Energy Resource Efficiency in the EU: Major Legislative Initiatives

2018 ◽  
pp. 159-196
Author(s):  
Umut Turksen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Resource ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
The Eu

ENERGY SECURITY OF THE STATE: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND IMPROVING THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS FOR ENERGY, RESOURCE EFFICIENCY OF BUILDINGS IN UKRAINE AND IN THE EU

2017 ◽  
pp. 38-47
Author(s):  
Victor Chichulin ◽  
Kseniya Chichulina
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Energy Security ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
The State ◽  
Energy Resources ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
The Eu

UDK 658.264 GEL: E21; F15; L74; Q49; Q48; R58 Victor Chichulin, Ph.D., Assoc. Prof. Kseniya Chichulina, Ph.D. Poltava National Technical Yurii Kondratyuk University. Energy Security of the state: Comparative analysis and Improving the Regulatory frameworks for energy, resource efficiency of buildings in Ukraine and in the EU. The article was the analysis and compare existing regulatory frameworks for energy and resource efficiency of various buildings in Ukraine and in the EU. The main assignment of the present research is studying the current situation and trends towards improvement of the Ukrainian regulatory framework concerning energy saving in the construction engineering sector. With the aim of ensuring energy security of the state determined approaches to effectively addressing the problem of high energy consumption. Efficient solution of the high energy resources consumption problem in the field of industrial and civil engineering is only possible with an integrated approach. It is necessary both to control heat losses by means of walling and to reduce energy consumption for conditioning buildings, ventilation air transporting, etc. To successfully solve the problem of high energy resources consumption, it is necessary to improve the total costs of producing electricity, heat/cold, to minimize losses on their way from the energy manufacturer to the consumer. The article presents: energy classification houses by European standards, proved the need to develop the existing regulations energy efficiency in Ukraine; the experience of European countries for energy certification in order to introduce in Ukraine; the structure of the legislative framework of Ukraine in the sphere of energy efficiency of buildings; implementing European practices energy conservation in Ukraine; development of recommendations on adaptation of Ukraine standards to EU; the formation of proposals for  deepening energy cooperation between Ukraine and the EU. Keywords: energy security, regulatory framework, energy and resource efficiency, buildings, energy performance certificates.

scholarly journals Biogas as an alternative energy resource for Ukrainian companies: EU experience

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuri Yevdokimov ◽  
Olena Chygryn ◽  
Tetyana Pimonenko ◽  
Oleksii Lyulyov
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Alternative Energy ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Biogas Production ◽  
Economic Effect ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Final Energy Consumption ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Feed In Tariff

The paper deals with analysis of the preconditions of alternative energy market development in Ukraine. In this case study, the authors analyzed the EU experience. The results of analysis showed that the leader of the EU countries in renewable energy has already achieved the target (20%), which had been indicated. In addition, the findings showed that the share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption has been increasing from year to year. The authors allocate that, according to the Ukrainian potential, biogas is the most perspective one among alternative resources. Moreover, results of analysis showed that Ukraine has the huge potential of agricultural sector. In this direction, the authors allocated the main types of the agricultural activities, which have the highest potential of biogas production: sugar factories, corn silage and poultry farms. The authors underlined that biogas spreading is restrained by the stereotypes that green investments are not attractive for investors. In order to analyze the economic efficiency of investments to the biogas installation, the authors calculated the profit from the biogas installation for poultry farm. The authors made two scenarios for calculation. The first – the whole volume of energy, which was generated from the biogas unit, will be sold with feed-in tariff. The second – the farm covers its own needs in electricity, the rest will be sold with feed-in tariff. The findings showed that the first scenario is more attractive. Moreover, the farm could receive higher profit if it installed the biogas in 2016, not in 2017. In addition, based on the EU experience and features of farm functioning, the authors approved that the biogas installation has not only the economic effect (profit and additional profit) for company, but also ecological and social effects for rural area, where this farm was located.

scholarly journals IASON – Fostering sustainability and uptake of research results through Networking activities in Black Sea & Mediterranean areas

