CELEX: 51978PC0672
Language: en
Date: 1978-12-04
Title: DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY-SAVING AND EXPLOITATION OF NEW ENERGY SOURCES

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (78) 672
Vol. 1978/0256
 ---pagebreak--- Disclaimer
Conformément au règlement (CEE, Euratom) n° 354/83 du Conseil du 1er février 1983
concernant l'ouverture au public des archives historiques de la Communauté économique
européenne et de la Communauté européenne de l'énergie atomique (JO L 43 du 15.2.1983,
p. 1), tel que modifié par le règlement (CE, Euratom) n° 1700/2003 du 22 septembre 2003
(JO L 243 du 27.9.2003, p. 1), ce dossier est ouvert au public. Le cas échéant, les documents
classifiés présents dans ce dossier ont été déclassifiés conformément à l'article 5 dudit
règlement.
In accordance with Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom) No 354/83 of 1 February 1983
concerning the opening to the public of the historical archives of the European Economic
Community and the European Atomic Energy Community (OJ L 43, 15.2.1983, p. 1), as
amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1700/2003 of 22 September 2003 (OJ L 243,
27.9.2003, p. 1), this file is open to the public. Where necessary, classified documents in this
file have been declassified in conformity with Article 5 of the aforementioned regulation.
In Übereinstimmung mit der Verordnung (EWG, Euratom) Nr. 354/83 des Rates vom 1.
Februar 1983 über die Freigabe der historischen Archive der Europäischen
Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Atomgemeinschaft (ABI. L 43 vom 15.2.1983,
S. 1), geändert durch die Verordnung (EG, Euratom) Nr. 1700/2003 vom 22. September 2003
(ABI. L 243 vom 27.9.2003, S. 1), ist diese Datei der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich. Soweit
erforderlich, wurden die Verschlusssachen in dieser Datei in Übereinstimmung mit Artikel 5
der genannten Verordnung freigegeben.
 ---pagebreak---            COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                               COM(78 ) 672 final
                                                                Brussels , 4 December 1978
                          DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF
                   ENERGY-SAVING AND EXPLOITATION OF NEW ENERGY SOURCES
                                            h-           ^
COK(78 ) 672 final
 ---pagebreak---            DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS IN THE FIELD OF ENERGY-SAVING
                  AND EXPLOITATION OF NEW ENERGY SOURCES
Document Nr 1 : Commission decision on the granting of financial support
                for demonstration projects in the field of energy-saving .
                Annex : Financial support for demonstration projects in the
                          field of energy-saving
                 Explanatory memorandum
Document Nr 2 : Commission decision on the granting of financial support
                 for demonstration projects in the field of geothermal
                 energy .
                 Annex : Support for demonstration projects in the geothermal
                           energy sector
                 Explanatory memorandum
Document Nr 3 : Commission decision on the granting of financial support
                 for demonstration projects in the field of solar energy .
                 Annex : List of projects elected
                 Explanatory memorandum
Document Nr A : Commission decision on the granting of financial support
                  for demonstration projects in the field of liquefaction and
                 gasification of solid fueld .
                  Annex : Support for demonstration projects in the field of
                            liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels
                  Explanatory memorandum
 Document Nr 5 : Proposed Council regulation on the application of Council
                  regulation 1302/ 78 concerning the grant of financial support
                  to demonstration projects in the field of alternative energy
                  sources .
 Document Nr 6 : Proposed Council regulation on the application of Council
                  regulation 1303/ 78 concerning the grant of financial support
                  to demonstration projects in the field of energy saving .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                         c
                                                                                                                                       ■ν
       COMMISSION
          OF
          OF THE
              THE                                                                 -?
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                                          Document Nr 1
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                     on the granting of financial support
                                      for demonstration projects in the
                                                field of energy-saving
  Proviftond addrau: flu* d» l« Lol 200. B - 1048 Brunei* - Telephone 735 00 40 / 73580 40 - Telegraphic address: "COM EUR Brustels" -
                                                        Tel«x : " 21 877 COMEU B "
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1*   On 12 June 1978 the Council of the European Communities adopted
Regulation ( EEC) NO 1303/78 on the granting of financial support for
demonstration projects in the field of energy-saving^ • The aim of
this support is to promote the implementation of demonstration projects
relating to the creation of installations using full–scale versions of
new equipment or products which will enable significant energy savings
to be achieved *
2® In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation , the Commission
published a call for interested parties in the field of energy savings
                                                                  2
to submit applications for support by 3& September at . the latest .
3. A total of 326 proposals were received by the Commission , in response
to its call for submissions , for- projects covering virtually all sectors
of energy consumption whose investment will enable energy savings to be
achieved *
4 * Commission departments which are responsible for examining the
applications for support have undertaken a preliminary study of the
projects to check that they are compatible with the provisions of
Regulation (EEC) NO 1303/78 .
5 . When adopting the Regulation , the Council agreed that the initial
financing decisions should be taken before the end of the year . In view
of this extremely short deadline and the impossibility of making a
thorough examination of all the applications received , it seemed more
feasible , initially, to study a small number of projects on which a rapid
decision might be taken and to ensure that only some of the available
appropriations are committed for the first financing decisions - so as to avoid
 prejudicing the choice of other applications . This first set of 38 projects
 does not include large-scale projects involving individual investment of
more than 10 million EWA . By way of example , 25 projects involving investment
 costs of over 10 million EUA are equivalent to almost 70% of the total
 investment costs of all the application received.
 10J No L 158/6 of 16 June 1978.
 20J Nc C 158/2 of 4 July 1978.
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 2 -                                       Ù1
6. In accordance with Article 5(2 ) of the abovementioned Regulation, the
departments of the Commission then consulted the Advisory Committee on the
Management of Demonstration Projects composed of representatives of the
Member States on 14-15 November 1978 on the first batch of 38 projects ,
7 » In view of the main requirement which each project must fulfil – the
possibility that its achievement will involve a siginificant improvement
in the efficiency with which energy is used and will allow considerable
energy savings - the Commission departments , in accordance with the provisions
of Regulation No 1303/78 , have adopted the following assessment criteria :
(a) the extent to which the preliminary Btudies and research show potential
     industrial and commercial viability and limit the technical and
     economio risks of the project ;
(b) the nature and extent of the technical and economic risks of the
     project ;                            -
( c) the extent to which achievement of the project applies new techniques ,
     processes or products or contemplates a new application of existing
     techniques , processes or products likely to encourage the completion
     of other installations of the same type in the Community ;
( d) potential energy savings ;
( e) economio viability of the project , Bources of finance and the technical
     and financial capacities of the project directors ;
( f) prospects of widespread application of the technique , process or product
     and the benefits which could result for the Community ;
(g) "type of know-how inherent in the achievement of the project which could
     be divulged and the means proposed for reporting and disseminating the
   , results of the demonstration ;
(h) as regards the domestic sector in particular , the widely varying
     conditions of operation { climatic factors , social characteristics ).
8. Additional, particulars or information were required for 22 of the
projects before a final decision could be taken*
 ---pagebreak--- The number of projects likely to qualify for financial support thus amounts
to sixteen;    the corresponding investments for carrying out these projects
between 1979 and 1981 amount to approximately          16 m EUA . These
sixteen projects should involve annual energy savings of 3 2,000         toe ,
i.e.        500   EUA/toe a year. If these demonstration projects prove
successful , they are expected to be widely disseminated in the Community#
The dissemination factor , which varies according to the projects and the
sectors , cannot be quantified at present , especially as there is no
comparable experience at Community level .
