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Renewable energy progress report - Press Release
The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets. With a projected share of 15.3% of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final ...
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Renewable energy progress report - Press Release
The European Commission has published the progress report on 2020 renewable energy targets, showing that the EU is on track to meet its 20% renewable energy targets. With a projected share of 15.3% of renewable energy in 2014 in the gross final ...
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Commission launches work on Energy Union
The Commission today launched work on the Energy Union; a fundamental step towards the completion of single energy market and reforming how Europe produces, transports and consumes energy. The Energy Union with a Forward-looking Climate Change ...
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Energy: EU invests €647 million in key energy infrastructure
Today (Oct 29, 2014) Member States agreed to allocate €647 million to support key priority infrastructure projects. The bulk of the support goes to gas projects in the Baltic region as well as in Central Eastern and South Eastern Europe. ...
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Climate Action: Commission Uses Polluters` Revenues to Fund Clean Energy Projects Across Europe
The European Commission today awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale ...
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EU-OPEC Energy Dialogue : Joint Conclusion of the eleventh Meeting of EU-OPEC Energy Dialogue
Representatives of the European Union and the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) met in Brussels on 24 June 2014. It was stressed that the Energy Dialogue was well-placed to address the common challenges facing producing ...
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Energy: Commission releases €750 million for infrastructure projects
The first call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to help finance key trans-European energy infrastructure projects is open. A total of €750 million will be made available for first priority projects mainly in the gas and ...
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EU-US Energy Council – Joint Press Statement
1. The fifth EU-US Energy Council met today in Brussels, chaired by EU High Representative/Vice President Catherine Ashton, EU Commissioner for Energy Günther Oettinger, US Secretary of State John Kerry, and US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel ...
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EU imposes definitive measures on Chinese solar panels, confirms undertaking with Chinese solar panel exporters
The Council today backed the Commission’s proposals to impose definitive anti-dumping and anti-subsidy measures on imports of solar panels from China. In parallel, the Commission confirmed its Decision accepting the undertaking with Chinese ...
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Renewable Energy Targets: Commission calls on Member States to boost cooperation
The European Commission presented today its Communication on the progress of renewable energy in the EU. It shows that the 2020 renewable energy policy goals are likely to be met and exceeded if Member States fully implement their national renewable ...
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Commissioner Hedegaard`s video conference with inhabitants of one of the 600 isolated rural communities benefiting from the EURO-SOLAR regional Programme for Latin America
Commissioner Hedegaard, together with his Excellency Jorge Valdez, Ambassador of Peru to the European Union, will participate in a video conference in Brussels with representatives of the Sancayuni in Peru, a local community based on an island of ...
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Commission proposes EU priority corridors for power grids and gas pipelines
The European Commission today presented its energy infrastructure priorities for the next two decades, aimed at making networks fit for the 21st century. In the Communication, the Commission defines EU priority corridors for the transport of ...
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Energy performance of buildings: the Commission asks Italy and Spain to ensure full compliance with European legislation
The European Commission today formally requested Italy and Spain to ensure full compliance with European rules on the energy performance of buildings. These rules should in particular enable European citizens to benefit from all relevant information ...
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State aid: Commission approves €11 million aid for biomass project in France
The European Commission has authorised France under EU state aid rules to provide an €11 million grant for the construction of a 43 MW boiler using renewable sources (biomass). The heat will be produced and delivered on the industrial site ...
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Commission presents its new strategy for a competitive, sustainable and secure energy towards 2020
The Commission today presented its new strategy for a competitive, sustainable and secure energy. The Communication "Energy 2020" defines the energy priorities for the next ten years and sets the actions to be taken in order to tackle the challenges ...