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District Heating Roundtable: Policy across RED, EED and EPBD “must take account of conditions in all Member States”

February 17, 2022 by Sara Stefanini

Sara Stefanini provides a written summary of our panel discussion held on 10th February: District Heating under the "Fit for 55" package: challenges and opportunities. Under the “Fit for 55” package, the EC proposed several regulatory changes that, combined, are meant to decarbonise district heating in Europe. But are these options workable for all? The participants raise questions over the support for district heating, whether the multiple … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Climate policy, Debates, Energy, Energy efficiency, EU Policy, Expert Panel, HVAC Tagged With: biomass, buildings, CHP, coal, cogeneration, Digitalisation, district, efficiency, electricity, FitFor55, gas, heating, HVAC, NZE2050, policy, renewables

The greenest energy is the energy we don’t use

November 12, 2021 by Martin Rossen

As COP26 comes to a close, Martin Rossen, Senior Vice President, Head of Group Communication and Sustainability at Danfoss reminds us in a powerfully persuasive way why the most direct route to net-zero is managing consumption. Inspired by a glaring omission by Bill Gates in his recent book, Rossen draws our attention to the futility of developing new tech if we don’t prioritise making use of readily available energy efficiency solutions. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Energy efficiency, EU Policy, Uncategorized Tagged With: Bill Gates, buildings, climate change, COP26, Danfoss, electric cars, energy efficiency, EVs, Martin Rossen

Retail real estate needs Paris-Proof decarbonisation strategy to ensure contribution to global and EU emissions targets, the Buildings Performance Institute Europe says

February 28, 2021 by Caroline Milne

The report marks the launch of Paris-Proof Retail Real Estate, an initiative that looks to develop a vision and strategy to support the European retail real estate sector reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, in line with the Paris Agreement. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Buildings, Community, EU Policy, Platform, PRESS RELEASE Tagged With: buildings, energy efficiency, real estate

Dutch-Spanish startup navigates coronavirus fallout while also guiding utilities into the digital age

July 9, 2020 by Jeff Benzak

In late summer 2015 at a research university in Belgium, an Italian graduate student new to campus attended a welcome event hosted by engineering department faculty. Sampling beer brewed by an electrical engineering student association, Simone Accornero mingled with a dozen other new classmates in his program at KU Leuven. Accornero began chatting with an engineering master’s student who had just arrived from Poland. “We hit it off,” Accornero … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blockchain, Climate policy, Community, EU Policy, Innovations, Investment, Markets, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: blockchain, Clean Tech, Coronavirus, Digitisation, EU, European Green Deal, policy, R&I, Research and Innovation, Start-up, utilities

Will the Just Transition Fund deliver the Green Deal? [VIDEO]

June 23, 2020 by Matthew James

Last week 390 Energy Post readers registered for our latest online panel discussion sponsored by PGE Poland. Our speakers included Wojciech Dabrowski - President of PGE Poland, Aleksandra Tomczak of the European Commission's dedicated Green Deal cabinet, Henrike Hahn MEP for the Greens, Corinna Zierold of European trade union IndustriAll and Jerzy Buzek MEP, former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Parliament 2009 to 2012. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Events, Expert Panel, Platform, Promoted content, Videos Tagged With: Aleksandra Tomczak, Andrei Marcu, coal phase-out, Corinna Zierold, ERCST, Henrike Hahn, Jerzy Buzek, just transition, PGE, PGE Poland, Wojciech Dabrowski

Will Member States support the EC’s green recovery plan?

June 8, 2020 by Nicolas Berghmans

The EC’s “Next Generation EU” plan for a joint loan of €750bn is a major breakthrough as it accepts the need for the member states to share a large debt burden to revive the EU economy. It will be in addition to the European budget under discussion before the pandemic crisis. The other breakthrough is that green policies – climate neutrality, biodiversity, “food-to-fork” - are central, explains Nicolas Berghmans at IDDRI. He summarises the plan, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Policies Tagged With: buildings, Covid, EC, EU, GreenDeal, hydrogen, NECP, renewables, SDG, stimulus

Energy Post panel discussion – Cross-Border Capacity [VIDEO]

May 20, 2020 by Matthew James

Whilst renewable generation continues to grow, cross-border capacity fails to keep up. On May 19, 2020, Energy Post hosted a unique panel qualified to discuss the issue and shed some light on how we got here and what the options might be going forward. The discussion was moderated by Erik Rakhou - alternate member of the ACER board of appeal and consultant at Baringa. Representing the European Commission was Florian Ermacora and for independent, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy, Events, Markets, Renewables, Smartgrids, Videos Tagged With: ampacimon, cross border capacity, electricity market, electricity prices, EU Green Deal, flexibility, florian ermacora, internal market, machiel mulder, solar, solar power europe, Statkraft, wind

Regulatory challenges to foster cross-border trade in electricity systems with increasing shares of renewables

