Broadband over Power Line (UK)

A European Strategy for Sustainable, Competitive and Secure Energy

Following on from a speech by Tony Blair last year, Jose Manual Barroso, the EC president, has today called for a coherent energy strategy for Europe. Included in the Green Paper are proposals for tighter links with Russia, the formation of a European energy regulator and a strategic energy technology plan.

The last item is what interests me most from a BPL perspective "a strategic energy technology plan".

I'm also encouraged by the first paragraph in the Green Paper which says, “There is an urgent need for investment. In Europe alone, to meet expected energy demand and to replace ageing infrastructure, investments of around one trillion euros will be needed over the next 20 years.”

I like to think they can find funding for BPL somewhere in that “one trillion euros”

A micro-site with all of the information can be found here:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/energy/green-paper-energy/index_en.htm

posted by Energy Broadband @ 8:16 AM