About SISPE

The integrated energy efficient pumping station system (SISPE) is a sustainable transition from pumping stations that are powered by electricity from the national energy grid to self-supply with the help of renewable energy wind, photovoltaic panel and storage medium.
The project is developed under the patronage of the Ministry of Energy supported by the Administration of the environmental fund; Romanian Public Administration Association and Romanian Green Building Council.
Water services today face challenges in providing their services under urban pressure in an increasingly insecure climate due to power outages and unfavorable conditions and unsustainable SEN connection costs in some localities. The consumers of the pumping station generate a visible electricity consumption that can be seen in the carbon footprint. Thus, SISPE opens up a market that can help utilities plan and achieve their service objectives, while taking into account climate change and reducing their carbon footprint. The SISPE project can be tailored to the needs of each community.

 

SISPE is developed by VODALAND BALKAN and contains the following components:
- Pumping station (storage and pumping of wastewater);
- Hybrid system for electricity production (photovoltaic + wind panels);
- Storage medium (9 kW - 35 kW);
This integrated system is environmentally friendly due to the materials and energy sources used.
SISPE is intended for both Off-Grid and On-Grid installation.
Off-Grid: SISPE is 100% energy autonomous using 3 power supplies, cascading electricity:
- solar / wind energy + storage medium + LPG-based generator;
On-grid: it is recommended to go with 3 power supplies, so that the monthly costs are reduced by 90%:
- solar / wind energy + storage medium + SEN (LPG-based generator becomes optional).

 

The current trend is clearly to increase electricity consumption. Energy consumption recorded by water and wastewater operators is on an increasing trend due to the connection of new consumers, the expansion of the operating area and the commissioning of new facilities (treatment plants, treatment plants and pumping stations) in mainly as a result of the process of ensuring compliance with European directives on water and wastewater.
Energy consumption recorded by regional Canal Water operators in Romania increased in the period 2015-2020 by approximately 35% (from 538 million kWh / year in 2015 to 726 million kWh / year in 2020, equivalent to 2% of final consumption nationally registered electricity). The share of electricity expenditure in 2020 reached about 12% of total operating costs, putting pressure on consumer affordability. At the level of 2020, regional operators produced through their own facilities (eg micro-hydropower plants on shares, biogas, etc.) only 4.9 of the energy consumed, which is well below the level recorded by internationally sustainable operators.

 

In this context, SISPE assists operators with investment measures for the development of renewable energy production facilities to cover their own energy consumption. We can reach Net Zero if the use of wastewater pumping and purification systems will run on renewable energy. These facilities will help reduce the use of electricity in the SEN and we will be able to reach the target with the indicators imposed by the European Union.