Regiăo Autónoma dos Açores / Acores Region (E)
signed by Carlos Martins do Vale César, President of the Regional Government of the Azores

• Energetic certification of buildings ( to be implemented progressively starting 2007);

• Execution of energetic inspections to the public sector ( buildings  and systems of public illumination );

• Increase of renewable production in the electricity sub-sector , from 116 GWh to 268 GWh in the year of 2011 ( on  conservative perspective) , resorting to investments in hydro, wind power and geothermic energy

• The creation of a Local Energy Agency
• The implantation of a various energy production systems using regenerating resources existent in Alba County, in the rural areas;
• The better efficiency of energy consumption in public buildings in the rural and urban areas;
• A better degree of information and education of the citizens and of the decision makers from the local public administration and the private sector of Alba County

• 15 % of primary energy demanded in Andalusia should come from renewable energy sources in 2010,

• primary energy saving of 7.5% over the tendencial consumption for 2010,

• obligatory incorporation of low temperature solar energy installations for hot clean water production in buildings belonging to the Andalusian Regional Government.

Bács-Kiskun Megye / Bács-Kiskun Council (HU)

signed by Bányai Gábor,
 

Békés Megye Képviselö-Testülete / Békés County (HU)
signed by Domokos Laszlo, Chairman of Békés County General Assembly
The objectives are common, Békés County expresses its intention and openness to increase the use of renewable energy. It is disposed to participate in joint programmes related to the topic of energy efficiency and renewable energy sources.
 

Consiliul Judetean Braila / Braila County Council (RO)

signed by Gheorghe Bunea Stancu, President of the Council

Giunta Regionale della Campania / Campania Regional Council (I)

signed by Andrea Cossolino, Vice President e alle Attivitŕ Produttive

• Increasing the use of renewable energies to 25% by 2010 (minimum target)

• Promote energy efficiency and energy savings

By 2011:

• Reduction of primary energy consumption by 7.7%,

• Reduction of end-use energy consumption by 2.6%,

• Increasing the share of renewable energy sources up to 8.9% in the energy mix,

• Increasing the share of renewable electricity up to 19.7% of total electricity production.

• Promote the procurement of ‘green electricity’ and general procurement policies which take account of transport impacts and energy efficiency,
• Promote good energy management in public buildings,
• Integrate sustainable energy considerations into Private Finance Initiative contracts and in all public sector building development,
• Promote the use of renewable energy powered and fuel cell vehicles in public sector transport fleets,
• Reduce car journeys through use of ICT and green travel plans.
   

Junta de Castilla Y León / Region of Castilla y León (E)
signed by Excmo. Sr. D. Tomás Villanueva Rodríguez, Deputy Vice-president & Economy and Employment Regional Minister Junta de Castilla y León

• Reducing energy intensity by 3% until 2007,

• Reaching a share of 18 % of renewable energy in primary energy consumption and a share of 32% in electricity production by 2010 (excluding large hydro power),

• Supplying hot-water demand in all public hospitals by solar thermal and installing photovoltaic energy in most of regional administration buildings until 2010.

Région Centre / Centre Region (F)

signed by Michel Sapin, President of the Centre Region

• Changing of oil heating systems to biomass and solar heating systems in most municipal buildings
• Promote good energy management in public buildings and private owned hotels
• Stimulate the development of renewable energy projects for hydropower generation

Provincia di Chieti / Province of Chieti (I)
signed by Nicola Petta, Vice President

• Increasing the share of wind energy to 7.3% until 2010,

• Increasing the share of biomass to 2.3% until 2010,

• Increasing the share of solar thermal and PV to 1.0% until 2010,

• Increasing energy efficiency in the public sector by 2% annually.

Cornwall County Council (UK)
signed by Councillor Adam Paynter, Executive Member for Environment & Heritage
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The Cornwall Sustainable Energy Partnership (CSEP) in its 2001 Business Plan set out to achieve the following objectives by 2010

• Ensure that sustainable energy is incorporated into all development plans, policies and strategies for existing and new initiatives in Cornwall.

• Stimulate energy savings resulting in a 30% reduction in energy use per Ł of GDP in Cornwall

• Reduce fuel poverty and its associated health problems in both urban and rural areas in Cornwall.

• Stimulate the development of at least 5 new renewable energy projects that are fully acceptable to businesses, residents and planners in Cornwall.