2014 ◽  
Vol XL-7 ◽  
pp. 133-139
Author(s):  
P. Patias
Keyword(s):  
Black Sea ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Materials Management ◽  
Research Fields ◽  
Market Opportunities ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
The Eu

IASON Project has the ultimate goal to establish a permanent and sustainable Network of scientific and non-scientific institutions, stakeholders and private sector enterprises belonging in the EU and third countries located in two significant areas: The Mediterranean and the Black Sea regions. The main focal points of the project will be the usage and application of Earth Observation (EO) in the following topics: <br><br> &ndash; climate change<br> &ndash; resource efficiency<br> &ndash; raw materials management <br><br> IASON aims to build on the experiences gained by 5 FP7 funded projects, OBSERVE, enviroGRIDS, GEONETCab, EGIDA, and BalkanGEONet. All of the above projects focused on enhancing EO capacities, knowledge and technology in the EU and in neighborhood countries. During their execution time they managed to establish links with a critical mass of research institutions, organizations, public organizations, stakeholders, and policy makers in the Balkan region, the Mediterranean, and the Black Sea Basin. IASON intends to create the proper conditions for enhancing knowledge transfer capacity building, and market opportunities in using EO applications and mechanisms in specific research fields that are addressing climate actions resource efficiency and raw materials management.

scholarly journals Looking ahead - from fossil fuel to a circular bioeconomy in Europe. Evolution and behaviour

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 296-306
Author(s):  
Gheorghe Zaman ◽  
Giani Ionel Grădinaru ◽  
Bogdan Florin Matei
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Renewable Resources ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Fossil Fuel ◽  
Strong Support ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Smooth Transition ◽  
Energy Industry ◽  
The Eu

Abstract Giving due consideration to sustainability, the new concept of bioeconomy has faced strong support from international policymakers, changing the way the economy is currently working. And it does not involve only the replacement of fossil feedstock with bio-based fuels, but also acquiring value from waste and bringing to light the resource efficiency that can lead to a smooth transition from a linear to a circular economy. This paper aims to track the EU states movement in implementing the bioeconomy best practices by building clusters based on their progress in adapting their industries to the new requirements. To make this possible, we created two scenarios for recording the evolution of the energy industry in 27 countries: the first one that groups them according to the fossil-fuel sources, and the second one based on renewable resources. Our results revealed that the biomass tends to be used as a complementary source and not a substitute, in comparison to the traditional fuels. Same actors keep the leading positions in both scenarios, making us believe that they may face strong challenges in reaching the European Commission goals. Thus, the present study emphasizes the need to develop highly efficient policies for all EU members to keep the same path.

Risk-oriented approach to the issue of industrial safety and energy resource efficiency gas transport enterprises

2020 ◽  
pp. 244-253
Author(s):  
A.S. Belikov ◽  
◽  
Z.N. Matsuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Natural Gas ◽  
Gas Transport ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Main Pipeline ◽  
Gas Main ◽  
Routine Work ◽  
Gas Main Pipeline ◽  
Oriented Approach

Any gas-main pipeline presents a technological complex of objects that functions as a single system, where all objects of the gas-main pipeline are classified as hazardous facilities, for which most of the existing risks are typical. In order to maintain a gas-transport system in operational, standard and safe condition, it is necessary to perform repair (routine) work assuming replacement or repair of defective sections of the pipe (or other equipment). The methods which an operator of a gas-transport system uses today for ensuring safety of such repair (routine) work are either environmentally harmful (“bleed” of gas), or hazardous and inefficient by energy and/or resource (“bleed” of gas, gas utilization, increasing of pipeline bearing capacity, "overlaying-welding" of defects under pressure, etc.). With this scheme of technological process, level of working and environmental safety and energy-resource efficiency of gas-transport enterprises sharply decreases. The purpose of our research was to propose a risk-oriented approach to the problem of working safety and energy resource efficiency of the gas-transport enterprises. The only type of repair, with which operational (safe) state and resource of the pipeline system can be fully restored is replacement of defective pipe or its section. Therefore, at the stage of preparatory work, the most acute problem is discharge of natural gas from the local section of pipelines by means of its pumping-over (accumulation) instead of "bleeding" or "utilization". We propose a rational, effective and risk-oriented approach to the use of mobile compressor units for pumping over (evacuating) of natural gas as a method for improving working safety and energy efficiency of the gas-transport enterprises. The proposed approach allows the gas-transport companies to create quickly an automated risk management system and reduce the risk level and, as a result, to improve working safety and energy efficiency of the processes of gas transportation.

