The carbon neutrality is the balance between emissions and carbon uptake, and the reduction of greenhouse gases and CO2 emissions, pushing the transition to renewable energies and to a less carbon-intensive world, is the way to achieve a more sustainable energy system.
It’s a vital goal to fight climate changing, and European Union has been at the forefront of promoting the Paris Agreement, a plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, knowing that it requires profound social and economic transformation that will include:
- Fully decarbonizing Europe’s energy supply
- Embracing clean mobility
- climate change
- Putting industrial modernization at the centre of economy.
The European Commission has set of rules capable of guiding the planet towards a new life, creating a modern, resource-efficient and competitive economy. These are the three main points to be ensured bay 2050:
- Become climate-neutral
- Promote a good use of resources, protecting life by cutting pollution
- Don’t leave behind persons and places, helping companies become world leaders in clean products and technologies
There are also goals and targets set for 2030:
- At least 55% cuts in greenhouse gas emissions
- At least 42% share for renewable energy
- At least 39% improvement in energy efficiency
The European Union is expected to build strong value chains by enabling technologies such as new materials, digitalization, artificial intelligence, high performance computing and biotechnology.
Focus on:
- Smart networks and batteries
- Hydrogen and fuel cells
- Energy storage
- Carbon-neutral transformation of energy industries
The mobility plan is a part of European Green Deal action, with a set target of 1 million publicly accessible recharging and refuelling stations in place by 2025 that establishes a springboard for the necessary much larger roll out of such infrastructure until 2030.
The overall volume of electric car uptake for the full year of 2023 surpassed 1.5 million units, reflecting a substantial 37% increase compared to 2022. The battery-electric car market share reached 14.6% in 2023.
The limited availability of public recharging can undoubtedly be a psychological barrier to EV uptake for drivers of conventional vehicles. The electric car is growing but there is a serious lack of columns along the road networks of the European Union.
It is clear that a rapid growth of the charging points installed is needed to reach the objectives of the Green Deal by 2030.
Carlo Gavazzi with its almost 50 years of experience in electric metering contributes to this project by supplying high accuracy meters in various formats and characteristics for measuring the energy consumed upstream of the charging stations but also very specific meters for installation inside the charging poles.