Data exchange models for sustainable energy planning

1. Data exchange models for
sustainable energy planning
Webinaire within the project 5000&1 SEAPs
Date 16 September 2015:
Etienne Viénot, Rhônalpénergie-Environnement (RAEE)

2. Data4ACTION: Main objectives
 Improve public authorities access to local energy data for
Sustainable Energy Action Plan.
 Foster collaboration models between public authorities and energy
data providers
 bilateral data exchange cooperation agreements
 regional « one-stop shop » data centres
 Geographical focus:
 EU in general
 14 partners, 11 European countries

3. Project Consortium
 ASSOCIATION RHONALPENERGIE-ENVIRONNEMENT - FR
 KENT COUNTY COUNCIL - UK
 Energetická agentura Zlínského kraje - CZ
 AGENZIA REGIONALE PER L'ENERGIA DELLA LIGURIA - IT
 Conseil régional Nord-Pas de Calais - FR
 NORRBOTTENS ENERGIKONTOR - SE
 Agentia Locala a Energiei Alba-RO
 ENTE VASCO DE LA ENERGIA – ES
 IHOBE - ES
 Provincia di Torino - IT
 ЕНЕРГИЙНА АГЕНЦИЯ ПЛОВДИВ - BG
 Carlow Kilkenny Energy Agency - IE
 ΕΝΕΡΓΕΙΑ-ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ-ΤΟΠΙΚΗ ΑΝΑΠΤΥΞΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ - HE
 FEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES AGENCES ET DES REGIONS POUR L'ENERGIE ET L'ENVIRONNEMENT - BE

4. Introduction to DATA4ACTION
Foster collaboration models in energy data exchange between public
authorities and energy data providers for sustainable energy planning
at regional and local levels
Explore ways to improve public authorities access to energy data for better
implementation and monitoring of SEAPs.
Mobilize public authorities and energy data providers and
facilitate their cooperation in establishing or developing regional
energy observatories
Support knowledge transfer and replication
Demonstrate data exchange collaboration models ‘in
action’ in the partner regions

5.  About the creation of regional observatories
 Partnership management
 Data management
 Data dissemination and use
 Capacity building of the regional observatories and Local Authorities
 Energy transport data for Baseline and Monitoring of Emissions Inventories
 Progress Based Indicators for SEAP monitoring
 Energy data quality analysis and communication
Technical subjects addressed

6. Drivers for advanced collaboration
models
 Public authorities facing difficulties in accessing local and accurate energy community data for SEAPs
(planning, implementation and monitoring)
– need to interface with multiple data providers
 Barriers to Regional & Local community data exchange:
 Data ownership, commercial sensitivity, privacy, data accuracy, data access
 Lack of energy data management skills within some public authorities
 New paradigm for energy companies (DSOs, TSOs, ESCOs,..)
 Energy market liberalisation
 Develop strong commercial relationship with local public authorities
 Propose new services
 Need to plan their investment for infrastructure and need forecast data!
 Comply with regulatory framework for data (EED and Inspire directives)

7. Win-Win collaboration models
 Established between public authorities and energy data providers across Europe
 Bi-lateral agreements
 Multi-lateral agreement: 3rd party: regional data centre or
« observatory »
 Gathering and processing data from several sources
 Providing energy and GHG emissions data to public
authorities

8. What services do they offer? (1/2)
 Provide energy and GHG emissions data to public authorities for SEAPs planning, implementation and monitoring:
 Baseline Emissions Inventory (production, final energy consumption, GHG emissions)
 MEI Monitoring Emissions Inventory
 Progress Based Indicators
 Energy flow diagrams for a territory (Sankey),..
 Set up partnership schemes with multiple energy data
providers at national, regional and local levels
 Coordinate the consortium and manage the legal aspects

9. What services do they offer? (2/2)
 Provide technical data management services:
 Facilitate data access, processing, modelling, data accuracy,
aggregate data,..
 Use methodologies for accounting GHG emissions
based on International standards
 Communicate local data to public authorities and
general public:
 Website: energy climate profile, data in excel formate and GIS formate
 Specific demand

10. How do they operate?
More than 30 regional energy and GHG emissions data centres across Europe:
• Structures governed by a local consortium involving several data providers and public
authorities (advanced collaboration models)
• Supported by regional level public authorities (CoM territorial coordinators: Liguria/IT,
Norrbotten/SE, Basque/ES, ..)
• Often integrated within existing regional organizations (energy agencies, public authority,
combined with existing local monitoring organizations such as air quality)
• Technical skills in sustainable energy planning, data gathering, analysing and processing,
partnership management, energy planning
• Provide community data and data services to public authorities free of charge
Existing European network:

11. Benefits
Provide « one-stop shop » services to public authorities
Develop data processing and management skills at regional and local levels contributing
to better and more efficient data management processes:
data accuracy, data modelling, data access, data dissemination, data comparison from year to year
(historical data), Inspire compliance,etc..
Implement bottom up approaches complementing existing data exchange processes
Surveys
Energy Management Systems
Mobilize key regional and local stakholders in a joint initiative (RA, LA, Energy utility
companies,..)
Ensure coherence of local plans with regional/national objectives and plans (in sustainable
energy but also in other areas such as air quality)

12. Success factors
Institutional support (regional and local authorities)
Governance mechanisms following good governance
principles:Transparency, Participation,Accountability,
Effectiveness and Coherence
Technical skills
Communication strategy

13. Data4action website(1/2)
 Online toolkit: « How to implement a regional sustainable energy
observatory to support local action »
 http://data4action.eu/on-line-tool-kit/
 Analysis of needs and experiences on data sharing for SEAP (EU level)
 http://data4action.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/D4A-WP2-D2.1-Technical-report-
EU_CO.pdf
 Key issues on data sharing for sustainable energy in the territories
(strenghts and weaknesses within partners’ territories, applicated to 12
local context)
 http://data4action.eu/key-issues-on-data-sharing-for-sustainable-energy-in-the-
territories/

14. Data4action website (2/2)
 Concrete example and testimonies from experienced partners on
 Partnership management (http://data4action.eu/peer-learning-workshop-on-partner-management-bilbao-15-october-2014/)
 Best practices from Europe (Rhône-Alpes, Basque country, Norbotten, Liguria, Zlin)
 How to involve Energy stakholders ?
 Data management (http://data4action.eu/peer-learning-workshop-on-data-management-20th-of-may-plovdiv/)
 real data collection from municipalities,
 real data collection from distribution networks,
 estimated data,
 modelized data (calculated data)
 Links with air quality monitoring
 Open call for becoming a partner region (replication activities): answer before 15th october
 European roundtable on Energy data Sharing, Bruxelles, 14th october 2015
 With energy utilities, energy data providers and public authorities

15. Thank You!
 For Further Information and support:
 www.data4action.eu
 Etienne Viénot, Rhônalpénergie-Environnement
 etienne.vienot@raee.org