Ministry of Energy launched today, on April 27, the public acquisition procedure for contracting “consultancy services on quantitative data modeling and analysis, in order to draft the Energy Strategy of Romania for the period 2016-2030”.
Estimated contract value, excluding VAT, is over 1.56 million lei, and the award criterion is the most advantageous tender in economic terms. Interested companies or associations of companies may submit bids until June 10, 2016 and the deadline for the tender evaluation is July 4, 2016. Given everything will go according to schedule, without any delays caused by appeals against the procedure or selection, the quantitative modeling of the three scenarios could be completed and the communicated before September 15.
The analytical approach should be linked to the five dimensions of the EU Strategy framework, indicates the published documents: energy security, fully integrated energy market, energy efficiency, green economy and research, innovation and economic competitiveness. The winner consultant will take into consideration national energy infrastructure investments in progress, but also projects still in the conceptual stage of development or execution.
The consultant will carry out three scenarios: Reference scenario (based on maintaining the legislative and regulatory framework until 2020), 2030 Maximum Policy scenario (assuming nationally all European targets for this timetable), 2030 Policy scenario (fulfilling the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 40% and participation in collective efforts to achieve the overall EU renewable energy and energy efficiency targets).
Methodological principles, set out in the specifications, with direct reference to the statistical modeling of the evolution of demand and supply of energy for any of the three scenarios, are based on the principles of technological neutrality, maintaining a diversified and balanced energy mix, minimizing consumer costs and maintaining a state of equilibrium for the national energy sector.
Specific requirements for analysis and modeling calls for consideration of closing the groups that do not respect environmental conditions in 2016, the achievement of units 3 and 4, the realization of Tarniţa pumped hydro storage plant in two phases (500 MW by 2021 and 500 MW by 2023), the realization of a new group lignite-based between 300 and 600 MW and the emergence of a new gas-fired group at Deva.