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Summit in Brussels. Europe, the single energy market and sustainable global energy goes strengthened

As before, I invite you to visit this link . Operating on the icons below. Striking energy dependence, where Spain, by the way, is at the highest rates. The major issue to be discussed at today's Council is the policy EU energy. First I will ask the effort they put in history how is the energy market in the European Union, because the situation is practically the same as when I wrote this post . The aim is to plan the future European energy. This week has been discussed a lot on energy in the plenary of the Parliament, at the request of the Commission. Oettinger Commissioner brings a well-designed and thoroughly discussed with Merkel, who has met with leading German energy and industrial corporations. There is an important fact: for the top of the energy of 2007 met with power producers green. Not this time. The meetings have revolved around the proposals of the Commission, which wants to increase the use of renewables, while helplessly observed the growing disparity between Member States.

The key word is, once again, harmonization. Just Germany is the country most successful in the transition to a renewable electricity from a process supported by a national law (EEG), which operates the electrical system of premium rates, ie incentives (reduction of premiums ) for the expansion of green electricity. Moreover, in Europe we have a general problem, the grid operators have been negligent not to expand its core network. In the European Union as a whole lacks 45,000 kilometers of new power lines, which should be completed within the next ten years.

After this deficiency, the most worrying is that there is no internal energy market. One of the major obstacles continues to be France, where utilities are state and the market is not liberalized. I have friends who say the Mediterranean Solar Plan (designed by the UM) is actually dominated by French interests . In any case, the grand plans for the future of Europe's energy import electricity passing through the north side and south side, I mean the electricity expected from projects and Desertec Seatec (multilateral agreement for the North Sea).

is true that the EU has a leadership role in the development of renewable energy, but some complain that too much is still committed to nuclear weapons. Not only the German government increased its investment in 2009 for nuclear fusion research, but common resources are being devoted to the ITER fusion reactor, located in France. Energy experts reproach to the ITER project to its high cost and uncertainty of the results, estimated it could take four or five decades realized, although it said in his defense, that particle accelerators have a high scientific interest for purposes that go beyond the production of energy.

We must not forget that energy is very present in Europe 2020 program, which includes a goal of consuming 20% \u200b\u200bless energy with a triple goal: reduce costs, reduce Europe's dependence on imported oil and gas, and combat climate change. The energy savings would reduce our CO2 emissions by 780 million tons. There

regard, since 2007, Energy Policy and Energy Efficiency Services, under which the Risers shall be energy savings of 16% in 2016. However, after continuous assessments carried out by the Commission, that limit has been reduced to 10%, which seems more realistic. This leads us to admit that the same target of 20% seems unattainable, plus it is not binding, something of great concern to environmentalists and industry, which believes that the mere cost criterion is risk-dominated cheaper technologies, but less efficient.

Therefore, it is interpreted that only the mandatory use of renewable energy they can get imposed, which contradicts the reduction in planned investment energy efficiency for the next ten years. unfairness occurs when some stress that nuclear fusion is subsidized by the Member States, while renewables are financed by the consumer side payments by support tools such as German EEG. In contrast, production of green electricity is becoming cheaper, it is expected that in a few years to reach cost parity with traditional electricity. I hope so, but to be seen whether this premise is in a naive wishful thinking .

Here you can read the conclusions the previous Council (May 2010) for preparation of Energy Action Plan that should be approved just 2011. However, in the Council today will be a delay, and the target is reduced to reach agreement to revise the energy efficiency policy in 2013, delaying the period of negotiation which is far from unanimity among the twenty-seven .

Member States are unwilling to afford the large investment required for energy efficiency, although the Commission to include among its top priorities. While European governments are not too prone to efficiency, however do seem more willing to opt for greater energy security by improving the quality of the networks.

seems, therefore, that governments are evading the real issue of substance, and that energy efficiency is itself a source of energy. Other actors, especially in the environmental field, lamented the low emphasis on energy conservation. Beyond the ideological debate puramento Europe should expand use of renewable energy do so in a common framework, with a shared network and the full liberalization of the market. Returns over the medium to long term may hinder private investment, but political intervention determined European should be able to give credit to green energy projects on criteria of efficiency and savings. European Energy is a key strategic concept that has to do with competitiveness, safety and sustainability, and should be a credible model, so the EU must be able to provide the energy policy instruments capable of imposing a common approach.