EIB experience in financing smart meter roll-outs

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1 EIB experience in financing smart meter roll-outs Donal Cannon Head of Representation South Aisa India EU Smart Grid Workshop European Investment Bank

2 The EIB who? The EU s treaty bank (1958) owned by the EU 28 Investment in sound projects for sustainable economic growth inside and OUTSIDE to EU to meet European Union objectives Lending: The vast majority of our financing is through loans, but we also offer guarantees, microfinance, equity investment, etc. Blending: Our support unlocks financing from other sources, particularly from the EU budget. This is blended with loans to form a full financing package. Advising: Lack of finance is often only one barrier to investment. We help with administrative and project management capacity to facilitate investment. European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 2

3 The EIB the EU Bank Lending 2016 EUR 78bn (2015 EUR 77.5bn ) Funding 2016 EUR 60bn Green Bonds world s largest issuer Largest supranational lender AAA/Aaa/AAA European Investment Bank 16/03/2017 3

4 EIB Energy lending by objective 2015 EUR 13.8 bn = 14.2% of all lending 16 EIB Energy Lending ( bn) Security of Supply Energy Networks Renewable Energy Energy Efficiency European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 4

5 EIB energy lending in 2015 In 2015, the EIB signed loans to finance 14.6 million advanced meters in the EU. Gas Grids 21% Thermal Generation and Fossil Fuels Other Electricity Grids 34% Renewable energy 31% European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 5

6 Financing advanced metering infrastructure Key EU legislative instruments Directives on the internal energy markets (2009/72/EC and 2009/73/EC) EIB s Energy Lending Criteria (July 2013) Advanced metering systems for energy are eligible for EIB s financing : Distribution investment programmes, including smart meter roll-outs and, more comprehensively smart grid demonstration projects, is one of the priorities. European Investment Bank 16/03/2017 6

7 Appraising advanced metering infrastructure Appraisal of economic interest Cost Benefit Analysis At an early stage on the basis of: country policy, legal & regulatory framework and CBAs main objectives of the roll-out expected unit costs At appraisal stage with more detailed information (bank-ability?) Relevant Capex and Opex Avoided costs (avoided Capex and meter reading savings) Potential energy savings Reduced CO 2 emissions from the above Customer time savings (from meter readings) European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 7

8 Smart Grids in the EU context Over the last decade, electricity networks have gained an increasingly important role in the EU energy infrastructure policy and, as a result, in the EIB lending activities Key role of electricity networks to meet EU energy policy objectives is being further strengthened for next decade Proposed regulation on guidelines for trans-european energy infrastructure plus related financing framework (Connecting Europe Facility) adopted as of 2014 Expected financial support of ca. EUR 90 bn over for energy infrastructures, incl. smart grids. New Energy Efficiency Directive requires billing to be made on actual rather than estimated consumption (by 2015): encourages use of smart meters Smart grids in the EU: an extremely open concept facilitating the development of low carbon initiatives from distributed and centralised renewable generation, demand flexibility and larger use of electricity for personal transport focused on reducing dependency on traditional network reinforcements, maintaining and possibly improving the current level of reliability of supply and minimising the investments needed to adapt the pre-existing infrastructure implying wider use of communication, monitoring and control technologies and/or the integration of higher performance network equipment European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 8

9 Smart Grid financing operations GRDF - GAS SMART METERS (France): EUR 200m (2014) 2.8 million gas smart meters, new communication network, information management system SMART METERS - PROJECT SPARK (UK): GBP 360m (2015). 7 million electricity and gas meters, remote readings, near real-time consumption information and better management of the network. Since 2013, the EIB has been involved in the financing of more than 22 million electricity and gas advanced meters in 7 countries (Estonia, Poland, Slovenia, Italy, France, Spain and UK). Demonstration projects IBERDROLA NETWORK MODERNISATION AND SMART METERS (Spain): EUR 325m (2015). UK POWER NETWORKS UPGRADE (UK): GBP 350m(2012). BOLLORE RDI (storage) VEHICULE ELECTRIQUE-ID SYS (France): EUR 130m (2011). AUTOLIB ELECTRIC CAR SHARING (Paris) BOLLORE (France): EUR 75m (2012) EIB operations in pipeline: LINKY (smart meters with ERDF) (France): EUR 500m for EUR 2.2bn investment in smart meters. SMART METER ROLL OUT N 2 (UK): EUR 500m for EUR 2.1bn investment smart meters. HYBRID FINANCING FOR POWER NETWORK MODERNISATION (Spain): EUR 500m for EUR 1.3bn investment on electricity grid modernisation, including smart meters and smart grids. European Investment Bank Group 16/03/2017 9

10 Active Distribution Grids Integrated management of responsive loads, distributed generation, system configuration, and distributed storage Enable to meet local system needs (voltage regulation, power flow control) and global system requirements (preserving system reliability or following RE fluctuations). Effectiveness/benefits still unproven; they depend on: customer s behavioural adaptation availability of a cost-efficient form of distributed energy storage (as RE penetration increases) To support decision makers on whether to proceed with national roll-outs, demonstration projects have been launched in many EU MS EIB can finance these demonstration projects (direct loans and/or risk sharing financial facility) By 2020 up to 200m smart meters could be installed in EU requiring an investment of EUR30-40bn European Investment Bank Group 16/03/

11 The Offshore Grid The offshore grid in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea is a new concept that aims to combine the function of harnessing offshore renewable resources with cross-border exchanges Meshed approach to facilitate interregional compensation of fluctuating offshore wind sources by connecting them with storage facilities/loads across Europe Expected to enable substantial reduction of network costs and improved resilience compared to the current connection approach based on radial subsea connections to each individual wind farm. The full implementation of the off-shore grid: involves some breakthroughs, notably in HVDC area requires to overcome some political and regulatory issues Investment potential for Northern Seas: EUR 32bn by 2020, EUR 90bn by 2030 European Investment Bank Group 16/03/

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