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Activities Implemented Jointly Under the Pilot Phase

A. Description of project

1) Title of project:

Baisiogala Boiler Conversion

2) Participants/actors:

Item	Financier/Reporter	Co-reporter
Name of organisation(a):	Statens energimyndighet	Aplinkos Ministerija
Name of organisation (English):	Swedish National Energy Administration	Ministry of Environment
Department:	Secretariat for Climate Policy and International Co-operation	Environmental Quality Department
Acronym:	STEM	AM
Acronym (English):	STEM	MoE
Function within activity:	Assigned by the Swedish Government for implementation including financing arrangements.	Assigned by the Lithuanian Government for activities implemented jointly
Street:	Kungsgatan 43	Jakšto 4
Post code:	BOX 310, S-631 04	LT-2600
City:	Eskilstuna	Vilnius
Country:	Sweden	Lithuania
Telephone:	+46-16 544 20 00	+370-2 61 90 49
Fax:	+46-16 544 22 64	+370-2-22 08 47
E-mail:	klas.tennberg@stem.se	dalia.s@nt.gamta.lt
WWW-URL:	http://www.stem.se	http://www.gamta.lt
Contact person (for this activity):	-------------------------------------	-------------------------------------
Surname:	Knutsson	Bilkis
First name, middle name:	Gudrun	Mindaugas
Job title:	Head of Section, Climate Investment Programme	Director of Environmental Quality Dept.
Direct tel:	+46-16 544 20 72	+370-2-61 90 49
Direct fax:	+46-16 544 22 64	+370-2-22 08 47
Direct E-mail:	gudrun.knutsson@stem.se	atm@nt.gamta.lt

	Borrower
Name of organisation(a):	UAB "Pakirsinio Komunalinis Ukis"
Name of organisation (English):	Joint Stock Company "Pakirsinio Komunalinis Ukis"
Department:
Acronym:
Acronym (English):
Function within activity:	Borrower
Street:	-
Post code:	5120
City:	Radviliskio district, Pakirsinio village
Country:	Lithuania
Telephone:	+370 92 44 584
Fax:	-
E-mail:	-
WWW-URL:	-
Contact person (for this activity):
Surname:	VALBA
First name, middle name:	EDMUNDAS
Job title:	Director
Direct tel:	+370 92 44 584
Direct fax:	-
Direct E-mail:	-

Item	Please fill in if applicable	Please fill in if applicable
Name of organization(a):	Lietuvos energetikos institutas	ÅF Energikonsult Syd AB
Name of organization (English):	Lithuanian Energy Institute
Department:	Heat-Equipment Research and Testing Laboratory	AF - International AB
Acronym:	LEI	ÅFE
Acronym (English):	LEI	AFE
Function within activity:	Local reporter Responsible for the measuring and collecting results for EAES-reporting.	Technical support
Street:	Breslaujos 3	Stensjögatan 3
Post code:	LT 3035	S-217 65
City:	Kaunas	MALMÖ
Country:	Lithuania	SWEDEN
Telephone:	+ 370 (7) 75 34 95	+46-40-37 50 00
Fax:	+ 370 (7) 35 12 71	+46-40-13 03 69
E-mail:	testlab@isag.lei.lt
WWW-URL:	http://www.lei.lt	http://www.af.se
Contact person (for this activity):	-------------------------------------	-------------------------------------
Surname:	Pedisius	Mårtensson
First name, middle name:	Nerijus	Roland
Job title:	Senior Research Associate	project leader
Direct tel:	+ 370 (7) 75 31 83	+46-40-37 51 04
Direct fax:	+ 370 (7) 35 12 71	+46-40-13 03 69
Direct E-mail:	nerijus@isag.lei.lt	rmn@ens.af.se

a) Organisation includes: institutions, ministries, companies, non-governmental organisations, etc. involved in the activity, i.e. research institutes associated with the project, auditors, government agency closely following the activity.

3) Activity:

Item	Please fill in if applicable
General description:	Baisiogala is a small town in the middle of Lithuania. There are two separate boiler plants in two separate nets. In one boiler plant with an annual production about 12 000 MWh, there were two coal-fired DKVR 4-13 boilers.
Type of project:a)	Fuel switching to renewable
Location (exact, e.g. city, region, state):	Baisogala town Radviliskis Region LITHUANIA
Activity starting date:	1995-03-22(Letter of Intent)
In operation from:	December 1995
Expected activity ending date:	30. September 2005
Stage of activity:b)	Complete
Lifetime of activity if different from ending date:c)	Expected technical lifetime is 15 years which means that the plant is expected to be in operation till 2009.
Technical data:d)	Conversion of a DKVR 4-13 coal-fired boiler. The output power after conversion is estimated at 3 MW and an annual heat production of around 12 000 MWh

a) For example, using Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) classification: energy efficiency; renewable energy; fuel switching; forest preservation, restoration or reforestation; afforestation; fugitive gas capture; industrial processes; solvents; agriculture; waste disposal or bunker fuels.

b) Circle the appropriate option.

c) Methodological work will be required to define lifetime of activities.

d) Methodological work will be required to determine for each type of activity what the minimum data requirements are.

