Directorate-General XVII-Energy

DG I | Directorate-General E - Environment, Education, Transport and Energy | Directorate-General I - Climate Change, Environment, Health, Consumers, Foodstuffs, Education, Youth, Culture, Audiovisual and Sport | DG E [Abbr.]

Directorate-General for Energy and Transport | Energy and Transport DG

New Energies and Energy Conservation

Office of Resource Industries, Energy and Food

Some data, such as the Greek and Lithuanian projection for instance deviate substantially from the projections made for the 'EU energy trends to 2030 - update 2009' (Publication by the European Commission, Directorate-General for Energy in collaboration with Climate Action DG and Mobility and Transport DG, ISBN 978-92-79-16191-9).

The Energy Services Directive[21] gives a general framework for many saving actions including an indicative energy saving target.[22] The Directive applies to energy distributors, distribution system operators, retail energy sales companies, and to all energy users except those covered by the Emission Trading Scheme.

Regards it as essential, in view of the multiplicity of support arrangements in place in the Member States, to move the debate about greater convergence and a suitable European system of support for post-2020 forward; is convinced that in the long term a more integrated system for promoting RES at EU level, which takes full account of regional and geographical differences and existing supranational initiatives, and is part of a general effort towards decarbonisation, could help provide the most cost-effective framework for renewables and a level-playing field in which their full potential can be realised; notes that the existing Renewable Energy Directive allows go ...[+++]vernments to use joint support schemes; notes the evidence of experience in certain European countries that successfully demonstrates how a common approach in an integrated electricity market allows for mutually beneficial innovations between national systems; asks the Commission to assess, in the context of a post-2020 framework, whether an EU-wide mechanism for promoting RES would offer a more cost-effective framework in which their full potential could be realised, and how a progressive convergence could function;

Further information can be obtained from the following address: Ministère de l'écologie, de l'énergie, du développement durable et de l'aménagement du territoire (direction générale de l'énergie et climat, direction de l'énergie, Sous-direction de la Sécurité d'Approvisionnement et des Nouveaux Produits Energétiques, bureau exploration production des hydrocarbures), 41, boulevard Vincent Auriol, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (tel (33) 153 94 14 81, fax (33) 153 94 14 40).