A news item on the renews.biz website highlights the challenges the EU has in achieving long-term climate and energy targets. The article only discusses renewable energy but one can imagine the same would hold true for energy efficiency. One would think by now that member states would be giving a higher priority to the energy … Continue reading The first assessment of EU National Energy and Climate Plans raise concerns about how targets will be met
Category: European energy policies
Post-Brexit energy performance standards: to be more ambitious?
The UK Government claims it wants to take the opportunity to set more ‘ambitious’ rules after the end of the post-Brexit transition period. This obviously means that the UK will not stay in ecodesign that is the directive for minimum energy performance standards for products or the energy labelling regulation. This will be quite a … Continue reading Post-Brexit energy performance standards: to be more ambitious?
European Commission has launched the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance with industry leaders, civil society, national and regional ministers and the EIB
It has taken a long time for a major push to promote hydrogen but the EU came out with its new hydrogen strategy this week. The priority is to produce hydrogen from renewables and hopefully only renewables if it is to be truly sustainable. The renews.biz website provides a news item on developments this week. … Continue reading European Commission has launched the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance with industry leaders, civil society, national and regional ministers and the EIB
Revised EU Energy Efficiency Directive now requires effective implementation
The EU’s Energy Efficiency Directive was recently revised to reflect a more ambitious approach that is definitely needed. The transposition of the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED) into national law will be a measure of Member State resolve to honour their Paris Agreement commitments, writes Miroslav Poche, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on energy efficiency and the … Continue reading Revised EU Energy Efficiency Directive now requires effective implementation
EEA report shows progress on increasing the use of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency is slowing across the European Union
Progress on increasing the use of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency is slowing across the European Union, putting at risk the EU’s ability to achieve its energy and emissions reduction targets. Rising energy consumption, particularly in the transport sector, is to blame for the slowdown, according to preliminary data released today in the European … Continue reading EEA report shows progress on increasing the use of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency is slowing across the European Union
Reflections on the current negotiations to revise the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Andrew Warren has been an astute observer of energy efficiency policies throughout Europe and his own country, the United Kingdom, for a considerable time. He has seen energy efficiency policies evolve significantly over the past couple of decades and he has never failed to give us his views. Andrew, who chairs the British Energy Efficiency … Continue reading Reflections on the current negotiations to revise the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
New focus on energy demand and competitiveness can improve EU mandatory energy audits: new eceee report
The European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy has just published an important new report on one of the important elements of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive: mandatory energy audits for large enterprises. A new eceee review of EU’s mandatory energy audit schemes points at improvements that would help make EU industry more competitive. The … Continue reading New focus on energy demand and competitiveness can improve EU mandatory energy audits: new eceee report
Showing the benefits of Europe’s investment in renewable energy
Cassie Werber writes on the Quartz website to show how renewable energy investment in Europe has played a big role in reducing emissions. She provides an excellent diagram that shows this graphically. One chart that shows the success of Europe’s investment in renewable energy Europe has spearheaded the drive to change from a system … Continue reading Showing the benefits of Europe’s investment in renewable energy
Europe’s climate policies are having an impact on America’s forests
Everyone looks for a business opportunity, and when Europe started promoting biomass for power production, American wood suppliers were certainly glad to take advantage of the market opportunity. But, as Joby Warrick writes in the Washington Post, there are implications that may be less than sustainable. How Europe’s climate policies have led to more … Continue reading Europe’s climate policies are having an impact on America’s forests
New communication on energy security from the European Commission
It is good to see that the European Commission has come out with its new communication on energy security. Energy security certainly needs to be given higher priority. It is good to see that energy efficiency is mentioned first. When the Commission first proposed its non-binding target for energy efficiency, there were many complaints that … Continue reading New communication on energy security from the European Commission
Energy in Demand - Sustainable Energy - Rod Janssen 