Transcript Increasing nuclear power at liberalised energy

WEC Energy Trilemma Index 2015
Commentary
14.12.2015
Professor Sanna Syri, Energy Technology and
Energy Economics
Aalto University
WEC index system: clear indicators -> clear
results
World countries have huge differences
 this kind of method is good for portraying the overall picture
 Main dimensions are Security, Equity and Sustainability => ok
 Main features are clearly highlighted
 But, for national level policy-making, more resolution is needed
 What can we learn from this to Finland’s new Energy and Climate
strategy ?
Clear indicators -> clear results
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Top 10 in 2014:
Top 10 in 2015:
=> My first guess:
Industrial countries blessed
with large resources of
hydropower and, in many
cases, nuclear power.
Methods
Lack of heating/cooling indicators due to data difficulties?
Heating ?
Heating/cooling ?
Energy/GDP
Heating?
• If CO2 emissions or diversity of heating sources were included, what
would happen?
• DH from CHP is common, diverse fuel mix, also significant
amount of biomass
 In Central Europe direct heating with imported natural gas is
common, not best for sustainability, nor security.
• Are gas and coal counted in the same way for security?
• Energy: GDP indicator
• Aims to indicate efficient use of energy in the national economy
• It also punishes from GDP based on industry, as Finland is.
What can we learn from this to Finland’s new Energy
and Climate strategy ?
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For national level policy-making, ”higher resolution” is needed.
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Key energy policy issues at the moment in Finland:
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European wide issue: Subsidized RES on the electricity market is leading
to lack of market-based capacity in wintertime
Finland is increasingly dependent on electricity imports (Close-by situation
6.11. when Lo1 fell out => emergency reserves of Fingrid were started)
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RES support framework will be re-designed in Finland.
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Are we loosing our CHP ? Fuel taxation increase should rather be on
condensing power only. Low electricity prices challenge CHP profitability.
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Oil imports burden our trade balance. 2/3 is consumed in transport and
machinery. This is also a difficult sector for deep CO2 emissions.
=> More emphasis on EV’s, public transport and walking & cycling is needed.