SLOVAK MINISTRY OF ECONOMY Integrated National Energy and Climate Plan for 2021 to 2030 prepared pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action BRATISLAVA, DECEMBER 2019 CONTENTS: LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS: PART 1 GENERAL FRAMEWORK ................................................................................................. 7 SECTION A: NATIONAL PLAN ...................................................................................................... 7 1. OVERVIEW AND PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE PLAN ......................................................................... 7 1.1. Executive summary ............................................................................................................................ 7 DECARBONISATION DIMENSION ............................................................................................................................... 10 ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIMENSION ............................................................................................................................... 11 ENERGY SECURITY DIMENSION ................................................................................................................................. 13 INTERNAL ENERGY MARKET DIMENSION ..................................................................................................................... 13 RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND COMPETITIVENESS DIMENSION: ....................................................................................... 13 1.2. Overview of the current policy situation .......................................................................................... 17 1.3. Consultations and involvement of national and Union entities and their outcome ......................... 36 1.4. Regional cooperation in preparing the plan ..................................................................................... 37 2. NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS .................................................................................................... 39 2.1. Dimension: decarbonisation ............................................................................................................. 39 2.1.1. GHG emissions and removal ................................................................................................................... 39 2.1.2. Renewable energy ................................................................................................................................... 43 2.2. Dimension: energy efficiency ............................................................................................................ 50 2.3. Dimension: energy security .............................................................................................................. 56 2.4. Dimension: internal energy market; ................................................................................................. 66 2.4.1. Electricity interconnectivity ..................................................................................................................... 66 2.4.4. Energy Poverty ........................................................................................................................................ 78 2.5. Dimension: Research, innovation and competitiveness ................................................................... 80 DRAFT STATE R&D PROGRAMMES FOR 2020-2024 WITH OUTLOOK TO 2029 (MATERIAL PREPARED FOR GOVERNMENT APPROVAL) ........................................................................................................................................................... 80 SLOVAK RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY (SRDA) ............................................................................................ 82 National Centre for Research and Applications of RES ............................................................................... 82 Intelligent Network Research Laboratory ................................................................................................... 82 Research and development targets ............................................................................................................. 82 3.1. Dimension: decarbonisation ............................................................................................................. 84 3.1.1. GHG emissions and removals .................................................................................................................. 84 Agricultural land - Slovak Government Regulation No 342/2014, laying down rules for granting support in agriculture in the context of decoupled direct payment schemes. The Regulation introduces the efficient use and appropriate timing of use of nitrogen doses from mineral fertilizers. ............................................ 88 Agricultural land after 2015 - Slovak Government Regulation No 342/2014, laying down rules for granting support in agriculture in the context of decoupled direct payment schemes. The Regulation introduces the efficient use and appropriate timing of use of nitrogen doses from mineral fertilizers after 2015. ............. 88 D) SECTORAL POLICIES AND MEASURES IN THE LAND USE, LAND-USE CHANGE AND FORESTRY (LULUCF) SECTOR .................. 88 3.1.2. Renewable energy ................................................................................................................................... 92 3.2. Dimension: energy security ............................................................................................................ 108 3.3. Dimension: energy security ............................................................................................................ 130 3.4. Dimension: internal energy market ................................................................................................ 133 3.4.1. Electricity infrastructure ........................................................................................................................ 133 3.4.2. Energy transmission infrastructure ....................................................................................................... 134 3.4.3. Market integration ................................................................................................................................ 134 3.4.4. Energy Poverty ...................................................................................................................................... 136 3.5. Dimension: Research, innovation and competitiveness ................................................................. 138 SECTION B: ANALYTICAL BASIS ............................................................................................... 140 4. CURRENT SITUATION AND PROJECTIONS WITH EXISTING POLICIES AND MEASURES ......................... 140 4.1. Projected evolution of main exogenous factors influencing energy system and GHG emission developments.............................................................................................................................................. 140 4.2 Dimension: decarbonisation ........................................................................................................... 146 4.2.1. GHG emissions and removals ................................................................................................................ 146 Source: SHMI ............................................................................................................................................... 149 4.5. Dimension: internal energy market ................................................................................................ 196 4.5.1. Electricity interconnectivity ................................................................................................................... 196 4.5.2. Energy transmission infrastructure ........................................................................................................ 201 5. IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF PLANNED POLICIES AND MEASURES ............................................................ 225 5.1. Impacts of planned policies and measures described in section 3 on energy system and GHG emissions and removals, including comparison to forecasts based on existing policies and measures (as described in section 4). ............................................................................................................................... 225 LIST OF PARAMETERS AND VARIABLES TO BE REPORTED IN SECTION B OF THE NATIONAL PLAN ..................................................................................................................................... 252 List of abbreviations: € Euro AM Action Measure AP Action Plan BOE Barrel of Oil Equivalent BSR Bratislava Self-Governing Region CEF Connecting Europe Facility (EU financial tool) CESEC Central and South Eastern Europe Energy Connectivity CNG Compressed natural gas CO Carbon monoxide CO2 Carbon dioxide CPS Compact-PRIMES model for Slovakia CR Czech Republic DHS District heating system CETS Czech energy transmission system DS Distribution system EAP Environmental Action Programme EDEPI European Domestic Energy Poverty Index EED Energy Efficiency Directive EEX European Energy Exchange EC European Commission MPP Mochovce power plant NPP Nováky power plant ENTSO-E European Network of Transmission System Operators EP European Parliament EP SR Energy Policy of the Slovak Republic (material approved by