Growing concerns about climate change, energy supply and competitiveness afflict the citizens of Europe. The European Commission is determined to tackle these problems, which are increasingly more, and urged the public authorities, companies and researchers to join forces to develop the technologies needed to respond adequately. The chosen date is 2020. The Commission in its proposal presented last October 7, entitled "Investing in the development of low carbon technologies" aims to capture and store emissions from coal plants to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (carbon capture and sequestration carbon, CCS). In itself, the Commission estimates that over the next ten years will require an additional investment of 50 billion euro in research on energy technologies. This means that the EU will make available another 5 billion euro to be added to the already allocated 3 billion annually. The Commission considers that the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET), which is the cornerstone of EU policy on energy and climate, should ensure the implementation of a low carbon economy. Together with the research community and businesses, the Commission established the "roadmaps" that identify technology to low carbon technologies with a high potential at Community level in six areas: wind, solar, electricity, bioenergy, capture and storage carbon and nuclear fission sostenibile.La selection was made on the basis of a consultation process which also involved the Strategic Energy Technologies Information System (SETIS), which provides the results to date research on the current state of the same on the estimates of research and investment in favor of low-carbon technologies in research and development (R & D). Under the plan, the bulk of investments, of € 16 billion, are allocated to solar energy and that 13 billion are for the capture and storage of greenhouse gas emissions. Finally, the Commission wishes that the technologies are made available for plants that will come into operation after 2020. The Commission considers that the transition to a low carbon emissions is just the direction in which the EU is called upon to move, because the crux of the problem is fossil fuels. The energy supply for 80% of the EU depends on fossil fuels, fuels, largely imported from abroad, available in ever smaller and ever higher prices. The transition will bring economic growth and new jobs. Encouraging and supporting a low-carbon Europe will drastically reduce the energy bill for foreign countries and gain a leading position in clean technology and efficienti.
Fonte: Cordis
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