Energy Agreement for Sustainable Growth
May 2014
Implementation of the
Energy Agreement
Ed Nijpels
Who participated in the negotiations?
Rationale for the Energy Agreement
✔ Long-term perspective
✔ Coherence
✔ Ambition
✔ Realism
✔ Growth
In short:
It is the basis for a broad-based, robust, affordable and
future-proof energy and climate policy
Objectives
✔ a reduction in final energy consumption averaging 1.5% annually
✔ an increase in the proportion of energy generated from renewable
sources from 4.4% currently to 14% in 2020 and to 16% in 2023
✔ create at least 15,000 full-time jobs, a large proportion in the next years
✔ improve the competitive position of companies
✔ investment security and innovation support
✔ decrease the costs of energy for households (321 million Euro) and
businesses (266 - 331 million Euro), compared to Coalition Agreement
✔ substantial investments between 2013 and 2020:
subsidies (13 - 18 billion Euro), infrastructure costs, private investments
15 implementation domains
✔ Saving energy in the built environment
✔ Saving energy in industry, agriculture and the commercial sectors
✔ Decentralised energy generation
✔ Scaling up renewable energy generation
✔ Energy transmission network
✔ EU Emissions trading system (ETS)
✔ Coal-fired power stations and CCS
✔ Mobility and transport
✔ Employment and education
✔ Innovation and commercialisation of clean tech
✔ Funding and investments
✔ Monitoring
✔ Communication
✔ Regional objectives, initiatives and networks
✔ Cross-cutting theme: heat
Some areas of agreement (1):
✔ Revolving fund for energy saving in the built environment,
amounting to some 300 million Euro
✔ Energy label that indicates the building’s energy
performance and serves to raise awareness
✔ Strict implementation of the Environmental Management Act:
obligation to take cost-effective energy-saving measures
✔ An independent centre of expertise to assist businesses in
identifying the most effective energy-saving measures
Some areas of agreement (2):
✔Joint lobby for structural improvement of the EU ETS to
promote cost-efficient CO2-reduction
✔Close cooperation in NW-Europe and the North Sea Region to
coordinate the large-scale generation of renewable energy and
grid development
✔Effective financing regime for energy-investments to link
bank-financing to capital-market financing by Dutch and
foreign institutional investors
Wind offshore
Speed up and scale up offshore wind power:
✔ 4450 MegaWatt operational in 2023
✔ Innovative demonstration site starting in 2014
✔ Cost reduction of 40% per MWh until 2024
✔ Innovation throughout the chain: foundation, realisation
and maintenance
✔ Robust legal framework: locations, concessions, subsidies
✔ Tennet responsible for the offshore grid
Promoting a wind energy sector with international prospects
Governance and assurance:
The Dutch’approach
✔ permanent standing committee with full participation of all
parties involved in the Agreement
✔ each party is responsible for implementing its own actions
✔ the parties are jointly responsible for the successful
implementation of the Energy Agreement
✔ the committee monitors progress and will, when necessary,
amend measures to achieve the targets
Tasks of the standing committee
✔ operationalise general agreements
✔ inspire and encourage parties to take action
✔ monitor progress of actions & results
✔ implement necessary adjustments and amendments
✔ define supplementary actions
✔ develop the ‘post 2020’ agenda
Transparant …
BEN (Dashboard)
Actions started
Tool for:
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✔ Monitoring: overview and in-depth information on progress
✔ Management of actions by parties, coordinators and staff
✔ Public communication
… and Accountable
✔ Annual progress report
✔ National Energy Report: annual policy assessment
✔ Formal evaluation of the Energy Agreement in 2016
✔ Ongoing dialogue with all parties and regions involved