Verklaring van Warschau geeft zicht op verbetering energiebeleid (en)

Met dank overgenomen van Pools voorzitterschap Europese Unie 2e helft 2011 i, gepubliceerd op donderdag 1 december 2011.

The participants in the international conference on the ‘Strategic Energy Technology Plan’ adopted the Warsaw Declaration on 29th November. The document spells out undertakings designed to ensure Europe's energy security and pinpoints the sources of their financing.

The Warsaw Declaration is the product of work by the Polish Presidency, politicians tasked with developing Europe's energy policy and experts from power companies. The document lists guidelines on scientific research policy in the area of energy intended to guarantee speedy and effective fulfilment of the seven initiatives comprising the SET-Plan.

In accordance with the Declaration, Member States will invest in new methods of energy production and its more efficient use and will support the commercial introduction of innovative technologies.

Conference participants agreed that it was essential to ensure adequate financing of the projects comprising the SET-Plan by Member States. It was proposed that special funds be established for the purpose, financed with revenues from the emissions trading scheme.

The authors of the Declaration have calculated that the development of clean technologies will require the input of 8 billion euro annually. In order to provide stable financing of the undertakings described in the Declaration, Member States and the European Commission will work hand-in-hand with such financial institutions as the European Investment Bank and promote such modern banking instruments as the Risk Sharing Financing Facility.

The SET-Plan is composed of the following seven European industrial initiatives:

  • 1. 
    European Wind Initiative - accelerated implementation of solutions designed to optimize production costs, facilitate grid integration and stimulate the development of wind farms in maritime areas.
  • 2. 
    Solar Europe Initiative - long-term research programme into photovoltaics (PV) and concentrating solar power technologies (CSP), construction of several pilot plants for the mass production of solar energy and the development of demonstration projects, with centralized and decentralized applications.
  • 3. 
    European Electricity Grid Initiative - intelligent management of transmission networks, effective management of supply and demand, greater input into power grids from renewable energy sources.
  • 4. 
    Bio-energy Europe Initiative - launching of some 30 demonstration projects using the technology of sustainable production of advanced bio-fuels and bio-liquids, and combined high-efficiency generation of heat and electricity using biomass as fuel.
  • 5. 
    European CO2 Capture, Transport and Storage Initiative -development and demonstration on an industrial scale of the full chain of CCS technologies. The goal of the relevant undertakings in support of the CCS sector is to obtain full commercial viability beyond 2020 on the assumption that the profitability threshold relative to freed emission prices will amount to 30-50 euro per ton of carbon dioxide.
  • 6. 
    Sustainable Nuclear Initiative - commercial deployment of Generation-IV nuclear reactors by 2040.
  • 7. 
    Energy Efficiency - the Smart Cities Initiative - improvement of energy efficiency in cities as the next step (after clean energy) towards the reduction of carbon emissions. The EC has stressed that cities and their suburbs possess the highest potential for saving energy. Cities offer the simplest and cheapest chance of attaining that goal.

data publikacji: 01-12-2011