Europe needs strategy for heat

Speaking at their joint Annual Conference 2010 held in Brussels on June 2, Cogen Europe and Euroheat & Power called for ‘a European strategy for heat', underlining that EU institutions, national governments and industry should work to develop such a strategy to ensure the aim of a low-carbon energy supply by 2050 can be achieved.

Sabine Froning, Euroheat & Power, and Fiona Riddoch, Cogen Europe, emphasized such a strategy is necessary for Europe to fully exploit the advantages offered by the two established technologies: cogeneration and district heating. A low-carbon energy supply by 2050 means a strategy for all of electricity, transport - and heat. By taking an integrated approach and considering both electricity and heat, Europe can optimise its use of primary energy and the supply of end use energy.

The call was made during the 2010 joint Annual Conference entitled Teaming up for energy renewal - Cogeneration and district heating, which explored the ways in which both technologies can make a significant contribution to reaching strategic EU energy and climate goals to 2050. Other speakers at the conference included Bo Diczfalusy, the director for sustainable energy policy and technology, International Energy Agency, Gérard Magnin, executive director, Energie‐Cités, Greens MEP Claude Turmes, plus Nadia Weekes, editor of ENDS Europe.

For more details visit www.conference2010.eu.