NEEDS Forum 2

NEEDS Forum 2 focused on the topic of security of supplies and the related externalities for the development of the EU energy strategies. Within the energy system the security of energy supply is one of the most important issues shaping energy policy of countries and regions. Low cost and non-disruptive supplies are guarantees of long-term economy growth. The energy security problem has many dimensions and no universal solution. European Union is highly dependent on foreign energy supplies. Unstable oil prices could undermine economy growth. Assuming continuation of the present trends in next 30 years, 70% of energy will be imported. Economies are changing constantly; technological progress, increasing competition on internal and global market create new challenges for energy supplies required for economical growth. To respond to these challenges the European Commission Green Paper on Energy Security outlined the strategy and identified main principles of energy policy, which can be associated with different aspects of energy externalities:

• uninterrupted physical availability of energy products on the market,
• affordability for all consumers, commercial and residential,
• environmental concerns and sustainable development,
• self-sufficiency, diversification of energy carriers and geographical regions of suppliers,
• demand management as means of  balancing supply and demand,
• ways of changing consumers behaviour, towards environment friendly consumption,
• gradual increase of the share of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse gases emissions.
  Other issues, to be addressed are:
• instability in some regions of the world in the context of energy supplies
• enlargement, which and its impact on the overall EU energy system,
• electricity market liberalization,
• future of nuclear power: GHG emissions reduction, safety and public acceptance,
• dominance of imports from Russia

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PROGRAMME

5 July

12.45 – 13.45 Buffet lunch - Registration

14.00 - 14.30 Opening Chair: ADAM GUŁA

AGH Dean, Faculty of Fuels and Technology

MP. Jan Rzymełka

Andrea Ricci, NEEDS project Coordinator; ISIS, Italy

14.30 – 16.00  First Plenary Session

Energy security – Green paper, Energy System Vulnerability, Solidarity for energy security

Chair: ANDREA RICCI

Tim Gould: Energy Charter “The Energy Charter: a way to ensure security of supply and tackle climate change”

Manfred Hafner: OME “Oil and gas supply-demand scenarios for Europe up to 2030”

Prof. Cuomo and Lina Cosmi: IMAA-CNR, Italy “The NEEDS TIMES models to support the definition of strategies for the security of energy supply”

Helene Conor: Helio International Paris, France "Energy Security via Improved Governance"

16.00 – 16.30 Coffee break

16.30 – 18.00 Second Plenary Session Energy security economics, Externalities of Energy Supply

Chair: STEFANO FABERI

Małgorzata Palińska: Ministry of Economy, Poland “Security of oil and gas supplies to Poland”

Alistair Hunt: University of Bath, UK "Some macro - economic estimates of Energy Security Externalities”

Mariusz Kudelko; Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland "External cost of power generation in Poland"

20.00 Dinner HAWEŁKA – Miód i Wino

6 July 

9.30 – 10.30 Second Plenary Session continued

Chair: WOJCIECH SUWAŁA

Stefan Hirschberg: Paul Scherrer Institute “Energy Externalities: Approaches, Insights, Limitations and Security of Supply Issues”

Artur Wyrwa and Anna Stężały; AGH – University of Science and Technology, Poland "Benefit analysis of development of co-generation systems in Polish big cities - case study for Krakow"

10.30 – 11.30 Third Plenary Session

Clean coal technologies, nuclear power, RES – road to energy security improvement

Chair: WOJCIECH SUWAŁA

Dr. Peter Russ: JRC – IPTS European Commission, Sevilla “Post-Kyoto climate policy scenarios and energy security”

Jan Melichar, Milan Ščasný: Charles University, Prague "External Cost of Fossil and Non-fossil Energy Systems: The Case of the Czech Republic”

11.30 – 12.00 Coffee break

12.00 – 13.00 Third Plenary Session continued

Chair: MANFRED HAFNER

Mr. Fathalla Mohamed “Renewable energy in Egypt. Strategy, Achievements and Plans”

Wojciech Suwal:; AGH – University of Science and Technology, Poland “Perspectives of clean coal technologies in Poland”

Gaidis Klavs, Ivars Kudrenickis, Janis Rekis: IPE – Institute of Physical Energetics, Latvia “RES Integration for Increasing of Energy Supply Security in Latvia: Environmental and economical factors”

Michał Szczęsny Siciński: AGH – University of Science and Technology, Poland “Strategic Starting Points of the Sustainable Development: between Global Harmony and Local Technologies”.

13.00 – 13.30 Final Discussion and Summary Session

13.30 Lunch