EU Member States approve billion euro budget for CCS projects.
EU Member State experts on February 2 approved a proposal on how to use 300 million emission allowances from the EU Emission Ttrading Systems ‘new entrants…
EU Commission publishes Recommendation on use of low sulphur fuel in EU ports
The EU Commision published Recommendation 2009/1020/EU of 21 December 2009 on the safe implementation of the use of low sulphur fuel by ships at berth in…
EU plans first bulk of ETS allowances to go to CCS
A draft plan of the Commission , sent to member states the last week of the new year , sets out the rules on allocating the…
EU launches online Strategic Energy Technologies (SET-Plan) Information System
The European Commission recently launched an online Strategic Energy Technologies (SET-Plan) Information System, "SETIS", which provides the latest research results on the status, forecasts and R&D…
EIT appoints Shell’s Global General Manager Innovation and Technology as new director
The European Institute for Innovation and Technology has appointed its first director. The EIT Governing Board has appointed Gérard de Nazelle as the first director of…
EU funds large Mediterraean solar initiatives
On the eve of the first anniversary of the launching of the Union for the Mediterranean (Paris, 13 July 2008), the European Commission announced an additional…
Convenant of the Mayors puts Sustainable Energy Action Plan template online
This is the first step in providing practical guidance to Covenant Signatories. The SEAP template will help the Covenant signatories to structure their actions and measures,…
Second JTI Call is out: deadline October 15, 2009
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…
JU FCH second Call for proposals will come out the second week of July.
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…
Environment Council on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: more flexibility.
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…