9.    The departments of the Commission have sometimes reduced the amounts of
the investments proposed for support when the proposed costs appear out of
proportion with the objectives pursued ( e.g. number of models to be covered
by the demonstration) or do not reflect the difference in cost between that
of the demonstration and that of a conventional installation .
10 .   The departments of the Commission consider that the maximum rate of
49    for Community aid provided for by the Regulation should be applied only
in exceptional cases and that a normal rate of        should be envisaged . A
lower rate of Bupport should be given to make allowances either for other
large national aids or for the special risks or scale of certain projects .
 11 .  In line with these principles , the support proposed by the departments
of the Commission for the sixteen projects amounts to 5 / 682,250 EUA .
 12 .  The tables in Annex 1 set out the sixteen proposals submitted for
adoption by the Commission, together with the amounts of investment , the
rates of financial support and the Community aids proposed*
 ---pagebreak---                                Article 2
The support measures referred to in Article 1 shall be agreed for each project
on the basis of the percentages of the actual cost given in the annex as verified
and accepted by the Commission and not exceeding the maximum amounts which are
also laid down in the annex .
                               Article 3
This decision is addressed to the persons and enterprises listed in the annex.
Done at Brussels - 29 November 1978              For the Commission
                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                             Financial suooort for demonstration orojects In the field of energy-saving                            ANNEX
                            ~vTa"r"- 3in:'ti ^ rabCg                ' Total casts                       EEC - participation
vie rem. c
            |-                                                       ί national
                                                                       EUA 2)
                                                                                  currency/           Ζ               national
                                                                                                                       currency/EUA
                                                                                                                                      -
 EE / 006    Multiple effect evaporation phosphoric acid plant
             Windmill Holland, Vlaardingen                           j
             Steam saving by cutting in series two ef the three
             existing evaoorators in order to operate them in
             so-called double effect .                                 1,750,000 0 U                                   • 612,500
                                                                                                     35 %                219,790 EUA
             aop . 30 « onths                                             627,970 EDA
 ÊE / 008    Heat recovery by heat pipes on milk spray dryers
             CARBEB3V Milk Products Ltd ., Ballineen, Cork ,
             Ireland
             Recovery cf heat from a milk dryer exhaust by means
             of heat pipe and use that heat to oreheat the
             Incoming air supply                                          118,320   *:                                     47,330 fc
             12 months
                                                                          177,960 ευΑ                40 X                  71,190 EUA
 ££ / 0'i6   Recuper3t ion of energy in a cloth colouring instal­
              lation
             L.ANER0SSI S.P.A. , Schio ( VI )                           . 180,000,000 Lit                           72,000,000 L1t
             Recuperation of cooling water heat and of condensed
             steam by modification of the circuits                          166,960 eUA              40 *                  66,780EUA
             7 months
 EE / 028  ! " SETE" Reggio Emilia Total Energy
             Consorzio Intercommunale Gas-Aqua
             Combined heat production with 4-5 diesel engines
             of 860 Kw each , firing      natural gas or fuel oil ,
             for the supfj'.y cf heat and electricity for a new
             appartment area                                           1,325,000,000 Ut                              530,000,000 Lit
             32 months                                                      1,229,000 EUA            40 Χ                 491,600 EUA
 EE / 038    Electric heat pumos ( air-air ) for 20 houses with
             gas ( LPG ) as additional heat source dui wig cold
             weather periods
             Soc . Maison Phénix , Paris                                   640,000     FF                                 249,600 FF
             18 months                                                     113,850 EI.A              39 X                  44,400 BJA
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   I
EE / 046    Diesel engine powered scrtfw eomoressor heat pomp
          M.A.N. , Augsburg - Nurnberg                                            I        I
                                                                                  I
           Production of 520 KW of heat at 60°C for heating
           of workshops and office buildings                       613 ,000 DM                 245,200 EM
           18  months                                              238,800 EUA        40 X       99,520 E'JA
EE / 050   Production of hot gases from coal shists with
          high ash content
          Ciment d' Obourg S.A. , Mons
          Use of the hot gases for drying of materials
          and use of combustion residues for construction
          materials                                             97,075,200     FB            3,883,010 F9
          app . 20 months                          *            2,400,080 EUA       40 %       960,030 UCE
EE / 065   Combined heat and power production with dual-
           fired Diesel engines (3 x 565 Kw )
          SAVIEM . Suresnes                                         *             i
                                                                                  !
          Total energy system , production of electricity
          and process heat with mixed gas-oil fired Diesel       4,248,888 FF '              1,274,670 FF
          engines
          12 months                                                 755,860 EUA     30 %        226,760 EUA
 ΕΕ / 087 Installation of 3 small hydro-plants with a
          total power of <\T 720 «W on a river with low
          head water falls                                    '   ?, 822, 400 FF             1,128,960 FF
          Soc . des MOTEURS LEROY SOMER , Angoulème
          15 months                                                   502,090 EUA   40 X        200,840 EUA
 EE / 100 Hot blast booster system for cupolus
          BRADLEY S FORSTER Ltd ., Oarlaston
          Complete use of the heat potential in the stock
          gas by addition of a cross flow heat exchanger
          rising the hot blast temperature to 750°C ( instead
          of 580°C in present plants )                                271,410 t                 108,560 fc
          11 months                                                   408,222 EUA    40 X       163,290 EUA
 ---pagebreak---   Demonstration of an energy conserving flue gas
 deaulphurization system for power plants
 Waïther & Cie , Koln-Dellbrûck
  75 KWs - demonstration plant with reheating of flue
  gases after SOa-scrubbing and drying of by-product
 without foreign heat , no liquid and solid wastes ,                                  4 ,350*000 DM
  by-product directly usable as fertilizer                 14,500,000 m
                                                            5,648,550 EUA        30 % 1,694,570 EUA
  16 nontho
  Straw firirg plant
 Svendborg Konunune
 Heat from the straw firing plant will bs fed into
  a district heating system , replacing heat                                          1,620,000 OKP
 produced in oil fired boilers                              6,480,000 E<r
                                                              911,240 EUA        25 i    227,810 EUA
 12 months
 Recovery of residual heat from the hot gases of a
 glass melting furnace
 Soc » Bertin « Gie , Plaisir
 Equipment of a melting furnace with a convection
 oven for drying and preheating a sixtura of                                          2,348,000 FF
 granulates and conglomerates ( 150 t/d )                   5,870,000 FF
       mont ha                                              1,044,240 EUA       40%      417,000 EUA
 Installation and control of new high-effioiency
 boilerr ( of the typet Blueflaai Breda system 91 )
 ef dii- ' era ::", vower levels and under various
 operat 1 c,x ". oiy.it ions
 0»T«3»-«0ffici; 4 j ri1erinotechniche Breda t Bar!       1.380 . 000 . 000 Lit
 23 months                                                    1.280.000 EUA     40 X  512.000 EUA
Recuperation of energy              an electrical collec-
 live dish washer machine by heat puno
 établi es eni6nt Bonnet . Villefranche
'Joe of the heat for heating the washing and.
cleaning water of *he .*aach. ins and of tha washing
room
                                                              562,000 FF                 224,800 FF
6 months                                                                                  39,990 EUA
                                                               99,980 EUA       40
 ---pagebreak--- ΕΞ/323 Lav Energi 1979
       SKIVE Kommune                                                                        m
       Demonstration of 53 houses and flats each
       representing new types of construction ,
       advanced methods of insulation and heating
       systens based on non-oil consuming techniques     4,385,436 DKr        1,754,170 OKr
       app . 36 months                                     616,700 EUA 40 % .   2^6,680 SUA
       1 ) Provisional estimates of the Commission
        2) EUA conversion rates of 1st September 1978 .
