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EU is going the last mile: ban on conventional fuelled cars in cities by 2050

March 29, 2011

The European Commission on March 28, 2011 presented its new White Paper "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area – Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport…

European Energy Efficiency Plan: Commission gears up for more savings with renovation and smart meters

March 22, 2011

The European Commission on March 8 2011 adopted a plan for saving more energy through concrete measures.

Making sure Hydrogen is part of EU’s Smart Cities

March 22, 2011

In its Communication “Energy 2020 – A strategy for competitive, sustainable and secure energy”, the Commission identified the Smart Cities Initiative for energy efficiency and for…

New European Commission Communication Tackling the Challenges in Commodity Markets and on Raw Materials

March 13, 2011

On 2 February 2011 the European Commission adopted a new strategy document which sets out targeted measures to secure and improve access to raw materials for the…

EU Tranport ministers discuss use of Cohesion Funds for TEN T

February 11, 2011

On 8 February 2011, the transport ministers of the 27 Member States, European Commission Vice-President Siim Kallas and Chairman of the TRAN Committee of European Parliament…

EU Parliament working document adopts suggestions to include role of hydrogen in EU Energy infrastructure

February 10, 2011

The EU Parliament discussed a working paper on February 10  on the EU dossier “Energy infrastructure priorities for 2020 and beyond” (COM 2010/677), including references to…

EU Energy Council call on EC to table initiatives on smart grids including clean vehicles and energy storage

February 5, 2011

The Energy Council that was held on Februay 4, 2011 organized by the Hungarian presidency focused on  two sectors – energy  and innovation. It agreed on a…

EU Commission presents progress in renewable energy uptake

January 31, 2011

The transposition of the EU Renewable Energy Directive on December 5, 2010 and the adoption of the National Renewable Energy Action Plans provided a comprehensive and binding…

European Commission prepares the European Strategic Transport Technology Plan

January 31, 2011

The European Commission will be holding a series of hearings up till March 2011 which will take place to collect input for the elaboration of the…

Electricity, hydrogen and biofuels main options in EU Future Transport Fuels Report

January 25, 2011

Alternative fuels have the potential to gradually replace fossil energy sources and make transport sustainable by 2050, according to a report presented to the European Commission…