Lifetime of activity

Heat production plants (bio fuel)

25 years	New installation of all main equipment parts (fuel handling system, firing equipment and boiler) and modernisation of secondary equipment.
15 years	Conversion of existing boiler but new installation fuel handling system and firing equipment. Modernisation of secondary equipment.
10 years	Limited installation of new equipment (only one part of the three main parts, normally the firing equipment). Modernisation of other equipment.

Heat distribution systems and sub-stations

25 years	Pre-fabricated pipes and installations using certified contractors and supervisor according to EN norms and applicable district heating practise
15 years	Pre-fabricated pipes and installations without using certified contractors and supervisor
10 years	Modernisation of existing pipes.

Energy efficiency in buildings

25 years

Additional insulation roofs walls etc. with Scandinavian technology.

New installed heating systems.

15 years

Renovation and balancing of heating systems including thermostat valves.

10 years

Weather stripping windows, doors etc.

if a combination of measures is done a reasonable lifetime for the project have to be calculated.

4) Plant cost (to the extent possible):

To the investment costs are referred the cost of the investment proper and the accumulated interest during the grace period, generally 2 years.

The AIJ/JI cost items are the costs for:

Technical assistance, a technical and administrative support from consultants, during the period from definition of the project till commissioning. These costs are paid by STEM.
Follow-up, an annual technical and economic follow-up by consultants, hired by STEM, of the operating results of the plant with the objective to improve on its techno-economic sustainability and its climate effect. The cost indicated is an average cost per project.
Reporting costs – i.e. costs in connection with the annual reporting of the project’s climate effects to UNFCCC. The cost indicated is an average cost per project.
Administration – average costs of STEM staff per project.
Difference in interest rates. STEM applies for its loans generally an interest rate corresponding to 6-month STIBOR (Stockholm InterBank Rate, in April 1999 3,0 %). Assuming a normal lending rate of 7 % means that this loan is associated with a cost of 4 % in relation to normal lending rate.

Investment/instalment = the borrower’s possible own financing of the investment, followed by the borrower’s repayment of the loan.

All costs in USD

Country		Baisogala	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
			0	1	2	3	4
	Investment	1. Loan/debt to STEM	406375	469375	505500	442375	379250
		2. Added costs	0	63000	36125	0	0
		3.Technical assistance	77500	0	0	0	0
	AIJ/JI	4. Follow up	0	10250	10625	2750	2834
A. Sweden	costs	5. Reporting costs	0	0	1063	0	930
		6. Administration	66250	0	0	0	0
		7. Difference in interest	4%	18775	20220	17695	15170
		8.Accum. costs for AIJ/JI	143750	172775	204683	225128	244061
		9.Total costs	550125	642150	710183	667503	623311
	Investment	1. Investment/Instalment	0	0	0	63125	63125
2. Lithuania	AIJ/JI	2. Reporting costs	0	0	0	0	0
	costs	3. Other costs	0	0	0	0	0
		4. Accum. costs for AIJ/JI	0	0	0	0	0
		5. Total costs	0	0	0	63125	126250
1 USD=	8	SEK

5) Mutually agreed assessment procedures:

Describe the procedures, including name of organizations involveda):

Lithuanian Ministry of Environment is a central Lithuanian authority responsible on reporting of JI-projects. This authority assigns a local organisation Lithuanian Energy Institute that is involved in to the evaluation of the climate effects of this project. Lithuanian Energy Institute takes the main responsibility to continue measuring, results collecting for JI-reporting.

a) Please ensure that detailed contact information for all organisations mentioned is reported under

section A.2 above.

B. Governmental acceptance, approval or endorsement

Bearing in mind that all activities implemented jointly under this pilot phase require prior acceptance, approval or endorsement by the Governments of the Parties participating in these activities, which shall be shown as follows:

(a) In the case of joint reporting, the report is submitted by the designated national authority of one participating Party with the concurrence of all other participating Parties as evidenced by attached letters issued by the relevant national authorities;

(b) In the case of separate reporting, the reports are submitted separately by the designated national authority of each and every participating Party. Information will only be compiled once reports have been received from all participating Parties.

1) For the activity:

* Subsequent reports:

Third report.

This report is a joint report:

Yes, Endorsement letter was submitted 1999.

3) General short comment by the government(s) if applicable:

Yes, Agreement with Lithuanian Ministry of the Environment was signed on March 2000.

Activity. The scope of work of this agreement consist of collection basic data, examination project possibilities, engineering, supervision, inspection, local investigations, preparation reports. cf. Annex II, section B.

