Summary
Recent oil price increases in international markets have re-sparked debate over the security of the European Union's energy supply. This, together with other challenges such as climatic change and the construction of an internal energy market, are issues of great concern for society in general.
The appearance of the Green Paper: Towards a European Strategy for the Security of Energy Supply (COM (2000), 769) was a response to these concerns. The report has stimulated great interest among socio-economic agents from the different member states of the European Union, including Spain.
One of the main goals of the Green Paper was to spark a general debate within the European Commission, as well as the Member States, as to the energy options open to Europe. Important decisions will soon have to be made concerning energy investments, as well as how to comply with different international agreements designed to fight against climactic change, such as the Kyoto Protocol.
IDAE is a member of the OPET network and it was in this context that this Conference-Debate was organized, on 23 April 2001, at the conference hall of the Madrid Civil Engineers Association, within the Energy Programme, the European Union's V Framework Programme for Research and Development.
This case study is one of 31 Good Practice Case Studies published by the OPET Network in 2005
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