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Through these challenging times, wind keeps delivering
Watch how wind energy is helping Europeans during the Covid-19 crisis – and how it will help them recover from it too.
50% Renewables by 2030: Creating a flexible power system to ensure EU’s renewable ambition becomes a reality
Today in Europe, renewable sources of energy meet 30% of electricity needs. The binding renewable energy target for the EU by 2030 is to deliver at least 50% of its electricity consumption from renewable sources of electricity.
Local Energy Communities: driver of the 2050 low-carbon agenda?
Households and neighbourhoods feeding small-scale electricity and heat into a decentralised European energy grid: this is the vision developed by proponents of microgeneration. As much as half of EU citizens – including local communities, schools and hospitals – could be...
Europe’s electricity market: Ensuring supply security in the transition to renewables
The on-going transformation of the EU power industry is leading policymakers to re-evaluate the current design of electricity markets. Electricity generated from renewable sources has become one of the most important sources of electricity, paving the way for a transition towards a low-carbon energy system.
Engie boss: ‘Phasing-out coal, as quickly as possible’
Isabelle Kocher, the CEO of Engie, wants to "accelerate" the energy transition. After the COP23 in Bonn, she warns that Europe is "running out of time" and supports both "very high and mandatory" targets for energy savings, and for a carbon price floor.
Sustainability: Renewable energy in Europe’s clean energy transition
Climate change is an urgent issue that demands global action. Following the Paris Climate Agreement, Europe has embraced the clean power transition and set itself a goal of becoming the world’s number one in renewables.
Energy transition in France: What to expect from the new government?
The ‘Clean Energy for all Europeans’ package of legislation is the EU’s response to the Paris Agreement on climate change, setting out the bloc’s energy and climate policies for 2030.
Under Pressure: Climate change and the future of the oil and gas industry
The Norwegian oil and gas giant Statoil presented its latest Energy Perspectives report earlier this month, drawing up three possible scenarios for global energy-related emissions up to 2050.Special ReportPromoted content
Solar power in Europe: Free trade or trade duties?
Europe is the most solarised region in the world with 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar power installed.Promoted content
‘Delivering an energy miracle – with gas’
François-Régis Mouton, GasNaturally Chairman, explains how gas can contribute to gear our energy world towards a cleaner future: at home, in making electricity, and in powering transport.Promoted content
EUFORES interviews MPs and MEPs
EUFORES interviews with MPs and MEPs show how important the exchange is among parliamentarians from different EU Member States.Promoted content
Boeing in Europe: Supporting development and commercialisation of sustainable aviation biofuels
Boeing is encouraging regulators to create a strong policy framework to advance sustainable aviation biofuels.Promoted content
Silicones in the energy landscape
“Energy Landscape” is the first of an exciting four-part mini-documentary series that profiles silicones as key technology enablers that will help to meet the world’s energy needs.Promoted content
State of the Energy Union: Policy influencers debate the 1st year’s progress
A ranking of the top 40 policy experts with influence in EU Energy Union policy was unveiled at a debate on the “State of the Energy Union one year after its launch”.Promoted content
Council position on biofuels not ambitious enough, says EEB
EU energy ministers have agreed their position on the draft directive on indirect land-use change (ILUC), which caps the amount of biofuels that can count towards renewable energy targets.Promoted content
Commission announces phase out of renewable energy subsidies
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that renewable energy subsidies that helped spur Europe’s €48-billion-a-year clean energy industry are to be phased out across the continent, under new market-friendly state aid rulesPromoted content
Green MEPs, NGOs protest Commission’s new 2030 climate and energy targets
Chanting “Frack off Barroso” and “Climate SOS”, Green MEPs and NGOs gathered on Wednesday in front of the European Commission in Brussels to protest against the EU's new climate and energy targets for 2030. Dubbing the new proposals 'ambitious, affordable and realistic', the EU's executive is pushing for a binding 40% reduction in carbon emissions from 1990 levels.Promoted content
Energising tomorrow’s world: one year after the approval of the energy efficiency directive
Europe aims to reduce its primary energy use by 20% by 2020, although the target is not legally binding. The policies and measures taken to achieve this target will continue to deliver beyond 2020 helping to reduce emissions by approximately 40% by 2050, according to the Energy Roadmap 2050. While trying to achieve the 2020 goals, the EU will have to find ‘flexible’ resources in the power system.Promoted content
Commission to probe German renewable energy laws
The European Union plans an investigation into Germany's renewable energy law due to concerns that exemptions for some firms from charges levied on power users breaches competition rules, a German magazine reported yesterday (14 July).Promoted content
Parliament fails to approve ambitious 2030 renewables target
The European Parliament yesterday (21 May) approved a non-binding resolution calling for a mandatory EU-wide share for renewables for 2030, but failed to set the target in the 40-45% range.Promoted content
EU seeks wider access to sustainable energy, calls on private sector
Providing access to sustainable energy to an additional 500 million people by 2030. That's the aim of "Energizing Development", a new initiative unveiled by the European Commission on Monday. With a budget of 50 million euros, the EU will give technical advice to those developing countries who choose to participate in the programme. Led by the United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, the plan also seeks to improve energy efficiency and double the amount of renewable energy currently used.Promoted content