We continue the extensive presentation of the Energy Evolution 2015 nominations with the Outstanding Developments category. Only one of the projects below will be awarded during the Gala on December 3. However, each of the companies and all the people involved in these projects deserve our respect and the widest promotion possible.
Electrica SA
Smart metering – 130,000 metering points already installed
Leader in electricity distribution and supply in Romania, Electrica Group is leader in terms of smart metering implementation.
Electrica started to install smart metering systems in residential areas since 2005 and currently has the largest number of metering points, as well as the most ambitious pilot-projects.
ELECTRICA Group currently has installed Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) systems for the smart metering of industrial consumers and managing electricity distributed for over 85,000 metering points. Also, Electrica currently has installed smart metering systems, in residential areas, managing a number of over 45,000 consumers.
Electrica’s distribution subsidiaries are carrying out pilot projects to assess the optimal technical solutions and related costs for implementing Smart Metering systems, projects approved by ANRE, at the level of approximately 45,000 metering points. The largest pilot project will manage over 23,000 metering points. These pilot projects are in final phase of implementation and will be commissioned by the end of the year.
Luxten Lighting Company
Rediscovering the urban identity of Calea Dorobanți area
The energy efficiency project had as main objective the optimization and efficiency of technical and functional parameters of the public lighting system on Calea Dorobanți and the surrounding areas and the specific objective of rediscovering the urban identity of the area and highlighting it. The project was financed by EBRD through the Energy Efficiency Finance Facility granted to Local Authorities in Romania (MFFEE).
Technology: pioneering project within the concept “Smart by Luxten”, where the LED technology, telemanagement system, urban aesthetics and reducing electricity consumption and operational costs were prerequisites for creating a reference project for Bucharest, which is the largest project financed by EBRD in Romania so far.
Target of the project: getting an energy efficiency greater than 25% compared to the existing situation. The technical and functional performance of the project certified by the accredited auditor of EBRD were 36.83%.
Indicators of the project:
- Energy saving – 93.19 MWh/year
- Reducing carbon dioxide emissions – 65.54 t CO2/year
- Reducing operational costs with the lighting system in conditions of safety and continuity with EUR 23,060/year
- Energy efficiency – 36.83%
Nuclearelectrica
Presence in the global top of nuclear power plants operators
SN Nuclearelectrica SA is the only company in the Romanian industry in the top of the most performing companies at international level, by the position held globally in the top of nuclear power plants operators.
Based on international statistics, conducted by independent experts in the nuclear industry, in March 2015 the Unit 2 of Cernavodă NPP was the first at global level with a capacity factor (ratio between the capacity installed and actual production) of 93.5%, and Unit 1 ranked the 14th, with a capacity factor of 89.4%, out of a total of 392 nuclear units belonging to 181 nuclear power plants in 28 states. With a capacity factor from the commissioning of the two nuclear units from Cernavodă NPP of 91.4%, Nuclearelectrica ranks the first in the world.
Regional Air Services
National leader in air transport to platforms in the Black Sea
Regional Air Services – Tuzla International Airport is an absolute national leader in air transport with helicopters at sea – field in which it has been active since 2006. It is the private operator with the largest range of services for aviation.
Regional Air Services has a continuous activity as supplier for offshore energy companies: since 2006 it has been offshore services supplier with helicopters for the oil and gas industry and accumulated over 7,000 flight hours without accidents or serious incidents, injuries or damage.
From 2010, Regional Air Services has been transporting ?? passengers per year to oil platforms in the Black Sea, for various customers, such as OMV Petrom, Sterling Resources, CGG Veritas, Dolphine Geophysical, Exxon Mobil.
Tuzla airport has been awarded as the “most dynamic airport in Romania” and ranks the 4th in the national top in terms of number of aircraft movements (runways), but holds the first position nationally for several years in a row in terms of number of movements of helicopters – which reached the record of 72.8% of traffic registered throughout the country (including helicopters both civil and military).
SPEEH Hidroelectrica SA
Record profit at Hidroelectrica
Hidroelectrica managed to register a record gross profit in the first 9 months of 2015, in conditions of an extended period of hydrological deficit.
In the first 9 months of 2015, Hidroelectrica posted a gross profit of RON 875mln, by approximately 7% higher than the profit recorded in the first 9 months of 2014, in conditions in which hydrological deficit in July – September 2015 significantly affected the company’s production.
Hydrological deficit in July-September 2015, labeled in the media as “the most severe drought in the past 50 years”, significantly affected energy production of Hidroelectrica. Danube flows were reduced to 2,400 cubic meters per second, half compared to last year’s average, an even greater decline being recorded on inland rivers.
In these very unfavorable conditions, Hidroelectrica managed the performance to obtain a gross profit of RON 875mln in the first 9 months of 2015, by approximately 7% higher than the profit obtained in the same period of 2014, and a net turnover of RON 2,014mln.
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Eight of the best experts in the Romanian energy industry joined to jury the candidate projects and people for the third edition of Energy Evolution Awards!
The third Energy Awards Gala organized by energynomics.ro brings something new compared with the editions in 2013 and 2014 – an exhibition dedicated to the Evolution in technologies and solutions for energy, hosted in the venue of this year’s Gala. Find out more details on 2015 Energy Awards.