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LP Gas Energy for the European Village

The 2011 AEGPL Congress will be held in Bucharest, Romania, on June 22-24. The conference is expected to draw over 1,000 industry professionals, and over 100 exhibiting companies to its accompanying exhibition.

European energy consumption is growing at around eight per cent per year, and lpg’s share of the total consumption is expected to double by 2030. Lpg gas consumption in Romania has already shown steady growth over the last five years, equivalent to an annual growth of nearly 12 per cent.

Veron Toma, president of ARGPL, the Romanian lp gas association, said: “As Europe and the world continue to look for solutions to energy challenges, I believe the lpg industry should continue to do its best to make sure that our product is exploited to its full potential. In Eastern Europe as a whole, lpg autogas continues to show strong growth in many countries, and there are many areas where there are opportunities to increase lpg gas’ use in domestic situations – a key topic for this year’s congress.”

The theme for the 2011 congress – Lpg: Energy For The European Village – has been chosen to mark the launch of the AEGPL’s Beyond The Grid Roadmap, which will state its vision for the domestic lp gas market until 2030.

Joël Pedessac, president of the AEGPL, said: “This is the first time that the event has been held in southeastern Europe. As the EU has now expanded to 27 member states, and will doubtless increase even more in the near future, it is only fitting that the industry’s keynote event takes place in this part of the continent.

“The theme chosen for this year’s congress is LPG: Energy For The European Village and refers to two distinct ideas. Firstly, as the EU and, in fact, non-EU countries, continue to integrate both economically and politically, we see more convergence of standards, and more closeness across the continent than ever before. The effect of the single market in Europe is continuing to widen and deepen and, although different countries of course retain their individual identities, there has never been more that we can learn from one another. “Secondly, 2011 sees the launch of AEGPL’s latest roadmap. This new roadmap is titled Beyond The Grid and covers applications of lpg in domestic or off-mains environments – often in many of Europe’s thousands of villages.

“I strongly believe that this third roadmap can help to shape the European lpg gas industry by not only giving a stronger identity to our sector and our product, but also detailing the precise advantages that Europe will gain if lpg is used to its full potential. After the success of the Autogas Roadmap launched in 2008, which has been used extensively by AEGPL members across the continent and has also been reflected in European transport strategy, I hope that the Beyond The Grid Roadmap can have a similar effect for domestic lpg.”

For more information, visit www.aegpl2011.com

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