4.1.4.
MORE4NRG
Regional Initiative Project
www.more4nrg.eu
ERDF funding: â‚Ź1,030,689 Budget: â‚Ź1,324,559 Start date: 1st September 2008 End date: 30th September 2011 Partners: 12 Countries: 7 Good practices: 24
More4NRG did not limit the RES types that could be explored by its partners, but instead focused on monitoring and improving regional Trans-sector strategies for all RES. The project also aimed to improve energy use through a variety of 12% energy efficiency measures. The key tools for Wind the project were the exchange of good practices and the use of peer reviews, 12% whereby more experienced partners visited Hydro less experienced regions to analyse energy strategies and suggest solutions to identified 6% problems. Solar 59% Twenty-four good practices were identified by the project partners. The project 11% collected practices that were specifically Biomass focused on RES implementation, but also a variety of practices that were focused on energy efficiency (EE) only, and RES and EE combined (See chart, top right). One practice identified was on international involvement in assisting with adaptation to climate change in RES 4% developing countries. With regard to the good practices with a RES aspect, a breakdown of their categories 34% RES & EE 29% shows that most of them were trans-sectoral, that is, not focused on any one particular technology type (See chart, bottom right). EE Despite this, the project was one of the few to present good practices in Hydropower. One such example is the Climate Ecological construction of small hydroelectric power plants in Maramures, 33% Romania, a promising practice which demonstrates how to integrate hydropower in an ecologically sustainable manner. The small hydroelectric dams built in Maramures do not use reservoirs, thus preventing negative impacts in water flow. They also use fish ladders for the safe passage of fish through the installations. The practice highlights the importance of balancing human needs with protection of the environment, and can help overcome opposition to small hydro dams. The practice was transferred to Norrbotten, Sweden, in a rare case of a learning region transferring to a more advanced region. Flevoland (Netherlands) is a leading region in the use of wind energy, and its process of transferring from first to second generation wind energy represents a good practice for updating renewable energy installations. Second generation wind turbines produce more energy than the first generation, meaning that fewer of them are needed. This is a positive for the region, which is known for its flat, open landscapes. The process of upgrade, through legislation and spatial planning, involved 28