EU plans zero dependence on Russian energy by 2027

Recently CNN.co.jp reported the following:

ＥＵ、ロシア産エネルギーへの依存ゼロを計画　２７年までに

2022.03.13 Sun posted at 15:24 JST

  （ＣＮＮ） 欧州連合（ＥＵ）の行政執行機関、欧州委員会のフォンデアライエン委員長は１３日までに、ロシア産のエネルギー源への加盟国の依存度を２０２７年までにゼロにする対策を今年５月半ばまでに示す方針を明らかにした。

２７年までにロシア産の天然ガス、石油や石炭への依存度を段階的に減らし、加盟国や欧州全体が保有する資源の活用を訴える内容になるとした。

パリ郊外のベルサイユ宮殿で開いたＥＵ首脳会議の終了後、フランスのマクロン大統領やミシェルＥＵ首脳会議常任議長と共に臨んだ記者会見で述べた。

同委員長はまた、３月末までに天然ガス価格の上昇が電気料金に波及することを制限する選択肢を提示するとも表明。作業部会を設け、次の冬季へ向けた補充計画も錬らせるとした。

ＥＵは長期にわたる天然ガスの備蓄政策をまとめる必要もあり、毎年１０月の初旬までに地下施設における保存量を少なくとも９０％にすることを提案するだろうとも指摘。供給面での障害の発生に備えた政策でもあるとした。

ロシアによるウクライナへの軍事侵攻を受けＥＵは先に、ロシア産の天然ガス輸入を今年３分の２程度減らし、３０年よりかなり前には同国産の天然ガスや石油への総体的な需要をなくす方針も示していた。

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2022.03.13 Sun posted at 15:24 JST

  (CNN) The executive body European Union (EU), President of the European Commission (EC), Von der Leyen, made known on the 13^th that steps would be taken to reduce member states' dependence on Russian energy source to zero by 2027, and announced that this policy would be disclosed by the mid- May this year.

Up to 2027, it would gradually reduce its dependence on Russian natural gas, oil and coal, and this might become an appeal on the utilization of resources owned by member countries and Europe as a whole.

French President Macron together with President of the European Council Michel said that at a press conference after the EU summit at the Palace of Versailles on the outskirts of Paris.

The president Of EC also said she would offer options to limit the effects of rising natural gas prices on electricity prices up to end of March. She said she would set up a working group to develop a replenishment plan for the next winter.

The EU also needed to put together a long-term natural gas stockpiling policy and might propose to store up at least 90% in underground facilities by early October each year. It was also a policy to prepare for the occurrence of supply problems.

Following Russia's military invasion of Ukraine, the EU first reduced Russia's natural gas imports by about two-thirds this year, it also announced a policy to eliminate the overall demand for domestically produced natural gas and oil well before 2030.

              So, EU will take steps to reduce its dependence on Russian energy sources to zero by 2027. This is a fundamental shift in EU’s energy policy and may impact the energy market globally.