European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 1 Linking sustainable energy use to regional economic development Open days 2006 Erik Tang DG Environment EU Commission

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 2 EU aspiration: Limit the increase in global temperature increase to 2°C above pre- industrial levels 2°C

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European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 4 Energy efficient = competitive

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 5 Green Paper: A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy The challenges: l Increasing energy prices – based on increasing demand from fast growing economies l Europes import dependency from 50% today to 70 % in years l Reserves of oil and gas concentrated in few and politically unstable countries l Competitiveness of European industry l Climate change

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 6 Multiple benefits of energy efficiency & renewables limit greenhouse gas emissions counter increases and fluctuations in energy prices greater energy security can boost to the competitiveness of NMS economies less fossil-fuel dependent economies do not entail an impediment to economic growth improve regional economies as imports are replaced by local production

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 7 Samsoe – renewable energy island l Projects established since 1997: m 4 district heating plants supplying 6 villages m individual RE-heating plants m 300 energy saving projects in individual buildings m 11 land-based windmills m 12 offshore windmills

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 8 Local resources

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 9 Local resources

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 10 Samsoe - Gross energy consumption and supply , TJ/year Gross energy consumption Renewable energy production Renewable energy in %10%24%107%

European Commission: Environment Directorate General Slide: 11 Samsoe – Renewable energy island Total investment in RES and RUE 49 mill, (41 mill. from local firms, private households and the municipality) Energy-imports reduced from 5.1 mill per year to 0.2 mill (transport fuels excl.). 15 permanent jobs/year man-years in investment phase CO 2 reduced by 140 % ! CO 2 reduced by 140 % !