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With the publication on July 2, 2009 of the second call for proposals of the EU Joint Undretaking for fuel cells and hydrogen (JU FCH) Europe stays on course to realise the full potential of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies and to create a cleaner energy system for the future. €71.3 million funded by [...]
In reference to our earlier annoucements the second Call for proposals of the Joint Undertaking for fuel cells and hydrogen (JU FCH) is expected to come out the second week of July. Please check the latest updates at the JTI website.
The Environment Council on June 25, 2009 agreeed to more flexibiliy for Member States in implementing the IPPC Directive. According to Directive proposal put forward by the Commission in 2007 52,000 industrial operators will need to obtain permits from national authorities to release pollutants into the air, soil or water. The Commission originally proposed to [...]
A public consultation on rules to govern the future auctioning of emission allowances under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) has been launched by consultants working for the European Commission. The consultation forms part of the Commission’s preparation of a Regulation on auctioning of allowances with respect to the third and later trading periods. [...]
The European Commission has published an online consultation to seek input on the review of the Action Plan for Energy Efficiency (EEAP). EU Heads of States and Governments have endorsed an ambitious European Energy policy which seeks to enable the European Union to reduce greenhouse gases by at least 20 %, to reduce energy consumption [...]
The European Energy Programme for Recovery, EEPR, regulation establishes a financing instrument for the development of projects
in the field of energy in the EU. By providing a financial impulse it will contribute to economic recovery, the security of energy supply and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
It establishes sub-programmes to advance these objectives in the [...]
Earth’s median surface temperature could rise 5.2 degrees C) by 2100, the scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found, compared to a 2003 study that projected a median temperature increase of 4.3 degrees F (2.4 degrees C). The new study, published in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate, said the difference in projection [...]
The European Investment Bank (EIB) on May 12 approved €750 million in loans to European-based automotive companies worth to develop cleaner vehicles. DAF trucks in the Netherlands will receive €150 million for a research and development project and Ford will receive loans worth €400 million for the construction aplant in Craiova inRomania, the technical rehabilitation [...]
The EU Parliament, on the day before MEP’s will be on their election campaign trails, approved funding for several energy projects to be initiaited before the end of 2010. The projects are part of a €5 billion economic recovery plan which also includes €1.02 billion to broadband Internet connections and rural development. The major part of the [...]
Om March 30, 2008 the Council of the EU adopted a Directive (COM 2007/475) to promote energy efficient road transport vehicles in public fleets. The Directive aims to stimulate the market for clean and efficient vehicles and to prompt developments and investments by the industry. Increased sales will help reduce costs through economies of scale [...]