Source: www.cefic.be
Topic: Chemical Industry
Sort Desciption: The European Chemical Industry Council, Cefic, welcomes important. proposals of the European Commission energy package published today with the aim of ...
Content Inside: EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COUNCIL www.cefic.org PR mde 1887 For more information: Peter Botschek +3226767397 pbo@cefic.be Dominique Maréchal +3226767324 dma@cefic.be European chemical industry supports more coherent EU energy policy but calls for more effective global approach to climate change Brussels 10 January 2007 - The European Chemical Industry Council, Cefic, welcomes important proposals of the European Commission energy package published today with the aim of creating a more coherent energy policy for the 27 Member States. Cefic calls on the European Union to seize this opportunity to pursue a much better globally co-ordinated approach to climate policy beyond 2012. Cefic also proposes working with European industry sectors to ensure a realistic share of renewables and biofuels in the energy mix. Among initiatives presented in the energy package, Cefic supports the measures proposed to achieve truly competitive energy, the emphasis on energy efficiency and on security of supply, and the proposal for a European Strategic Energy Technology Plan in 2007. This Technology Plan is intended to speed development of low-emission technologies including carbon capture and storage and second-generation biofuels, in which the chemical industry has a crucial role to play. “Our products, processes and research capabilities are key to helping conserve energy, delivering energy more efficiently, developing renewable resources and reducing greenhouse gas emissionsâ€, says Cefic Director General Alain Perroy. However, the many good proposals to build an effective European Energy Policy are countered by the Commission’s proposal for further unilateral CO 2 reduction targets by 2020 (1) . The European chemical industry strongly supports the need to combat climate change through an impressive achievement in increasing its energy efficiency and reducing its CO 2 emissions (2) . However, it believes further strong CO 2 reduction targets that have not been adop ...
