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    EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue: 2023, #8
    EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue: 2023, #8
    EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue: 2023, #8
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    EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue: 2023, #8

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    EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform was launched on 15 May 2019, to support the implementation of activities announced in the 'Joint Statement on the Implementation of EU-China Energy Cooperation'.

     

    The Joint Statement was signed during the 8th EU-China Energy Dialogue that was held in Brussels on 9th April between Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete and the Administrator of the National Energy Administration of China Mr ZHANG Jianhua, back-to-back with the 21st EU-China Leaders' Summit on 9 April 2019 and was witnessed by Jean-Claude Juncker, President of the European Commission; Donald Tusk, President of the Council of Europe and Dr Li Keqiang, Premier of China.

     

    The start of the implementation of the EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform (ECECP) was included in the EU-China Leaders Summit Joint Communique.

    The overall objective of ECECP is to

     

    'enhance EU-China cooperation on energy. In line with the EU's Energy Union, the Clean Energy for All European initiative, the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and the EU's Global Strategy, this enhanced cooperation will help increase mutual trust and understanding between EU and China and contribute to a global transition towards clean energy on the basis of a common vision of a sustainable, reliable and secure energy system.'

     

    ECECP Phase II is implemented by a consortium led by ICF, and National Development and Reform Commission- Energy Research Institute.

     

    Disclaimer:

     

    The views and opinions expressed in the articles of this magazine are the authors' own, and do not represent the views of ECECP.

     

    EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform Project is funded by the European Union Foreign Policy Instrument

     

    Copyright European Union 2021, 2022, 2023. All Rights Reserved. 

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEU-China Energy Cooperation Platform
    Release dateSep 24, 2023
    ISBN9798223663690
    EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue: 2023, #8

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      EU China Energy Magazine 2023 September Issue - EU-China Energy Cooperation Platform Project

      Letter from the Team Leader

      Dear all,

      Welcome back from the summer break! The summer of 2023 has been one of the longest and hottest on record, with freak weather events causing widespread damage and disruption around the world. This issue of the EU China Energy Magazine focuses on three key areas of our energy transition that are essential for building a more resilient and sustainable future: grid bottlenecks, local energy communities, and electric vehicle battery recycling.

      Europe's grid bottlenecks are becoming a major challenge as the continent transitions to clean energy. The weather events over the summer have shown how pressing the need is for new grid infrastructure and reform of existing market rules. Therefore in this issue, we include an article by Eurelectric addressing this topic, with a special focus on distribution grids.

      Local energy communities are playing an increasingly important role in the clean energy transition. These communities are owned and operated by their members, and they can provide a range of benefits, such as lower energy costs, increased energy security, and reduced carbon emissions. Repeated aberrations in weather patterns have highlighted the vulnerability of centralised energy systems, and we discuss here how local energy communities can offer a more resilient and sustainable alternative.

      This issue puts the spotlight on electric vehicle battery recycling, which is essential for a sustainable future in transport. China faces a number of challenges in standardising its battery recycling industry and this issue looks at potential solutions. The world needs a circular economy for EV batteries, so that the valuable materials they contain can be recovered, and their environmental impact can be reduced. In a separate article, we delve into the different options to accelerate policy action for safe and green EV battery recycling drawing on current practices.

      In addition, this month's issue includes an interesting article about the challenges of matching employers and employees in the burgeoning clean energy sector.

      On 12 October 2023, ECECP will hold an in-person public event to disseminate the results of ECECP II's flagship project, ‘Investment and Technology Planning for Net-Zero Carbon Infrastructure’. The public event will be followed by a networking cocktail dinner. More information is available on our website, where you can register either to attend in person or to join in one of the online forums.

      I hope you enjoy reading this issue of the EU China Energy Magazine.

      Dr. Flora Kan

      ECECP Team Leader

      1.  Europe’s grid bottlenecks are delaying its energy transition

      No amount of record sales and deployment in Europe of heat pumps, EVs, solar farms, wind turbines and all the rest will guarantee the region meeting its electrification targets if the grids aren’t ready to integrate them. As Eurelectric explains, supported by a suite of its studies, Europe’s ageing distribution grids lack capacity, have cumbersome permitting, and need a multi-billion euro step change in investment. Meanwhile, existing grids can be better optimised, digitalised and made smarter and more flexible to manage and spread loads, thus maximising efficiency. And better information makes for better decisions and planning, so data-sharing between system operators, market players and national authorities is paramount.

      Europe’s energy transition heavily relies on ageing electricity grids. Today, the capacity of our copper cables to integrate mass electrification and meet higher decarbonisation targets is limited. It is high time legislators embrace an anticipatory approach to future-proof electricity networks.

      Eurelectric’s new grid report shows how the current electricity market design reform can put this approach into action by incentivising anticipatory investments, longer-term grid planning, digitalisation, flexibility and more advanced data exchange.

      Europe’s ambitious 2030 targets

      By 2030, Europe will see around 50 to 60 million heat pumps, 65 to 70 million electric vehicles (EVs) and over 600 gigawatts of additional renewable capacity as foreseen by REPowerEU. Around 70% of that capacity will be directly connected to distribution grids  –  those electric lines that travel across cities and villages and connect increasing windmills and solar installations. While becoming ever more critical to the continent’s decarbonisation, Europe’s distribution grids face scarce capacity, cumbersome permitting, and insufficient investments.

      SOURCE: ‘Power System of the Future – Keys to delivering capacity on the distribution grid’

      Eurelectric (September 2023)

      ‘Getting our electricity networks fit for net zero should be a top priority in the coming years, both at EU and national level’ – says Kristian Ruby,

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