The New Energy market and the
revised Renewable Energy
Directive
What's in for cooperatives?
Alexandra SOMBSTHAY
Unité C1 – Renewable Energy Unit
DG ENER, European Commission
« I want to reform and reorganise
«
Europe’s energy policy
in a new European Energy Union.
Jean-Claude Juncker
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
The Energy Union
Where we want to go:
Secure, sustainable, competitive, affordable energy for every
European
What this means:
Energy security, solidarity and trust
A fully integrated internal EU-wide energy market
Energy efficiency as an energy source in its own right
Transition to a low-carbon society
Research, innovation and competiveness
How we want to reach it:
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
Our vision of an Energy Union
True solidarity and trust; speaking with one voice in
global affairs
An integrated, continent-wide energy system
Sustainable, low-carbon and climate-friendly economy
Strong, innovative and competitive European economy
Citizens
transition
taking ownership of the energy
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
Consumers are central to the
Energy Union
"with citizens at its core,
where citizens take
ownership of the energy
transition, benefit from new
technologies to reduce their
bills, [and] participate
actively in the market"
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
Mortgages
Postal
services
Gas
Electricity
Customer satisfaction is below average
DG SANCO Consumer
Scoreboard 2014
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
The energy landscape has evolved
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
2030 framework for climate & energy
2020
2030
-20 %
Greenhouse
Gas Emissions
20%
20 %
Renewable
Energy
 - 40 %
Greenhouse Gas
Emissions
Energy
Efficiency
27 %
Renewable
Energy
10 %
Interconnection
 27%*
Energy
Efficiency
15 %
Interconnection
* To be reviewed by
2020, having in mind
an EU level of 30%
New governance system + indicators
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Creating a conducive environment for
renewables
Synergies
with other
sectors
(HC, T)
Market
based
support
Stable
investment
framework
leading to lowcost financing
Delivering on the Energy Union's ambition of making the EU the world leader in
renewable energy requires creating a conducive environment for renewables to
attract the required investments
Energy
 In the current framework:
 - No EU legal definition on self-consumption
 - Best practices were highlighted in the 2014
Communication (next slide)
 - Different national legislation that in some cases
prohibiting self-consumption or lead to market
fragmentation (financial/administrative barriers)
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Consumer empowerment is needed
"Providing consumers with
frequent access, including in near
real-time, to partially
standardised, meaningful,
accurate and understandable
information on consumption and
related costs as well as the types
of energy sources"
A New Deal for Energy Consumers Communication 2015
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Source: Directorate-General for Energy
The 2030 RES framework
Based on full
delivery of
the 2020
framework
EU-level at
least 27 %
target
No nationally
binding RES
targets - but
individual MS
to contribute
More
regional
cooperation
and
coordination
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Role of the next Renewable Energy Directive
• Achieve at least 27% RES at EU level
• Further integrate renewable electricity into the market
• Decarbonise heating and cooling
• Increase renewable energy use in the transport
• Empower consumers and remove administrative barriers
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Selected best practices on self-consumption
 Consumers right to renewable energy self-consumption and
distributed storage
 Preference to be given to direct self-consumption over injection
into the grid of non-consumed renewable electricity
 Limiting net-metering schemes to phase-in periods and regular
review in a transparent and predictably way
 Avoidance of retroactive changes to existing self-consumption
projects to guarantee investment security.
 Giving the right market signals through time-of-use tariffs
 Tariff frameworks may be adjusted: result is higher fixed charge but
variable charge for fixed cost recovery retained for efficiency reasons
 Ensuring predictable conditions by announcing caps of installed
capacities after which grid cost exemption are revised.
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• Empowering citizens means…
• •Getting informed via smart solutions
• •Empowering local communities
• •Involving municipalities
• •Home-producing energy
• •Reinforcing training and information
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Local acceptance
 Nine in ten Europeans (90%) think that it is important for their government to set
RES targets (Eurobarometer 409, 2013)
 However, lots of opposition at local level :
 IN BE (Wall.), 37 projects (215 windmills) opposed in 2014
 In DK, more than 200 anti-wind groups
 In FR, 1/3 wind project opposed
 Entails lenghty procedures, uncertainty, higher costs
 Key issues for local communities
 lack of access to project ownership or finance
 lack of information
 lack of participation
Energy communities could bring solutions
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The role of local communities
 Increase local acceptance of RES projects
 Contribute to renewable energy targets
 Empower consumers
 Bring added value to the local economy
 Create local employement
 Can reduce prices for the end-consumer
Energy
Concretely, what are the options?
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The issue of guarantees of origin (GO):
Requirements for disclosure of
the sources of electricity will be reviewed
• EU instrument for renewable energy mix disclosure to
consumers - the guarantee of origin (GO) is part of the
Renewables Directive
• Use of GOs are not compulsory for energy mix disclosure requirements
• Electricity suppliers required to disclose energy mix in
energy bills under the Electricity Directive (2009/72/EC)
• This legislation is under review at the same time as the renewables
legislation
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Mid-term assessment of the current
Renewable Energy Directive
• "It is worth investigating the possible extension of
the use of GOs to all types of power generation i.e.
including electricity from fossil and nuclear
generation"
• "This would help support the tracking and auditing
on non-renewable supplies and underpin the
integrity of the supply mix disclosure statements
that inform consumer choices concerning these
generation types"
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Good practice ideas for developing the system
Energy
Directorate-General for Energy
Thank you!
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/index_fr.htm
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