Some information on the European Energy Union http://ec.europa.eu/priorities/energy-union/index_en.htm

1. Energy Union
10/03/2015

2. Energy Union
• Reduce dependence on single suppliers:
– Southern Gas Corridor from Azerbeidjan to Italy
– Strategy for LNG and its storage
– Liquid hubs in Central, Eastern Europe and Spain
• More power and independence for EU regulator ACER
• Align security supply legislation and coordinate capacity
mechanism development
• Energy flows:
– 10% interconnectivity by 2020 (probably 15% by 2030)
– 27% renewable energy by 2030
• Energy efficiency and decarbonisation in buildings and
transport sector
• Market Stability Reserve mechanism to fix EU ETS

3. Energy flows – How about Belgium?
• Current situation:
– Physical capacity: 6.247 MW
– Commercial capacity: + 3.500 MW
• Current projects:
• Total production capacity 2013: 20 860,2 MW
• Statistics 2013: https://www.febeg.be/statistiek-elektriciteit
Project Border Capacity
(MW)
Commisioning
Stevin North Sea-BE 6.000 Early 2018
Brabo BE-NL 1.000 Late 2018
Alegro BE-DE 950-1.200 Early 2019
Nemo BE-UK 1.000 Early 2019
Creos BE-LU 1.000 2020

4. EU Emission Trading System
• Installed in 2005 to incentivize green technology investment
• Non-dynamic supply side caused oversupply of emission rights (crisis
and industrial lobby) and too low carbon prices (04/03/2015: 7,08 €/t)
• EU aims to fix system through:
– Backloading emission rights to end of trading period (executed in
2013)
– Market Stability Reserve (MSR): central bank system for emission
rights to lift and control carbon price (target price: 30 €/t)
• Original proposal: start in 2021 (new trading period)
• Proposal being discussed: start in 2019 (withhold backloaded emission rights)
• Timing new proposal:
– Industry committee failed to form positive opinion (non binding)
– Environment committee approved proposal on February 24th 2015
– Council of the EU (member states) unable to find common negotiation position
• Main conclusions:
– No decision on MSR possible as long as member states are unable to
find majority in favor
– Continue with current strategy until decision is taken

5. Other interesting sources
• Five views on the Energy Union:
http://www.naturalgaseurope.com/five-views-energy-
union-assessment-hurdles-22407

6. Joke Bruneel
Marketing & Communications Officer
m: +32 56 25 24 25