            The amounts in EUA are given for information
           purposes .
                                                                                              \
 ---pagebreak---      Commission Decision implementing Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1303/ 78
     of 12 June 1978 on the granting of financial support for demonstration
              projects in the field of energy-saving 1
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
 Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1303/ 78, and in particular      <
 Article 5 » § 2 thereof ,
 Having consulted the Advisory Committee * on the Management of Demonstration
 Projects ,
 Whereas Rgulation ( EEC ) N° 1303/ 78 provides for the granting of financial support
 for demonstration projects allowing a significant improvement in energy efficiency
 by making use of new equipment , processes or products .
 Whereas it is important to support such projects , particularly If they are
 capable of reducing the energy consumption of buildings , encouraging the
recovery of high or low temperature . heat „in industry , developing methods for
the combined production of heat and power' and district heating and developing
new Industrial processes ,
 Whereas financial provisions for this purpose should be made before the end
 of 1978 and whereas this Decision does not exhaust the first set of projects
 within the meaning of Article 5(2 ) of Regulation ( EEC ) N° 1303/ 78 ,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION t
                                 Article 1
 The demonstration projects referred to in the annex to this decision shall be
  granted financial support in the form of a financial contribution
  according to regulation (EEC) N° 1303/78 repayable under certain conditions .
    0J L 158 of 16 June 1978
 ---pagebreak---                                         Document fvr 2
                CCi'ï'ISSlON DECISION
h© gTsnting of* financial support J * QP d8Kon b"tra. C Ion.
  projects is tbo field of gacfchgnnal ©norgj
 ---pagebreak---                                 SXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.   On 12 June 1978 the Council of the European Communities adopted Regulation
      (S3C) No , l3C2/73^ on the granting of financial support for projects to
     exploit alternative energy sources .
     This support is intended to encourage demonstration projects for using ,
     amongst other alternative sources , geothermal fluids to heat, living , industrial
     or other premises , to generate electricity , or to provide heat for industrial
     or agricultural purposes .
                                                                       ( 2)
2.   In implementation of the Regulation , the Commission published * ' a call for
     tenders in the geothermal energy sector , inviting the persons and undertakings
     interested to submit their support proposal "by 30 September 1978 at the latest .
3«   In reply to the call for tenders , the Commission received 36 proposals for
     projects requiring capital expenditure to . "be made "between 1979 and 19$3 »
     amounting to nearly 140 million EUA .
                                                                                 !
4*   The departments of the Commission as.sj.gned the task of vetting applications for
     financial support have subjected the projects to a preliminary review of their
     admissibility in terms of Regulation No . 1302/78 .
5» As required          Article 6(2 ) of the Regulation, the Commission's departments
     then consulted the Advisory Committee for management of the projects , composed
     of representatives of the Member States .
6 . From t;iese elements and the information provided by the proposers , the com­
     petent departments of the Commission have assessed each project with a view to
     •iscertaining the possible support measures , within the criteria conforming to
     those laid doi>n by tho Regulation No . 1302/78 and the Proposal for a Council
     Implementing Regulation^!
     0«J «, 17o « L 153 of 16 June 1978 | p*3 *
( 2)
     O.J. No . C 153 of 29 June 1978 , p. 3 .
(3)
     Document C0X(78)122 final of 31 March 1978
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   4k
                                         2
     - the oxtent to which previous research and prospecting demonstrate
         industrial and cojnmercial soundness of the project and limit its
         technical and economic risks ;
     - the extent to which the project uses new techniques or technologies , '
         particularly as regards equipment relating to the exploitation of
         geothermal fluids , which could "be used to encourage the construction
         of other installations of the same type ;                              #
     - the potential of the geothermal field involved in the project and
         the extent to which fulfilment of the project may encourage the
         e:q>loitation of other geothermal fields in the Community ;
   . ->• the economics of the project , the sources of finance for the project
         and the technical and financial potentials of the sponsors of the
         project ;
     - the soundness of the project in relation to ( environmental protection
         standards ;
     -   the nature of the knowledge , inherent to fulfilment of the project which
         could "be divulged and the means of information envisaged ,
7.    In asking their assessment , the Commission 's departments tore in mind more
      especially the fact that certain objectives , priority ones in their view ,
      should he achieved "by the projects in question , in particular :            '
     - the exploitation in the Community of geothermal fields in new regions
         or at geothermal horizons never "before exploited ;
     - the first fulfilments of geothermal demonstration projects in certain .
         Community countries ;
     - tho "best usu of geothermal energy and its reliability in various fields
         of utilization .
8 . The Commission's departments also felt that support should be ruled out in
      the case of projects which :
                                                                              1 •    •
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                   A
                                                                                  ..-Φ
     - have a predominant reseaz»ch charneter or merely aim at carrying out
          preliminary studies or research }
     - are not coupled with the necessary preliminary information concerning
          the research stage ;
     - concern the exploitation of geotheraal fields already known and
          erploited ;
     - give no assurance that , once the geo thermal field has "been proved ,
          its exploitation would ensue forthwith .,                             „
 9.  To sxun up , the number of projects likely to benefit from financial support
      is 12 ; the corresponding investments for the implementation of the projects ,
      calculated for 1979 to 1931 , amount to nearly 55 million SUA ,
10 . On theoe investments or part of these investments , the Conadsaion's depart–
     aer.U propose in most cases the following rates of financial support S
     - 20,' in respect of drilling , half of which is repayable .
          If the results obtained from the drilling rule out commercial
          exploitation of the field , the support is not repayable ;
     - ?0;? in respect of the surface plant relating to the exploitation of
          the geo thermal energy and in respect of the demonstration manageaent ,
         usually entirely repayable .                 ,
11 . t-H.en Lbeee principles are applied , the support contemplated "by the competent
     ut-parli;.onto of the Commission for the 12 projects selected amounts to
     3,103,300 EUA .
12 . However , the list of retained projects must not be considered a3 exhaustive .
     >jinco budgetary availability does not permit certain merit–worthy projects
      to bo assisted, the Services of the Commission reserve the possibility of
     presenting a complementary list during the course of 1979 .
 ---pagebreak---                                   nr~ - TH" T CTr TV^tsicit
             on the granting of financial rupport for demonstration
                   pro v eotn in the field of goo thermal energy
TÎE CCÎ^'ISCIOÎT G? TÏ3 EUR0FES.N CCMnîHITIES ,
Having regurd to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Hnv;.n& regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1302/78^ \ and in particular
Article o , paragraph 2 thereof ,
After consultation with the Advisory Committee for management of demonstratien
projwets in the field of geothermal energy ,
Where ?.** Regulation (ESC ) No . '1302/73 provides for the granting of financial
support for demonstration projects to exploit alternative energy sources in the
Cora,unity , which "by their nature may serve as examples and vhich prior studies
and research have shown to offer prospects of industrial and commercial viability ,
Whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council a Proposal for a Council
Regulation (EEC)^ implementing Regulation (ESC) No . 1302/78 in the geothermal
ener&y sector ,
Whereas it is important to promote demonstration projects particularly likely to
make Lest use of the geothermal fields of tho Community ,
Whereas this Decision relates to the first series of projects in the meaning of
Articles 6(2) and 11 of Council Regulation (EEC) No , 1302/78 ,
HAS ADOPTS) THIS DECISION :
                                         Article 1
1.   j. i\q demonstration projects listed in the Annex to this Decision shall receive
     financial support under the provisions of Council Regulation (ESC ) No . 1302/78 .
