Green Hit: renewable energy for small localities | North-West Funding Service Centre

Overall project objective: To enable regional and local authorities and other stakeholders of Leningrad Oblast and Tikhvin district to improve their capacities and methods in relation to environmentally friendly renewable energy technologies and thus to contribute to improving health and quality of life of the citizens of small localities of the Finnish-Russian neighboring area.

Project SE512 “Green Hit: Renewable energy for small localities”

South-East Finland – Russia ENPI CBC Programme 2007-2013

This Programme is co-funded by the European Union, the Russian federation and the Republic of Finland

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Project duration: 36 months

Lead Partner: Non-commercial partnership North-West Funding Service Centre

Partners:

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland,
REK-International, Finland
Municipal formation Pashozerskoe village of the Tikhvin district of the Leningrad Region, Russian Federation
Not-for-profit partnership Science and Technology Business Corporation, Russian Federation
OOO Bazis-energo, Russian Federation

Total Project Budget: 1 694 724 Euro (incl. Grant: 1 355 779 Euro, Partners Co-financing: 338 945 Euro)

Project activities:

Survey of municipalities and available facilities and research of possibilities of biofuel production and use in the pilot region
Planning, establishing, equipping and making operational of the pilot project – Biofuel heating facility
Training of the personnel directly involved in running the newly established facility and selected representatives of other municipalities
Holding of workshops and conferences to disseminate bioenergy information, experience of wood fuel production, storage and burning,
Dissemination of best practices and promotion of renewable energy production in various distant regions of Russia, where wood fuel resources are available,
Study tours to Finland for Russian staff of newly established energy plant and other relevant specialists/professionals

Final beneficiaries

Communities of Tikhvin district and other municipalities of Leningrad region which have been identified relevant for dissemination of the introduced technology (18 districts and more than 200 sub-district level municipalities);
Specialists responsible for environment protection in cross-border regions;
Manufacturers of bioenergy equipment and technology providers from both sides of the border.
In the long run – population and local communities of the Programme area.
In Russia – innovative best practices of bio energy strategies are disseminated and efficient biofuel heating systems are introduced.
In Finland and in Russia – local communities that will benefit from reducing environmental tension due to air pollution caused by the outdated and polluting heating systems.
Long term impact will target the whole cross-border area.

Main outputs:

Feasibility study and technical documentation for the Biofuel heating facility in the pilot municipality of Tikhvin district
Established, equipped and made operational the pilot project – biofuel heating facility
Trained personnel directly involved in running the newly established facility and selected representatives of other municipalities – at least 10 pers.
Established contacts between producers, suppliers and consumers to attract advanced technologies and practices developed in Russia and Finland.