16 Articles found
European Commission, Environment DG Articles
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Twelve principles for introducing sustainable energy storage to the electrical grid
Researchers have provided a set of guidelines to help policymakers, designers and operators develop sustainable solutions for energy-storage systems for electricity grids. The guidelines cover a range of energy-storage technologies and ...
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What are the barriers to solar energy adoption?
The solar energy market is hampered by multiple barriers to adoption in the EU and worldwide, according to a new review. Researchers from Sweden and Spain found that lack of government commitment as well as various sociotechnical, management and ...
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Reducing avian collisions with wind turbines
Wind is an important renewable energy source for Europe. The wind power capacity installed in 2014 could produce enough electricity to meet over 10% of the EU’s electricity consumption. However, wind power structures can also be harmful to ...
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Wind & solar energy and nature conservation
Climate change and the degradation of ecosystems and biodiversity cannot be solved in isolation. Land and marine ecosystems play a crucial role in the climate system, capturing roughly half of carbon dioxide emissions generated by human activities ...
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Translocation for conservation: helping or harming wild populations?
The value of moving animals or plants from a stable population into one that is endangered or even extinct has been questioned, with some suggesting that it will mean that the new population is not well adapted to its environment. However, research ...
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Why Europe needs a Strategic Energy Technology Plan
On 22 November, the European Commission will present the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan), which was identified as part of the Energy Package proposed by the Commission in January 2007. This background document describes the ...
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Refuse Derived Fuel, Current Practice and Perspectives
Untitled Document Summary I OBJECTIVES The objectives of the project were to undertake a survey on the current practices of production and use of refuse derived fuel (RDF) in the fifteen Member States of the European Union, as ...
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Country Profiles of the 12 non-EU Mediterranean Partners
Untitled Document THE SHORT AND MEDIUM TERM PRIORITY ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION PROGRAMME (SMAP) COUNTRY PROFILES OF THE 12 NON-EU MEDITERRANEAN PARTNERS To view the full article, click here (PDF - 401 KB)
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Environment employment in France, methodology and results 1996-1998
This study, executed by IFEN, the Institut Français de L’Environnement, develops a methodology for estimating the employment in the environmental area on the basis of data currently available and applies the methodology to derive data on the French ...
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The Influence of PVC on the Quantity and Hazardousness of Flue Gas Cleaning Residues from Incineration
The study estimates the influence of PVC on the quantity and hazardousness of flue gas residues from incineration. The analysis has been carried out on both theoretical and practical terms. A distinction between dry, semi-dry and wet gas treatment ...
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The Environment Industry in Sweden, 1999
This study, the second on the Environment Industry in Sweden executed by Statistics Sweden, builds on the work done previously and estimates the turnover, exports, employment and education of the Swedish Environment Industry in 1998. The study, ...
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Environment-related Employment in the Netherlands, 1997
This study, executed by Statistics Netherlands, the Dutch Statistical Office, assesses the environment-related employment in the Netherlands in 1997 and arrives at an estimate of direct environment-related employment of 92 000 (about 1.3% of total ...
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1999 - Annual Energy Review
This publication is provided on our site in pdf format: Table of Contents Introduction (Executive Summary / Sources and Methods) (195 Kb) The World (465 Kb) The European Union (991 Kb) Other OECD countries (NAFTA / United States / OECD ...
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The Environmental Impacts of Irrigation in the European Union
The purpose of the studies is to explore the relationship generally between agricultural sectors and practices and the environment. The sectoral studies describe the environmental relationship, the practical possibilities to improve that ...
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Towards a Community Strategy for Renewable Energy Sources
Energy Policy Directorate The European Commission on 20 November last year published a Green Paper on Renewable Sources of Energy. The Communication (COM(96) 576 final) is appropriately entitled `Energy for the Future: Renewable Sources of ...
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Towards an European Fuel Cell Strategy
Head of Unit `Energy Consumption Technology` At the onset of the Fourth Framework Programme for Community research and technological development including demonstration, a ten year fuel cell strategy for Europe was published in 1995 jointly ...