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European Commission canvassing opinions for review of the 2011 White Paper on transport

March 12, 2015

In preparation for “refocusing the strategy in the next year”, the European Commission has opened a 12 week consultation to collect views of stakeholders on implementation…

No Energy Union without Hydrogen ?

March 8, 2015

The EU Commission published the Energy Union communication "A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy" COM2014/80 February 25, 2015…

Japan to use Olympics to enter “hydrogen era”

March 5, 2015

TOKYO plans to spend $385m on fuel-cell vehicle subsidies and hydrogen stations for the 2020 Olympics as part of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s plan to…

EU presents its protocol for the Paris COP 21 Climate conference

March 2, 2015

The EU Commission published its Paris Protocol on February 25, 2015 in order to promote collective action consistent with the IPCC's findings. According to the EU…

SME first to profit from EU Fund for Strategic Investment

February 17, 2015

Following a decision by the Board of Governors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) on February 17, 2015  small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) across Europe should be able…

German highway traffic exceeds EU air pollution threshold

February 16, 2015

Emissions from car exhausts exceeded EU thresholds for nitrogen oxide at half of Germany’s monitoring stations. While 2014 is among the lowest years for particulates levels,…

Important review of energy efficiency values for CHP in EU Directive

February 6, 2015

Ricardo-AEA in collaboration with a number of European partners is supporting the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy in undertaking the review and update of the efficiency…

EU Innovation and Networks Executive Agency takes over EU transprot projects management

February 6, 2015

With a budget of 33 bln, 26 bln  on TEN T and around €7 bln for transport topics in Horizon 2020 the new Innovation and Networks…

FCH JU launches study on power-to-gas energy storage

January 28, 2015

On 28th of January 2015, the FCH JU launched its publication of its report “Commercialisation of Energy Storage in Europe”, funded by the FCH JU and…

EU Energy Union Commissioner highlights distributed generation in Davos

January 27, 2015

"I see two major factors that will hugely influence how the marketplace of the future will look: the wide-scale roll-out of renewable and distributed power generation…