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The EU‘s new Energy and Climate Package:

A breakthrough in Europe's Renewable Energy Politics?

Stephanie Schlegel

Ecologic – Institute for International and European Environmental Policy

Sources: FOEE, EWEA

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Share of each ressource in the renewable primary energy production (EU, 2005)

What role play renewables today in the EU?

Today: 8,5% renewables in overall EU energy consumption (2005)

Source: European Commission, 2008 (data: 2005)

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Overview of RES use in the EU

(source: BMU 2007)

Share of renewable energies in primary energy consumption

• f European Union countries in 2005

Source: European Commission, 2008 (data: 2005) Source: BMU 2008

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Overview of the EU’s renewable energy policy

• 1997: White Paper for Renewable Energy
• 12 % RES of total energy consumption by 2010
• 2001: Renewables Directive
• 21% of RES share in electricity production

by 2010 (2005: 14%)

• 23. January 2008: EC proposes „Energy

and climate package“

• Follows the EC renewable energy roadmap Jan 2007
• Contains proposal on a Directive on the promotion
• f the use of energy from renewable sources
• expected to come into effect in 2010.

1997 2008

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Cornerstones of the Renewable Energy Directive

• 1. 20% RES binding target of overall energy

consumption by 2020

• Effort sharing among Member States
• 2. Allows trade/ transfer of guarantees of
• rigin
• 3. 10% biofuels target by 2020 (2005: 4%)
• Requires compliances with sustainability criteria

All these issues have been controversially discussed and most are still under discussion

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What of the proposal is likely to survive?

How a proposition becomes a directive As drafted by the As marked up by COREPER As amended by the Social and Commission Economic Council After first reading by EP After second reading by EC As implemented by the Member States As reported by the press As understood by the The directive that was actually taxpayers needed

Discussions on the Commission’s proposal have already been intensive next months/years are likely to spark further debates NEXT STEPS: The Directive needs to be adopted by the European Parliament and European Council

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• 1. 20% RES target/ effort sharing among MS

Crucial points: 1. Level of targets/ if binding or not 2. Burden sharing 3. „Indicative trajectory“/ Time schedule to achieve the targets and legal consequences (25% until 2012, 35% until 2014, 45% until 2016, 65% until 2018)

Member State Share of RES 2005 Target share RES 2020 Denmark 17.0% 30% Germany 5.8% 18% France 10.3% 23% Lithuania 15.0% 23% Malta 0.0% 10% Sweden 39.8% 49% The Slovak Republic 6.7% 14%

Effort sharing among Member States/ Examples from the Proposal (Annex 1)

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• Introduction of a

new framework for the trading of renewable energy generation certificates

• U-turn 5 days before

publication:

• Only countries that

have met their targets will be able to allow the sale of certificates

Source: BMU 2007

• 2. Trading of RES certificates (GOs)

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3.2. 10% Biofuels target

• Background: substitute in transport sector/

independence from imports

• Heavily discussed after many studies arguing that cost
• utweigh the benefits and that there is no guarantee
• f reducing GHG

Source: SRU 2007 source: Economist

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3.2 10% biofuels target

• Discussions on sustainability criteria

(prerequirement for the 10% target)

• Currently only some environemental criteria

(GHG savings, protection of biodiversity)

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Thank you!

Stephanie Schlegel

Ecologic, Pfalzburger Str. 43-44, D-10717 Berlin

• +49-30-86880-0,
• +49-30-86880-100

stephanie.schlegel@ecologic.eu, www.ecologic.de