Power Shifts wiki - User contributions [en]

Resilience

2016-10-27T20:59:55Z

Matthias.klonner: initiatial text

Is the ability to withstand and to endure a shortfall of supply of gas. The minimum amount of time a country has to currently withstand is set with 30 days.
A stress test conducted in 2014 conducted by the European Commission uncovered several shortcomings in that regard. As a consequence, the proposal 0030/2016 was initiated.

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Proposal 0030/2016

2016-10-27T20:55:14Z

Matthias.klonner: categorie

A proposal for a new regulation on the security of gas supply. Its main aim is to develop a stronger response and resilience to future supply risks. Major innovations include a solidarity principle and regional preventive action and emergency plans.

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Proposal 0030/2016

2016-10-27T20:54:11Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

Security of Gas Supply Regulation

2016-10-27T20:51:18Z

Matthias.klonner: adapting categorie

Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council outlining problems regarding gas supply security and establishing a framework for solidarity among member states in times of gas shortages. It emphasises risk assessment, preventive action and emergency plan for each member state with coordination on EU level.
Infrastructure standards were trying to insure proper storage facilities and reverse flow pipelines while supply standards dictate that member states should hold emergency supplies for 30 day of shortage.
Gas Coordination Group, consisting of member states representatives, was established to assist the Commission on the EU wide coordination.

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Security of Gas Supply Regulation

2016-10-27T20:50:25Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

Solidary supply

2016-10-27T20:05:57Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

When one of the members of a specific region defined by regulation 994/10 is affected by a very serious crisis of gas supply, its neighbors have an obligation to supply gas to that country from a supply called solidary supply.

Liquified natural gas

2016-10-24T23:12:26Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

Natural gas as it is commonly known, however it is cooled down so far that it reaches its liquid state. This way it is way easier to transport and store greater amounts and the price per m3 decreases. Due to the high production prices it hasn´t been that popular in the past, however in the last years the importance has been rising due to decreasing costs

Solidarity clause

2016-10-24T23:11:13Z

Matthias.klonner: iniatial text

Part of a proposal issued by the Commission in March 2016, as part of a bigger policy revoking the older standards from 2010. Its main purpose is to split the entire European Union into different regions, which are evaluated together by risk and interconnection. These regions go beyond the MS boarders and are supposed to be the main focus when it comes to distribution of energy and the balance and diversity of energy resources. The main point behind this clause is that the states in the different regions would have to help out each another in possible shortfalls, which is currently highly controversial among the MS.

Gas storage facilities

2016-10-24T23:10:07Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

Primarily huge gas tanks in refineries, however in the recent years the use of LNG storage facilities, due to the reduced space needed and to decreased costs, has grown rapidly.

Shortfall

2016-10-24T23:08:44Z

Matthias.klonner: initial text

Refers to the situation that due to unexpected events the production level of a certain power plant or power resource suddenly drops (i.e. Ukrain crisis or cloudy weather for photovoltaic).

Security of supply

2016-10-24T23:06:52Z

Matthias.klonner: added the short term

The diversification of sources and suppliers and a transformation towards more internally produced energy in order to ensure the long-term availability of cheap and abundant energy as well as reducing dependency on politically unreliable trading partners.

=== Securing energy supply in the short term ===
In case of a sudden shortfall there are a lot of back -up power plants all over the European Union, waiting or running under complete utilization for balancing possible short-time outfalls. Most of these emergency production facilities heavily rely on gas, making it the most important back-up energy resource.

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Domestic gas production

2016-10-22T11:34:59Z

Matthias.klonner: set-up of the definition

The domestic gas production is the total production of natural gas in a single Member State, often it is also used for the production of the entire European Union. In the last decades the domestic production has been declining, leading to increasing imports and new gas sources, such as liquified-natural gas.