fuelling power plants

• Just 38MW s-c installed would save 10M€/y– VAT revenues

• 240M€ over investments

• 8M€/y over mantenance– Energy losses

• Currently 9.6% losses

• S-c would save 20M€/y avoiding losses– S-C is saving energy, reducing the pool price – Opportunity for municipality to shrink

energy bills

Self-consumption: the Spanish citizens choice

• Self-conusmption and renewables won the local elections:

– The Spanish society has chosen in last local elections many parties that support those targets:

• Energy poverty eradication

• Promote self-consumption. Towards 50% municipal connected self sufficiency

• Local Emission Targets to decarbonize municipalities TOWARDS “ZERO emmissions”

• Urban regeneration and Sustainable Cities with Efficient and Sustainable Energy Systems as a main vector

Political Leadership

Cooperation

Empowering citizens

Self-consumption: sun is not just for tanning

• A strong and renewables friendly European Energy Union towards a Common Energy Poicy

• Join to promote self-consumption

• An ambitious and stable common playground for self-consumption

• Avoiding iniciatives like Spanish Decree against self-consumption and storage

Thanks for joining us!

Domingo Jiménez BeltránPresident

Fundación Renovables

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