European Economic
and Social Committee
European Economic
and Social Committee
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Geotermalna energija ima v Evropi velik neizkoriščen potencial, zato bi morala Evropska unija nujno sprejeti evropsko strategijo za geotermalno energijo, da bi lahko izkoristili njene prednosti.
EESO je na oktobrskem plenarnem zasedanju predstavil nedvoumno stališče o energiji. V mnenju, ki sta ga pripravila Zsolt Kükedi in Thomas Kattnig, je EESO poudaril, da ima proizvodnja geotermalne energije izjemno nizke emisije toplogrednih plinov in da ima lahko ključno vlogo pri zelenem prehodu EU, saj zmanjšuje njeno odvisnost od fosilnih goriv in lajša razogljičenje.
„Geotermalna energija lahko koristno prispeva k doseganju ciljev podnebne nevtralnosti EU do leta 2050,“ je dejal g. Kükedi. „Njen potencial je neizkoriščen in Evropska komisija bi morala nemudoma pripraviti celovito strategijo za uporabo virov, ki jih nudi,“ je poudaril tudi g. Kattnig.
EESO poudarja, da naložbe v geotermalne elektrarne ne bodo uspešne brez finančne pomoči na nacionalni ravni. Natančneje, za privabljanje in zmanjšanje tveganja začetne naložbe bodo potrebna vladna sredstva in spodbude.
Velja tudi poudariti, da spremembe energetske politike ali financiranja lahko vplivajo na gospodarsko privlačnost geotermalnih projektov.
Pri gradnji geotermalnih elektrarn obstajajo tveganja, ki jih je treba natančno opredeliti, zlasti v smislu učinkov na okolje. Za večjo podporo javnosti je torej bistveno, da se to izvede v sodelovanju z lokalnimi skupnostmi.
Kljub vsemu pa okoljske in podnebne koristi geotermalne energije odtehtajo tveganja, saj gre za enega najboljših obnovljivih virov energije v smislu rabe zemljišč in virov ter odvisnosti od uvoza. (mp)