Tools and challenges of gas network investment in the EU | 12 New

European Energy Studies
European Energy Studies Volume VII
THE EUROPEAN SUPERGRID
Edited by
ANA AGUADO CORNAGO
Secretary General at EDSO for Smart Grids
and Former CEO of Friends of the Supergrid
Volume 5 | Issue 2 | May 2015
Energy has always been a potential
positive European cooperation and
integration factor. Providing zero-carbon power to homes and businesses
across the EU will require an open
market in electricity, underpinned by
both upgraded and new trans-national
transmission networks.
Building this network in time to meet
the 2050 challenge will require action
now. Supergrid is a European project
that will not only integrate the energy
markets but will contribute to the
European Union further integration
process. Moreover, a European Supergrid will allow Europe to transform its
NORMAN MACLEOD
ANNE-KATRIN MARTEN
LEONARDO MEEUS
DAVID NAVIDAD MENCÍA
JOSE ALFONSO NEBRERA
JÜRGEN NEUBARTH
MARCO PERONACI
JULIAN POPOV
ZAFAR SAMADOV
FRANK SCHETTLER
MAHER SOYAH
JACQUES VANDERMEIREN
DIRK WESTERMANN
ROBERT WHITEHOUSE
WILHELM WINTER
be implemented today if there was the
political will do so followed by the
implementation of the necessary
regulatory instruments. The different
chapters will lead us through the period
when the idea of a European Supergrid
was just a vision to the reality of the
technological developments that make
it possible to have such a transformed
energy system in the near future.
Europe can afford a transformed energy
system. Investing in all these new
technologies that can limit global warming to 2°C has of course a cost but the
cost of doing nothing would be much
higher and not only in terms of money.
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Michelle Hallack and Miguel Vazquez plead to bridge the informational gap between
shippers, Transmission System Operators and policy-makers
New state aid guidelines for renewable energy discourage
competition, green energy and energy security | 22
Randy M. Mott vigorously accuses the European Commission to favour the large conventional utilities by
favouring auctions against feed-in tariffs and certificate system
Moving towards an Energy Union - Recommendations
from the IEA in-depth review of the EU | 37
HIGHLIGHTS
Sylvia Beyer is glad to note how the European Union’s new energy roadmap and vision reflect many of the
recent recommendations from the International Energy Agency
Is all about a European integration project at social and
economic level
Proposes the way to a new sustainable energy system
Standardization and common Grid Codes forming the
technical framework for European wide HVDC grids | 43
Focus on optimising the energy mix of the EU and its
transition to the use of local resources
Includes up to date information on technology
developments from the European industry
Schettler/Dragon/Imgrund/Marten/Westermann/Whitehouse/Winter explain the network codes and
technical standards needed for High Voltage Direct Current transmission in the perspective of large scale
renewable energy sources
Explains how the external energy dependency could be
reduced while increasing Europe’s security of supply
The European Supergrid
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Tools and challenges of gas network
investment in the EU | 12
Volume 5 | Issue 2 | May 2015
WRITTEN BY
ANA AGUADO CORNAGO
PIERRE BERNARD
MIKE BODEN
ERNESTO BONAFÉ
PIERRE BORNARD
MARCELLO DEL BRENNA
MAGNUS CALLAVIK
DANIEL COHN-BENDIT
EDDIE O'CONNOR
MANJINDER DHESI
JULIA DRAGON
PHILIPP GODRON
RAMONA HUUVA
GERHARD IMGRUND
NIKOLA KULJACA
present energy system, still mainly
based on fossil fuels, to one that is
sustainable since it will not only be able
to optimise all generation (energy
mixes) of the Member States but will
also be able to integrate all renewable
energy sources that Europe wishes to
exploit.
By doing so, Europe increases its security
of supply while diminishes its external
dependency, creates new skilled
employment opportunities, and gives
greater impulse to the new technologies
where European companies are today
world leaders.
This book will show that the above could
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Law making
State of play and perspectives of the negotiations in the European institutions on pending
and forth­coming legislative proposals
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Case law
C-359/11 and C-400/11 ECJ expands consumers’ information concerning any changes
to prices under gas and electricity supply contracts
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Book reviews
V. du Castel , La sécurité des approvisionnements énergétiques - Enjeux et défies pour
l’Union européenne; F. Bafoil, F. Fodor and D. Le Roux, Accès à l’énergie en Europe Les précaires invisibles
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Country reports On the scene
U.S.: Energy tycoon is changing world’s energy map;
Switzerland: Developments under the CO2 emission reduction regulation
The dynamics between European Commissioners and Vice-Presidents
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