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Commission on Energy
Energy and climate in focus
The Energy Commission held an information seminar in Kalmar, Sweden, on 18 September. At the session representatives from UBC municipalities, Vinnova (Research and Innovation for Sustainable growth) and Onealyze gathered. A focal point of the meeting was information about the work of the Energy Commission and about finding new solutions for energy efficiency. In connection to the meeting a study trip was also made, a visit to Moskogen in Kalmar, a new biofuel-power heat and power plant that will produce 140 GWh of electricity and 360 GWh of district heating per year from renewable biofuel from the Kalmar region. We find it very important to mix theory and practice in the development of the BSR.
The members of the JECP: Baltic Island Network (B7), Baltic Assembly (BA), Baltic 21, Baltic Metropoles Network (BaltMet), Baltic Development Forum (BDF), Baltic Sea Parliamentary Conference (BSPC), Baltic Sea-States Sub-Regional Cooperation (BSSSC), Council of Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM), Nordic Council and the UBC
Joint Energy and Climate Platform
The UBC is active in the network JECP, Joint Energy and Climate Platform. This is a network of denary BSR organizations focusing on energy and climate prior to the COP 15 in Copenhagen in December.The UBC is the only local organization in the network and the Energy Commission is the representative of the UBC in the work. The goals of the networkare threefold:
- to convey a clear "Regional Energy and Climate message" to national and intergovernmental authorities
- to support ongoing and future re gional projects, aiming to achieve a sound Energy and Climate Future for the BSR
- to raise public awareness of Energy and Climate challenges in the BSR The Energy Commission is the coordinator of the JECP during the year 2009 and we wish to advocate both the local level in the network and the work in the BSR towards the European Commission.
The Danish company EA Energy Analyses has written a report about "Sustainable Energy Scenarios" in the BSR on behalf of the JECP. They have looked at Big-Tech and Small-Tech; how we produce and how we consume energy. The UBC represents the Small-Tech and we can see in the report that actions in the Small-Tech area are the ones that will make the most difference. It is of great importance to think about our energy consumption and there are great saves to be made. You can order the report from the Energy Commission, info@ubcenergy.org.
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