COM(2006)843 - Sustainable power generation from fossil fuels: aiming for near-zero emissions from coal after 2020

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Key information

official title

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament - Sustainable power generation from fossil fuels: aiming for near-zero emissions from coal after 2020
 
Legal instrument Communication
Decision making procedure Own-initiative procedure (INI)
reference by COM-number52 COM(2006)843 EN
Additional COM-numbers SEC(2007)12; SEC(2006)1723; SEC(2006)1722
procedure number54 2007/2091(INI)
CELEX number55 52006DC0843

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Key dates

Document 10-01-2007
Online publication 10-01-2007

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    Commission Staff Working Document SEC(2006) 1723 (referred to hereafter as IAES).

     
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    IEA estimates in its WORLD DEMAND FORECAST 2006.

     
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    Coal-based power generation in the EU-27 was responsible for around 950m tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2005, representing 24% of all EU CO2 emissions. Worldwide, emissions from coal-fired power generation amount to approx. 8bn tonnes of CO2 per year. See IAES for further details.

     
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    This is in line, inter alia, with the recommendations of the First Report of the HLG (ec.europa.eu/enterprise/environnement/hlg.doc_06). See also the Strategic EU Energy Review adopted concurrently with this Communication - COM(2007) 1.

     
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    While the oldest units still operating in the EU may have efficiencies of 30%, the most recently built coal-fired plants reach efficiencies of up to 43% (for lignite power plant) and 46% (for hard coal power plant). The technical limits are assumed to be above 60%.

     
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    See IAES for further details.

     
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    Up to 70 GW of EU coal-fired capacity will need to be replaced (out of a total of 187 GW) by 2020.

     
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    See IAES for details.

     
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    See IAES for details.

     
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    See IAES for details.

     
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    Some research projects currently under way aim to produce electricity from coal-fired power stations with CCS by 2020 at costs higher by 10% compared to current technologies without CCS. Simulations run by the Commission in cooperation with the National Technical University of Athens and based on the PRIMES model show that the costs of electricity in 2030 may be as low as
     
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    Costs of
     
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    Costs of
     
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    See IAES for details. See also the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Capture and Storage, UN 2006.

     
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    The overall benefits generated by some sustainable coal technologies (such as CCS-equipped IGCC power plants) could be as high as one-quarter to three-quarters of the costs of CCS. They could even outweigh the CCS costs for locations such as Central Europe. See IAES for details.

     
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    pursuant to Council Decision 2007
     
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    of the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0170
     
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    of its Rules of Procedure,<
     
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    of its Rules of Procedure,<
     
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    Commission Staff Working Document SEC(2006) 1723 (referred to hereafter as IAES).

     
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    IEA estimates in its WORLD DEMAND FORECAST 2006.

     
  • 39. 
    Coal-based power generation in the EU-27 was responsible for around 950m tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2005, representing 24% of all EU CO2 emissions. Worldwide, emissions from coal-fired power generation amount to approx. 8bn tonnes of CO2 per year. See IAES for further details.

     
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    This is in line, inter alia, with the recommendations of the First Report of the HLG (ec.europa.eu/enterprise/environnement/hlg.doc_06). See also the Strategic EU Energy Review adopted concurrently with this Communication - COM(2007) 1.

     
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    While the oldest units still operating in the EU may have efficiencies of 30%, the most recently built coal-fired plants reach efficiencies of up to 43% (for lignite power plant) and 46% (for hard coal power plant). The technical limits are assumed to be above 60%.

     
  • 42. 
    See IAES for further details.

     
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    Up to 70 GW of EU coal-fired capacity will need to be replaced (out of a total of 187 GW) by 2020.

     
  • 44. 
    See IAES for details.

     
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    See IAES for details.

     
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    See IAES for details.

     
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    Some research projects currently under way aim to produce electricity from coal-fired power stations with CCS by 2020 at costs higher by 10% compared to current technologies without CCS. Simulations run by the Commission in cooperation with the National Technical University of Athens and based on the PRIMES model show that the costs of electricity in 2030 may be as low as
     
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    Costs of
     
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    Costs of
     
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    See IAES for details. See also the IPCC Special Report on Carbon Capture and Storage, UN 2006.

     
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    The overall benefits generated by some sustainable coal technologies (such as CCS-equipped IGCC power plants) could be as high as one-quarter to three-quarters of the costs of CCS. They could even outweigh the CCS costs for locations such as Central Europe. See IAES for details.

     
  • 52. 
    De Europese Commissie kent nummers toe aan officiële documenten van de Europese Unie. De Commissie maakt onderscheid in een aantal typen documenten door middel van het toekennen van verschillende nummerseries. Het onderscheid is gebaseerd op het soort document en/of de instelling van de Unie van wie het document afkomstig is.
     
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    De Raad van de Europese Unie kent aan wetgevingsdossiers een uniek toe. Dit nummer bestaat uit een vijfcijferig volgnummer gevolgd door een schuine streep met de laatste twee cijfers van het jaartal, bijvoorbeeld 12345/00 - een document met nummer 12345 uit het jaar 2000.
     
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    Het interinstitutionele nummer is een nummerreeks die binnen de Europese Unie toegekend wordt aan voorstellen voor regelgeving van de Europese Commissie.
    Binnen de Europese Unie worden nog een aantal andere nummerseries gebruikt. Iedere instelling heeft één of meerdere sets documenten met ieder een eigen nummering. Die reeksen komen niet overeen met elkaar of het interinstitutioneel nummer.
     
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    Deze databank van de Europese Unie biedt de mogelijkheid de actuele werkzaamheden (workflow) van de Europese instellingen (Europees Parlement, Raad, ESC, Comité van de Regio's, Europese Centrale Bank, Hof van Justitie enz.) te volgen. EURlex volgt alle voorstellen (zoals wetgevende en begrotingsdossiers) en mededelingen van de Commissie, vanaf het moment dat ze aan de Raad of het Europees Parlement worden voorgelegd.
     
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    Als dag van bekendmaking van een Europees besluit geldt de dag waarop het besluit in het Publicatieblad wordt bekendgemaakt, en daardoor in alle officiële talen van de Europese Unie bij het Publicatiebureau beschikbaar is.