{"id":4800,"date":"2019-09-09T00:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T22:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euracoal.eu\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2019-09-09T00:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T22:04:38","slug":"euracoal-position-paper-on-a-clean-planet-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pipe.euracoal.biz\/?p=4800","title":{"rendered":"EURACOAL Position Paper on \u201cA Clean Planet for All\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Key Points<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The climate challenge requires global solutions with similar ambitions everywhere.<\/li>\n<li>A carbon-neutral EU economy by 2050 is highly ambitious: the necessary technologies need to be developed and deployed, and carbon-leakage risks need to be clearly addressed.<\/li>\n<li>Without large-scale energy storage, conventional thermal power generation will still be needed.<\/li>\n<li>To gain public support and to maintain EU competitiveness, solutions have to be affordable.<\/li>\n<li>EU member states should remain free to choose their own (different) energy mixes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h6>Coal\u2019s contribution today:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>The EU coal sector has reduced its CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions by over 47% since 1990, thus helping to meet targets in the UNFCCC Paris agreement. No other sector has done as much.<\/li>\n<li>The extraction and use of coal is linked to over 200 000 high-quality, well-paid direct jobs, as well as indirect jobs at suppliers.<\/li>\n<li>Coal contributes to affordable and competitive electricity prices and thereby to EU prosperity, reinforcing the EU as a place to do business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Coal\u2019s contribution tomorrow:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>Coal is a partner for electricity generation from renewables: existing coal power plants respond flexibly to the ups and downs of wind and solar power.<\/li>\n<li>Under the EU ETS, the coal sector will continue to reduce its emissions, cost-effectively. Accordingly, <strong>the EU emissions trading system should remain the only instrument used to drive down CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions in the power sector<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>Coal\u2019s contribution the day after tomorrow:<\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li>EURACOAL supports a climate and energy policy based on <strong>accelerated technological progress through near-term research, innovation and entrepreneurship<\/strong> within a non-discriminatory, technology-neutral, competitive market place that delivers a wide portfolio of sustainable, low-carbon solutions which consumers are willing to pay for.<\/li>\n<li>Coal\u2019s contribution to progress will be reliable and affordable electricity from power plants that are now cleaner than ever before. The coal sector is already pushing forward new energy storage options; new processes that supply clean hydrogen; and a circular-carbon economy that allows any carbon-based material, including plastic wastes and woody biomass, to be recycled into new products, without carbon emissions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Download the full EURACOAL position paper <a href=\"https:\/\/public.euracoal.eu\/download\/Public-Archive\/Library\/Position-Papers\/EURACOAL-20190904-Position-Paper-2050-vision-09.pdf\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points The climate challenge requires global solutions with similar ambitions everywhere. A carbon-neutral EU economy by 2050 is highly ambitious: the necessary technologies need to be developed and deployed, and carbon-leakage risks need to be clearly addressed. Without large-scale energy storage, conventional thermal power generation will still be needed. 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