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Eco-innovation Action Plan Launched: helping business to deliver green growth and environmental benefits(28/12/2011)
Eco-innovation is crucial to delivering the Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. The new Eco-Innovation Action Plan (EcoAP) will boost innovation that reduces pressure on the environment, and bridge the gap between innovation and the market. Eco-friendly technologies are good for business and help create new jobs, so eco-innovation is crucial to the economic competitiveness of Europe. The EcoAP is one of the comm... [more]
Carbon free energy system presented at Energy Roadmap 2050(19/12/2011)
In March 2011, the European Commission published the overall decarbonisation roadmap covering the whole economy. All sectors, power generation, transport, residential, industry and agriculture, were analysed. The Commission has also been preparing sectoral roadmaps, among which the Energy Roadmap 2050 is the last one, focusing on the whole energy sector. In order to cut emissions by over 80% by 2050, Europe's energy production will have to be... [more]
European Commission funds 15 offshore wind and carbon capture and storage projects(10/12/2009)
The European Commission has announced more than Euro1.5 billion/ £1.3 billion of money to support 15 offshore wind and carbon capture & storage (CCS) projects across Europe. United Kingdom partners are to receive around £262 million for three projects: £66m for HVDC hub in Scotland; £36m for an off-shore wind farm near Aberdeen, and £160m for a CCS project in Hatfield in Yorkshire. CCS projects in Kingsnorth in Kent and Longannet in Fife were put... [more]
Energy consumption trading system for CO2 emissions receives European Commission go-ahead(24/07/2009)
The UK's proposed energy consumption trading system for CO2 emissions has received the go-ahead from the European Commission. Under EU state aid rules, the Commission has to authorise any national schemes that constitute direct or indirect state aid to companies. The "Carbon Reduction Commitment" (CRC) system proposed by the UK would apply to non-energy intensive sectors, which are not covered by the EU Emission Trading System. All allowances ... [more]
Helping organisations improve their energy efficiency and reduce costs(12/11/2008)
Many of the nation's most iconic buildings, from the Palace of Westminster to the Bank of England, have extremely poor energy efficiency. From 1 October 2008, the European Commission (EC) required all public buildings over 100sq meters to measure carbon dioxide emissions and show Display Energy Certificates (DEC). Prior to 1 October 2008, only public buildings over 1,000 sq.m needed to comply with these requirements. But with legislatio... [more]
Air quality improves in the UK(25/01/2008)
The air quality indicator is one of the 68 indicators of the UK Government’s Sustainable Development Strategy. It measures annual levels of pollution from particulates (PM10) and ozone (O3), the two pollutants thought to have the greatest health impacts, as well as the number of days on which levels of any one of a basket of five pollutants were ‘moderate or higher’. The main results are: * Urban background particulate levels averaged 21 ... [more]
The UK supports European Commission proposals for tackling climate change(24/01/2008)
The UK has welcomed the European Commission’s ambitious proposals for tackling climate change and delivering a low carbon economy in Europe. The package contains proposals to implement the decisions agreed by EU Heads of State and Government at the 2007 Spring European Council, including a 20 per cent reduction in EU greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, increasing to 30 per cent when there is an international climate agreement; 20 per cent of tot... [more]
European Council commits to fight climate change and promote renewable energy(23/01/2008)
The European Commission has today agreed on a far-reaching package of proposals that will deliver the European Council's commitments to fight climate change and promote renewable energy. The proposals demonstrate that the targets agreed last year are technologically and economically possible and provide a unique business opportunity for thousands of European companies. These measures will dramatically increase the use of renewable energy in each ... [more]
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