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EC presents preliminary results EU Consumer Market Scoreboard on fuel prices and labelling

May 6, 2014

At the last Expert Group of Future Transport Fuels coordinated by DG MOVE, a preview of the 10th edition of EU Consumer Market Scoreboard published by…

COGEN Europe points EU to latest IPCC report on CHP benefits

April 22, 2014

Please finds COGEN Europe press release on role of cogeneration in CO2 reduction: IPCC confirms role of CHP in long-term CO₂ reduction  PRESS RELEASE: Brussels, 22…

Majority EU Parliament approves second Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking program

April 15, 2014

On April 15, the EU Parliament approved the second Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking starting this year till 2020. The final approved text you find here:…

New EU rules on public support for energy: are H2 technologies considered mature?

April 10, 2014

The European Commission has adopted new rules on public support for projects in the field of environmental protection and energy. The guidelines will support Member States…

Latest IPCC Climate Change report points to severe risks for global economy

March 31, 2014

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on March 30, 2014 in New Dehli published its latest Working Group II report detailing impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability associated with climate change. Releasing…

Agreement Council and EP on EU Directive Alternative Fuels Infrastructure

March 27, 2014

Om 26 March, 2014 the EU members states’ representatives endorsed the informal compromise reached between the Council and the European Parliament last week (Thursday 20 March)…

Share of renewables in energy consumption up to 14%!

March 14, 2014

Eurostat has produced the latest figures on the share of renewable energy in the EU28. In 2012, energy from renewable sources was estimated to have contributed 14.1% of…

Renewable Grid Initiatives RGI unites TSO’ and NGO’s behind EU Energy and Climate 2030 targets

March 6, 2014

The Renewables Grid Initiative (RGI) on 26 February, 2014 issued a statement calls on the European Council to agree on an ambitious and coherent set of binding targets…

Happy 2030? EU Emissions – 40, EU renewables + 27, EU efficiency +

January 26, 2014

As Europe's multi energy companies ventilate their frustration about Europe's patchwork of non-coherent national incentives and tariffs at the WEF in Davos in view of the…

French Minister of Industrial Renewal supports hydrogen energy future for France

January 22, 2014

The French Minister for Industrial Renewal Arnaud Montebourg visited the national site for Hydrogen technology on 20 January  2014 in Labessière-Candeil, on the occasion of the…