Translation of "émission de source énergétique " (French → English) :

Notes that energy reporting obligations as part of a framework are essential to evaluate the progress and implementation of existing energy efficiency legislation; regrets, however, the excessive energy reporting obligations imposed, also by gold-plating by Member States, on businesses, energy producers, consumers and public authorities, which limit the potential for growth and innovation; stresses that reporting duties should wherever possible be simplified in order to reduce administrative burdens and costs; criticises the fact that data obtained in reporting are often not comparable across the EU due to different breakdowns, methodologies and standards; calls on the Commission ...[+++] to reduce, including through digital solutions, the administrative burden related to reporting obligations and to establish more guidelines on data comparability for better data evaluation; calls for aligning energy demand projections in line with cost-effective saving potential in key sectors, and believes that cutting red tape will speed up the implementation of energy efficiency measures; notes that applying the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle requires reviewing energy planning and reporting and improving policy coherence in order to ensure their mutual reinforcement, recognising that saving energy is Europe’s first and most secure source of energy; notes that energy efficiency can be the best energy ‘source’ investment, improving affordability of energy, driving down the need for additional and costly supply-side infrastructure and helping tackle climate change.

So there is certainly work going on to reduce their consumption of classic fossil fuels and convert that to bio-energy, and, as a result, reduce the greenhouse gas emissions.

Natural resources, the prudent and rational utilisation of which is provided for in Article 174 of the Treaty, include, apart from renewable energy sources, oil, natural gas and solid fuels, which are essential energy sources but are also the main sources of carbon dioxide emissions.

- A suitably structured tax (in accordance with the polluter pays princple) can legitimately increase competitiveness and hence stimulate the development of energy sources (in particular renewable sources such as solar and wind energy, biomass, and small hydroelectric plants) which are favourable in terms of carbon dioxide emissions but which at the same time can help improve the Community's energy security or open up new prospects for agriculture (biomass) (substitution effect).

To stabilize CO2 emissions in the time available, the only course of action is to reduce energy demand by increasing energy efficiency and by promoting fuel-switching.

For the first part of my presentation, what I would like to do is to talk about the supply mix that makes up our electricity portfolio in the province of Ontario and some of the significant investments we have been making, over the last eight years or so, to modernize our system and replace coal — a significant commitment to carbon reductions in Ontario — with other renewable sources.