C. Compatibility with and supportiveness of national economic development and socio-economic and environment priorities and strategies

Describe (to the extent possible) how the activity is compatible with and supportive of national economic development and socio-economic and environment priorities and strategies

The project meets with a o the following objectives in the Lithuanian energy sector:

- to reduce the energy intensity

- to reduce dependence on fuel imports

- to create new working places

- to involve the local companies into production of equipment for new firing technology

- to create and improve energy infrastructure based on indigenous energy resources

- to utilize the existing energy production capacity efficiently

- to reduce of fossil fuel consumption which results in emission reduction and currency saving

- to develop cooperation between Baltic, Nordic and other Central European countries

D. Benefits derived from the activities implemented jointly project

Whenever possible, quantitative information should be provided. Failing that, a qualitative description should be given. If quantitative information becomes available, it could be submitted using the update(s). (If the amount of quantitative information is too large, the source could be indicated.)

Item	Please fill in
Describe environmental benefits in detail:	Annual emissions reduction: 1999 1 459 ton CO₂ 12 ton SO₂ 0 ton NO_x Boiler plant is firing sawmill waste which earlier was deposited in the forest
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of environmental benefits?	Yes. Collected by LEI 1998.
Describe social/cultural benefits in detail:	More stable energy supply. Improved working conditions, increased motivation Normal heat and hot water supply conditions (The heat could earlier only be supplied on a min level and hot tap-water was only supplied on 3 days per month).
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of social benefits?	No.
Describe economic benefits in detail:	Reduced fuel price After bioconversion of boiler consumers received the hot water and the selling heat price was reduced about 30%
Do quantitative data exist for evaluation of economic benefits?	Yes. Collected by LEI experts since 1997 and updated every year.

E. Calculation of the contribution of activities implemented jointly projects that bring about real, measurable and long-term environmental benefits related to the mitigation of climate change that would not have occurred in the absence of such activities

1) Estimated emissions without the activity (project baseline):

Description of the baseline or reference scenario, including methodologies applied:

Present data reflect emission reductions using status quo (emissions in the period before the conversion to renewable fuel) for the baseline case.

Calculation methods are being revised and will result in a change in emission reduction.

The new data will be introduced as soon as available.

2) Estimated emissions with the activity:

Description of the scenario, including methodologies applied:

Emission reductions are calculated using the IPCC Guidelines, using the Carbon Emission Factor (CEF) for different types of fuel, using actual system efficiency. For boiler conversion, the decrease in emissions is calculated in relation to the amount of fossil fuel replaced (status quo).

For energy efficiency project the decrease in emissions reflects the amount of fuel that is saved through the project. In the case that the system uses renewable fuels, the reduction is calculated comparing the amount of fossil fuels that was used before the conversion to renewable fuels.

Below comparison is based upon that the base-line scenario represents a status quo solution.

Fill in the following tables as applicable:

Summary table: Projected emission reductions:

	GHG	Year 1 = 1996	Year 2 = 1997	Year 3 = 1998	Year 4 = 1999	...	Year 15
Planned energy production MWh/year Biofuel Coal		12 000	12000	12 000	12 000		12 000
Planned annual fuel consumption MWh/year Biofuel Coal		14 634	14 634	14 634	14 634		14 634
A) Project baseline scenario	CO2	6 080	6 080	6 080	6 080		6 080
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	other	-
B) Project activity scenarioa)	CO2	0	0	0	0		0
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	other	-
C) Effect ( B-A )	CO2	-6 080	-6 080	-6 080	-6 080		-6 080
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	Other	-
D) Cumulative effect	CO2	-6 080	-12 160	18 240	24 320		-91 200
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	Other	-

a) Includes indirect GHG leakages.

S ummary table: Actual emission reductions:

	GHG	Year 1 = 1996	Year 2 = 1997	Year 3 = 1998	Year 4 = 1999	...	Year 15
Factual energy production MWh/year Biofuel Mazout /light-oil		12 000	5 685	5 200	4 492		5 126
Factual annual fuel consumption MWh/year Biofuel Mazout/light oil		14 634	6 933	6 341	5 478		6 251
A) Project baseline scenario	CO2	6 080	2 880	2 635	1 459		2 325
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	other	-
B) Project activity scenarioa)	CO2	0	0	0	0		0
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	other	-
C) Effect ( B-A )	CO2	-6 080	-2 880	-2 635	-1 459		-2 325
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	Other	-
D) Cumulative effect	CO2	-6 080	-8 960	-11 595	-13 054		-38 629
	CH4	-
	N2O	-
	Other	-

Includes indirect GHG leakage.
The converted boiler house have been concentrate on bio-fuel firing, remaining load have been produced in central boiler house ( net are connected ). Therefore gas has been used to calculate reductions.
On going work aim to increase the load on the converted boiler for that reason future production is estimated to 35 000 MW/h, baseline figures used year 1 real not available.

