Energy Management Institute, as a full member of EURELECTRIC for Bulgaria, became part of the Electrification Alliance.

Avere, EURELECTRIC, the European Copper Institute, the European Heat Pump Association, SolarPower Europe and WindEurope, joined forces to launch the Electrification Alliance, calling for electricity to be recognised as a main energy carrier for an effective and decarbonised European future.

At the start-up event held on 23 June 2017, the Alliance issued an Electrification Declaration, which also was supported by a large number of associations, companies and non-governmental organisations. The Declaration states that since electricity is decarbonised in Europe, it will reveal its true value as it becomes the key vector for achieving a decarbonised, energy efficient and digital economy.

The Declaration includes a commitment to support carbon intensity reduction and the scale up of investment in nonemitting technologies like renewables, energy storage and smart grids while promoting sectoral integration in the heating, cooling and transport sectors.

The Declaration requires reforms within the framework of the current legislative review of European climate, energy and transport legislation to accelerate the advancement of electrification in the coming years. This will maximise the potential of decarbonised electricity and enable effective technologies to boost Europe’s competitiveness, economic growth, job creation and the promotion of a sustainable and healthy society for European citizens.

The Declaration calls on European politicians to acknowledge that decarbonised electricity has become a key instrument for a sustainable European economy, for removing barriers to electrification, deploying highly needed infrastructure for charging electric vehicles, and enabling the deployment of smart and efficient heating and cooling systems.

See more about the initiative on EURELECTRIC’s web site.