                                                            «
                                                                                   ./•
        O.J. No . L 153 of 16 June 1978 , page 3 .
^ Doc. CCK(78)122 final of 31 March 1978.
 ---pagebreak--- 2 . The support shall be granted s
     (a) in respect of drilling in the form of a financial contribution
         repayable at the rate of 50^. If the results obtained from
         drilling would rule out commercial exploitation of the field ,
         the support is not repayable ;
     (b) in respect of the surface plant connected vith exploitation of
         geothermal energy , and in respect of demonstration management , in
          the for® of a financial contribution usually entirely repayable , .
         If, as a result of risks particular to some projects , the geo­
          thermal field is not exploited or only partly exploited , a propor­
          tion of the support , specified acooraing to the nature of the project ,
          is not repayable .
                                   Article 2
The support referred to in Article 1 shall be granted for each project on the
basiu of the percentages , set out in the Annex , of the actual cost as verified
and accepted by the Coir-mission and up to the ceiling of the maximum a/counts
                                       'Λ   · · *
also specified in the Annex.
                                   Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the persons and enterprises indicated in the
Annex .                                                                        . .
 Done at Brussels ,  29 November 1978               For the Coram ss ion ,
                                                       The President
 ---pagebreak--- Rcf .   Titl'i-Proooser-Cbjective-PhaBC3-Ti!se-scale                Total cost              Extent of support         Âcount cf i-upport
        J.orcrJ rCILJHOLTS 1 und 2
1 -1    ÅCIP
        The first stago of the project ie aimed at the       2 . 900 . OCO . OCO Lit 30, j for the drill IngG , half  870,000,000 Lit
        exploitation of the Jtofete geo the rail field ,                             of which ie repayable                 807.000 EeU.A ,
                                                                   2.629.900 E.U .A.
,       near Naples , for the purpose of producing
        electricity
        a) exploration : – drilling of 2 i.ells ;
                            - end of 1978 to mid-1979 .
cno     inDTA!:croLi
1-2     αοιρ/ιιϊλΜ
        Exploitation o ? a geotherr.al eourco to pro­        4.326.000.000 Lit       30? for drilling, half of         82O.0OO.OOO Lit
        vide heating for an area in South Kilan ,                  4.012.600 E.U.A.
                                                                                     which   is repayable ; and 20^         761.400 E.U„A <
        heated at present by a central oil–fired                                     for surface equipment
        heating system                                                               relating to geo thermal
        a ) exploration t – drilling of 2 wells ,                                    exploitation , both
                              production and                                         repayable in full .
                              reinjection ;
                            - January 1979 - January 19^0 ;
        b)   utilization s - surface e.iuiptrent ;
                            – January 1979 - July 1931 •
G30     CSSAirO 1
1-4     esL
        Exploitation of gcothenr.al fluids for the           0.010.000.000 Lit       30^ for drilling, half of       1.014.000,000 Lit
        production of electricity and the extrac-                  9.234.0OO E.U .A. which is repayable                     940.600 E„UoA <
      • tion of mineral salts
        a)   exploration ; - 2 boreholes , production
                              tests , simulated 1-12/ pilot
                              installation ;
                            – January 1979 - June 19^0 ,
        b)   utilization j - chemical plant , 3.5 Kli unit ,
                              on demonstration- type
                              fcanagen.ent i
                            - June 1910 - December 19"?.
        Conversion rate to E.U.A. ac at 1 September 197' - Amounts in E.U.A. tre shown for indication only .
 ---pagebreak--- Π* Γ. Ti tle-?x*opocer-Objoctiv'J~r!.i^tf*s~?ir4 o–? cì' 1 *       Totul coat                 Extent of support           'mount of export
      ΑΛ3Ξ
      Duuik Olie og "atur^m ,'./3
      Evploi         of u           ; ti.il source for tho     30.?OO.OOO Ekr          30?- for drilling , hr»lf of which    3iG"0,000 D'<r
      Leatiri# of tho town of A.iro , hoated at                 5.456.200 B»U. A.
                                                                                       io repayable ; on .I 20,% for sur­    1 .2 12.CG0 2.U.A.
      preoont l>y district htsutinc                                                    face «<|uiio.ent relating *0
      a)   exploration s - etuties , production and                                    fjeolhermal exploitation , both
                                roinj^ction drilling ;                                 repayable in full .
                           - 1979 ;
      b) utilization t - surft>co eituipnent ;
                           - ( 19C0 - 31 ),
      IÎ0CG3T71AT2!Î
      GevQbtelijke Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij ,
      Anh/ erp
                                                               72.255.000 FB           30^1 for drilling , half of whiefc   '3,000.000 m
      First stage of a project sited nt en,ploying
      geotharr.al eriarty to heat new and existing                                     is repayable .                           44 3 . coo s.u.a .
                                                                î . 735 « 400 E /JJV ,
      hot-houses near Antwerp
      a} exploration ! - studies , production
                                drillinei
                           - 1979 .
      ROTTHiCAi:
      Centrum vcor SnoriiovraigotuxJcen 1!©
      Pirot stage of a project aired at employing              15,650.000 Hfl           30;j for drilling , half of which     I^O.OQO Hfl
      geotherrcal ener&y for space heutinc in a.                                       is repayable .                            675.200 E.tf.A.
                                                                5.61S.300 S.U.A.
      South Iiotterdjjn ciro ?.
      a)   axploration : - otuciea , peisnic survey
                                and Lriilir.s ( profiiciion
                                and reinjoction) ; feasi­
                               bility ct^dieu ;
                           - 197T »
      Conversion rate to E«U»A « c.3 r.t 1 September         - Amounts in S«U»A# cire ehown for indication only .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                                   - 3 -
                                                                               ?>!>Γ·Τ *^Γ'3 Τ*Τ     ΟΤ^Τ^'Μ. Τ^ΓΤΥ Γ>ΓΪ?ΤΟΚ
ΓΤΓ γ ΓΊ;   Title–?iH>i»oc.ci>^)ujectivo-Fì l^ àv,tJ–TiM-Bcale                         Total oost                Extent of support         Amount of cupport
            CoRO';-rMii"":c
  î-i       litabl ic&cuerit public 0 * - *ì::ó » i. * ^v?n.«ri t de Iti ville
            fiOulVV l lo '»t*
            Exploitation of a goothernul source for heating                      20.2:2.000 FF           30 * for production drilling,       2.970.000 FF
            purposes in a new town to the north of P.-jrls                                               half of which ic repayable *          520.3OO 2.O.A.
                                                                                   5.021 .COO S.U.A.
            a ) oxploration î - Etudies , drillinj (produc­
                                   tion end reinjection ) ;
                                 - 1979 ;
            b) utilization î - surface equipment and
                                   demon strat ion- typo
                                   nanacemen t ;
                                 - 19C0 - mid-1931 .