April 21, 2020 by Machiel Mulder

The share of renewable generation in Europe’s power system is rising fast, but interconnection is not keeping up. Join us on May 19, 2020 to discuss this and related issues. More wind and solar makes the supply of electricity much more dependent on the weather. Nobody wants to build capacity only to switch it off when there’s too much heading onto the local grid. This could put an extra strain on delivering the Green Deal. One solution is to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Events, Grids, Markets, Renewables, Smartgrids, Transport and energy Tagged With: efficiency, electricity, ENTSO-E, EU, Green Deal, grids, markets, Online panel discussion, prices, renewables, solar, Transmission, TSO, wind

Beyond pilots: scaling up energy innovation in cities

April 14, 2020 by Bax Company

Our current electricity grid was built hundreds of years ago, when power generation was centralised and our energy needs were far simpler. Electricity was distributed from large stable power plants to the consumers through a unidirectional flow that was easily predictable and did not require complex control. But over the last decades, cities have been going through a substantial change, seeing an exponential increase of their energy needs which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Community, EU Policy, Innovations, Platform, Smartgrids Tagged With: climate change, ERDF, low-carbon, smart grids, smartcities, smartgrids

Tech-Neutral Auctions for Renewable Energy: are poorly defined rules creating loopholes?

February 12, 2020 by Bastian Lotz, Silvana Tiedemann, Lars Jerrentrup and Lion Hirth

The EC’s Environmental and Energy State Aid Guidelines 2014-2020 (EEAG) require Member States to implement technology-neutral auctions as part of their renewable energy support schemes. However, the reality looks quite different, write Bastian Lotz and Silvana Tiedemann from Navigant (a Guidehouse company), Lars Jerrentrup of Aurora Energy Research, and Lion Hirth from Neon. Most Member States continue to use technology-specific auctions, using … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Renewables Tagged With: auctions, EEAG, EU, policies, renewables, support

How will we pay for the European Green Deal?

December 16, 2019 by Frank Umbach

The European Green Deal (EGD), announced on December 11th, sets a 2050 target to make the continent become the first to achieve carbon neutrality. It’s a long-term plan – not yet law – to re-design all EU instruments and includes 50 specific policy initiatives. But nobody yet knows how much money is needed, who will pay (or lend) it, and who will get it. So tense discussions will now begin between the likely payers (such as Germany, the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Policies Tagged With: EGD, emissions, EuropeanGreenDeal, finance, Germany, investment, JustTransition, Poland

The coalition for an EU-ETS carbon price floor is reaching critical mass

December 4, 2019 by Michael Pahle and Oliver Tietjen

The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU-ETS) is bound to play a major role for ratcheting up climate policies in both the EU and its member states. After a prolonged period of low prices that questioned the ETS’s viability, the recent price run upwards in the wake of a major reform has sparked confidence that from now on “everything goes in the right direction”. But this confidence is misguided and ignores major risks for the scheme, argue Michael … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy, Policies Tagged With: California, China, coal, emissions, ETS, EU, EU Emission Trading Scheme; Carbon Price Floor; EU 2030 climate targets, Germany

Why coordinated Dutch-German climate action is critical for Europe

August 9, 2019 by Jan Frederik Braun, Michael Pahle and Mart van Bracht

Both the Netherlands and Germany are about to propose major new national climate measures. If the proposals become law, they will enforce some of the most stringent national targets for GHG reductions in the world. It’s why, on 22 August, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte will host a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her ‘climate cabinet’. Coordinated Dutch-German climate action can make these neighbouring countries role models for … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: batteries, carbon tax, CCS, emissions, ETS, EU, Germany, ghg, hydrogen, Netherlands, policy, storage

EU ETS Modernisation Fund: putting the wind in the sails of the Transition

July 17, 2019 by Matthew James

Transforming the power system to reach climate neutrality by 2050 will cost approximately €100bn per year according to Eurelectric. In recognition of the different starting points for Member States, the European Commission has introduced the new EU ETS Modernisation Fund (MF) which could be worth as much as €25bn* to the beneficiaries between 2021 and 2030. According to Monika Morawiecka, CEO of PGE Baltica, offshore wind already makes business … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: Brussels energy panel discussion, DG Clima, Energy Post debate, EU ETS, EUA price, Eurelectric, just transition, Malgosia Bartosik, Marion Labatut, Modernisation Fund, Monika Morawiecka, PGE, PGE Baltica, Poland, Stefanie Hiesinger, WindEurope

Capacity markets: a brewing clash

June 14, 2019 by Joe Mitton

Electricity Capacity Mechanisms (CMs) were conceived to make sure there is always enough energy for the grid, even as demand and supply fluctuate. A legal challenge from Tempus Energy in the European General Court led to the UK’s CM being suspended by the government. Now a similar case is being brought to the Court, relating to the Polish CM. Another win for Tempus could lead to further cases across the EU and could dent the way countries finance … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, EU Policy Tagged With: Back up, capacity mechanisms, DG Competition, DG Energy, energy union, internal market, market wide capacity mechanisms, polish capacity mechanism, tempus, uk capacity mechanism

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