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Video conference of energy ministers

16.06.2020

EU energy ministers had an exchange of views on the economic recovery after the Covid-19 crisis and the European Green Deal, with a focus on innovative energy solutions, during a video conference during which Poland was represented by Deputy Minister of Climate Adam Guibourgé-Czetwertyński.

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In the discussion, ministers were invited to share information on:

  • The energy technology investments that ministers were planning in order to ensure the achievement of 2030 targets and the energy transition, namely in the next two years and in the context of the recovery;
  • The challenges ministers expected during the recovery in general, and in particular while using the instruments of the recovery package for supporting energy investments and innovation. 

Ministers agreed that innovative energy technologies such as smart grids, hydrogen (particularly from renewable sources) and offshore as well as onshore renewable energy will be of great importance for Europe's job creation, competitiveness and decarbonisation. Investments in the renovation of buildings will have a key role for the broader economic recovery. In this context ministers expressed that they looked forward to the Commission's renovation wave strategy.

As regards smart sector integration technologies, especially hydrogen, several ministers underlined their importance and stressed that they were looking forward to the Commission's smart sector integration and hydrogen strategies.

Several ministers mentioned that a large part of the additional investment needs related to energy, climate and transport were already set out in the member states' national energy and climate plans (NECPs). They suggested that some of these energy-related investments could be frontloaded, contributing thus to economic recovery.

As emphasized by minister Guibourgé-Czetwertyński, Poland's goal is to conduct an energy transformation that will not only increase respect for the environment and climate, but also give an impulse to the economy, stimulate domestic industry and trigger innovation, and at the same time will be socially acceptable and ensure fair conditions for changes in regions most exposed to transformation burden.

"In the face of such significant investment challenges, in order to efficiently and fairly carry out the transformation, it is also necessary to maximize investment support from EU funds and other assistance mechanisms" - conluded Poland's Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Climate.

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