Presentation from the 2013 Atlantic Council Energy & Economic Summit expanded ministerial meeting. Presented by Giovanni F. De Santi, director, DG Joint Research Centre, Institute for Energy and Transport (IET)

1. DG Joint Research Centre
Institute for Energy and Transport (IET)
Energy Efficiency – An Overview
www.jrc.ec.europa.eu
Giovanni F. De Santi
Director
Serving society
Stimulating innovation
Supporting legislation

2. Overview
The JRC inside the European Commission
The potential for Energy Efficiency
The EU Energy Policy Context
Energy Efficiency in the European Union
Collaboration with Third Countries
Conclusions

3. The JRC inside the European Commission
27 Commission Members
President José Manuel
Barroso
Commissioner
Mairé Geoghegan-Quinn
Research, Innovation & Science
Director-General Dominique Ristori,
Joint Research Centre
DG Research & Innovation (RTD)
7 JRC Institutes
Director Giovanni F. De Santi
JRC Institute for Energy &
Transport

4. ENERGY EFFICIENCY: a huge
opportunity going unrealised
Source: IEA World Energy Outlook 2012

5. THE BENEFITS OF
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Reduce EU’s energy bill by about € 200 bn annualy in 2020
Create up to 2 million new jobs by 2020
Boost R&D & markets for EU global leadership
Competitiveness
Security
of
supply
Reduce EU’s energy dependence
Reduce investments in energy infrastructures
Improve the energy trade balance
Sustainability
Reduce CO2 emissions
Limit environmental degradation

6. EU Energy
Policy Context
Europe 2020 strategy - Seven Flagship Initiatives for smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth
Energy Roadmap 2050 – towards a secure, competitive and
decarbonised energy system in 2050
Green Paper 2030 - A 2030 framework for climate and energy
policies
EU Emissions Trading System - a level-playing field between
carbon-intensive and low carbon technologies.
SET-Plan – the technology pillar of the EU energy and climate
policy

7. Energy Efficiency
in the EU
Some key existing policies:
Buildings
• Energy Performance in Buildings Directive
Products
• Eco-design Directive
• Energy Labelling Directive
Cities (Covenant of Mayors)
CHP Directive
Energy Services Directive
Transport
EC Strategy to reduce CO2 emissions
(PLDVs and LCVs)

8. The EU 20-20-20 policy: Where are we today?
Greenhouse
gas levels
Renewables in
energy mix
Energy
consumption
100%
-20%
-20%
ca. -16.3%
achieved
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ca. +12.7%
achieved
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9. REMAINING ECONOMIC ENERGY SAVING POTENTIALS FOR
2020 THROUGHOUT THE SECTORS
Savings expected to be achieved with already
existing measures
Remaining saving potential to be addressed with
new measures
11%
16%
2%
5%
29%

10. ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIRECTIVE
Services
Indicative
national EE
targets
Sectoral
measures
New
EED
Based on EU 2020 energy
consumption targets:
Primary: 1 474 Mtoe
Final: 1 078 Mtoe
EC to assess progress in 2014
Monitoring &
Reporting
Households
Public
sector
Energy
supply
General
measures
promoting EE
Industry

11. The Covenant of Mayors
European initiative launched by the EC in 2009 to endorse and support
local and regional authorities in the sustainable energy development and
the fight against climate change
Mayors voluntarily commit to go beyond Europe’s energy objectives for
2020, by reducing the CO2 emissions in their territories by at least 20%
compared to a baseline year through the implementation of Sustainable
Energy Action Plans (SEAPs)

12. Fast growing and successful initiative!
As of October 2013: 5005 signatories (166 mln inhabitants)

13. Covenant of Mayors
EAST
The European Commission since 2011 supports the Covenant of Mayors in 6
Eastern Partnership countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova,
Georgia, Ukraine) and 5 Central Asian countries (Tajikistan,
Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan).
6 cities in Kazakhstan
5 cities in Georgia
3 cities in Armenia
1 city in Azerbaijan
6 cities in Turkey
2 cities
in Kyrgyzstan
1 city Tajikistan
The inclusion in the
Covenant of Mayors
will help to reduce
their dependency
on fossil fuels,
improve security of
their energy supply,
and increase their
contribution to
climate mitigation.

