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Too “low-hanging fruit” is not sweet enough (and eventually neither clean nor cheap)!

January 31, 2019 by EHPA

At a lunch debate organised by the European Heat Pump Association (EHPA) on “The costs of a low level of ambition in greening the heating and cooling sector” and hosted by EUFORES President MEP Jeppe Kofod on 30 January, representatives from industry, civil society, the European Commission (EC) and MEPs from several countries and political groups (Jeppe Kofod, Bendt Bendtsen, Theresa Griffin, Jo Leinen, Gesine Meissner and Paul RĂźbig) … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catch 2030, Climate policy, Climate Politics Blog, Community, Energy efficiency, Energy Outlooks, EU Policy, Events, Expert Panel, Innovations, News, Platform, Policies, Policy & Technology Blog, Renewables Tagged With: Bendt Bendtsen, cooling, decarbonisation, EHPA, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy laws, EUFORES, European Commission, European Environment Bureau, European Parliament, European Renewable Energies Federation, German Renewable Energy Federation, Gesine Meissner, heating, Jeppe Kofod, Jo Leinen, Paul RĂźbig, Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, Roland Joebstl, Theresa Griffin, Thomas Nowak

Why EU renewable energy figures are misleading: Europe requires 150% renewable energy to become fossil-free

April 29, 2016 by Martien Visser

The EU is confident it will reach its target of 20% renewable energy by 2020. But according to Martien Visser, professor at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen (The Netherlands), this 20% is in reality more like 14%. This is because a large part of our energy consumption is simply ignored in the calculations for renewable energy. “Even with 100% renewables, we would still need a lot of fossil fuels”, Visser notes. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Catch 2030, Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Renewables Tagged With: biofuels, biomass, coal power, electricity market, Energiewende, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, internal market, natural gas, oil, renewables

Europe’s energy investment crisis: “the EU energy market needs a makeover”

February 25, 2016 by Sonja van Renssen

Europe’s electricity market, which has some of the highest renewable energy shares in the world, is suffering from a profound investment crisis. Sonja van Renssen spoke with top experts from government, business and academia about the causes and possible solutions. Conclusion: “tinkering around the edges” won’t do - “a complete makeover” of Europe’s market design is needed. Courtesy of World Energy Focus. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Catch 2030, Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: capacity markets, electricity market, energy efficiency, energy storage, energy trade, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, EU ETS, financing, grid, infrastructure, renewables, smart grids

Record increase renewables in Europe, but emissions stay level

January 29, 2016 by Energy Post

2015 saw a record 2.5% increase in renewables generation in Europe, which now makes up 29% of total European electricity supply,reports UK think tank Sandbag. However, as a result of lower output from hydropower and nuclear power stations, the amount of fossil fuel generation barely changed. CO2-emissions from the power sector fell only 0.5% after a 7.5% fall in 2014, but according to Sandbag this year will see a rapid fall again. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Catch 2030, Energy, EU Policy, News, Renewables Tagged With: climate change, electricity market, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy, EU ETS, European gas market, internal market, renewables

What the EU did in Paris – and what it should do next

December 21, 2015 by Sam Adelman

A “lifeline” for the planet that “will steer the world towards a global clean energy transition”, was how European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker hailed the Paris agreement. He also claimed it to be “a success for the European Union” itself. But the EU must now demonstrate that aspiration can be turned into achievement through action rather than words, writes Professor Sam Adelman of the University of Warwick. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: *, Catch 2030, Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: climate change, energy transition, energy2030, EU energy policy

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