scholarly journals The Quest for the Future Energy Mix in the EU and in Switzerland

2021 ◽  
pp. 49-66
Author(s):  
Sebastian Heselhaus
Keyword(s):  
Energy Supply ◽  
Nuclear Energy ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Renewable Energies ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Good News ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
The Eu

AbstractSwitzerland and the European Union (EU) face similar challenges when it comes to the decarbonisation and securing of energy supply. Both lack sufficient domestic energy resources, apart from nuclear energy. But nuclear energy has become controversial after the nuclear meltdown accident at Fukushima, Japan, in 2011. Without reconsidering nuclear energy as a future energy resource, the cooperation in the energy market between the EU and Switzerland becomes even more vital for securing energy supply. While in the past, Switzerland has fulfilled an important function in securing energy supply in neighbouring EU Member States, lately, the EU has provided for its own governance for emergency situations. However, Switzerland will maintain its function as an interface in the electricity sector. This is even more true, since the new focus on renewable energies fosters the demand for flexible cross-boundary solutions. An electricity agreement between Switzerland and the EU might provide a stable legal framework for these developments. The price to pay for Switzerland will be a further opening of the market, offering the private consumer a choice of energy providers. The good news for Swiss strategies for promoting renewable energies is that EU Member States are still allowed to take a flexible approach towards national promotion measures, especially in designing them to their territory. Therefore, the cooperation between Switzerland and the EU offers some advantages in terms of flexibility in the quest for security of supply while fighting climate change.

scholarly journals Barriers and Drivers for Circular Economy 2.0 on the Firm Level: Russian Case

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (19) ◽  
pp. 11080
Author(s):  
Svetlana Ratner ◽  
Konstantin Gomonov ◽  
Inna Lazanyuk ◽  
Svetlana Revinova
Keyword(s):  
Business Model ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Institutional Support ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Eu

Historically, the development of the circular economy (CE) proceeds from the CE 1.0 stage, characterized by attention to waste management and recycling, to the CE 2.0 stage with an emphasis on resource efficiency and eco-efficiency, to the current CE 3.0 stage, in which the key factor to a company’s success is the business model. However, not all countries of the world simultaneously began transforming the national economy from a linear model to a circular one; many are still at the CE 1.0 and CE 2.0 stages, and do not have a developed system of institutions supporting the circular economy. In Russia, the concept of a circular economy has not yet received recognition in society and government; the stage of its development can be defined as CE 2.0. This study compares the barriers and drivers of CE development in the EU countries, a group of countries with a well-developed institutional support system, and in Russia, a country that does not have such a system. The study reveals that the most significant difference between countries with mature systems of institutional support and Russia lies in the regulatory sphere and in information and awareness about new available technologies and ways to increase resource efficiency, commercial attractiveness, and organizational feasibility. Changes in the first sphere are impossible without the participation of the national authorities; however, changes in the information sphere are feasible even without the government’s support. The actors in such changes can be international companies with access to resource-efficient new technologies and processes for organizing business.

