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[BioMatNet Database - FP5 Quality of Life Programme] FP5
Theme 4 - EESD - Key Action 19 - Cleaner energy systems including renewables
Website: www.cordis.lu/eesd/




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Implications for society

Energy consumption in Europe is expec-ted to grow by 20% between now and 2020, leading to a 14% increase in C02 emissions. How then can energy supply in the European Union be secured - and diversified - in order to meet this expected growth, while at the same time reducing harmful effects to the environment? Of course, this is a global problem, since demand from developing countries - which need considerable amounts of energy in order to raise their standard of living - will increase even faster. The solution will inevi-tably entail radical revision of our habits. We will have to give increasing preference to clean and renewable forms of energy.

Implications for the economy

The EU possesses over half the world's wind-powered power generation capacity (3 000 megawatts of installed power). 90% of the manufacturers of this machinery are based in Europe, and the sector represents over 20 000 jobs. Also in Europe, the gene-ration of photovoltaic solar energy is gro-wing by 20% a year. This sector employs 8 000 people, and represents one quarter of worldwide generation. In 1997, renewable forms of energy contributed 6% to the EU's total energy needs. The objective of the Member States is to double this figure by 2005. On a worldwide scale, the entire sec-tor will offer opportunities for rapid growth.

Implications for Europe

Ever since the European Coal and Steel Community was created in 1953, the Com-munity dimension of energy policy has been continually present, with two major objec-tives: securing Europe's energy supply (external dependence amounts to 50%) and protecting the environment (both in Europe and worldwide). To this end, three-fifths of European research funding for non-nuclear energy over the last five years has been devoted to renewable forms of energy.

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