fossil-fuel power plant boiler operative | generator operator | fossil-fuel power plant operator | heat recovery power plant production operator

fossil energy

fossil energy

importer of primary fossil energy

fossil-fuel power station operations | operating fossil-fuel power plants | fossil-fuel power plant operations | operations in fossil-fuel power plants

Sustainable Development of Coalbed Methane: A Life-Cycle Approach to Production of Fossil Energy

fossil fuel power generation

intermittent energy source | variable renewable energy | VRE [Abbr.]

32. Recognises that subsidies for all energy sources, including fossil fuels and nuclear energy, may have significant repercussions on energy prices; notes that some renewable energy sources, such as onshore wind and solar photovoltaics, are close to being cost-competitive with conventional energy sources, and considers that the associated support schemes should therefore be adapted, and subsidies phased out over time, so that the funding can be reallocated to research and development programmes on energy technologies such as next-generation renewable energy sources and storage technologies; st ...[+++]resses, however, that this should be announced well in advance to avoid any harmful effects on the sector, and that it requires reformed energy market design, streamlined administrative and grid connection procedures and better transparency in energy markets; deplores the retroactive changes made by some Member States to support schemes, which have damaged investor confidence and investment levels in renewable energy sources; asks the Commission to study how energy-only markets can be redesigned in such a way as to guarantee returns on investments in variable renewables, which have the effect of bringing wholesale prices down while also having an impact on investment returns; stresses that a clear RES policy, combined with RD programmes, is necessary to drive down the costs of all renewable technologies and to enhance innovation and the development and deployment of newer and less mature technologies; asks the Commission to study the overall impact of priority dispatch, including on general energy costs;

30. Recognises that subsidies for all energy sources, including fossil fuels and nuclear energy, may have significant repercussions on energy prices; notes that some renewable energy sources, such as onshore wind and solar photovoltaics, are close to being cost-competitive with conventional energy sources, and considers that the associated support schemes should therefore be adapted, and subsidies phased out over time, so that the funding can be reallocated to research and development programmes on energy technologies such as next-generation renewable energy sources and storage technologies; st ...[+++]resses, however, that this should be announced well in advance to avoid any harmful effects on the sector, and that it requires reformed energy market design, streamlined administrative and grid connection procedures and better transparency in energy markets; deplores the retroactive changes made by some Member States to support schemes, which have damaged investor confidence and investment levels in renewable energy sources; asks the Commission to study how energy-only markets can be redesigned in such a way as to guarantee returns on investments in variable renewables, which have the effect of bringing wholesale prices down while also having an impact on investment returns; stresses that a clear RES policy, combined with RD programmes, is necessary to drive down the costs of all renewable technologies and to enhance innovation and the development and deployment of newer and less mature technologies; asks the Commission to study the overall impact of priority dispatch, including on general energy costs;

12. Points to the importance of self-sufficiency in energy and security of energy supply in the EU and to the major role of European renewable energy sources, including slowly renewable sources, for regional economies; points out that the efforts to the shift from fossil and imported energy towards locally and regionally, including cross-border projects, produced European renewable energy are important in the long term in order to meet the targets set in the Energy Roadmap 2050 and the Europe 2020 strategy; thereby the providing acc ...[+++]ess to safe sustainable and affordable energy for all European citizens; regrets that the EU’s dependency on imported fossil fuels exposes European regions vulnerable to crises and competitiveness;

Energy from renewable sources means energy from renewable non-fossil sources, namely wind, solar, aerothermal, geothermal, hydrothermal and ocean energy, hydropower, biomass, landfill gas, sewage treatment plant gas and biogases.