Mehran Massih, Jason Y. Pratt and Jeffrey L. Salinger from the legal advisory firm Shearman & Sterling LLP provide an excellent description of how the mandatory energy audit requirement will be implemented in the UK. This is good reading for all who are following the implementation of the EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive. UK Energy … Continue reading Explaining how the mandatory energy audit scheme for large industry works in the UK
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Improved energy efficiency seen to be the critical weapon in the fight against climate change
Beth Gardiner writes in the New York Times about the growing realisation that energy efficiency can and must play a bigger role in addressing climate change even if it is seen to be “incredibly” complicated to achieve. Energy Efficiency May Be the Key to Saving Trillions Compared with eye-catching renewable power technologies like wind … Continue reading Improved energy efficiency seen to be the critical weapon in the fight against climate change
Concerns whether the approach taken by the EU will achieve the ambitious emissions targets
While Europe is recognised to be at the forefront of ambition in reducing GHG emissions, Beth Gardiner write in the New York Times that there are many who are raising concerns that the targets have been affected by deals including the push by coal-dependent Poland to continue on that path. With the global climate negotiations … Continue reading Concerns whether the approach taken by the EU will achieve the ambitious emissions targets
Actual and test data for vehicles wide off the mark
Pilita Clark and Andy Sharman write in the Financial Times about the test measurements for fuel consumption of new cars and how they are reflecting real conditions less and less. The way the tests are held are being held is being blamed. Carmakers stuck in slow lane over fuel data and air pollution, say … Continue reading Actual and test data for vehicles wide off the mark
Florida shifts away from renewable energy and energy efficiency
Jim Turner from the News Service of Florida, writes on the FlaglerLive website about recent developments in Florida that have to raise concern for those who are promoting a sustainable energy future. Bowing to Utilities, Florida Regulators Cut Energy-Efficiency Goals and Sunset Solar Incentives State utility regulators agreed Tuesday to sunset a program that … Continue reading Florida shifts away from renewable energy and energy efficiency
Another review on the competitiveness of renewable energy
Recently, EiD published a post by Diane Cardwell of the New York Times comparing renewable energy and conventional technologies. William Pentland writes on the Forbes website, providing an alternative view. It is worth the read. Do you have any views? Levelized Cost Of Electricity: Renewable Energy's Ticking Time Bomb? Solar panels and wind turbines … Continue reading Another review on the competitiveness of renewable energy
World Energy Council Sustainable Energy Index
The World Energy Council (WEC) has recently released its 2014 Energy Sustainability Index. The index ranks countries in terms of their likely ability to provide sustainable energy policies through the 3 dimensions of the energy trilemma: Energy security: the effective management of primary energy supply from domestic and external sources, the reliability of energy infrastructure, … Continue reading World Energy Council Sustainable Energy Index
India focusing on improving energy performance of industry
Kate Galbraith writes in the New York Times about the progress India is making in encouraging the nation’s industrial plants to improve its energy efficiency. The country knows it has to address its growing GHG emissions and it sees improved energy efficiency as an important step forward. Indian Factories Will Count and Sell Their … Continue reading India focusing on improving energy performance of industry
Ecodesign – European Commission land grab or market facilitator?
The Third Generation Environmentalism Ltd, E3G, the independent, non-profit organisation accelerating the global transition to sustainable development, provides a new briefing report on Ecodesign in the form of a question and answer entitled Ecodesign – European Commission land grab or market facilitator? It is a valuable briefing note because it reviews what Ecodesign is and … Continue reading Ecodesign – European Commission land grab or market facilitator?
Closely examining the story behind setting the EU’s 2030 target for energy savings
Many were surprised that the European Council lowered the 2030 target for energy savings that had been proposed by the European Commission. Andrew Warren, honorary President of the UK’s Association for the Conservation of Energy, explains in an article for the Energy in Buildings & Industry magazine what happened behind the scenes. The UK’s … Continue reading Closely examining the story behind setting the EU’s 2030 target for energy savings
