MONTH: JANUARY 2009

Italian government funds new hydrogen and fuel cell projects

January 21, 2009

The Italian Ministry of Industry presented the 30 winning proposals on Energy Efficiency , among which three on hydrogen and fuel cells, that will be financed…

EU Parliament votes for more stringent emission targets in 2050.

January 21, 2009

In a own intiative report on the EU's Second Strategic Energy Review  that was proposed by the European Commission in November 2008 and includes Energy policy…

EU Consultation on Sustainable Energy Networks

January 21, 2009

Last november The Commission has issued a Green Paper "Towards a secure, sustainable and competitive European energy network" and opened a consultation to gather input for…

EHA sends request to EU Commission for particpation in ETS benchmarking

January 21, 2009

After the vote on the Emission Trading System ETS, last December the EU Commission is now embarking on a tedious task to adopt Community wide and…

French government seeks to lower legal barriers of clean technologies

January 7, 2009

The French Environment minister Jean-Louis Borloo presented a proposal with 104 concrete measures providing a legal toolbox as a result of a nation wide survey the…

EU Commission launches report on Regional 2020 challenges

January 6, 2009

EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, presented the findings of a new report on the future challenges facing regions in Europe. The Regions 2020 provides input into…

Taking the North Rhine Westphalia HyWay.

January 6, 2009

The „NRW Hydrogen HyWay" was inaugurated by Dr. Jens Baganz, secretary of State for the economy of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, last November during…