F. Additionality to financial obligations of Parties included in Annex II to the Convention within the framework of the financial mechanism as well as to current official development assistance flows

Please indicate all sources of project funding.

Category of funding (For each source one line)	Amount (US dollars)
Loan from NUTEK	505.500
Grant from NUTEK for technical assistance	77.500

1 USD = 8 SEK

G. Contribution to capacity building, transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how to other Parties, particularly developing country Parties, to enable them to implement the provisions of the Convention. In this process, the developed country Parties shall support the development and enhancement of endogenous capacities and technologies of developing country Parties

Transfer of environmentally sound technologies and know-how

Describe briefly

Schematically, the transfer of knowledge involves the following activities over time:

i) Technology transfer through STEM technical specialist during the implementation of the project.

Technology transfer through cooperation between foreign supplier and local partner
Conferences, seminars, documentation and training.

iv) Stimulate "net-working" for the exchange or experience between plant owners with similar problems, e g "bio-clubs"

Technology transfer has taken place through

STEM technical specialist support to the local project leader and municipality.

A following-up group for testing and adjustment of converted boilers has been formed in Lithuanian Energy Institute. Personnel of Heat-Equipment Research and Testing Laboratory is carrying out following up procedures keeping a close relation with and AF Energikonsult company as the main supervisor of conversion projects supported by STEM.

The local company "Kazlu Rudos Metalas" with participation of the Swedish company "Hotab" mainly performed the execution of these biofuel conversion projects.

iii) Staff from boiler plant has been invited to different seminars and workshops; documentation for training has been handed over.

There were arranged three seminars through close cooperation between STEM and LEI:

/Environmentally Friendly Energy Systems in the Baltic and Eastern Europe Countries/ (Seminar), Kaunas, 21-22 March, 1995

/Environmentally Adapted Energy Systems in the Baltic Region and Eastern Europe/ (Seminar), Birzai, 19-20 November 1998.

/Environmentally-Adapted Local Energy Systems /(Seminar and book presentation), Druskininkai, 21 November 1998.

Translation and preparation of operation and safety regulations for wood waste burning boiler houses.

This job was supported by STEM.

Association "Bioenergy and energy saving" has been founded at the end of 1997 to coordinate the attempts of wood firing equipment producers, wood wastes suppliers and owners of boiler plants.

Endogenous capacity supported or enhanced:

Endogenous capacity

(Name of organization1)

Development (DEV) /

enhancement (ENH)

Describe briefly

AB "Kazlu Rudos Metalas"

AB "Umega"

AB "Kazlu Rudos Metalas"

AB "Singaras"

AB "Elhamers"

DEV

ENH

New biofuel firing technology has been developed. Experience in installation and exploitation of modern western technology.

The straw burning technology has been started to spread as continuation of successfully realized biofuel conversion projects.

Many smaller boiler conversion projects were successfully finished in Lithuania by local companies AB "Kazlu Rudos Metalas", AB "Singaras", AB "Elhamers" during past five years. The implementation of these projects was initiated by the successfully realized STEM projects.

1) Please ensure that detailed contact information for all organizations listed is reported under section A.2 above.

H. Additional comments, if any, including any practical experience gained or technical difficulties, effects, impacts or other obstacles encountered

1) Any practical experience gained:

2) Technical difficulties: Problem with district heating economiser, too low temperature resulted in the chimney. Shunt was wrongly connected. The boiler load was earlier controlled by the pressure. It was later changed so the load was controlled by temperature.

There were no serious technical problems with wood waste fired boiler during 1999.

3) Effects encountered: Execution of biofuel conversion projects according to STEM JI programme caused the activity in the following fields:

- production of pre-furnaces and small wood fired boilers by local companies;

- formation a new policy as respect to cleaning the forests and using the wood wastes or preparation of wood fuel by the forestry industry/administrations;

- research and testing the new equipment, execution of the following up activity, training the local personnel and etc.

4) Impacts encountered: The buildings in the surrounding area have become significantly warmer than earlier. The prices of the real estates have risen.

5) Other obstacles encountered:

The main unsolved problem for this boiler house is the assurance of full load during the heating season and as much as possible during the summer time. The yearly heat production has decreased from 5 685 MWh in 1997 to 5 200 MWh in 1998 and to 4 492 MWh in 1999 respectively.

Two main reasons have influenced in decrease of heat production in 1999:

warm winter, higher average ambient temperature during 1999 heating season;
energy saving measures, heat meters, were installed in all houses, so inhabitants have possibility to reduce heat consumption according t their needs and capacities.

6) Other: After the transfer of the ownership of the boiler-house to the local municipality the formation of heat prices now are subject to local decisions.