Provincia di Cremona / Province of Cremona (I)

Declaration signed by Giuseppe Torchio, President of the Council

• Increasing the production of green energy to 9.5% by 2010,

• Improving energy efficiency in public building,

• Promote the public procurement of energy efficient materials and / or services.

Devon County Council (UK)

Declaration signed by Brian Greenslade, Leader
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Making Devon greener is a theme that spans the breadth of our Strategic Plan for the great county of Devon.  We have a duty to protect the environment not only for today’s residents and visitors but also to ensure the wellbeing and quality of life of future generations. Our aim is to make Devon England’s greenest county. We will do this by:

• considering the environmental implications of all our policies and decisions and ensuring that everything we do helps to maintain Devon’s high quality of life, landscape and biodiversity,

• setting a good example to others by using energy and water more efficiently, reducing waste, and pursuing a strategy to combat global warming by promoting renewable energy generation and reducing our carbon footprint,

• promoting best practice among other Devon organisations, schools and businesses in our role as a commissioner of services, planner, regulator and community leader

• encouraging the people of Devon and our own staff to play their.

•  part in helping to make Devon England’s greenest county.

Община Димитровград / Dimitrovgrad Municipality (Bg)
signed by Dimitar Hadzhiivanov, Mayor

• Implementation of the energy efficiency and renewable energy sources policies at municipal level, in accordance with the following documents:

  • Bulgarian Energy Strategy - chapter II.4;

  • Law of energetics;

  • Law of energy efficiency;

  • Program of the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria;

  • National plan for climate changes actions;

  • National plan for development until 2006

  • National Program for energy savings until 2014 and the 3-year action plan

  • National program for housing renewal

• Effective utilisation of the energy sources;

• Lowering the energy expenses in the municipal budget,

• Reallocation of funds saved from effective energy utilisation for other implementation of other municipal priorities;

• Sustainable use of renewable energy sources in the municipality and increasing the energy produced by renewable energy sources.

The objectives are the result of discussions and analysis between the County Council, the Romanian Agency for Energy Conservation, the Romanian Association for Energy Efficiency  (SOCER) and the University of Craiova

• By 2015: 12% reduction of heat energy consumption in district heating, by the rehabilitation of housing built between 1950 and 1985,

• By 2010: 15% reduction of heat energy consumption for district heating of the condominium type, by installing thermostatic valves and cost distributing frames,

• The reduction of losses by the rehabilitation of the heat energy from the urban central heating system (annual savings estimated at over 2000 tep.),

•  By 2015: 15% reduction of fossil fuel consumption for hot water of household use in the residential and tertiary areas, by using solar energy,

• Use of bio diesel for the production of electrical and heat energy in co generative installations, mainly in hospitals.

Etelä-Pohjanmaan Liitto / Regional Council of South-Ostrobothnia (FIN)

Declaration signed by Tapio Liinamaa

• The self-sufficiency of the energy production, 100% or more,

• To be a region of bioenergy sources,

• To reduce energy consumption.

Flevoland Provincie / Province of Flevoland (NL)

Signed by Michel Jager, President and Tjeerd van der Wal, Secretary

Sustainable targets of the province of Flevoland, the Netherlands:

• The focus of the province of Flevoland is very much on wind energy. The target of 25% of sustainable energy in the last Urban Regional Plan has already been achieved,

• Besides wind energy the province possibilities in developing energy from biomass, heath-cold-storage and manure processing,

• The cultivation of biomass can be realised in combination with the development of nature reserves,

• The province increases the target for sustainable energy to 50% in the year 2030.

Consiliul Judetean Gorj / Gorj County Council (RO)

signed by Ion Călinoiu, President of the Council

• Implement policies promoting a sustainable development and the limitation of traditional energy sources,

• Put into practice energy policies compatible with the environment,

• Increase by 1% annually the energy efficiency in the public sector,

• Cooperate with local public administrations in order to use renewable energies in public transports,

• Cooperate with similar organisations to increase individual and common efficiency of the policy and appropriate measures, and the promotion of the programmes regarding: the transfer or the access to environment friendly technologies; the know-how, practices and processes for the development of renewable energy sources in public fields,

• Support a favourable climate in the private sector so as to promote, develop and facilitate the access to environment friendly technologies,

• Respect the Kyoto Protocol’s obligations.

