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that they would exceed their target.
Only six forecast they would not
manage to reach their target through
domestic action alone and only two that
they would fail to meet the target.
In 2010, EWEA paid special attention to
the emerging markets of Romania, Bulgaria,
Hungary, Poland and Turkey, organising a series
of policy workshops in all of those countries
(except Poland where EWEA held its annual conference
and exhbition) to support market development
and to encourage government action to improve grid
access and streamline administrative procedures.
2020 strategy
In March 2010, the European Commission published its ‘Europe 2020
strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’. This contained commitments
to complete the internal energy market, work towards a supergrid
and single market, and implement the strategic energy technology (SET) plan.
Electricity, infrastructure, system operation and markets
European power market
The third Energy Market Liberalisation Package, adopted in June 2009, requires
National Regulatory Authorities to facilitate the integration of renewables into the power
grid, and transmission system operators (TSOs) to grant electricity from renewable
sources priority dispatch, as per the 2009 Renewable Energy Directive.
European energy companies have the choice either of completely splitting trans mission
and management – the ‘full unbundling’ option, supported by EWEA – or of retaining
their network assets, with network activities or day-to-day grid operation managed
independently.
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