14. Covenant of Mayors
SOUTH
Cleaner energy-saving Mediterranean cities
•It supports the efforts of local authorities in the ENPI South
Mediterranean Partner Countries (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Libya, Morocco, occupied Palestinian Territories, Syria and Tunisia) to
respond more actively to sustainable policy challenges.
•The project aims to develop the capacities of local authorities in the
region to formulate and implement sustainable local policies, such as
those implied by joining the Covenant of Mayors.
•The project will also contribute to making national authorities more
aware of and responsive to the need for and advantages of a strong
involvement of cities in local sustainable policy issues.
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15. EE in Transport
 Transport is responsible for around a quarter of EU
greenhouse gas emissions making it the second
biggest greenhouse gas emitting sector after
energy.
 Road transport alone contributes about one-fifth of
the EU's total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2).
 While emissions from other sectors are generally
falling, those from transport have increased 36%
since 1990.
 The EU has policies in place to reduce emissions
from a range of modes of transport

16. WHITE PAPER
Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a
Competitive and Resource-Efficient Transport System
3 main strategies for a competitive and resource-efficient transport
system and for achieving the 60% GHG emission reduction target
Developing and
deploying new
sustainable fuels
and propulsion
systems
Optimising the
performance of
multimodal logistic
chains, including by
making greater use of
more energy-efficient
modes
Increasing the
efficiency of transport
and of infrastructure
use with information
systems and marketbased incentives

17. A wide range of EU policies have been developed to lower
emissions from transport:
aviation has been included in the EU Emissions Trading System
(ETS);
a strategy is in place to reduce emissions from cars and vans,
including emissions targets for new vehicles;
a target is in place to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of
fuels (fuel quality directive);
rolling resistance limits and tyre labelling requirements have
been introduced and tyre pressure monitors made mandatory on
new vehicles;
public authorities are required to take account of life time
energy use and CO2 emissions when procuring vehicles.

18. Interoperability
A Letter of Intent (LoI) signed in 2012 with DoE :
Common Activities in EV/SG Interoperability Labs
at Argonne National Laboratories and JRC
•
Goals:
• Support standardization, promoting a EU/US common approach
• Address the interoperability issues between e-vehicles & smart
grids (including ICT)
• Provide testing facilities for electric vehicles and the related
equipment
• Ensure a permanent link with car industry operative on EU and US
markets

19. IN FOCUS
Cooperation with Turkey on EE
 The adoption of EE policy package similar to the EU based on efficiency
standards and labels for equipment (Eco-design), energy performance of
buildings requirements (EPBD), and the promotion of investments in energy
efficiency (Energy Efficiency Directive) is key to improve EE.
 Buildings should be the priority area of action. The priority should be the
refurbishment of existing buildings. For new building the focus should be
towards Net Zero Energy buildings with the adoption of renewable energy
sources.
 Adoption of efficiency requirements similar to the EU could help Turkish industry
(appliances, lighting, consumer electronics) in exporting and would increase EE
domestically.
 Financing energy efficiency including the development of ESCOs and EPC is
important for deployment of EE solutions as well as energy management.

20. Conclusions
•Implementation of the EED in the EU Member States is key
•New and innovative financing instruments are needed to
trigger investments in energy efficiency.
•The new energy management standard ISO 50001 and the
implementation of CHP are key instruments to improve energy
efficiency in the industrial sector.
•Commitment of cities to Covenant of Mayors is key
•Development and deployment of new technologies is an
important aspect for an efficient transport and competitive
industry
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21. Thank you for your attention!
Giovanni F. De Santi
DG JRC European Commission
Institute for Energy and Transport
Director