# Council Decision of 6 October 2006 on Community strategic guidelines on cohesion (2006/702/EC), Division 1.1.3: Address Europe's intensive use of traditional energy sources

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

A related priority is the need to reduce traditional energy dependency through improvements in energy efficiency and renewable energies. Investments in these fields contribute to the security of energy supply for long-term growth, while acting as a source of innovation and providing opportunities for exports, and are cost effective especially if energy prices remain high.
Investment in traditional sources of energy is also needed, so as to ensure security of supply. In particular, the Funds should concentrate — where there is evidence of market failure and where it does not go against the liberalisation of the market — on the completion of interconnections, with special emphasis on the Trans-European networks, the improvement of electricity grids and the completion and improvement of gas transmission and distribution networks including, where appropriate, in insular and outermost regions.
Guidelines for action under this heading are the following:
Supporting projects to improve energy efficiency, for example in buildings, and dissemination of low energy intensity development models.
Supporting the development and use of renewable and alternative technologies (such as wind, solar, biomass), including for heating and cooling, which can give the EU a leading edge and thus strengthen its competitive position. Such investments also contribute to the Lisbon objective of ensuring that, by 2010, 21 % of electricity is generated from renewable sources.
Concentrating investment in traditional energy sources to develop the networks where there is evidence of market failure. These investments mostly concern the Convergence regions.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/702/annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-702/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.3
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