Hampshire County Council (UK)
signed by Ken Thornber, Leader of the County

• raise awareness and promote action amongst staff on energy efficiency,

• through the Carbon Management Plan, develop actions and set and monitor targets for CO2 reductions from all County Council activities,

• promote through our partnerships energy efficiency and the use of RES to at least meet our sub-regional targets

• Formal energy saving program with determinated quantitative goals, supported with trainings, encouragements and regulation initiatives.

• Introduction of control and measure installations in all organized electricity supply systems with the purpose of achieving actual effectiveness and improving the transport costs structure, concerning the decision makers and the customers groups.

• Exploring of the opportunities for using the calorific energy surplus in the sphere of industrial manufactures, through development of smaller decentralized systems for heat supply in areas with high heat density.

• Initiatives for improvement of the technical efficiency of the individual heating installations with lower investments at the level of the buildings - residential and public.

• Using renewable energy sources. Introduction of solar collector installations for manufacturing and provision of hot water.

Targets set in the field of sustainable energy according to the Municipal Development Plan for the period 2007 – 2013.
Improving the energy infrastructure:

• Energy efficiency modernization of the electric street lighting - town of Haskovo,

• Project for energy efficiency in the school “V. Levski” – town of Haskovo,

• Improving the electrification in Haskovo Municipality,

•  Maintenance of the power supply system,

• Gas supply in the town of Haskovo.

• Energy efficiency:

• Development and implementation of Municipal energy efficiency programme,

• Support for introduction of renewable energy sources,

• Introduction of energy saving electric street lighting in the municipality,

• Confirmation of residential and public buildings,

• Introduction of renewable energy sources (solar collectors) in the municipal buildings.

Région Haute-Normandie / Haute-Normandie Region (F)
signed by Alain Le Vern, President

Promote consumption curb and energy efficiency in Haute-Normandie :

• reduce gradually energy consumption in buildings especially residential buildings (and social housing).
• promote amelioration in energy efficiency and rational use of energy in all sectors
• reinforce ecoconditionality rules for allocating regional aids in order to promote energy savings

Develop energy self-sufficiency by decentralized production

• reduce energy dependence by developing decentralized renewable energy production

Strengthen the leadership of Haute-Normandie in energy production

• maintain the existing energy potential while promoting the share of renewable energy sources

• Establishing a single  market for bio gene resources like Bio diesel until 2015

• Pilot project involving the procurement of 50 flexible fuel vehicles

• Participation in a project with Volkswagen on sun fuel.

• 15% of the total energy coming from renewable resources until 2015.

• Reducing energy intensity by 1% annually, saving 59.84 ktoe of primary energy consumption foreseen in 2010,

• Increasing the use of natural gas in the final energy consumption and saving 1.48 ktoe by year 2010,

• Producing 126 ktoe of renewable electricity increasing the power installed up to 300MW, which supplied 50 % of the renewable sources energy consumed in the province.

• Substituting 28 ktoe of conventional energies in final uses with renewable energies by 2010.

Jämtlands Läns Landsting / Jämland county Council (S)
signed by Hans Lundqvist President of the Council & Harriet Jorderud, Commissioner of the Council

• Reducing carbon dioxide emissions from all activities

• Heating systems will be changed from oil heating to district heating with bio fuel in all properties owned by the County Council.

• A new campaign has just started involving all the staff with the purpose of sawing more energy.

• Reducing heating demand and electricity consumption by 5 % by 2010

• to be totally fossil free by 2050 or earlier,

• to have less than 50 % fossil fuels, target already reached, in 2004, the region had 61 % fossil fuels

• to buy public fossil fuel free cars by 2010,

• to be a region of renewable energy sources.

• Implementing energy efficiency measures in all the public buildings

• Analyzing the biomass potential in the region

• Wider use of RES

• Gas supply of the town of Karlovo

• Close cooperation with the Sub-Balkan Energy Agency, established under the Intelligent Energy – Europe Programme

• Reconstruction and modernization of the street lighting of the Municipality of Karlovo and introducing automated system of centralized radio control of the lighting

• Consumption reduction of energy about 20% due to the existing buildings in the year 2004,

• Increasing the utilization of district and local heating about 50% on 2004,

• Special equipment with a solar-thermal system for every third building,

• Increasing due to utilization of wood increment from 60% at the moment to 80%,

• Increase due to power generation from hydropower of +7%.

