EU Policy concerning Low Carbon Energy Supply
One of the pillars of CO2 reduction at neighbourhood level is to ensure low CO2 emissions on the supply side. Apart from using high efficiency plants for fossil fuel based energy generation, the use of renewable energy sources will ensure that emissions at point of generation be reduced.
The Directive on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources from April 2009 (DPERES - for the full text click here) for the European Commision’s page on renewable energy click here) sets the target of generating 20% of final energy from renewable resources by 2020. It fixes the obligatory shares of renewable energy that each Member State has to achieve by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. These shares vary between Member States. The directive covers all energy-related sectors (electricity, heating, cooling, transport) and creates a long term regulatory framework, on which the necessary investments can rely. The Member States have freedom with regard to their choice of implementation and funding strategies for reaching their targets.
One important point stated by this directive is that every Member State is to adopt a national renewable energy action plan (for the list of National Renewable Energy Action Plans click here) and is to submit a report to the Commission every two years on progress in the promotion and use of energy from renewable sources. Information about the different renewable energy technologies you will find in TECHNOLOGIES (on this website).
Further information regarding low carbon energy supply policy will follow soon.
One of the pillars of CO2 reduction at neighbourhood level is to ensure low CO2 emissions on the supply side. Apart from using high efficiency plants for fossil fuel based energy generation, the use of renewable energy sources will ensure that emissions at point of generation be reduced.
The Directive on the Promotion of the Use of Energy from Renewable Sources from April 2009 (DPERES - for the full text click here) for the European Commision’s page on renewable energy click here) sets the target of generating 20% of final energy from renewable resources by 2020. It fixes the obligatory shares of renewable energy that each Member State has to achieve by 2020 compared to 2005 levels. These shares vary between Member States. The directive covers all energy-related sectors (electricity, heating, cooling, transport) and creates a long term regulatory framework, on which the necessary investments can rely. The Member States have freedom with regard to their choice of implementation and funding strategies for reaching their targets.
One important point stated by this directive is that every Member State is to adopt a national renewable energy action plan (for the list of National Renewable Energy Action Plans click here) and is to submit a report to the Commission every two years on progress in the promotion and use of energy from renewable sources. Information about the different renewable energy technologies you will find in TECHNOLOGIES (on this website).
Further information regarding low carbon energy supply policy will follow soon.
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