Speech by Olgierd Geblewicz

Page 1:Energy Efficiency and Climate Change17th Baltic Sea Parliamentary ConferenceVisby, Sweden, 1-2 September 2008Olgierd GeblewiczChairman of the Commission for Economy,Infrastructure and Environmental Protectionof the Westpomeranian Regional ParliamentrepresentingSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumPage 2:Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumMembers of Forum:= Westpomeranian Regional Parliament= Pomeranian Regional Parliament= Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Parliamentm Schleswig-Holstein ParliamentPage 3:oe SeReeseSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumNew members:Kaliningrad Oblast DumaWarmian-Masurian Regional ParliamentObserver:Skane RegionPage 4:-BaieeesokSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum=225-27 April 2003, NeubrandenburgForum sessions:1st — April 2004 — Gdansk2nd — September 2004 — Miedzyzdroje3rd — September 2005 — Binz (Rugia Island)4th — May 2006 — Kieloth — May 2007 — Gdynia6th — May 2008 - KolobrzegPage 5:BsSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumThe primary objective of the Forumis to find common interestsand priorities for the developmentof the Southern Baltic territoryPage 6:=: Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumFields of Forum interest:Structural policyTourism policyYouth policyIntegrated maritime policyEnvironmentally friendly and competitive energyConservation of the national heritage and itsdiversityRenewable energyPage 7:| Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumResolution as a result of every Forumcovertargets and directions as well as guidelinesfor the executive bodiesofregional parliaments,national institutionsand bodies of the European UnionPage 8:- Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumCommon working groups as a toolfor more effective processof Forum preparationsand regional integrationPage 9:a* Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumTOPCO w= = | at Parlamentowae see! Potudniowego Baltyku. oe 18- 20 maja; 20086th Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum19-20 May 2008, KolobrzegPage 10:BeseSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumWorkshops of ,,Energy” Working Group19-20 December 2007 — Schwerin24-25 January — SzczecinPreparation of resolution17-18 April 2008 — KielPage 11:Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum19-20 December 2007 - presentations:a » Energy policy for Europe — action plan 2007-2009” — Dr KarlKeller (EU Commision, GD TREN)q Climate protection in Germany — integrated program for energyand climate changes as a step towards goal of 40 %“ — Dr KlausMuschen (Federal Environment Agency)7 » Safety of power grid supply and stability“ — Dr Gert Schwarzach(Vattenfall Europe Transmission Ltd.)a Wind energy — actual situation and prospects“ — Tony P. Adam(Nordex Energy Ltd.)ial »Mecklenburg-Vorpommern on the way for creating EnergyRegion — three milestones“ — Dr Frank Grittner (Energy andEnvironment Consulting Rostock (EUB))Page 12::i&Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum19-20 December 2007 - presentations:a Energy Region 2020 — Future Energy Policy Guidelines” — drArnold Fuchs (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Economics,Labour and Tourism)a Climate changes, their consequences in Baltic Region andadaptional strategies“ — Prof. dr Uwe Rammert (Schleswig-Holstein Nature and Environment Department)= Concepts of Energy Supply with Renewable Energy — ElectricalEnergy Supply as a key for Price Favorable Climate Protection”— Dr Gregor Czisch (Institute of Electrical Energy Supply andRational Energy Conversion, University in Kassel)a » Assumptions for Future Energy Policy for Enterprises“ —Jérgen Thiele (Chamber of Industry and Commerce Schwerin)Page 13:El = beé ee|Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum19-20 December 2007 - presentations:rT] Potential, production, utilization and energy developmentdirections in Westpomeranian Voivodeship” — dr AgnieszkaSobolewska (Agricultural Academy in Szczecin)a », Thermo modernisation Actions as a part of ‘3x20%’ ProgrammeRealisation“ — Tadeusz Zurek (Baltic Sea Agency for SustainableUsage of Energy in Gdansk)a Introduction of Baltic Eco-energy Cluster” — dr Tadeusz Zurek(Baltic Eco-energy Cluster in Gdansk)Page 14:" Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum24-25 January 2008 - presentations:rT Assumptions for Energy Independence of Regions“ — JorgenThiele (Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Schwerin)a » Creating of International Energy Database — the Centre ofResearch and Training in Ostoja” — dr Agnieszka Sobolewska(Agricultural Academy in Szczecin)a Biogas Installations at Industrial Dimension“ — dr BalthasarSchramm (NAWARO BioEnergie AG)a » Renewable Energy Potential in Pomorskie Voivodeship“ —Tadeusz Zurek (Baltic Sea Agency for Sustainable Usage of Energyin Gdansk)Page 15:Lta24-25 Januanom| Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum2008 - presentations:,,Bio-energy as a Factor of Transborder Regional Development”— prof. dr Matthias Ahlhaus (Fachhochschule Stralsund)»Realization of Eco-energy Strategy in Lidzbarski Powiat Basedon Renewable Energy Sources” — Andrzej Koniecko (Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship)Prospects and Problems with Safe Supply of Energy forKaliningrad Oblast” — Walentyna Parszina (Ministry’s Departmentfor