Euracoal-年度报告-2016-Rev06（2016）EURACOAL-Annual-Report-2016-rev06(2016)

2016年是欧洲在许多层面发生变化的一年。对煤炭行业而言，随着对煤炭的政治思考在行业内外产生影响，变化呈现出更大的姿态。然而，随着变化，出现了一些熟悉的反复。煤炭行业仍在欧盟能源结构中占有一席之地，为欧盟提供了约四分之一的电力。2016年，欧盟共开采褐煤或褐煤3.71亿吨，硬煤产量8700万吨，进口煤炭1.67亿吨。煤炭仍然是欧盟的重要产业。EURACOAL市场委员会的目的是提供关于欧洲硬煤和褐煤的生产、进口和消费的准确、一致和及时的数据，并在定期的市场报告中公布这些数据。2016年，Franz-Josef Wodopia教授接任市场委员会主席，取代了多年来表现卓越的Erich Schmitz博士。沃德伯亚教授在煤炭行业建立了自己的职业生涯，先是领导德国煤炭协会GVSt，后来成为煤炭进口商协会VDKi的总经理。他向委员会介绍了他对这个行业扎实而深入的了解。欧洲能源和环境政策委员会主要处理能源、气候、环境和其他与煤炭有关的政策。委员会响应三个欧洲联盟机构，即欧洲委员会、欧洲议会和欧洲理事会的倡议和程序。由于个别会员国所作能源政策决定的重大影响，成员之间就国家问题交换意见是委员会活动的一个重要部分。2016年又是忙碌的一年，在环境委员会和能源政策委员会合并后，委员会有了新的职权范围。为了处理具体问题，成立了新的特别工作组，由索尔斯滕迪耶克斯博士领导，他与泛欧集团有长期的联系，担任过五年的秘书长。

The year 2016 was a year of change in Europe on  many levels. For the coal industry, change took on  a larger profile as political thinking towards coal  had repercussions within the sector and beyond.  Yet, with change came some familiar refrains. The coal sector retains its position in the EU  energy mix, reliably suppling around one quarter  of EU electricity. In 2016, the EU mined  371 million tonnes of brown coal or lignite, while  87 million tonnes of hard coal production were  supplemented by a further 167 million tonnes of  imported coal. Coal remains an important  business in the EU.

The aim of the EURACOAL Market Committee is to  deliver accurate, consistent and timely data on  production, imports and consumption of hard coal  and lignite in Europe, and to publish these data in  regular market reports.In 2016, Prof. Franz-Josef Wodopia took over the  helm of the Market Committee, replacing Dr. Erich  Schmitz who had served with distinction over  many years. Prof. Wodopia built his career in the  coal industry, rising to lead GVSt, the German Coal  Association, before becoming General Manager at  VDKi, the Coal Importers’ Association. He brings  to the committee his solid, in-depth knowledge of  the industry.

The EURACOAL Energy and Environment Policy  Committee deals primarily with energy, climate,  environment and other coal-related policies. The  committee responds to the initiatives and  procedures of the three European Union  institutions, namely the European Commission, the  European Parliament and the European Council.  Due to the significant implications of energy policy  decisions made by individual member states, an  exchange of views between members on national  issues is an important part of the committee’s  activities. The committee had another busy year in 2016,  with new areas of competence following the  merger of the Environment Committee and the  Energy Policy Committee. New ad-hoc working  groups were created to deal with specific issues,  led by Dr. Thorsten Diercks who has had a long  association with EURACOAL, including as  Secretary-General for five years.