Fondation EurActiv organised for Monday 11 April a lunchtime Stakeholder Workshop on energy efficiency. The workshop was organised with the support of the partnership of GE Energy and the Assembly of European Regions.

Programme:

Improvements in the generation and supply of electric power can contribute dramatically to Europe’s overall energy efficiency objectives.
Apart from ETS, the supply-side opportunities for improved efficiency had until recently received little attention. Now, the Energy Efficiency Action Plan adopted by the European Commission in March highlights the need to enhance efficiency of the generation and distribution of energy as well as the industrial and domestic consumption of energy.
Meanwhile, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) is moving into phase III in 2013: trading in carbon allowances will move from a grandfathering system to auctioning.

• How will the different initiatives set out in the Action Plan interact with ETS’s Phase III to boost innovation in the energy supply chain and deliver more ‘efficient energy’?
• Will auctioning create significantly higher costs for bidders and provide incentives for innovation and investment in power plant efficiency?
• Could binding EU targets for energy savings encourage member states and the energy industry to be more ambitious and innovative? Can a compromise ultimately be reached at Council level, and how?

Contributors included:

• Bendt BENDTSEN, MEP
• Paul HODSON, Head of Unit Energy efficiency & Intelligent Energy, DG ENER
• Jesse SCOTT, Programme Leader, E3G
• Magued ELDAIEF, Director UK & Executive Director Global Accounts, GE Energy
• Roberto ZANGRANDI, Head of European Institutional Affairs, ENEL

Moderator: Arthur NESLEN, Section Coordinator, EurActiv
Chair: Ross MELZER, Public Affairs Director, EurActiv