ENCL-plan: An energy and climate plan for Norway until 2020

The ENCL plan is a plan for the use and production of energy in Norway. It examines the consequenses of reducing the greenhouse gas emissions by 15-17 million tons before 2020. The report focuses on a limited number of concrete measures to reach this goal.

Norway and the EU have established a set of goals for greenhouse gas emissions and the energy system in Norway in 2020.  All of these goals can be achieved via the 9 measures in the ENCL-plan.

The 5 climate measures of the ENCL-plan are:

1. phasing out all oil-based heating,
2. electrification of 20% of all passenger cars,
3. electrification of 25% of the activities on the continental shelf,
4. installing CCS in 6 industrial plants with especially highemissions, and
5. intensifying the drive towards better energy efficiency.

The 4 climate measure of the ENCL-plan are:

1. increasing the production of hydro and wind power by 2 TWh el/year in order to achieve power balance,
2. increasing the production of renewable heat by 3 TWh heat/year, mainly by means of heat pumps,biomass and waste,
3. producing 250 000 tons/year of biofuels in Norway and importing an equal amount, and
4. increasing the production of hydro and wind power by another 12 TWh el/year, mainly for export.

The easiest way to implement the ENCL-plan will be by means of government directives and subsidies; the plan should be seen as a supplementary measure in addition to the expected future effect of emission quota prices. The total cost via the state budget will be approximately NOK 7 billion per year, i.e. approximately 1% of the total state budget and NOK 1,500 per inhabitant.