Words against reality

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Words against reality Sustainable energy
policy in CEE
Energia Klub does research, communication,
education on climate energy policy, energy
efficiency and renewable technologies for policy
makers, municipalities, manufacturers, households

• Ada Ámon
• November 7th, 2008

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Words against reality

• The Hungarian Energy Policy2008-2020
• Critical Assessment of Europes Energy Market
  2008
• A review of Central and Eastern Europe,
  Continental Trends and EU Legislation
• (www.agreenet.info)

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Efficiency

• energy efficiency and saving activities should
  be stimulated with a special focus given to
  energy use of buildings, transport and
  transformation of energy.
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• EPBD sabotaged (2012)
• Transport policy is still under construction
• Loss of electricity on transmission is over 10

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Efficiency

• elaborate a comprehensive, national energy
  efficiency strategy and national action plan and
  implement them
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• Strategy non-existent
• Infringement procedure
• State subsidy for natural gas consumption is
  8-times bigger than the support given for
  households sustainable energy investments

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District heating

• Assess the experiences of subsidizing district
  heating consumers in order to ensure the
  competitiveness of the industry
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• Robin Hood tax
• 5 per household per month

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Education

• Incorporate the issue of rational use of energy
  into the national curricula
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• Energia Klub has a comprehensive educational
  material on energy and climate and there are
  similar initiatives no government effort seen so
  far

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Renewable energy

• Keep tabs on the legal framework of energy
  generated on the basis of renewable sources
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• Strange wording
• Unreliable and unstable legal framework
• Unsustainable investments (biomass)

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Summing up for CEE

• Great potential on both EE and RES
• Rhetoric has been learned
• EU requirements are formally fulfilled
• Low level of political commitment and real
  support (e.g. EPBD)
• Lack of stable legal framework for RES
• Missing institutional framework
• Lack of data and statistics
• Supply side oriented policy based on ever growing
  demand curve

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Thank you for your attention
Energia Klub does research, communication,
education on climate energy policy, energy
efficiency and renewable technologies for policy
makers, municipalities, manufacturers, households

• Ada Ámon (director)
• Energia Klub
• www.energiaklub.hu
• amon_at_energiaklub.hu