Tomorrow, EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss the internal energy market. The first blueprint of an EU Energy Union will be presented in early 2015, with the goal of addressing one of Europe’s key challenges: energy security.
Vestas believes that wind energy should be an integral part of an Energy Union on par with other solutions to reduce energy imports and increase energy security.
EU economies are heavily exposed to fuel price volatility and vulnerable to supply disruptions. In 2012, energy imports cost EU citizens € 587 billion representing 54 per cent of EU total energy needs. Within the coming years hundreds of GW of large thermal power plants in EU will be due for retirement. Meanwhile, the EU has two other significant challenges ahead; stimulate growth and combat climate change.
“Europe needs an Energy Union that builds on affordable home grown and clean energy sources. Wind is the natural choice. That is why we support the unified European wind industry’s position paper on the Energy Union” , says Vestas CEO Anders Runevad.
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