Notes on the conclusions of the Sub-analysis of the Spanish energy strategy for the next 25 years (II). Before starting the study of each of the chapters or issues makes the Subcommittee a brief mission statement praising the political agreement reached on the wording of the document and waiting for the agreement of the entire energy sector with it.
is impacted, followed by the subcommittee, the importance and validity of the Kyoto Protocol as an international instrument to achieve combat climate change redice emissions of greenhouse gases by the compromises the well-known as Directive 20-20 - 20.
believes that policy should be continued support for Renewable Energy (inv), promotion of energy saving and energy efficiency, incentives for clean coal technologies and carbon sinks, Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and the consolidation of the European market for emission rights.
The conclusions for the different points studied are:
PILLARS OF ENERGY SYSTEM
is considered that any energy policy for the next 25 years should be based on so-called three pillars: security of supply
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economic competitiveness.
environmental sustainability.
EFFICIENCY
is necessary to develop a specific policy that would achieve the savings targets of 20% in primary energy consumption. Promoting energy efficiency must be accompanied by clear incentives for investments in energy savings.
to convey to consumers the need for savings is considered necessary that the cost of energy reflects the real cost of it. (Is this an announcement of further increases in the different fuels and energy?
RENEWABLE ENERGY
should continue with the progressive and reasonable facilities for renewable energy generation. For this you must take advantage of the lowering of certain technologies due to economies of scale and maturity levels of the same, driving the need for industrial technological progress.
The subcommittee affect the possibility of establishing an indicative cost for the new facility that covers the various costs, benefits and increase the competitiveness of plants redice the level of premiums.
is considered necessary, how could it be otherwise, the momentum in the management of related companies, developing international connections, storage capacity, the promotion of smart grids and distributed generation ...
The target set is the scope of an energy mix sufficiently diversified, with mature technologies, encouraging the national technological and industrial fabric, sustainable and economically viable.
is proposed that the cost of developing renewable technologies electrical system, which has had a rapid development, is borne by all consumers of energy, and not just electricity consumers.
GAS SECTOR
the subcommittee believes that the gas is critical for existing thermal power stations must support renewable energy for proper management of the electrical system. (Who decided that a country like Spain, no Gas reservoirs, were built to consume the fuel stations ...?)
is therefore necessary to have a supply system, networking and storage adept orderly and efficient management. It must address the challenge to establish an integrated market for gas and ensure its use throughout the country, including island and peninsular systems.
COAL SECTOR
Eleven lines of text devoted to the report the only fossil fuel that exists in Spain and a capability for continuous supply.
Stresses in this circumstance the subcommittee as well as socio-economic implications existing mining activity in the update. Little or no
says the report on strategic qualities of this energy source for self-sufficiency in Spain or the need to maintain knowledge and technological and operational capabilities of the technologies used, which by the way, if you on nuclear sector.
If manifested, on the other hand, the need for progress in studies on CO2 capture and storage as a possible way to have clean coal plants, but keeping in mind the costs of these techniques and their asumibilidad (allow me the word ) by consumers. ENERGY
NUCLEAR
parliamentary subcommittee considers the Nuclear Energy has an adequate presence in Spain, well developed and safe and that it is in the near future with current facilities, although many of them end their life expectancy in 2021 , with improvements and current developments may participate in the energy mix at levels similar to those of today.
Calls legislature also to be addressed in the short term development of the sector and establish nuclear policies in the medium to long term, taking into account the national context and the energy policy of the European Union. It is also necessary to undertake as soon as The report, construction of the Centralized Temporary Store will allow to solve the safe storage of waste.
THERMAL POWER PLANTS AND SUPPORT TO inv
will need to maintain the existing thermal generation capacity to ensure the manageability of the power system with the addition of generation from renewable energy. The costs of these plants should be internalized by the unmanaged technologies, ie they will be renewable energy facilities which must bear the cost of maintaining the operating power plants to ensure energy supply when renewables can not generate.
(To be continued ..)
