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In December 2011, the European Commission launched its Energy Roadmap 2050 3 in order “to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80%-95% below 1990 levels by 2050” 4 . It describes seven different scenarios in order to help Member States decide which energy strategy is best suited to their situation. It is worth noting that the share of renewable energies rises substantially in all decarbonisation scenarios (5 out of 7), achieving at least 55% in gross final energy consumption in 2050. The RES share even reaches 97% in a High Renewables Scenario. Supporting measures As part of its policy for promoting renewable energies, the European Union formulated an array of measures to support the creation of production systems for renewable energies. Tax incentives Tax incentives are a matter for the domestic policy of Member States, and have little relevance at European level. In this context, Directive 2003/96/EC restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity allows Member States to provide for exemptions, in full or in part, from any tax imposed on biofuels, energy from renewable sources, and energy products used in rail or waterway transport. Research and innovation The SET (Strategic Energy Technology) Plan is designed to promote (i) low-carbon technologies, (ii) sustainable fossil-fuel power generation and (iii) the demonstration of carbon capture and storage. The SET-Plan was adopted by the Council of the European Union in February 2008 and it marks the first step towards establishing a European policy on energy technologies. Its aims are: to accelerate knowledge development, technology transfer and up-take; to create a framework that will enable the EU to maintain its industrial leadership in the lowcarbon energy technologies; to foster science for transforming energy technologies in order to achieve our energy and climate change goals for 2020, and to contribute to the worldwide transition towards a low-carbon economy. Future financial instruments – Horizon 2020 Horizon 2020 is the financial instrument implementing the Innovation Union, a Europe 2020 flagship initiative aimed at securing Europe's global competitiveness. Running from 2014 to 2020 with an €80 billion budget, the EU’s new programme for research and innovation is part of the drive to create new growth and jobs in Europe. Link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020 Horizon 2020 will focus funds on three key objectives. It will support the EU’s position as a world leader in science with a dedicated budget of €24.6 billion. It will help secure industrial leadership in innovation with a budget of €17.9 billion. This includes a major investment of €13.7 billion in key technologies, as well as greater access to capital and support for SMEs. Finally, €31.7 billion will go towards addressing major concerns shared by all Europeans, across six key themes: Health, demographic change and well-being; Food security, sustainable agriculture, marine and maritime research and the bioeconomy; Secure, clean and efficient energy; Smart, green and integrated transport; Climate action, resource efficiency and raw materials; and Inclusive, innovative and secure societies. Link: http://setis.ec.europa.eu/ 3 http://ec.europa.eu/energy/energy2020/roadmap/doc/com_2011_8852 _en.pdf 4http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/ 11/914&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en 6 RETS Compendium – © 2012 RETS Consortium
Although its creation was announced in November 2011, the programme will not start until 2014. Funding related to renewable energy, climate change actions and the role of ICT will be found in the “societal challenges” pillar 5 . State aid State aid (public subsidies to companies) is essentially forbidden under the Treaty establishing the European Community, so as to rule out distortions to competition. However, certain exceptions allow the Member States to grant state aid, with a strict proviso that it must serve the common interest. Aid granted for protecting the environment is specifically permitted in the following cases: aid for going beyond Community standards of environmental protection, aid to investment destined for energy saving, highly efficient cogeneration, renewable energies and environmental studies. Sources: Commission Regulation (EC) no. 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty Guidelines of 1 April 2008 on state aid for environmental protection Key links European Commission portal for Energy http://www.ec.europa.eu/energy/index_en.htm European Commission portal for Sustainable Energy http://www.ec.europa.eu/energy/sustainable/index_en.htm European Commission portal for News in the Energy field http://www.ec.europa.eu/news/energy/ Europe’s Energy portal http://www.energy.eu Summary of energy legislation http://www.europa.eu/legislation_summaries/energy/index_en.htm EUR-LEX http://www.eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm Baromètre Observ’ER http://www.energies-renouvelables.org/barometre.asp Horizon 2020 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020 Renewable, Energy Snapshots, JRC Scientific and Technical Reports, September 2011 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/11/ 914&format=HTML&aged=0&language=en&guiLanguage=en EU Energy in figures Statistical Pocketbook 2012 http://ec.europa.eu/energy/publications/doc/2012_energy_figures.pdf 5 http://ec.europa.eu/research/horizon2020/pdf/press/fact_sheet_fp7_ themes_in_h2020.pdf RETS Compendium – © 2012 RETS Consortium 7
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