                                                                                                 d
  CE0       EELL2RAY
  P-2       Association flyndicale libre des propriétaires
            de I'elleray
            Exploitation of a exothermal source for the                           14.545.000 FP          30jl for drilling , half of         3.899.000 FF
            heating of existing hothouses near Orleans                                                   which ia repayable ; and 20$           693.600 E.U.A.
                                                                                   2.5?7.500 E.U.A.      for surface equipment relating
            a) exploration s - drilling (production and
                                    reinjecticn)}                                                        to goo thermal exploitation and
                                 - 1979 Ï                                                                for demonstration management
            b) utilization » - eurfaco equipment and                                                     both repayable in full .
                                   denon 3 1ra 1 1 o n- typ e
                                   management ;                                                                                          1
                                 - 19C0 .
  GEO     - JONZAC
  F-4       ïtaire de Jonzac
            Exploitation of a £co thermal source in the                           16 . 306.000 FF        30^ for drilling , half of           1.397.000 FF
            Basin of Aquitaine for the heating of                                                        which io repayal' e .                  243.500 E.U.A.
                                                                                    2 . 900. *500 E.U.A.
            dwellings and tertiary cjuip&cnt
            a)    exploration : - production drilling;
                                 – June 1979 - June 19^0 .
            b) utilization J - our face equipment }
                                 - 1930 - C1 .
            Conversion rate to E.U.A. ao at 1 September 197" - Amounts in E.U.A.aro shown for indication only .
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                                                                         4 -
 r^r .         Titlc-Propocer-Cbjective-PhftGcc-Tirac- rcale                         Total coct                     Extent of mmoort           Amount of cupport
 rrr           cmc -c.^-y^KAîD
               Socictc d' économie nixte pour l fétude ot la
               réalisation du projet g^ctîier-iirjue do la
               Ville do CleririOt . t-f'errar.d
               Exploitation of a geotliernal eoiirce in Linvitftie             23.500.000 FF                 20.: for drilling, half of          2.400.000 FF
               for the heating of existing nnd plannod                           4 . 120.503 E.U.A.          which is repayable .                  427.000 S.U.A.
              L'wollings and tertiary installations
              o)    exploration : - drilling (production and
                                         reinjection ) :
                                      - 1979 ;
              b) utilization : - surface equipment ;
                                      - 1930 - 81 .
C30           CTEASDOUÏKÎ                                                                               I
                                                                                               *t        i
F- 10.        'XCALÎ'IG
             exploitation of a geo thermal source for the                      31.797.000 FF                 30^ for drilling, half of           5.250.000 FF
             .heating of apartment buildings and existing                        5.656.500 E.U.A.           which is repayable .
              tertiary installations near Straobourg                                                                                               934.000 E.U.A.
            a)     exploration : – drilling ( production                                                     I
                                         and reinjection) :
         .      4                     - 1979 ;
            b)     utilization : - surface enûonient and
                                         u cnon 3 trat 1 0 n- typ e
                                         manogoment :
                                      - (-)
C30        ΡΟΉ " ΓΓΕΙΛίί
D-3        KAM/l.'ALTER
            «>7*loit.';tion of the cootherr.al courcou in                      4 1
                                                                               |
                                                                                    Λ/ν»   * ΛΛ   Τ\»·
                                                                                         ««| VW «*»*•       30^ for the first part of            1.097.400 D1Î
       !   iij.ii.o Cx'uijOu foi* fiO
            luv.j.i .
                                                         of G«-ii3tin/?
                                                                                 5.145.000 S.U.A.
                                                                                                            phr.ae ( a ), exploratory
                                                                                                            drilling, half of which is
                                                                                                                                                   427.5^0 E.UJI .
            ■1 )   ' * IruMtJon : – nlu.Tien , OYj > loiv.tory                                              repayable .
                                        «! l-i 111 n<_; , i> roiluc t i on
                                        drilling :
                                     - 1979 - 1930 ;
                                        ûcir.or.s tra t ior.-t^o           |
                                        E.^?Vi^cr.ent ;                    j
       1                             –    y J <J – -j : »                  1
           fto<»ve-i%3 ion rr.t.o to      U»A # <\s fit 1                    – Arrnmt ? in             -** ro rhovT for               cr. 1v •
 ---pagebreak---                                     Document Nr 3
                COMMISSION I8DGISIOÏÏ
     on the granting of financial support for
demonstration projects in the field of solar energy
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                    M
                              EXPLANATORY MMORAKDUM
1 . The Council of the European Communities adopted on 12 June 1978
    Regulation (EEC ) No. 1302/78(1 ) on the granting of financial support
    for projects to exploit alternative energy sources and , in particular ,
    solar energy .
2. Pursuant to this Regulation the Commission published(2 ) a oall for tenders
    asking those concerned to send it , by 30 September 1978 at the latest ,
    proposals in the field of solar energy .
3.  The Commission received 135 proposals representing a total cost of
    approximately 108 million u.a.
4*  Each of these projects was examined by the Commission's departments
    more espeoially concerned ( DG XVII , project leader , DG XII and JRC ).
    The Advisory Committee , set up in accordance with the provisions of
    Article 6 para. 2 of the above–mentioned Regulation , met on 24 and 25
    October.      Although they considered that a longer period between the
    receipt of the documents and the holding of the meeting would have been
    preferable ,, the Committee members – except for the representatives of the
    Federal Republic of Germany - felt they were able to discuss to good
    purpose .
    The Committee ^ work was organised on the basis of an initial selection
    of 35 projects made by the Directorate-General for Energy with due regard
    \a tha aXiiiaiuHt-ii'u ruant i.tuo^ in vtom ,\ aWvaj ta tV* I a iaeleotion wre
           other projects which certain representatives considered to be
    equally worthwhile .       The opinion of the representatives was based on a
    number of criteria agreed to by common oonsent t
              1 ) value of demonstration
              2 ) impact on energy saving
                  a ) at the project level
                  b ) size of potential market
              3 ) prospect of technical success
              4 ) prospect of commercial and industrial
                  viability
6. Guided by the appraisals made by each delegation concerning each of the
    projects considered , the departments drew up an initial list of projects
    and suggested to the Commission that it give financial support to them .
    The list comprises 14 projects which are set out further on , appended to
    the draft decision .
     1 ) 0J No L 158/3 , 16 June 1978 .
     2 ) QJ No C 17 O/3 "Communication from the Commission on the granting of
         financial support to projects for developing alternative energy
         sources – first call for tenders in the solar energy sector".
 ---pagebreak---                                                                           u
                                   - 2 -
   However , since the 135 projects received in response to the call for
   tenders were not all discussed by the Committee owing to lack of time ,
   the departments recommended that a second examination be carried out
   which might lead to a supplementary list that could be adopted during
   the first quarter of 1979*
7. The expenditure involved in carrying out the 14 projects eligible for
   financial support amounts to approximately 8„2 million EUA towards which
   the Commission proposes to give support (to the extent , for most of these
   projects , of 40/fc).
   This percent age is in conformity with the provisions of Artiole 5 of
   Regulation (EEC ) No 1302/78 and with those of the proposed application
   regulation COM(78)54 final , 13 October 1978.
   The amount of support proposed T?y the departments is 3»072,023 EUAV
   This amount is to be entered under budget heading No 3241 for 1979 *
   (*) At the rate of 1.9.1978 .
 ---pagebreak---                             COMMISSION DECISION
                 on the granting of financial support for
          demonstration projects in the field of eolar energy
THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC ) No 1302/7^ and notably Art . 6 par.
