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EU Establishes Energy and Transport Development Strategy
The Council of the European Union recently held a ministerial meeting in Luxembourg to discuss issues such as natural gas and electricity markets, postal and telecommunications services, mobile communications, internal market, transport and energy, and adopted the EU Energy and Transport Strategy. According to EU statistics, by 2020, the total volume of commodity transportation in Europe will increase by about 50% compared with 2005, and energy input will need to increase by 35%, which will put great pressure on greenhouse gas emission reduction. EU Council officials said that the EU transport sector needs to formulate a long-term development strategy in order to achieve the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.The European Council believes that the EU still has huge potential to improve energy efficiency in the transportation sector. Exploring various potentials and offsetting the energy consumption caused by the growth of total transportation volume will have a very positive role in promoting the EU's ultimate goal of reducing carbon dioxide emissions. . Therefore, the European Council decided that the European Commission should continue to implement energy efficiency actions; support alternative energy and renewable energy plans; implement intelligent and digital management of energy consumption in transportation systems; encourage extensive energy conservation and emission reduction research, etc.
The specific measures proposed by the EU Council meeting are: first, to improve the energy efficiency of various means of transportation; second, to diversify and clean energy, and further increase the use of alternative energy and renewable fuels; third, to design and install Testing instruments to encourage all transport operators to use specified clean energy and continuously enhance citizen awareness of preventing climate change; fourth, strengthen the implementation of the EU's comprehensive transport system and planning, and unify various energy-saving and environmentally friendly quality standards in the EU transport field . How to further optimize the energy effects of different modes of transportation and use more environmentally friendly means of transportation? The EU transportation industry should adopt measures that combine comprehensive logistics management with multiple transportation modes to establish a digital control system for long-distance transportation. Urban transportation planning should further promote the development and construction of regional public transportation and rail transportation, and strengthen market-oriented operation methods of public transportation to reduce fuel consumption and exhaust emissions.
The EU commits to develop a universally applicable, transparent and quantitatively assessable standard no later than June 10, 2008, as a standard for the future construction of transport system infrastructure costs, so as to assist EU financial departments and funds. It will wait to raise funds and formulate investment plans in the transportation sector. The EU emphasizes that railway and waterway transportation are not only important for energy conservation and environmental protection, but also can increase employment and promote the development of tourism. At the same time, we will strengthen land transportation capabilities and improve energy conservation and environmental protection standards for road transportation. According to EU statistics, the carbon dioxide produced by road transport currently accounts for 84% of the total carbon dioxide emissions from the EU transport industry. Since road transportation will continue to grow at a rapid rate within the EU member states, focusing on energy conservation and consumption reduction in road transportation and reducing total vehicle exhaust emissions have become important tasks facing the EU to strengthen transportation efficiency and control greenhouse gas emissions.
The European Commission formulated a relevant framework plan last year, which not only set more detailed energy-saving standards for new vehicles on the road, but also put forward more stringent requirements for greenhouse gas emission reduction. For example, all European car manufacturers are required to meet the European No. 5 exhaust emission standards for new cars produced in 2010; new cars in 2015 must meet the European No. 6 standards. In order to effectively achieve emission reduction targets, the European Union will gradually implement regulations on the use of mixed fuels in vehicles, that is, all vehicle gasoline or diesel must add a certain amount of biofuels. At the same time, the EU will also formulate blending ratio standards for mixed fuels, and EU automakers will develop new passenger and cargo vehicles suitable for mixed fuels. The European Council document points out that biofuel technology will be an important resource for the new generation of energy. This technology requires a large amount of manpower and financial investment. The European Commission must pay attention to those demonstration companies that have continued to succeed in this field and help them move from the EU's 7th Obtain technical support and research funding from a scientific research plan.
EU experts believe that from the perspective of long-term sustainable development, the diversification of energy resources is the basic focus of the EU's energy strategy. At present, in the new energy research related to transportation in the EU, hydrogen and fuel cells have broad prospects, and it is expected to be used as a substitute for fuel to a certain extent. In addition, research projects such as solar cells and charging power supplies have reached the "sprint stage." The EU hopes to highlight its leading position in energy technology in the field of new energy research to seize the initiative in potential future markets.
In recent years, EU railway transportation has mainly developed towards passenger transportation, and the emergence of energy and environmental protection issues in the transportation field has made the role of railways in freight transportation re-recognized. Looking back at the changes in the EU rail transport industry over the past 10 years, most member states have built and replaced modern equipment. The popularity of electrified railways has not only reduced energy consumption, but also reduced carbon dioxide emissions. Railways have huge potential in developing high-efficiency transportation and transportation, and can continue to play their role as the aorta, thereby alleviating the EU's growing transportation needs and environmental pressure. The Council of the European Union hopes that the EU will vigorously coordinate the communication and cooperation mechanism between railways and other transport sectors, strengthen comprehensive and overall management capabilities, better connect railways with roads, sea transport, and air transport, further open up the transnational transport market, and strengthen facilities and equipment technology. interoperability, including further developing the network and improving the market competitiveness of railways.
Develop air transport and actively implement aviation emission reduction goals. With economic globalization and world trade growth, the EU air transport industry has become the fastest growing transport field. In order to increase air transport capacity, the European Union launched the "European Union Modern Aviation Management Plan" at the end of 2005. The plan aims to improve the aviation management level of the entire EU and promote new technologies in the fields of aviation communications, aviation monitoring, and aircraft-ground distance determination. Ground commanders and pilots provide better aviation management and communication methods; they are committed to research on environmental protection to reduce greenhouse gas emissions per flight by 4% to 6%. This plan is expected to invest 300 million euros from 2008 to 2013, which will bring 50 billion euros of economic benefits to the entire EU and create 200,000 jobs. The EU issued a document on aviation emissions reduction at the end of last year and established an emissions trading plan. The EU is working hard to push this document into the international aviation field, hoping to implement it as a globally binding rule. To this end, the EU has received support from the International Civil Aviation Organization and has begun consultations with the United States, Japan, Canada and other countries to improve relevant provisions.
Adhere to the development of energy-saving and efficient maritime and inland water transportation. Since the International Maritime Organization announced the "Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships" to take effect in 2005, shipping has been included as an industry with positive significance for energy conservation and environmental protection. According to relevant statistics, the shipping industry, which is responsible for nearly 60% of the world's freight volume, currently only accounts for about 10% of global emissions. Europe is criss-crossed by canals and dotted with ports. Although water transportation does not have the speed advantage of land and air transportation, the water transportation process is relatively energy-saving. The biggest advantage is environmental protection. It has become a new key area for EU national policy attention and transportation enterprise investment and development. The public investment in the shipping industry by EU member states in the past two years is approximately 3.5 billion euros, and the investment by enterprises is approximately more than twice this amount. Among them, the cost of environmental protection-related infrastructure transformation, equipment technology updates, etc. is approximately 3.5 billion euros. Accounting for about 45%. The EU Council document also emphasizes that member states should strive to unify ship fuel oil specifications and standards and reduce emissions of sulfur, nitrogen oxide particles and other emissions from ocean and inland water transportation to ensure that ship transportation can be cleaner and become a sustainable and sustainable shipping industry. Competitive transportation modes.
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