SETT, JJ

1. LIEPĀJAS PILSĒTAS DOME
SESSION II “CASE STUDIES”
MUNICIPALITIES AND HOUSEHOLDS
Best practices in Belgium, Estonia and Finland
Project: Solar Think Tank
Klaipeda, Lithuania
Jānis Jātnieks
Project Manager
NGO Solar Energy Think Tank

2. BELGIUM
∗ EPIA – European Photovoltaic Industry Association
∗ http://www.epia.org/
∗ ESTIF – European Solar-Thermal Industry Federation
∗ http://www.estif.org/
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3. ESTONIA - MUSTAMAE
∗ Project
∗ 9 storey building with roof-installed solar thermal plant
∗ 64 vacuum tube thermal collectors
∗ Capacity of 140 kW
∗ Investment ~ 100 000 EUR
∗ Predicted decrease of usage of natural gas was 15%
∗ Payback in 10-11 years
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4. ESTONIA - MUSTAMAE
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5. ESTONIA - MUSTAMAE
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6. ESTONIA - MUSTAMAE
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7. ESTONIA – MUSTAMAE #2
∗ Motivation
∗ To be independent of rising energy costs.
∗ Initiator
∗ The house administration manager, Mr. Jaanus Raudsepp
∗ Lessons learned:
∗ Raising awareness important for receiving support form the
apartment owners.
∗ The real payback time is shorter (about 8 years)
∗ Solar collectors installation has higher money/value ratio
compared to house insulation projects.
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8. ESTONIA – ENERGY SMART
Project
∗ Pilot project for Estonia
∗ 100 kWp solar park in Southern Estonia
∗ Partly funded by the KIK environmental fund
∗ Panels with two axis sun tracking system
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9. ESTONIA – ENERGY SMART #2
∗ Motivation
∗ To prove the larger scale installations are feasible in
Estonia
∗ Initiator
∗ Michael Wegecsanyi, professional with five year
experience in the field
∗ Lessons learned
∗ It is very important to attract government support for
such pilot projects
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10. FINLAND – AALTO UNIVERSITY
∗ Project
∗ A part of the university that researches solar technology
∗ Motivation
∗ To start solar technology development in Finland
∗ Project initiator
∗ Professor Peter Lund
∗ Lessons Learned:
∗ More than 30 years of experience
∗ Has prepared more than 2500 on solar educated
professionals
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11. FINLAND – AALTO UNIVERSITY
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12. FINLAND – TEKES
∗ Project
∗ Finish innovation support center
∗ Special support program for solar installations
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13. FINLAND – TEKES #2
∗ Motivation
∗ Support is important for this industry because it is
believes to have a great potential
∗ Project initiator
∗ Program manager Karin Wikman
∗ Lessons learned
∗ Financial support from different sources allows to reach
a high level of technology
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14. FINLAND – TEKES #2
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15. FINLAND – OPAM SOLAR
∗ Project
∗ Producer/assembler/installer of solar panels
∗ Products:
∗ Solar Lamps
∗ Off-grid systems for small scale application
∗ Markets:
∗ Finland for the off-grid systems
∗ Ghana and other African countries
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16. FINLAND – OPAM SOLAR
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17. FINLAND – OPAM SOLAR #2
∗ Motivation
∗ Know how that can compete with global players
∗ Project initiator
∗ Owner and founder of the company Otto Manninen
∗ Lessons learned:
∗ Finland is not the main market
∗ Very narrow niche (solar lamps) with high potential
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18. FINLAND – OPAM SOLAR #2
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19. THANK YOU!
You can download this presentation at
www.solarthinktank.eu
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