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Summer 2019 European Energy Innovation 5
FOREWORD
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Innovation would like to offer their Welcome to the Summer issue of EEI, proud media partners of this
sincere thanks to all individuals year’s EUSEW. This event, “the biggest European conference dedicated to
and organisations who have renewables and efficient energy use in Europe”, will examine sustainable
contributed editorial images photos energy issues, debate new policy developments, and explore best practices
and illustrations to the magazine. and ideas.
Whilst every effort has been made
to ensure accuracy of the content, We are particularly pleased that Dominique Ristori discusses the
the publishers of European Energy importance of EUSEW before reviewing the legislative programme that
Innovation accept no responsibility has ushered in the biggest EU energy policy reform for a decade, bringing
for errors or omissions. about about, amongst other initiatives, the Clean Energy package and
individual Member States’ NECPs. These new rules demonstrate ambition:
The contents of European Energy new targets for final energy consumption and energy efficiency; and for
Innovation are protected by interconnectivity. There are new rules governing the electricity market;
copyright. and a new strategy for carbon neutrality by the middle of the century.
Underscoring this ambition, M. Ristori reveals that the Commission aims to
All rights reserved. increase spending on research and innovation by 25% over the next budget,
and argues that this Commission has set the most advanced legislative
European Energy Innovation is framework in support of clean energy. Echoing this theme, Lieve Wierinck,
published by: and Lydia Peeters offer the Belgian perspective on innovation within the EU
Prologue Media Ltd Energy Union: last winter, minds here were concentrated by an interruption
1a Shire Lane of nuclear generation. One Belgian approach is the Interfederal Energy Pact,
Chorleywood which seeks to manage the energy transition and is backed by an ambitious
Hertfordshire WD3 5NQ innovation strategy, particularly with solar power, and new investment
United Kingdom in labour. Meanwhile, newly re-elected Miriam Dalli MEP reminds us that
decarbonisation of Europe’s roads is far from “an unachievable utopia”.
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www.europeanenergyinnovation.eu Rannveig van Iterson and Simon Wolf explore deep decarbonisatin of
the steel, cement, plastics and ammonia sectors. They first illustrate
To obtain additional why over 80% of these emissions have been considered “hard to abate”
copies please email info@ before discussing how new technologies applied within the framework of
europeanenergyinnovation.eu the Commission’s 2018 “Clean Planet for All” might together make a net
zero Europe feasible by 2050. They make in important suggestion for the
Editor forthcoming Commission – a Vice President for Industrial Strategy, who
Michael Edmund could ensure sufficient legislative teeth.
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Monica Frassoni contends that “The biggest innovation in energy is
Business Development Director efficiency” She reminds us that the last decade saw an unprecedented
Philip Beausire increase in awareness of energy efficiency, and brought about a raft of
philip@europeanenergyinnovation.eu energy efficiency measure that were central to the Clean Energy package.
She then sets out the importance of energy efficiency in achieving the Paris
Director of Communications goals: 76% of the European GHG reductions required to keep temperature
Sophia Silvert increases below 1.5°C must come this way.
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sophia@europeanenergyinnovation.eu But all this is to some extent ignoring the ‘elephant in the room’. As an
exercise in democracy, commentators might applaud the fact that voter
Design & Production turnout at the recent elections was the highest for 20 years. But the Grand
RayHeathDesign.com Coalition in the EU Parliament is in retreat, and a confused picture is
emerging from Germany, France and Italy, all of which threatens to turn the
Website design issue of Brexit and a new UK Prime Minister into something of a political
pulseart.co.uk sideshow – no matter its economic significance to the bloc.
Print But sadly that debate itself threatens to deflect our attention away from
The Magazine Printing Company, an arguably even bigger issue. Recent climate data – including that from
Enfield, Middlesex, United Kingdom Antarctica – is far from encouraging, so let us all work, starting this month,
to bring the optimism and ambition shown by M. Ristori to bear at EUSEW
– and beyond.
…and there is much, much more for you to read inside.
Michael Edmund
Editor
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