• Ensure that sustainable energy is incorporated into all development plans, policies and strategies for existing and new initiatives in Cornwall.

• Stimulate energy savings resulting in a 30% reduction in energy use per Ł of GDP in Cornwall

• Reduce fuel poverty and its associated health problems in both urban and rural areas in Cornwall.

• Stimulate the development of at least 5 new renewable energy projects that are fully acceptable to businesses, residents and planners in Cornwall.

Keski-Suomen Liitto / Central Finland Region (FIN)
signed by Sirppa Pekkarinen, Vice-President

• Increasing the self-sufficiency of the energy production,

• Increasing the share of RES, especially share of wood,

• Be a fossil-fuel free region by 2015 (excluding fuels for traffic).

Objectives set up for the sustainable energy sector:

• To fit out 25 000 social houses with renewable energies (thermal solar, wood energy) by 2010

• To keep the leadership of the region for photovoltaic

• To value the regional resources en wood energy

• To support the development of the label "Effinergie" in the region (low building consumption)

• Be a key region for the economic development  of companies from the sector of the sustainable energy, especially through innovations (pole of competitiveness DERBI) and the international fair of the renewable energies (December 6-8th 2007)

• Promotion of the procurement of "Green Electricity" to the citizens
• Reduction of energy consumption
• Promotion of the use of RES to to public through the co-operation with the local self-governmental authorities
• Reduction of the use of cars and promotion of the use of public tranportation
• Increase the use of RES in public and private constructions
• Improve the environment protection system
• Promote the use of biomass

Regione Lazio / Lazio Region (I)
signed by Angelo Bonelli, Vice-President

• reducing the final energy consumption by 1% annually;

• respecting Kyoto;

• financing innovation and research in RES.

Regione Liguria / Region of Liguria (I)
signed by Franco Zunino, Vice-President

• Increase energy efficiency (10% savings),

• Set CO2 emissions at 1990 levels,

• 7% energy from renewable sources.

• Reaching Kyoto Targets

Regione Lombardia really purposes to reduce GHGs’s emissions, suggesting itself as a best practice at a national level in reaching Kyoto targets.

The Plan foresees to save more than 2.000.000 tons (Sustainability Scenario) or 3.000.000 tons (High Sustainability Scenario) of GHGs’s emissions by 2012. Scenarios have been calculated not considering Emission Trading’s target referred to the regional industrial sector.

• Reaching target of RES’s contribution in the energy supply

Directive 2001/77/EC states that RES have to contribute for 22% on total production of electrical energy for 12% on total energy consumptions.

Nowadays the RES represent 17% of total production of electrical energy and 9% of total production of energy.

Plan’s High Sustainability Scenario foresees to reach European target for RES by 2012.

• Reaching targets for Directive 2006/32/EC

Regione Lombardia foresees a reduction of 6-9% of the energy final use by 2012 (nowadays the regional energy system consumes 25.773.240 toe).

National Decrees for Energy Efficiency (2004) are an effective tool to promote energy efficiency in the different sector of use.

• Expected results Plan’s

Regiăo Autónoma da Madeira /Madeira Region (PT)

signed by Joăo Carlos Cunha e Silva, Vice-President of the  Madeira Regional Government

• An increase of 20MW in installed wind energy, until  the year 2010;

• An increase in the accumulation capacity of energy of water origin, 1200MWh until the year 2010;

• Exploitation of the Biomass (forest) energy of 12GWh/year until the year 2010;

• To have 15000 Energy Building Certificates until the year 2010.

Comunidad de Madrid / Madrid Region (E)
signed by Fernando Merry del Val, Regional Minister for Economy and Technological Innovation

• Achieve an energy saving of 10% over the consumption tendency for 2012,

• Stimulate the development of renewable energy projects in order to duplicate their contribution to the regional energy balance for 2012,

• Reduce CO2 emissions from energy use by 10 % over the actual tendency for 2012.

