energy directive Articles
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Understanding Sustainable Biofuel Production, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and International Initiatives to Verify Sustainability
This white paper by SGS, aims to provide an insight into the issues associated with the sustainable sourcing and production of biofuels. This document aims to provide an insight into the issues associated with the sustainable production of biofuels. It discusses the contents of the 2009 European Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) along with the subsequent European Commission Communications ...
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Towards sustainable household energy use in the Netherlands
Households consume direct energy, using natural gas, heating oil, gasoline and electricity, and consume indirect energy, the energy related to the production of goods and the delivery of services for the households. Past trends and present-day household energy use (direct and indirect) are analysed and described. A comparison of these findings with objectives concerning ecological sustainability ...
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Italy’s draft National Energy and Climate Plan needs to ramp up on ambition
Italy needs to set out explicit measures to support wind energy in the next decade – including on repowering of existing assets – if it is serious about meeting its climate targets. On 4-5 June WindEurope participated in the E-Talia Summit in Milan, where the focus was on the development of Italian solar and wind energy and discussed the state of affairs in Italy’s draft ...
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European Solar Projects
The EU has been making great strides towards solar power in the recent years, as European solar projects have overhauled most countries main energy systems. Recently, EU ambassadors met together to revise the renewable energy directive, setting a goal to reach 32% renewable energy from the EU by 2030. In fact, the EU bank has invested $11.75 million in solar energy in ...
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Turning the Energy Efficiency Directive into a positive value driver
The European Union is steadily moving toward a united energy front. In 2012, the EU created the Energy Efficiency Directive and set out to reach 20 percent energy efficiency within eight years. According to the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, this directive will require all EU countries to use energy more efficiently during all stages of the energy chain. This will include ...
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Assessment of the EU target on renewable energy for transport in the framework of the European vegetable oil sector
Biofuels is currently driving the interest in bioenergy sector. The recently issued Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC) confirms the 10% target, set by the EC, for energy from renewable sources in transport. The European Union is the largest producer of biodiesel in the world and biodiesel is also the most important biofuel used in the EU. The aim of this paper is to investigate the biomass ...
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E-commerce, paper and energy use: a case study concerning a Dutch electronic computer retailer
Impacts of the application of e-commerce on paper and energy use are analysed in a case study concerning a Dutch electronic retailer (e-tailer) of computers. The estimated use of paper associated with the e-tailer concerned was substantially reduced, if compared with physical retailing or traditional mail-order retailing. However, the overall effect of e-tailing on paper use strongly depends on ...
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What do the changes to the Energy Efficiency Directive mean for your Utility?
Europe is often cited as the most progressive continent in terms of climate change policy. The European Union has set a goal of no net greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The European Green Deal has been established as a collection of policies to provide an action plan to achieve this milestone. This includes key initiatives such as the Renovation Wave and reviewing existing European Directives, ...
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Analysis of buildings' energy consumption by means of exergy method
Among the objectives of the Directive 2002/91/EC and of the Council "Energy performance of buildings", Energy Performance of Building Directive (EPBD) the energy certification of buildings represents a fundamental role. The method here described starts from the LowEX tool, previously developed in the IEA ECBCS Annex 37 framework. By using the exergy approach, new (non-economic) indices could be ...
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Energy use efficiency of on-farm- and post-pineapples production in Nigeria
The energy use and energy use efficiency in a group of pineapples plantations of a research institute in Nigeria was estimated. Total energy expenditure was 6,117.81 MJha –1 and energy output was 21,760 MJ/ha. The output/input energy ratio was 3.56. The different categories of energy input estimated are: direct energy (51.21%), indirect energy (48.79%), renewable energy (14.08%) and ...
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Renewable energy progress report
What is the Renewable energy progress report and what is its purpose? The Renewable Energy Directive states that a progress report should be issued every two years. The purpose of this progress report is to assess Member States' progress in the promotion and use of renewable energy in line with the 2020 targets. In addition, it contains sections on thesustainability scheme for biofuels and ...
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Inclusion of biodiesel and PV modules in a wind diesel hybrid system supplying electrical loads on a small farm
The growing interest in biofuels is a consequence of the need to reduce operating costs of energy systems and the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The same applies to PV modules, comprising a solution environmentally desirable for power generation. This paper presents a study on the inclusion of biodiesel and PV modules in a system already in operation on a small farm in southern ...
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Energy policy indicators for the assessment of the Euro-Mediterranean energy cooperation
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership was initiated in 1995 and is highly motivated by the mutual interests that both parties have. The Mediterranean countries involved see it as a vehicle to associate themselves with their partner in the north and secure technical assistance provision for the development of their energy sector, while for EU the process is expected to create a favourable and stable ...
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Joint NGO letter on the environment, climate and social impacts of biofuels
RE: Biofuels’ environment, climate and social impacts – what you can do in second reading Dear Member of the European Parliament ENVI committee, You will soon be taking a decision on how to reform the EU biofuels policy to avoid the damaging impacts from land-based biofuels on contributing to biodiversity loss, deforestation, increased greenhouse gas emissions, food price pressures ...
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Increasing ambition for renewable heating and cooling: Is the current energy modelling enough?
EGEC has released a policy paper assessing the current European Commission’s energy modelling for heating and cooling, used to generate forecasts that serve as basis for policy proposals and policy making. The resulting analysis shows a lack of robustness in the Commission’s forecasts for the heating and cooling sector, which translates in a lack of ambition, in the initial ...
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best price wood pellet mill plant
Under the "dual carbon" goal, a high proportion of renewable energy has become one of the basic directions of energy transformation. As the most important renewable energy, biomass energy is widely used in industry, agriculture, transportation, life and other industries through power generation, heating, gas supply, etc. Power up quickly. Indonesia 1-1.5T/H Wood Pellet Production Line Iceland ...
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Myths & Challenges - Case Study
Analyzing the financial study of energy storage is an enormous task and contains significant risk. Solar panels have been demonstrated to perform reliably for decades and operate relatively simply with a one-directional flow of ...
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Do you know that 80% of enterprises' energy saving programs are not up to expectations?
Do you know that 80% of enterprises' energy saving programs are not up to expectations? Industrial enterprises, commercial complexes of the various operating costs, electricity costs more than 70%, how to reduce electricity consumption at the same time, and actively respond to the EU EED "Energy Saving Directive", the survey found that the vast majority of enterprises on the concept of energy ...
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European regulation of standby energy consumption: the case of LCD-TVs and TFT-monitors
This paper describes an example of a regulatory sustainability impact assessment that relates to energy saving and climate protection: recently the European Union has adopted a framework directive on requirements of the ecodesign of Energy-using Products (EuP). An implementing measure on standby energy consumption based on this directive is expected in 2008. Manufacturers of LCD-TVs and ...
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Development of automotive DI diesel engine to comply with stringent emission norms
Relatively lower fuel energy cost, higher fuel conversion efficiency and ability to take higher loads are the attracting features of direct injection diesel engines. However, diesel engines are still posing the challenges to both researchers and manufacturers in terms of high soot and NOx emissions. To overcome these difficulties, small diesel engine manufacturers are resorting to either upgrade ...
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