Hydrogen in Second EU Strategic Energy Review
In the Second Strategic Energy Review that the European Commission presented on November 13 a five-point EU Energy Security and Solidarity Action Plan is proposed, focusing…
Eu Parliament will cut CO2 footprint by 30% in 2020
The leaders of the main political groups in European Parliament have committed to a review of its output of greenhouse gasses in order to cut its…
International Renewable Energy Agency established.
At a conference in Madrid, 51 states laid the foundations and agreed on the text of the Statute of IRENA, the International Renewable Energy Agency, that…
EU Member States urge EU Council to take up CO2 emissions of passenger cars with EU Parliament.
France - who is holding the EU presidency till this December and one of the EU's largest car producers in Europe together with Germany, Italy, and the UK - has…
130 European cities sign declaration to take local action on climate change
The non binding declaration signed by 130 cities in 34 EU countries, includes guidelines for implementing local policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by involving all local actors, better urban planning,…
EU Commission, Parliament and Council reach agreement on vehicle CO2 emission
Car emissions in 2015 will have to be reduced by 18% by a gliding scale of annual emission reduction. The month of November saw a intensive…
EU Commission, Parliament and Council reach agreement on EU Fuels Directive
An agreement was reached between the EU Parliament, Commission and Council on November 25 on the content of the new EU Fuels Directive. The Parliament and…
EU Parliament approves report on Directive for promotion of clean vehicles
The EU Parliament approved a compromise report on the promotion of clean and energy efficient road vehicles. The Directive will include mandatory criteria for public procurement…
EU Commission published reports on results of EU Technology Platforms.
More regulatory and standardisation efforts are needed to help translate research results into new products and services, concludes an independent evaluation of the European technology platforms (ETPs). It is…
BP presented Statistical Energy Review 2008
The much anticipated BP Statistical Energy Review was presented in Brussels a week before the Emission Trading System votes in the EU Parliament. Global energy markets…