After consultation with the Advisory Committee for management of
demonstration projects in the field of solar energy ,
Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No 1302/78 provides for the granting of
financial support for demonstration projects to exploit alternative
energy sources in the Community which by their nature may serve as
examples and which prior studies and research have shown to offer
prospects of industrial and commercial viability ;
Whereas the Commission has submitted to the Council a proposal for a
regulation(2 ) implementing in the solar energy sector Regulation (ESC )
No 1302/78 ;
Whereas it is important to pursue demonstration projects particularly
likely to make best use of solar energy resources ;
Whereas this Decision relates to the first series of projects within the
meaning of Articles 6 para. 2 and 11 of Council Regulation (EHC )
No 1302/78 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION i
                                  Article 1
The demonstration projects listed in the Annex to this Decision shall
receive financial support in accordance with Regulation (EEC ) 1302/78
 in the form of payments repayable under certain conditions .  It will
 be granted subject to approval under the 1979 budget .
 ( 1 ) C.J. no L 153 of June 16th , 1973 , page 3
 ( 2 ) C0H( 73 ) 511 final of Oct . 13th , 1973
 ---pagebreak---                               Article 2
The support referred to in Article 1 shall "be granted for each
project 011 the "basis of the percentages , set out in the Annex , of
the actual cost as verified and accepted "by the Commission and up
to the ceiling of the maximum amounts also specified in the Annex.
                              Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the persons and enterprises listed
in the annex .
Done at Brussels , 29 November 1978               For the Commission ,
                                                  The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           # t
                                                                                                          t  I
                                                                             Annex to the decision
                                          LIST OF PROJECTS ELECTED
N * Project                 1 ) Title                           Total Cost          Per -  iCommunity     support
                            2 ) Responsible                                       centa-
Member                                                                          »
                            3 ) Category                                           ge of
State                                                                             Commu-
                                                                   (*>             nity             (*)
                                                                                   eupport
 1 ) SOL 9       1 ) Hulti stage-flash desalina­           LIT 185.000.000          *♦0     LIT 7 *». 000 . 000
                       tion plant with solar energy        EU A      171.597                EUA         68.639
       ( IT )
                       as the main energy source at
                       Pantelleria island ( Sicily )
                 2 ) AGIP S.p.A. - P. le Mattei ,1 -
                       Roma ( Italia )
                  3 ) End Use s Agri-industrial
                       Type : Thermal
 2 ) SOL 50       1 ) Partly solar energy working          FF    10.0C0.000          ko      FF *♦. 000 . 000
                        distillery                         EUA    1.778 . 9^8                EUA    711.579
        (F)
                  2 ) Roussillon Alimentaire 1&
                       Catalane - Centre National
                        de la Recherche Scientifique
                  3 ) End Use : Electricity genera­
                                      tion
                        Type : Thermalmécanical
  3 ) SOL 68       1 ) Chauffage solaire et produc­         FF 8 . 712.000           30      FF 2.613.6OO
        (F)
                        tion d' eau chaude de l' ensemb­    EUA 1.549.819                    EUA i*6l*,ak6
                        le immobilier de 'Chabrières
                         ( Hautes-Alpes )
                   2 ) S té Européenne de Propulsion
                        Tour Roussel-Nobel Cédex n'
                        3 92030
                        PARIS LA DEFENSE
                   3 ) End Use : Habitat and social
                        Type : Thermal
   l*) S0L 123      1 ) Toepassing van zonne-energie        Gulden    232.000        *♦0     Gulden     92.800
                         voor verwarming van tapwater       EU A       83.251                EUA        33.300
                         op een mestkalverenbedri j f
                    2 ) I.M.A.G.
                         Kansholtlaan 10-12 , Vageningen
                    3 ) End Use : Agri-industrial
                         Type : Thermal
          <*)
              Taux de conversion au 1.9.78 . Les montants en U.C.Ê . sont donnés à titre informatif
              Rate of conversion as for 1st of September 1978
              The amounts in EUA are given by way of example .
                 I
 ---pagebreak---                                                                       ..          •             • •       -SI
                                                – 2 •»
5 ) SOL 2       1 ) Renovierung des städtischen          F Lux . 10 . 970.000       34    F Lux . 3-729 . 800
                     Schwimmbades . Heizen des           EU A         271.222             EUA          92.215
     ( Lux )         Duschwassers mit Sonnenenergie
                2 ) Gemeindeverwaltung der Stadt
                     Esch-Alzette
                3 ) End Use : Habitat        and social                         I
                     Type : Thermal                                             ι
                                                                                i
6 ) SOL 30      1 ) Solvarmeanlaeg Midtfynds             DK    2.000.000            40    DK 800.000
                     Fri tidscenter                      EU A    281.247                  EUA1 12.499
     ( DK )
                2 ) Ringe Kommune - Radhuset -
                     5750 Hinge
                3 ) End Use : Habitat and social
                     Type : Thermal
7 ) SOL 46      1 ) Demonstration of Solar Passive       £       300.000      !      40 l £     300.000
                     Homes                               EUA     451.223      j            EU A 180.489
     ( UK )                                                                   i
                2 ) Taylor Woodrow Homes Limited
                     Western House - Western Avenus
                     Ealing - London W5 1EU
                3 ) End Use : Habitat and social
                     Type : Thermal
8 ) SOL 111     1 ) The project relative to rene­         LIT 335.OOO.OOO            40    LIT 134.000.000
                     wable energy sources for use         EUA        3IO.729               EUA         124.292
     ( IT )
                     in agriculture is entitled
                     " Energy farm "
                2 ) FIAT TRATTORI S. p. A.
                     Via Pico della Miraadola v 72
                     MODENA
                3 ) End U6e : agri-industrial
                     Type : thormalmecanical-biomass
9) SOL 11 j     1 ) Impianto solare per condiziona­ LIT 175.000.000
                     mento e riscaldamento del modu­      EUA        162.321
                                                                                     40    LIT 70.000.000
                                                                                           EUA         64.928
       ( IT ) i
              I       lo Bar - Snack - Market di aree di
                     servizio austradali .
                   2)AGIP S.p.A. - P.le E.Hattei,1 -
                     Roma ( Italia )
                3 ) End Use : Agri-induetrial
                     Type : Thermal
10 ) SOL 77      1 ) Kicroirrigation par pompage so­         FF    628.000           40    FF    251 - 200
                      laire . Cette opération sera ré­       EUA   111.718                 EUA    44.687
                     alisée dans une exploitation
                      agricole à BourrioBetgonce
                      ( Dépt . Landes ).
                 2 ) Ste Nat . ELF AQUITAINE
                      7 , rue Nelaton 75739 PARIS CEDE:
                      15 .
                 3 ) End Use : Agri industrial
                      Type : Photovoltaic
 ---pagebreak---                                             - 3 -
11JS0L 15       1 ) Solar energy plant for the            LIT 181.000 . 000            4o      LIT   72.400.000
                     production of heat and re-           EU A            167 . 886            EU A  67.15^
      ( IT )
                      frigcratin in wine pro­
                     cessing with particular
                     attention to wine refrige-
                     ratin and pasteurization
                2 ) ADELKAM S.p.A. - Via
                     Giuseppe Piazzi , 15
                      901 4 1 PALERMO
                J ) End Uee : Agri-industrial
                     Type rThermal                     I
12 ) SOL 17     1 ) 30 KWp photovoltaic conver­            LIT      630.000.000        40      LIT 252.000.000
         ( IT )       ter for heating and cooling
                      generation and for water pum­
                                                       j EUA                 584.356           EUA 233-7 l+2
                      ping production to be used in
                      agricultural application
                2 ) OFFICINS GALILEO S.p.A.
