FOREN 2016 DECLARATION

  CUPRINS:
Foreword ......................................................................................................................... 7
Summary of the important events ........................................................................ 15
Session organised under FOREN 2016 ................................................................ 19
KA1 Session: European policies fostering sustainable energy development ........ 19
RTF1 Session: Smart solution for power supply of smart cities.
Main objective: the energy consumer ............................................................ 21
WF1 Session: Human resources for the energy systems ...................................... 22
Regional energy day: Central and Eastern European Energy
Union for regional integration and security of power supply .................... 23
RTF2 Session: Fuel mix options in the region, based on cost analysis for
the entire life-cycle .................................................................................................... 24
WF2 Session: Energy efficiency, energy conservation. Turning the
potential into reality ........................................................................................ 25
Energy Trilemma and Energy Security Session .................................................... 27
RTF3 Session: Developments in energy transportation (crude oil
an natural gas). Collaboration at regional level ............................................ 28
WF3 Session: Energy research. Funding for the sustainable
development of the energy sector .................................................................. 29
KA2 Session: Competition and trading rules in the EU internal market.
Impact of volatile energy prices ..................................................................... 30
RTF4 Session: Management, control and monitoring of electricity
quality. Issues on equipment and related services ....................................... 31
Scientific communication session ......................................................................... 33
DS1: National policies and targets for the integration into the EU energy and environmental policies ......................................................... 33
DS2: Energy markets. Market operation versus planning .................................. 34
DS3: Energy efficiency, energy conservation, new trends and issues ................ 36
DS4A: Oil, natural gas - conventional and unconventional ............................... 37
DS4B: Nuclear energy .............................................................................................. 39
DS5: Coal and clean coal technologies ................................................................... 40
Corporate-level round table events ...................................................................... 42
Expoforen 2016 ........................................................................................................... 43
Messages, conclusions and recommendations presented to the FOREN
2016 participants by the main decision-makers and operators ................. 43
General conclusions and recommendations ....................................................... 48
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................... 50
FOREN 2016 Sponsors ............................................................................................... 51
  PREZENTARE:
Coordinator: Ph.D. Eng. Gheorghe BĂLAN
Team of writers:
Nicolae GOLOVANOV
Virgil MUȘATESCU
Victor VERNESCU
Elena RATCU
Nicolae Napoleon ANTONESCU
Alexandru PĂTRUŢI
Gheorghe INDRE
Călin VILT
Vasile RUGINĂ
Silvia PRUNDIANU
Elena PAVEL
Violeta PERA
Editors: Elena RATCU
Victor VERNESCU
  PREFATA:
FOREN 2016 in a nutshell
The Central and Eastern Europe Regional Energy Forum - FOREN 2016, focusing on “Safe and Sustainable Energy for theRegion” was organised, according to tradition, by the Romanian
National Committee of the World Energy Council (RNC-WEC), under the auspices of the World Energy Council - London Office.
The event took place between 12 and 16 June 2016, at Vox Maris Grand Resort in Costinești - Romania.
FOREN 2016 is the 13th edition of FOREN Forums that RNC-WEC has been organising biennially since 1992.
The topics debated by the members of the Energy Community - more than 750, of whom 30 were foreign key scientific figures -, focused on the meeting of energy needs based on oil, gas, coal, nuclear and renewable resources, while limiting the carbon footprint, so as to ensure the
sustainable development of the energy sector but also of the economy as a whole.
The fact that FOREN 2016 was attended by the Minister of Energy, by State Secretaries in the Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Education, by managers of the main institutions with competence in the field of energy, by specialists in the university and industrial environment, by ASTR (Romanian Academy for Technical Sciences) experts and by World Energy Council representatives imprinted the debates held in plenary and in specific sessions with a profound sense of accountability in regard to the future of the energy sector, as a sector of outstanding importance for the country’s economic development.
A wide range of events
The debates organised during FOREN 2016 were structured under eleven Forum-level Important Events, five Scientific Sessions and 16 Corporate-level Round Tables. The topics which were subject to analysis focussed mainly on problems such as access to modern energy, availability of energy and impact of the energy sector onto the environment. It was emphasised that Romania has a privileged position in the region given its varied energy mix, which, if rationally used, will enable a safe and sustainable energy supply to Romania on the medium-term (until 2035). The smart use of renewable energy resources, of nuclear power plants, of solutions targeted towards a limited pollution by the power stations and also the development of smart methods for the
burning of fossil fuels are elements that may enable Romania to fully comply with the EU requirements on the limitation of the carbon footprint to values below 450 ppm.
A specific attention was also given to the group of specialists from the Republic of Moldova who, along with the Romanian specialists, debated issues related to the interconnection of the Moldovan energy system with the Romanian one and to the steps required to ensure the interconnection with the European energy system.
FOREN 2016 brought an important contribution in regard to the knowledge of the current technical and scientific status of companies operating in the energy field, as 27 domestic and foreign companies attended this forum and displayed their exhibits and products.
Each event of the Forum was concluded with a package of conclusions, recommendations and measures to be submitted to the competent bodies, with the aim to underline the problems that the energy sector is currently facing and to contribute to the preparation of Romania’s Energy Strategy - of which drafting is close to completion.
The sessions on specific topics, which were organised and facilitated by RNC-WEC, dealt with the most important issues currently on the table of the energy specialists’ community, namely:
- European policies fostering sustainable energy development (KAI Session);
- Smart solutions for power supply of smart cities. Main objective: the Energy Consumer (RTF1 session);
- Human resources for the energy systems (WF1 Session);
- Central and Eastern European Energy Union for regional integration and security of power supply (Regional Energy Day);
- Fuel mix options in the region, based on cost analysis for the entire life-cycle (RTF2 Session);
- Energy efficiency, energy conservation. Turning the potential into
reality (WF2 Session);
- Energy trilemma and energy security (Energy Trilemma Session);
- Developments in energy transportation (crude oil and natural gas).
Collaboration at regional level (RTF3 Session);
- Energy research. Funding for the sustainable development of the energy sector (WF3 Session);
- Competition and trading rules in the EU internal market. Impact of volatile energy prices (KA2 Session);
- Management, control and monitoring of electricity quality. Issues on equipment and related services (RTF4 Session).
The Scientific Sessions organised during FOREN 2016 - DS accommodated decisive contributions, by the participants, to the settlement of certain important problems related to the energy systems and development thereof:
- National policies and targets for the integration into the EU Energy and Environment Policies (DS1, organised with the assistance provided by ISPE - Institute for Studies and Power Engineering);
- Energy markets. Market operation versus planning. Role of transmission and distribution system operators on the energy market. Stability-price ratio (DS2, organised with the assistance
provided by CEZ Romania);
- Energy efficiency. Energy conservation. New problems and trends (DS3, organised with the assistance provided by ICPE - The Electrotechnical Research Institute);
- Oil, natural gas - conventional and unconventional (DS 4A, organised with the assistance provided by ROMGAZ);
- Nuclear energy (DS 4B, organised with the assistance provided byRATEN).
The topics debated during the Corporate-level Round Tables, which were organised by renowned entities operating in the energy sector, focussed on the main challenges faced by these entities in their endeavour to ensure the sustainable development of the energy sector.
A specific interest was attached both to the Round Table organised by the members of the VLER Programme within RNC-WEC, which included debates on the vision and contribution of young people to the building of the energy sector’s future and to the Round Table organised
by the Technical University of the Republic of Moldova, which comprised detailed debates on the problems related to the interconnection between the energy system of the Republic of Moldova and Romania’s energy system.
  CUVINTE CHEIE: