Tomorrow Friday, February 4, 2011 will be held in Brussels the European Summit of Heads of State of the Union's 27 member countries on energy, economy and innovation, with the aim to determine the energy policy of the next decade, and will have as main topic the Energy Efficiency and consequently energy savings, to make binding target of 20%.
This topic of energy efficiency of 20% is one of the three objectives of the package "20-20-20.
While the other two targets are binding and require a 20% increase in the production of renewable energy, and a decrease of 20% of greenhouse gases by 2020 (compared to 1990), the target efficiency Energy is the only one of three not to be binding.
According to recent studies dalla'UE a 20% increase in energy efficiency would result in an overall saving of 100 billion € of fuel ( Oil and Gas ) for Europe and 780 million tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. Faced with these figures the German government said that energy efficiency is really a priority. "
In view of the Summit, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wrote to the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, stating that the Italian government is contrary to make the binding EU target to increase energy efficiency by 20 % within the next nine years and that for now it is just a target "indicative". Italian Premier continues " then attach extreme importance to the European Union's dialogue with third countries, to be developed both bilaterally and in multilateral context, having focus for our strategic partners, primarily Russia .
For several months the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, declared his dissatisfaction slow gait of some EU Member States and denounced lack if not the absence of national policies geared towards capital expenditure on energy efficiency, because on the basis Circulation could only reach the threshold of a low +10%. 's why it was convened Summit of Heads of State of February 4, 2011, that discuss and decide on the EU energy policies and measures necessary for extraordinary promote energy efficiency.
Barroso also said, "Let me say frankly that they are unhappy with the progress we're making on energy efficiency. While we are making great strides on the issue of energy production from renewable sources, so that now it is realistic to think that we will reach the target of 20% in 2020, but not for the recovery of energy efficiency that is well done Our best source of energy. "
We hope however, the Italian government's position that the summit would be a good opportunity to impose the standard continental, without having to wait for that member states are binding on its own initiative ... read more
This topic of energy efficiency of 20% is one of the three objectives of the package "20-20-20.
While the other two targets are binding and require a 20% increase in the production of renewable energy, and a decrease of 20% of greenhouse gases by 2020 (compared to 1990), the target efficiency Energy is the only one of three not to be binding.
According to recent studies dalla'UE a 20% increase in energy efficiency would result in an overall saving of 100 billion € of fuel ( Oil and Gas ) for Europe and 780 million tons of CO2 to the atmosphere. Faced with these figures the German government said that energy efficiency is really a priority. "
In view of the Summit, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi wrote to the European Council President Herman Van Rompuy, stating that the Italian government is contrary to make the binding EU target to increase energy efficiency by 20 % within the next nine years and that for now it is just a target "indicative". Italian Premier continues " then attach extreme importance to the European Union's dialogue with third countries, to be developed both bilaterally and in multilateral context, having focus for our strategic partners, primarily Russia .
For several months the European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, declared his dissatisfaction slow gait of some EU Member States and denounced lack if not the absence of national policies geared towards capital expenditure on energy efficiency, because on the basis Circulation could only reach the threshold of a low +10%. 's why it was convened Summit of Heads of State of February 4, 2011, that discuss and decide on the EU energy policies and measures necessary for extraordinary promote energy efficiency.
Barroso also said, "Let me say frankly that they are unhappy with the progress we're making on energy efficiency. While we are making great strides on the issue of energy production from renewable sources, so that now it is realistic to think that we will reach the target of 20% in 2020, but not for the recovery of energy efficiency that is well done Our best source of energy. "
We hope however, the Italian government's position that the summit would be a good opportunity to impose the standard continental, without having to wait for that member states are binding on its own initiative ... read more
JPE 2010
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