Baltic SCOPE workshop discussion on ENERGY at Baltic SCOPE Central Baltic case (involving Latvia, Estonia and Sweden) stakeholder conference on 31 May - 1 June 2016 in Jurmala, LATVIA Read more on: www.balticscope.eu * The information presented is the working exercise on the cross-border maritime spatial planning discussions and can not be treated as the official opinion of the European Commission and the Member States involved in the consortium of the Baltic SCOPE project.

1. ENERGY SECTOR
AND
MARINE SPATIAL PLANNING
BALTICSCOPE
Jūrmala, May 31, 2016
Reinis Āboltiņš
MoEPRD
Reinis.aboltins@saeima.lv

2. CONTEXT FOR THE ENERGY
SECTOR
 DIRECTION STEMS FROM THE EU POLICY – 20/20/20 BY 2020+
 REGIONAL APPROACH – FOR EXAMPLE, BEMIP, EU BS
STRATEGY
 NATIONAL CHALLENGES – CO2 EMMISSIONS, INSUFFIECIENT
INFRASTRUCTURE, COMPLICATED ENERGY PORTFOLIO
 POLICY FRAMEWORK (different strategies, influence of industry’s lobbies)
 INFRASTRUCTURE (for example, good access roads, service possibilities)
 NETWORK CAPACITY (ENTSO-E 10 year dvelopment plan, ability of
transmission network to accomodate distributed and variable RES energy)
 ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS (coal, lignite / oil shale, small hydro, wind,
external costs of energy)
 MARKET CONDITIONS (low liquidity, insufficient interconnections, unequal
conditions for the dominating national enterprises and other market
participants)

3. EUROPE 2020 TARGETS
• SUTAINABILITY ASPECT – CLIMATE
CHANGE AND ENERGY
– DECREASE GREEN-HOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
BY 20% (AND AIM AT 30% DECREASE)
– INCREASE BY 20% THE SHARE OF RES IN
FINAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION
– INCREASE BY 20% ENERGY EFFICIENCY

4. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
• ENERGY SECURITY STRATEGY (2014)
– CAUSES: RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUPPLY
OF ENERGY RESOURCES FROM THIRD
COUNTRIES
– CONSEQUENCES: STRATEGY TO MINIMISE
RISKS
• EUROPEAN ENERGY UNION strategy (2015)
– CAUSES: LACK OF SOLIDARITY
– CONSEQUENCES: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR
CLOSER COORDINATION OF DECISION-MAKING

5. CHALLENGES
1. PUTTING IN PLACE A BALANCED LEGAL
FRAMEWWORK for the development of energy
sector and support for RES energy in particular;
2. DEVELOPMENT OF NEW GENERATING
CAPACITIES AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING
CAPACITIES is essential to secure energy demand;
3. INCREASE OF LOCAL RES WITH THE GOAL OF
DECREASING THE IMPORT OF FOSSIL ENERGY
RESOURCES for energy production;

6. CHALLENGES
4. IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY in buildings,
production / industry, energy production;
5. STRENGTHENING OF REGIONAL AND LOCAL
TRANSMISSION NETWORKS by connecting with
other EU countries and making it possible to
accommodate RES electricity (TEN-E initiative,
BEMIP).

7. CBC MSP ENERGY:
REQUIREMENTS
1. PHYSICAL SPACE
2. LAND-SEA INTERACTIONS
3. GRID CAPACITY
4. WIND CONDITIONS
5. EXISTING LIMITATIONS FOR LAYING
CABLES

8. CBC MSP ENERGY:
COMPETING INTERESTS
1. LOCAL HERITAGE
2. NATURE CONSERVATION
3. BIRD MIGRATION CORRIDORS
4. HABITATS FOR SPECIES
5. NATIONAL DEFENCE INTERESTS
6. COMMERCIAL FISHING
7. RECREATION
8. SHIPPING AND MARINE
TRANSPORTATION

9. CBC MSP ENERGY:
PLANNING AND IMPLICATIONS
1. NATIONAL MSP
2. SPECIFICS OF ENERGY PLANNING
3. LOCAL IMPACTS
4. TRANSBOUNDARY IMPACTS
5. COMULATIVE IMPACTS

10. CBC MSP ENERGY:
A PLANNING EXAMPLE
• National TSO does the initial research
• Communicates with partner TSO
• Both TSOs do common research / could be outsourced
• Initiative put on TYND (ENTSO-E system development
committee)
• Regulator (SE Energi marknads inspektionen, LV SPRK, EE
PUC) approves + public consultation
• Feasibility study
• Environmental impact assessment (EIA) + public consultation
• Land ownership issues
• Technical project
• Final investment decision
• Implementation

11. NPS POWER MARKET SETS
THE TRENDS

12. NRG 4EVER