Economic and Environmental Benefits of Using Waste Potential as a Valuable Secondary and Energy Resource

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Sergiy BEREZYUK ◽  
Dina TOKARCHUK ◽  
Natalia PRYSHLIAK
Keyword(s):  
Raw Materials ◽  
Practical Importance ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Household Waste ◽  
Effective Management ◽  
Effective Utilization ◽  
Secondary Use ◽  
Dialectical Approach ◽  
The Eu

The article is devoted to solving the problems of recycling in Ukraine, as the accumulation of waste every year becomes more and more threatening. Waste accumulated in landfills occupies 7 percent of the territory of Ukraine (more than 43 thousand km2), which simultaneously leads to pollution of water, soil, air and the deterioration of the ecological and economic situation in general. The experience of European countries in dealing with waste indicates the complexity and effectiveness of measures for their effective management, which is not currently available in Ukraine. The main objective of the article is to provide proposals on improving the processes of safe waste management in Ukraine, taking into account the EU experience and identifying a number of measures that will facilitate the effective management of solid household waste in Ukraine. The object of the research is municipal solid waste as a source of valuable secondary raw materials, as well as an energy resource. The research methodology includes the application of the dialectical approach and the methods of economic analysis: abstract-logical, statistical-economic, tabular and graphic, monographic, economic-mathematical (extrapolation method). The article highlights the ecological and energy efficiency of the secondary use of a valuable resource of solid household wastes. A scheme for organizing the effective utilization of solid household waste is proposed, the implementation of which is of practical importance in the implementation both at the level of individual communities and the state as a whole.

scholarly journals CONCEPT OF SECURITY AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY OF UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 46-57
Author(s):  
Z.M. MATSUK
Keyword(s):  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Oil And Gas ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Oil And Gas Industry ◽  
Resource Efficiency ◽  
The State ◽  
Labor Protection ◽  
Gas Industry ◽  
Maintenance And Repair

Problem statement. Taking into account the world experience, the most effective is risk managementbased on achieving a certain level of safety, a balance of benefits and costs within a separate facility, territory, industryand the state as a whole. Today, risk management mechanisms aimed at reducing their values have not received widepractical application in the oil and gas industry of Ukraine. Thus, a quantitative risk assessment is used only in relationto industry workers during the execution of work, and a qualitative risk assessment in relation to machines,mechanisms, equipment is not used at all, including the likelihood of a positive compensatory impact of measures toУкраїнський журнал будівництва та архітектури, № 4 (004), 2021, ISSN (Print) 2710-0367, ISSN (Online) 2710-0375 46 counter security threats is not predicted, as well as technical condition and safety of facilities, primarily those that areoperated with defects. At the same time, imperfection of regulatory legal acts and inconsistency at the state and industrylevel of risk management methods do not allow the industry to achieve risk levels corresponding to the levels ofeconomically developed countries. The need to introduce conceptual foundations for ensuring the safety of the industry(management of the risk of accidents) is integral to labor protection, industrial, public, man-made, environmental safetyand energy resource efficiency, caused by the presence in the industry of a large number of organizational and manmade hazards. The number and linear length of the industry facilities on the territory of the state, including the difficultconditions for laying main pipelines. A significant number of cross-border crossings of trunk pipelines. The need todiversify the flows of commodity products of the main transport. A significant amount of hazardous substances that arestored, transported, synthesized, and used in the technological processes of the industry. A high level of risk ofemergencies of a technogenic nature due to a significant degree of wear and tear of the main production assets of theindustry. The inconsistency of the number of employees (appropriate qualifications) in the industry with therequirements of labor protection, industrial safety and the scope of work on diagnostics, maintenance and repair offacilities. A relatively low level of material and technical support for diagnostics, maintenance and repair of industryfacilities. Failure to recognize the low level of energy resource efficiency of production (synthesis), transport, storage ofhydrocarbons (hydrogen) as a negative technogenic factor affecting the safety of the industry. Imperfection of theregulatory and legal framework on the determination of the residual resource of the equipment of the industry facilitiesand the extension of the period of its further safe operation, etc. The purpose of the article – increase the level ofnational security of Ukraine by developing and implementing the "Concept of safety and energy resource efficiency ofthe oil and gas industry of Ukraine. Conclusion. The implementation of the provisions of the developed Concept willsignificantly increase the level of national security of Ukraine, as well as the safety and energy resource efficiency ofenterprises in the oil and gas industry of Ukraine.

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