                      Head Officer : Via C. Bini,44
                      Firenze
                3 ) End Uee s Afcri-industrial
                      Type : Photovoltaic                                                   i
13 ) SOL 5 *     1 ) Fluized gas producer ( 600 KVA )      FF      1.652.000         i  *t0  I FF 660.800
                                                                                            I
       (F)             for processing flax by-product      EUA        2 93.882       i       i  EUA 117.553
                 2 ) Coopérative Agricole Linière
                      du Pleseis 3eleeville
                      60330 P1.ES3IS BELLEVILLE
                 3 ) End Uee : Agri-industrial
                       Type : Biomass
 14 ) SOL 10< 1 ) Forestry Biomass energy de­               £       1*256.584            40     I-  502.633
        ( Irl )        monstration project                ( irl )
                 2 ) National Board for Science             EUA 1.8QO.OOO                       EUA 756.000
                       and Technology-Shelbourne
                       House , Sheibourne Road ,
                       DUBLIN 4
                  3 ) End Use : Electricity
                                   generation
                       Type J      Biomass
                                    TOTAL           EOA           8.108.199                     EUA 3.072.D23
                                    BSS3S           ai se « s a 3 s  s « fe sr s 9              Krssss:=ssss
 ---pagebreak---                                                Document Nr 4
     COMMISSION
       OF THE
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                  Commission Décision
          on the granting of financial support for demonstration projects
           in the field of liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels
 ---pagebreak---                         EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.    On 12 June 1978 the Council of the European Communities decided
      on Regulation ( EEC ) No. 1302/78 ( l ) on the granting of financial
      support for projects to exploit alternative energy sources .
     This support is intended for , among the alternative sources ,
      demonstration projects on the liquefaction and gasification of
      solid fuels since these projects are aimed at reducing the
     Community 's dependence with regard to energy supply.
2.    In application of Article 6 of the Regulation the Commission
     published a call for tenders ( 2 ) inviting interested parties to
      submit , before 30 September 1978 , proposals for support that could
     be considered in the framework of the first series of projects .
3.    In answer to the call for tenders , 14 Community undertakings or
      institutions presented to the Commission requests for support to
      carry out 12 demonstration . pro jects whose total cost amount
      to 267*0 million E.U.A.
4*   The competent Commission services , charged with arranging the
      examination of the requests for support , subjected them to a
      preliminary examination of their admissibility under the terms of
      Regulation No . 1302/76 .
5 . In conformity with the dispositions of Art . § 2 of the above-
      mentioned Regulation , the Commission 's services consulted the
      Advisory Committee for the management of projects , consisting
      of representatives of the Member States . In the same context ,
      a Commission inter-service committee was also consulted .
( 1 ) OJNo . L I5O of 16 June 197 8
( 2 ) OJ No. C 154 of 30 June I976
 ---pagebreak---                                 2 -                                         35
b.   On the basis of these activities and of information by the
     proposers , the Commission 's services proceeded to an evaluation
      of each project with a view to establishing proposals for
      support and , in conformity with the dispositions of Regulation
                                                                 (1
     No . 1302/75 , and considering the draft Council Regulation'' ,
     retained the following criteria for evaluations
     - Technological novelty of the project in relation to the
        current state of the art
     - The possibilities for technical realisation of the project
        and the possibility of success
     - The number and magnitude of possible applications of the
        results of the project
     - Security of the project with regard to standards for safety
        and environmental protection
     - Evaluation of the risks of superfluous duplication of effort
        in relation to techniques already established or under development
        and of the possibility of collaboration with other projects
     - Technical and financial capabilities of those responsible
        for the project } association of those responsible with industrial
        partners
     - The nature of knowledge related to the carrying out of the
        project that could be divulged , and the means of information envisaged .
7.    In their assessment , the Commission 's services took particular
      account of the fact that certain objectives , which were regarded
      as priorities , should be achieved by the projects in question ,
      notably :
      - Enlargement of the field of liquefaction and gasification of
        solid fuels
      - Enlargement of the range of products obtainable by the liquefaction
        and gasification of solid fuelB in order to achieve a wider
         substitution of imported energy
      - Increase of the thermal efficiency and the productivity of each process
   ( 1)C0M(7ë) 122 final of 31.3.1978
 ---pagebreak--- - Reduction of the quantities of solid fuels needed for
  liquefaction and gasification and hence improved utilization
  of deposits .
- Reduction of the cost of protecting the environment by utilising
  solid fuels in the form of gaseous and liquid products
- In the case of underground gasification , the profitable utilization
  of deposits that can not be exploited economically by currently
  available means .
Moreover , the Commission 's services judged that support should
not be considered for projects thats
- envisaged only preliminary research or .carried no technical
  risks
- were aimed at developing processes which , although representing
  technological progress , would utilize only very specific types
  of solid fuel
- were concerned with complementary developments but did not
  offer any solution that could cover a future need
Following these considerations , the number of projects suitable
for financial support amounted to four . The corresponding total
cost for the period from 1979 to I985 was 107 925 000 E.U.A.
 ---pagebreak---                                 - 4 -
10 . The Commission 's services propose a level of participation of
     40^ for these projects .  The aid is to be considered as a
     grant that will be repayable if the plant in question is operated
     commercially .
11 . In application of these principles and having regard to the
     results of the examination , the support envisaged by the Commission
     for certain phases of the four projects retained , amounts to an
     estimated total of 15 b25 000 E.U.A.
     Clearly this relates to a first series of demonstration projects
     in the field of liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels .
      The following phases of the 4 projects in question must be taken
      into consideration later *
 ---pagebreak---                                                                              35
                             COMMISSION DECISION"
        on the granting of financial support for demonstration projects
         in the field of liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1302/78 ( l ), and in
                                                    M
particular article 6.2 thereof .
Having consulted the Advisory Committee for the management of demonstration
projects in the field of liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels ,
Whereas Regulation (EEC ) No . 1302/78 envisages the granting of* support
for the carrying out of demonstration projects to exploit alternative
energy sources in the Community which "by their nature may serve as examples
and which prior studies and research have shown to offer prospects of
industrial and commercial viability,
Whereas the Commission has presented to the Council a draft Council Regulation
( EEC ) ( 2 ) applicable in the sector of liquefaction and gasification of
solid fuels of Regulation (EEC ) No . 1302/78
Whereas the liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels offer interesting
possibilities for exploitation and need to have available tried and tested
technologies within the desired time ,
                                                    y
nuereas the present Decision relates to the first series of projects in
the sense of Articles 6 § 2 and 11 of Regulation (EEC ) No . 1302/78
                                        »             •'       ,
HAS ADOPTED THE PRESENT DECISION
                                  Article 1
1 . The demonstration projects featured in the Annexe to the present Decision
      shall benefit from financial support under the terms of Regulation
      ( EEC ) No . 1302/78 .
( 1 ) OJ No. L 158 of 16 June 1978, page 3
( 2) Doc . No. COM(78) 122 final of 31 March 1978
                                                                 · /· β
V
 ---pagebreak---                                      ca» V en
2 . The support shall "be given in the form of repayable grants to projects
     on the liquefaction and gasification of solid fuels covering the
    following phases $
    - the development , testing and proving out of pilot or demonstration
       plants                                                              ,
    – the preceding phase and the construction of such plants
                                                                       a
    - the preceding phases and the design of such plants .
