Climate friendly economy: Introduction of best available techniques (BAT)

• Project completed.
• On the project website, registered users find manifold analytical material such as answers of German experts on questions of in-house emissions control, legal analyses on BAT basics and a media digest: www.good-climate.com/…
• Two draft national standards ("Technical approaches to sewage sludge treatment" and "Approaches to the introduction of continuous emission control in cement plants") have been developed in a participatory manner and submitted to the project partners.
• Contribution to the update of the national BAT reference document "Self-monitoring and metrological assurance" has been made.
• One new teaching module "BAT and management systems" has been developed and tested in a training course for 96 specialists.
• Two Fact Sheets on waste water treatment/disposal have been published.
• Two DIN on data transfer for continuous emission control have been technically translated and submitted to the project partners.- 4 practical guides and leaflets from the Bavarian State Office for the Environment on handling low-pressure water have been translated and submitted to the project partners.
• 08.12.2020 Participation in the online conference "Trends and prospects for the development of water supply and water treatment in Russia: opportunities for German-Russian cooperation" with presentation of project activities on issues of industrial wastewater and sludge treatment.
• Participation in the German-Russian round table on industrial wastewater in close cooperation with the Russian Water Association (RAWW) in the framework of the All-Russian Water Congress on 01.10.2020.
• Published article "Industrial wastewater: the timeliness of industry-specific requirements", professional journal "Best Available Techniques", issue 1, 2021 (in Russian only).
• Published article "Wastewater treatment: European methods and Russian practices", professional journal "Ecology of production", issue 12, 2020 (in Russian only).
• Published regulation on requirements for discharging wastewater into water bodies in Russian and presented the translated version with discussion at the Russian Ministry of Environment on 16.02.2021.
• Online working meeting of the project and the pilot plant "Heidelberg-Cement" in September 2020 on the current implementation of the pilot project for the introduction of automated systems for continuous emission control. The status quo, current problems and challenges were discussed with technical experts.
• 11th of September 2019: Final conference of the first phase of the project with more than 120 participants took place in Moscow. In frame of the panel session the interim results of the project implementation and the new challenges of the reform were discussed. A special story film was produced by the project to show the goals and tasks of the project in context of climate and environmental protection.
• 5th - 9th of August 2019: the study tour to Bavaria to present the experiences in the regulation of non-IED-facilities took place. The specialists of the city administration of Munich and government of the Upper Bavaria shared experiences with the Russian delegation comprising of the representatives of MNRE, RPN, BAT Bureau and industrial enterprises. There were also site visits to the facilities regulated under TA Luft (technical guidelines on pollution control of the atmosphere), incl. digestion facility, sewage treatment facilities and BMW plant.
• July 2019: two rigorous training courses of the project have been held at the State University of Tomsk and at the People’s Friendship University of Russia in Moscow. Both universities use and integrate the curricula developed by the project in their own academic programs based on the license agreements signed with project.

Main results and impacts 2015 – 2019

• Six expert opinions have been prepared for drafts of normative acts regulating the introduction of BAT.
• Three drafts of state standards for cement industry enterprises have been prepared.
• 24 publications on BAT related topics have been published.
• Eight educational courses have been organized and carried out.
• Eight BREFs have been drafted with support of project experts.
• Nine companies have been consulted on the potential and needs for BAT implementation.
• Three training modules on legal bases and technological aspects of BAT implementation have been developed.
• 272 representatives from permitting authorities and business have been trained on integrated permits and BREFs
• Two pilot companies of the project received an integrated environmental permit in 2019.
• Five study tours to Germany focusing on BAT and emission controlling have been organized.