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SUMMARY:Phasing out from lignite – what does that mean for the Czech powe
 r sector?
DESCRIPTION:Europe’s top-three lignite countries are Germany\, Poland and
  the Czech Republic\, Europe’s lignite triangle. Over the last dozen or 
 so months\, national discussions on the gradual phasing out of lignite hav
 e accelerated in these countries. The German Coal Commission proposed to c
 lose all hard coal- and lignite-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest\,
  and the German parliament adopted this plan. A Coal Commission was also s
 et up in the Czech Republic. By the end of the year\, it will determine wh
 en the Czech Republic will exit coal. In Poland\, no official talks are ye
 t underway\, but many discussions are taking place in view of the country'
 s dwindling lignite reserves. But looking at national phase-out plans indi
 vidually is not enough\, since the interconnected EU energy systems are in
 terdependent. On account of energy prices\, flows and CO2 emissions\, ener
 gy sources and the specificity of their use are important for the whole re
 gion. The move away from coal in one country may not lead to a drop in emi
 ssions if neighbouring countries continue to produce energy from coal. It 
 is important\, therefore\, to coordinate energy policy between countries. 
 An important background to this discussion is the decision by the European
  Council in December 2019 to make the European Union climate-neutral by 20
 50\, the key policy goal of its European Green Deal 2030 strategy. The COV
 ID-19 pandemic has only reinforced the urgency of the strategy. EU Heads o
 f States have agreed that the European Green Deal is one foundation of the
  post-COVID-19 economic recovery. Despite the recession\, the European Com
 mission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen will present a compre
 hensive plan to increase the EU's climate target to at least 50 per cent a
 nd as much as 55 per cent by 2030. This will inevitably require a faster l
 ignite phase-out than previously planned because of all the fossil fuels l
 ignite is the most CO2-intensive. In this light\, Agora Energiewende and F
 orum Energii have jointly commissioned a study to Aurora Energy Research t
 o look at the effects of the withdrawal from lignite in Poland\, the Czech
  Republic and Germany in parallel by assessing the consequences for the po
 wer sector and answering the following questions: - How will security of s
 upply be ensured after lignite power is shut down? - Who will be an import
 er and who will be an exporter of electricity in the region? How will elec
 tricity flows change? - How will CO2 emissions change? - What will be the 
 costs of eliminating coal from the energy mix and how will it affect whole
 sale energy prices? On 3 September we will focus on the key results with r
 egards to the Czech Republic digging deeper into the question\, which chal
 lenges arise from phasing out lignite in the Czech power sector. The virtu
 al event targets experts working on the Czech power sector. It will be hel
 d in English and includes a Q &amp\; A session.
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LOCATION:Anna-Louisa-Karsch-Str. 2 \, Berlin (Germany) 
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