Analyses on the National Energy Efficiency Action Plans Assessments of the 1st NEAAPs and Challenges

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Analyses on the National Energy Efficiency
Action PlansAssessments of the 1st NEAAPs and
Challenges for the 2nd Round

9th Inter-Parliamentary Meeting on Renewable
Energy and Energy Efficiency 18th November
2009 Parliament of Belgium

• Dr. Ralf Schüle
• Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
  Energy

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Overview

• Energy Efficiency Watch Project Context
• Energy Consumption in the EU and Policy
  Framework
• Belgian National Energy Efficiency Action
  Plan(s) as Exercise and Indicator
• Policy Conclusions

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Energy Efficiency Watch - Project Context

• Project initiated and supported by more than 30
  Parliamentarians from the European Parliament and
  National Parliaments
• Co-ordinated by EUFORES - European Forum for
  Renewable Energy Sources
• Core group
• Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
  Energy
• ECOFYS
• Upper-Austria Energy Agency
• ECEEE
• In co-operation with the energy efficiency
  related industry and NGOs (as supporting partners)

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Final Energy Consumption and Baseline
Projections(in ktoe)
Final Energy Consumption in the EU 1995 - 2030
(in ktoe)
Source PRIMES (2006)
Final Energy Consumption in Belgium 1995 - 2015
(in ktoe)
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Implementation Lag Energy Efficiency Policy in
the EU and the Role of the ESD

• Climate change mitigation policy
• Absolute and mandatory cap (minus 20 , maybe
  more)
• Revision of EU ETS until 2020 passed
• Effort Sharing Dec. until 2020 passed
• Renewable energy policy
• Mandatory target (20 share)
• Breakdown for each MS until 2020 passed
• Energy efficiency policy
• Indicative targets of 20 primary energy
  savings compared to projections by 2020 plus
  9 final energy savings by 2016 (ESD)
• EuP, EPBD, Labelling, ESD all still in
  implementation process
• New energy efficiency action plan drafted

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Formal Requirements of the ESD

• Energy Efficiency and Energy Service Directive
  (ESD) requires MS
• to adopt target to achieve an overall national
  indicative reduction target in end-energy use of
  9 ... for the 9th year of application ...
  (2008-2016)
• to submit three Energy Efficiency Action Plans
  2007, 2011, 2014
• Only a few formal requirements are given in the
  ESD
• Calculation of national indicative annual energy
  savings target adopted for 2016 and national
  intermediate indicative annual energy savings
  target adopted for 2010
• Displaying energy efficiency improvement
  programmes, energy services, and other measures
  planned for achieving the target
• Measures and strategies complying with the
  provisions on the exemplary role of the public
  sector, and the provision of information and
  advice on end energy efficiency on end users.
• Space for interpretation
• Additionality (ESD vs. Action plan)?
• Early Energy Savings prior to 2008?

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Assessment of Belgian National Energy Efficiency
Action Plan(s)

• Sources
• EC Assessment and EEW Evaluation of 27 Plans
• Submission and target
• Belgium submitted 4 plans (Federal Plan and 3
  Regional Plan Wallonian, Flemish,
  Brussels-Capital)
• Federal plan does not contain a 9 national
  energy savings target

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Assessment of Belgian National Energy Efficiency
Action Plan(s)

• Additional information provided in 4 EEAPs
• Involvement of energy companies, retailers etc.
  only in Brussels and Flemish plan explicitly
  mentioned
• Information on role of energy services and
  financing of measures is provided in all
  plans
• Brussels and Wallonian plan remain
  intransparent about implementing additional
  measures
• Federal and Flemish plan claim for early energy
  savings achieved prior to 2008

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Assessment of Belgian National Energy Efficiency
Action Plan(s)

• Assessment (EC and EEW) (1) Diversity of Plans
• Large heterogenity of four plans in terms of
  content and presentation
• Scarcity of detailed information on measures
  displayed especially in the Federal and
  Wallonian plan
• Relation between technical energy saving
  potentials, energy saving targets and measures
  implemented is not transparent
• Incompatibility and incomparability of plans
• 2016 target of Wallonian plan expressed in PE,
  Flemish target in FE
• EEAP of Flanders and Wallonia apply conversion
  factor 1 for electricity, while EEAP of
  Brussels-Capital uses 2.5 for electricity
• With the exception of the Flemish EEAP no plan
  does contain any estimates of expected energy
  savings.
• However Belgian plans draws attention on the
  relationship between, and integration of
  regional and federal acivities

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Assessment of Belgian National Energy Efficiency
Action Plan(s)

• Assessment (EC and EEW) (2) Packages of measures
• Four EEAPs have good sectoral coverage with
  exception of agricultural sector
• Example 1 Residential Building sector

• Wallonian plan provides a full package of
  measures information campaigns, information
  centres and facilitators, trainings, labelling,
  thermal regulation, energetic standards up to
  subsidies
• Flemish plan contains REG (Rationeel Energie
  Gebruik)

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Assessment of Belgian National Energy Efficiency
Action Plan(s)

• Example 2 Transport sector
• Federal plan contains 11 measures (10 in place
  since 2007)
• main target modal shift
• Focus of measures on information and tax
  incentives for companies and private commuters
• however transport sector main driver of
  expected increase of energy consumption, ?
  Sector not adequately addressed
• expected energy saving of improving transport
  infrastructures is ambivalent (example from
  Wallonia new railway station at Gosselines
  airport)
• Innovative elements (Flanders)
• REG obligation
• Audit covenant

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Conclusions Measuring Energy Savings

• New Action Plan
• Mandatory efficiency targets
• White Certificates Schemes (already in operation
  in UK-CERT, Italy, France, Denmark and
  !Flanders)
• Energy Efficiency Fonds
• Conclusions
• Harmonisation of NEEAPs (template) for
  2011-process and Harmonisation of evaluation
  methods
• Member States need support from the EC and
  partners in other MS to establishish capacities
• Crucial issue additionality/early energy
  savings
• Recommendation (after EEW and EMEEES) twin
  targets for MS 1. mandatory targets for energy
  consumption (to guarantee result) PLUS2.
  indicative energy savings targets (to enable MS
  to demonstrate success of their efforts)

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• Thank you for your attention!
• Dr. Ralf Schüle Wuppertal Institute for
  Climate, Environment and Energy
  49/(0)202/2492-110ralf.schuele_at_wupperinst.org
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• (brochure for download)

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Final Energy Consumption in selected MS
1995-2005in Mio t OE
Source EUROSTAT