    Half the support shall be repayable in cases where the plant is
     subsequently operated for industrial purposes and proves to be
    profitable .                                    – ■■ -
                               Article 2
                                              •• •>
 The support envisaged in Article 1 shall be granted to each project            on
 the basis of the percentages , indicated in the Annexe , of the real cost ,
 verified and accepted by the Commission and subjeot to the maximum limits
 specified in the Annexe .
                               Article 3
   The legal personalities and undertakings to whom the present decision
   is addressed are shown in the Annexe.'
                                •• >
                                                     Done at Brussels * 29 November 1978
                                                     By the Commission
                                                      The President ,
 ---pagebreak---                                                                                                           Annex«    to the Decision
                                                      SUPPORT FOR DSVQNSTRATIOir PR0J5CTO
                                        in the field of liquefaction ar.d gasification of solid fuels
1 Ref.        Title, proposers, ains, phanes, timing          j Total cout            I             Level of support                     Aid
                                                                   133 014 000 DM       No aid for the almost-completed con­
    LG    r» 7iongtration of the Shell -Koor-era procor.n for                           struction phase
 01/4/ ^8 the ratification of coal dun'- under rrer.-.'.ire          51 817 000 EU A    ( Total cost 75 831 000 DM , or
                                                                 of which , a first     29 749 000 EUA )
                                                                 part of the 2nd
          DSÂC/S IPM/K-K                                         phase ias                                                          11 140 900 DM
          Construction and operation of a demonstration                                 40 % for the phase " Operation and           4 340 000 EUA
                                                                                        perfection "
          plant for the gasification of coal dust under              27 « 50 000 DM     ( Total cost 57 183 000 DM, or
          pressure ( 30 bar )                                        10 t)45 OCOE, U.J  22 276 000 SUA )                       1
                                                                                        of which a first part is envisaged as
          Coal input t 150 t/day                                                        a subsidy at present
          Output s 270 000 is?/day of synthesis gas
          Construction : 74/78
          Operation and modification i 79/81
    LG    Belaio-Oarinan experiment on underground               1 137 000 000 FB        1st phase ; 40 >, non repayable
 O2/1/78 Kasi fication                                              28 283 000 EUA
                                                                                        only phase for which a subsidy is
                                                                                        envisaged     present                      220 000 000 FB
          ÏNIEX/KKA                                              of which , for the
                                                                                                                                      5 440 000 EUA
          First large-scale test of a new process for            first phases
          underground gasification , characterised by              550 000 000 FB
          alternation of pressure ( 20 - 60 bar ) of                13 599 000 EUA
          the gasifying medium ( air and oxygen) and
          by the great depth of the deposit to be
          gasified . It is planned to produce a gas of
          medium calorific value that could be used
          in a jower station with a gas turbine
          3 borings , and gasification : 79/81
          3 supplementary borings : 82/83
                                                               I                      I
          Gasification of a second seam : 8l/82
 ---pagebreak---                                                                          - 2 -
    Rof®       Titlej proposers , aims , phases , timing  {         Total cost                  Levai of support             Aid
     LG
  O2/2/78    Deep underground gasification of coftl             30 000 000 FF
           • csgs/brgm                                       !    5 337 000 E'JA     40 > for all phases
                                                             I of which , for the    non–repayable
             Work complementary to project                   1 ..
             LG/02/I/78 ( linking between boreholes          ' first phases          the first phase ( linking and       7 600 000 FF
             in various seams , and the thermo­                 19 000 000 FF        geology ) is the only phase for     1 Y)2 000 EUA
             dynamics of the system )                             3 381 000 EUA
                                                                                     which a subsidy is envisaged
                                                                                      at present
             Geology , petrography 1 79/80
             Linking between borings i 79/82
             Gasification processes 1 80/82
             Economic studies : 8l/82                      J
     LG                                                    !
  O3/1 /78   Pilot installation for extraction by            !                   ;
             supercritical /rases                               14 800 000 £         Phase 11 40 %9 non-repayalbe
             NCB                                            :   22 194 000 EUA       Phase 2 : 40 >1 repayable if
                                                                                     installation operated industrially
             Design, construction and operation of a            of which , for
             pilot plant (l t/hr . of coal ) to produce         phases 1 and 2       The subsidy is only envisaged       3 120 000 h
             liquid products from coal by extraction       j      7 800 000 h        for phases 1 and 2 at present       4 693 000 EUA
             under supercritical conditions ( 200 atrn «,
                                                                11 732 000 HJA
             450°C ).                                       :
             Subsequent distillation of the products       ]
j            to obtain fuel3 for vehicles after
             refining-, or raw materials for the
             chemical industry
             General design : 78/80
             Construction s 80/82
             Commissioning and operation j 82/85
                                                             I
             Rates of conversion in E %U«A® t 1 September 1978           The amounts in E.U.A# are               TOTAL  3-5 825 ^X) EcU»A «
                                                                         given by way of information                                    -
 ---pagebreak---                 ABREVIATIONS
DSAG  Deutsche Shell AG , Hamburg
SIPM  Shell International Petroleum Maatschappij BV , Den Haag
K-K   Krupp-Koppers GmbH , Essen
INIEX Institut National des Industries Extractives , Liège
KFA   Kernforschungsanlage Jülich GmbH . Jülich
GEGS  Groupe d' Etudes de la Gazéification souterraine
      ( Gaz de France , Charbonnages de France , Institut Français
      du Pétrole ), Paris
                T.
BRGM  Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
      ( Services géologique national ). Orléans
NCB   National Coal Board, London
 ---pagebreak---                                                           Document Nr 5
                    Proposed Council regulation on "the application
         of Council regulation 1302/78 concerning the grant of financial support
         to demonstration projects in the field of alternative energy sources
The Council of the European Communities
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to Council Regulation 1302/78 and particularly Article 11 thereof
Having regard to the Commission 's proposal
Whereas the Council has adopted the above mentioned regulation on measures of
financial support to demonstration projects in the field of alternative energy
sources
Uhereas this regulation foresees the adoption by the Council of measures of
application concerning the financial amounts to be devoted to the said support
VJhcreas therefore there is a need to adopt the said arrangements
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
Sole Article
The amounts of aid to be given under regulation 1302/78 are to be inscribed in .
the general budget of the European Communities .
This Regulation ahall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all
Member States .
Done at Brussels ,                                     por -t,he Council
                                                       The President
 ---pagebreak---                                                          Document Nr 6
                    Proposed Council regulation on the application
          of Council regulation 1303/78 concerning the grant of financial
          support to demonstration projects in the field of energy saving
The Council of the European Communities ,
Having regard to the treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to Council Regulation 1303/78 and particularly Article 10 thereof
Having regard to the Commission ^ proposal
Vfhereas.the Council has adopted the above mentioned regulation on measures
of financial support to demonstration projects in the field of energy saving
Whereas this regulation foresees the adoption.by the Council of measures of appl
cation concerning the financial amounts to be devoted to the said support
Whereas therefore there is a need to adopt the said arrangements
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION
                                                                             ;
Golc Article
The amounts of aid to be given under regulation 1303/78 are to be inscribed in
the general budget of the European Communities .
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in
all Member States .
Done at Brussels ,,                                     For the Council
                                                        The President