Time.news – The European Commission will present its proposals tomorrow to guarantee energy independence from Russian gas without jeopardizing the European Green Deal. The three pillars of the new strategy were announced by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in a press point with the Italian Prime Minister, Mario Draghi.
The first pillar is “the diversification of supplyshifting the source from Russia to reliable suppliers. “These are mainly LNG and pipeline gas, both of which have the advantage of relying on infrastructure that will be compatible with hydrogen in due course.
The second pillar is “the repowering of production in the European Union “. Repowering means massive investments in renewable energies such as wind, solar and hydrogen energy, explained von der Leyen. The intent is to give a targeted acceleration to the European Green Deal, in an important boost that benefits not only to the strategic investment in the energy independence of the Union, but also to the industrial sector and to the planet.
The two components, or pillars, must be integrated by a third: “the improvement of energy efficiencyfrom the renovation of buildings to intelligent industrial processes to artificial intelligence, for the effective management of intelligent energy grids “among many applications.
Obviously, much attention will be devoted to consumer protection and how to limit the price flare-up. “We will discuss how we can maintain the efficiency of the electricity market in the Union despite the high gas prices, amplified by Putin’s war,” announced von der Leyen. “The issue has two aspects: in the immediate future it is necessary to protect the most vulnerable consumers and businesses; on a more structural level, we need to examine the electricity markets in the Union, given that our energy mix is in the process of transformation “, he added.
“Today we resort to renewable sources in a certain percentage, but a large share of energy comes from gas, oil and coal. All this will change. Thanks to massive investments in renewable energies, their share in the mix will increase and will continue to rise. we will massively increase the presence and this, obviously, will change the very structure of the market, of which we must therefore examine the composition “, highlighted the president of the Commission, opening to the request of various European countries.