Workshop on Energy – Framework of the WS Moderator - Eugenijus Ušpuras, Lithuanian energy institute “The Baltic Sea Strategy – Region and Cohesion Policy in Action” conference, Visby, June 11-12, 2009

The aim of Workshop (1) The aim of the workshop is to illustrate how cohesion policy programmes can contribute to the fulfilment of the Baltic Sea Strategy in field of energy Focus on pro-active management and possibilities to co-operate between member states in region

The aim of Workshop (2) The following items would be discussed: Type of actions on energy mentioned in the the Baltic Sea Strategy How could cohesion policy programmes contribute to actions mentioned in the Baltic Sea Strategy by using pro-active management ? What is required in terms of mindset, coordination, alignment of resources etc ? Recommendation for successful outcome of Baltic Sea Strategy

European energy policy European energy policy seeks to create a pan European competitive energy market and to substantially increase the generation of electricity from renewable resources In the coming years these two factors will require significantly increased transfer of large amount of electrician energy across long distances and national borders in Europe If energy policy goals are to be achieved, a more integrated European grid needs to be developed which can enable a competitive electrical energy market and support the optimisation of Europe’s use of electricity from renewable sources, while maintaining present high level of reliability of electricity supply

Electricity supply grids Historically, each country designed and built its electricity supply grid primarily to met its own needs, and there have generally been rather limited transfer of electrical energy between countries Three synchronous regions in the Baltic See region: NORDEL, UCTE, integrated Baltic and CIS energy system NORDEL is a good example of multinational grid planning – four interconnected countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland and the eastern part of Denmark) is one grid rather than four grids connected together Three Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) are isolated from the wider energy networks of the region and the rest of the European Union

Development of grids The planning and development of a European grid to ensure that investment in capacity to transmit electrical energy are made in the right places The physical and market aspects of the operation of a European grid to ensure that the maximum benefit is extracted from a given infrastructure The development of transmission technologies so that effective options are available in respect to of environmental, operational, energy efficiency and investment consideration

Oil and gas supply Oil and gas supply and energy security is a particular concern in the Baltic See region; through some countries in the region have substantial indigenous sources of energy, most must relay on imports Europe must have better idea of how the global and gas reserves develop during the next few decades in the view of the rapidly declining oil and gas supply from the North See

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