Община Маджарово – Madzharovo Municipality (Bg)
signed Atanas Dimitrov, Mayor

Consiliul Judetean Maramureş / Maramureş County Council (RO)

Declaration signed by Marinel  Kovacs, President of the Council

• Increase of energy efficiency at regional level by promoting energy management practices, improving the energy performance of public buildings in the region, awareness raising and motivation of citizens with respect to the efficient energy use;

• Creation of a Local Energy Agency;

• Increase the share of renewable energy sources at regional level and implementation of new technologies for electrical power production;

• Reduce greenhouse gas emissions for all activities in order to stop the climate change;

• Minimise the environmental impact of the production, transport, distribution and utilisation of all energy forms

WojewÓdztwa Mazowieckiego/Mazowieckie Voivodeship Region (PL)
signed by Mr. Adam Struzik, Marshal

Mid-West Regional Authority (IRL)
signed by Mattie Ryan, Councillor

• 3% reduction in CO2 emissions per annum until 2020

• 5% of heat provided from renewable energy by 2010 and 12% by 2020

• 15% of electricity provided from renewable energy by 2010 and 30% by 2020

• 1% reduction in energy consumption per annum until 2015

• 33% reduction in energy demand within public sector by 2020

Provincia di Milano / Province of Milano (I)
signed by Bruna Brembilla, Vice-President

• Reducing the final energy consumption by 1% annually,

• Installing 30.000 kW solar thermal collectors by changing the local building regulation,

• Installing 1.000 kW of PV on the schools of the province by 2010.

• Development of a project for gas supply for the municipality
• Development of a programme for confirmation of the buildings in the municipality.

Moray Council (UK)

signed by Eddie Coutts, Convener

• Promoting energy recuperation from organic waste,

• Encouraging and promoting the consumption of renewable and alternative combustibles,

• Rehabilitation of electrical and thermal power systems and stations,

• Organising information campaigns with the purpose of raising the awareness of the population regarding the importance of the rational consumption of energy.

Gobierno de Navarra / Region of Navarra (E)
signed by José Javier Armendáriz Quel, Minister of Industry, Technology, Trade and Labour.

• 6.7 % reduction of the energy consumption in housing, commerce and services by 2010,

• 14% energy supply from renewable energy sources by 2010,

• 75 % of the electricity production from renewable energy sources by 2010.

Provincie Noord-Brabant / Province of North Brabant (NL)
signed by Onno Hoes, Regional Minister for Economic and European Affairs of North-Brabant

• Increasing of energy efficiency by 1 to 2% per year

• Reaching 5% of sustainable energy by 2010

Norrbotten Löns Landsting / Norrbotten County Council (S)
signed by Kent Ögren, Commissioner County Council

• Reducing heating demand by 5% by 2010,

• Reducing the use of electricity by 5% by 2010,

• Reducing hot water consumption by 5% by 2010,

• Increasing the share of Renewable Energy Sources.

• Double the uptake of Low Carbon Building grants within the North West to 272 grants taken up per annum by 2010,

• Double the installed capacity of Combine Heat and power energy generation to 1.5GW by 2010

• Increase renewable energy from 321MW installed capacity (1,049 GWh) to 1,231 MW installed capacity (3,500 GWh) by 2010,

• Reduce the growth rate of trip made by private care in the region to zero by 2010,

• Increase the percentage of local authorities with carbon reduction management plans to 80% by 2010.

Land Oberösterreich / Region of Upper Austria (A)
signed by Mr. Rudi Anschober, Regional Minister for Energy and Environment & Mr. Josef Pühringer, Governor of Upper Austria

• Increasing energy efficiency by 1 % annually (1.5 % in the public sector),

• Doubling biomass and solar energy until 2010,

• Additional 10 PJ from renewable energy sources until 2010.

Consiliul Judetean Olt / Olt County Council(RO)

signed by Jenel Copilău, President of the Council

Oppland Fylkeskommune / Oppland County Council (N)

Declaration signed by Audun Tron, Chairman of the County Council

• 30% of stationary energy consumption will be bio energy by 2010,

• Convert all use of heating oil and 60% of electrical works power to new renewable energy sources, with the main emphasis on bio energy,

• 10% of fuel used on Oppland will bio diesel remains in force. By 2010, all bus transport under the direction of the County Oppland will run on 5% bio diesel or other renewable fuel,

• The offer of education within bio energy must be strengthened.

• Ensure that sustainable energy is incorporated into all development plans, policies and strategies for existing and new initiatives in Cornwall.

• Stimulate energy savings resulting in a 30% reduction in energy use per Ł of GDP in Cornwall

• Reduce fuel poverty and its associated health problems in both urban and rural areas in Cornwall.

• Stimulate the development of at least 5 new renewable energy projects that are fully acceptable to businesses, residents and planners in Cornwall.