Development of Infrastructure of the Council of the KaliningradOblast)» Solar Energy Utilization Possibilities in North-West Poland” —prof. dr Zbigniew Zapalowicz (Technical University of Szczecin)Page 16:Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum24-25 January 2008 - presentations:a » Geothermal and Geothermic Energy Utilization: actualsituation, prospects, experience” — prof. dr Aleksander Stachel(Technical University of Szczecin)a »Associated Energy — Thermal-Electric Power StationsExploiting Wind and Hydrogen Energy“ — dr Gerhard Buttkewitz(Initiative for Hydrogen Technology in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)a Renewable Energies — Obligation or Voluntary Choice“ — UllrichBuchta (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Ministry of Economics, Labourand Tourism)Page 17:]“Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum18-20 May 2008, KolobrzegDiscussed issues:m Energy policy, with special consideration given to renewableenergy sources and the effects on climate change,a Integrated maritime policy, with special consideration givento eutrophication and maritime security and safety, as well asm Research, as seen from the perspective of networkingamong business leaders, academics and regionalpolicymakers#5 Oo &Page 18:, Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumRecommendments of 6th Forum for ener olicy, with special considerationiven to renewable energy sources and effects on climate changeThe Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum recommends:= to bring about an energy mix, against the background of safeguardinenergy supply that is secure in the long term, that helps to manage globalwarming and that is reasonably priced for its citizens. This will requireconsistent energy conservation and an improvement in energy efficiency;m to build up and make greater use of land-based wind power within theframework of national legislation or, where wind power systems are alreadyinstalled, to “repower” older systems and to support the construction ofoffshore wind power plants, while at the same time taking into considerationnaturally grown cultural areas and landscapes;= to continue to develop the potential and the technology for the use ofbiomass to generate energy, while observing absolutely strict sustainabilitycriteria. In this context, particular attention should be paid to the use oforganic residual and waste materials, which should always be given priorityover the cultivation of biomass;#5 OOO ®Page 19:The Southern Baltic Sea ParliamentaSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumForum recommends:to step up the use of solar power systems;to make use of geothermal resources, especially in the vicinity of cities,providing that geological structures permit the cost-effective use of suchresources;to considerably increase the share of optimum-efficiency co-generation plants;to increase investments in the construction of new three-phase supplynetworks, as well as in the modernisation and expansion of existing ones, andin the integration of electricity generated from offshore and onshore windfarms; to upgrade ultra-high voltage power supply networks by addingstandardised interfaces at the network boundaries in order to increase cross-border electricity supply, to improve the security of supply and to balancevariations in the supply of electricity;Page 20:The Southern Baltic Sea ParliamentaSouthern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumForum recommends:to promote the development of a European ultra-high-voltage DC transmissionnetwork (UHVDC) in order to interconnect northern Europe (hydro power) andsouthern Europe (solar power) — irrespective of the frequency and phaseposition of national three-phase networks — as well as wind farms acrossEurope and in order to substantially reduce the transmission losses that occurwhen transporting alternating current over long distances;to amend energy feed schemes currently in effect and, where such schemesdo not exist, to introduce new schemes in order to comply with the EU’srequirements in terms of the scope of the use of renewable energy sources;to develop and improve investment incentives for private households as wellas small and medium-sized enterprises to modernise buildings, increaseenergy efficiency and use renewable energy sources;#5 Oe oPage 21:=Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum*, :The Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary Forum recommends:* to increase tax concessions for the use of renewable energy sources in orderto help compensate for the steep increase in energy prices and to increase theacceptance of renewable energy sources in society;¢ to establish a more close-meshed network among existing research institutionsin the region that are focused on renewable energy sources; in addition, toStrive for the establishment of a common research centre for renewable energysources in the southern Baltic Sea region in order to bundle availablecompetencies in the field of science, research and business, to build up across-border co-operation network and to initiate measures designed to makegreater use of renewable energy sources — a centre that would also be anatural co-operation partner for institutions operating in this field at Europeanand national level.bstyPage 22:Southern Baltic Sea Parliamentary ForumThank you for your attentionOlgierd Geblewicze-mail: sejmik-obsluga@wzp.pl