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Smart Grids and Storage Info Day: Policy Context

Andreea Strachinescu

DG Energy, Head of Unit, New Energy Technologies, Innovation and Clean Coal

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Towards an integrated

EU energy system:

Policy Context

Andreea Strachinescu

DG Energy

Head of Unit

New Energy Technologies, Innovation

and Clean Coal

Energy Info Days – 3rd of October 2016 - Brussels

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Main Policy Elements

2030 Climate-Energy Package

Energy Union / COP21

Winter Package

Set-Plan & Integrated Roadmap

ETIP on Smart Energy Networks

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Agreed headline targets

2020

2030

New governance system + indicators

-20 % Greenhouse

Gas Emissions

20% Renewable

Energy

20 % Energy

Efficiency

- 40 % Greenhouse Gas

Emissions

27 % Renewable

Energy

27%* Energy Efficiency

10 % Interconnection

15 % Interconnection

* To be reviewed by 2020, having in mind an EU level of 30%

2030 Framework for Climate and Energy

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Energy Union

Integrated

Interconnected

Resilient

Secure

1. Energy security, solidarity and trust

2. A fully integrated internal energy market

4. Transition to a low-carbon society

5. Research, Innovation, Competiveness

3. Energy Efficiency first

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Focus areas:

− Number 1 in RES

− Consumer – smart grids, smart home

appliances, smart cities

− Efficient energy systems

− More sustainable transport systems

And two additional priorities:

− A forward-looking approach to CCS and CCU

for the power and industrial sectors

− Nuclear energy – the use of the highest

standards of safety, security, waste

management and non-proliferation;

Investment in clean energy

Source: Bloomberg

The Energy Union 5th pillar (R, I & C)

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Paris Agreement on Climate Change

EU commitments

• Effort Sharing Regulation setting the

greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for

Member States for 2030 and a proposal on

integrating the land use sector into the EU's

2030 climate and energy framework.

• Strategy on low-emission mobility setting the

course for the development of EU-wide

measures on low and zero-emission vehicles

and alternative low-emissions fuel

• Mission Innovation

COP21 - 12/2015

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Winter Package

Energy Efficiency package

Revision and update of

• Energy Efficiency Directive (EED)

• Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD)

to reflect the new energy efficiency target for 2030.

By the end of 2016:

Proposals for legislation necessary to complete the Energy Union

for implementation in the post-2020 period

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Winter Package

• New Electricity Market Design

• Revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED)

and bioenergy sustainability policy for 2030

(RES share of at least 27% in the EU in 2030);

• Communication on the most vital energy infrastructures

• Revision of the Regulation on security of electricity supply.

• Governance of the Energy Union

(preparing the ground for creating Integrated National

Energy and Climate Plans for the period of 2021 to 2030).

• An Energy Union research, innovation and competitiveness

strategy for a low carbon economy (EURICS)

• Second State of the Energy Union

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SET Plan fit for the new challenges

• New impulse to the partnership

• Principles: targeted focus, integrated

approach, new governance

• Changes:

• SET Plan in the Energy Union

• Widening to new actors

• More joint actions

• Transparency, indicators and reporting

• Monitoring and knowledge sharing

COM 2015/6317

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Integrated Roadmap, Energy Union & SET Plan

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Current state of the Declaration of Intent:

Technologies, systems and services for

more flexibility should therefore be

developed in the following areas:

• Energy grids and systems (including

interconnections),

• Storage, connections with other energy

networks

• Demand response, integration of prosumers

• Flexible and sustainable backup and

generation.

SET Plan Action 4

Resilience, security and smartness of the energy system

+ Economic efficiency

Electricity at the center of the

energy system

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Setting targets and implementing the SET Plan

https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/news/integrated-set-plan-fit-new-challenges

• The SET Plan has built strong collaboration

and commitment among EC, the MS and

research and industrial actors through a

highly participatory process.

• We are commonly setting R&I priorities with

the aim to maintain – or regain in some

cases – the EU's global leadership in low-

carbon technologies and solutions, and

support climate change policies.

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ETIP – Smart Energy networks

+

+ New stakeholders

• TSOs

• DSOs

• National representatives

• Research & Academia

• Storage (technology and services providers)

• Consumers (aggregated & not aggregated)

• Thermal Generation (flexible)

• ICT technology & network providers

• Non ICT manufacturers equipment suppliers

• Renewable Energy Sources ETIPs

• Interface to Other Energy Carriers (Heat, Transport,

Gas, …)

• Regulators

European Technology

and Innovation

Platform (ETIP)

on

Smart Energy

Networks for Energy

Transition

First meeting 27/06/2016

Energy

SET-Plan 2016 - CEE Conference

Energy

"Energy Union: Towards a transformed European

energy system with the new Integrated Research,

Innovation and Competitiveness Strategy"

30/11- 02/12/2016, Bratislava

(Slovakia’s EU Council Presidency)

Unique platform to discuss synergic action of EU energy

policy and research and innovation policy in transforming

the energy system

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Energy

Thank you

for your attention !

Magdalena-Andreea.STRACHINESCU-OLTEANU@ec.europa.eu