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European Commission needs new controls to ensure EU meets 27% RES target by 2030
The European Commission needs new powers to ensure that Member States meet the EU’s 27% renewable energy pledge by 2030, according to a paper released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). By December 2015, the European Commission ...
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EWEA welcomes Deal on Reform of the ETS; Carbon Reserve in 2019
The EU-28 Member States and the European Parliament have agreed to introduce a market stability reserve in 2019 to tackle a glut of over 2 billion excess permits in the ETS. The surplus of allowances is currently suppressing the carbon price and ...
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Massive global Offshore Wind conference backed by UK and European Associations announced for London
The first ever joint offshore wind conference organised by EWEA and RenewableUK was announced today. Offshore Wind Energy 2017 will take place in London between 6th and 8th June 2017, and will be instead of the annual event which RenewableUK holds ...
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Offshore wind industry can compete with gas and coal within a decade
The report states that the industry must significantly reduce costs over the next five years through a number of key actions, outlining where savings can be found. These include deploying larger turbines to increase energy capture (9%); fostering ...
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EWEA welcomes Energy Union proposal for post-2020 renewables directive
The Vice President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic plans to put forward a Renewable Energy Package as soon as next year to guarantee that the 2030 climate and energy targets are met cost-effectively. Thomas Becker, CEO of EWEA, welcomed this ...
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Wind energy installations outperform gas and coal in 2014
Across the 28 Member States, the wind industry connected a total of 11,791 MW to the grid with coal and gas adding 3,305 MW and 2,338 MW respectively. Moreover, the coal and gas industries in Europe both retired more capacity than they commissioned ...
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Offshore wind installations stabilise in 2014 following record figures the previous year
In 2014, 408 new offshore turbines were fully grid connected, adding 1,483 MW to the European system. The total installed capacity for Europe now stands at 8,045MW in 74 offshore wind farms in 11 European countries. Justin Wilkes, deputy chief ...
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Wind turbines not a risk to human health, says MIT study
The review took into consideration health effects such as stress, annoyance and sleep disturbance among others that have, in the past, been raised in association with living close to wind turbines. "No clear or consistent association is seen ...
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Heads of State miss the chance to back renewable energy in Europe
The European Council`s decision to set an EU-binding target of 27% showed a lack of ambition to improve Europe`s energy security. Governments also ignored calls from the renewable energy sector and European business leaders for a nationally-binding ...
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Onshore wind cheaper than coal, gas and nuclear, according to European Commission report
Based on EWEA`s analysis of the data in the report, onshore wind has an approximate cost of EUR 105 per megawatt hour (MWh) which is cheaper than gas (up to EUR 164), nuclear (EUR 133) and coal (between EUR 162-233). Offshore wind comes in at EUR ...
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A 50% share of variable renewables can save up to 6% on system costs
The REserviceS project - led by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and involving other stakeholders from across the electricity system and academia - also found that creating markets to trade grid support services (GSS) can provide revenue ...
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IEA questions impact of a non-binding renewable energy target for Europe
According to the IEA`s Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report, the absence of a binding target raises questions about how effective the overall target can be as member states would be able to define their commitment to renewables ...
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Europe’s Installed Wind Capacity will Increase 64% by 2020
Wind turbine installations in the European Union will increase 64% by 2020 compared to 2013 levels, according to data compiled by the European Wind Energy Association. A protracted economic crisis in Europe since 2009 and regulatory instability in ...
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4.9 GW of new offshore wind capacity under construction in Europe
"Despite offshore wind power installations being lower than in the first six months of last year, it remains the fastest growing power sector in Europe" said Justin Wilkes, Deputy Chief Executive Officer at the European Wind Energy Association ...
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European Commission uses state aid guidelines to push its EU energy vision
According to state aid guidelines published today (April 9, 2014), the Commission recommends removing support mechanisms for renewable technologies that are expected to become "grid competitive" between 2020 and 2030, without specifically defining ...
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Confidence boost for Europe`s renewable energy industry as Heads of State show support
In a last minute addition to the European Council`s conclusions, leaders stated the need for a "supportive EU framework for advancing renewable energies." Despite delaying on an agreement, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said in a ...
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Water used for EU power production equivalent to annual consumption of Germany
Nuclear, coal and gas plants in Europe use 4.5 billion m³ of water a year, equivalent to that of 82 million EU citizens – the same as the population of Germany – new research shows. Energy production represents 44% of the EU’s ...
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IEA executive director: “We welcome a renewables target for 2030”
The International Energy Agency (IEA) supports an EU renewable energy target for 2030 – this would reduce policy risk and so “bring down costs and put us on the path we want to be on”, stated Maria van der Hoeven, executive ...
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IEA chief: Europe `risks losing its position as a renewable energy leader`
She will speak further at the opening of the EWEA 2014 Annual Event on 10-13 March, which will focus on how wind energy companies could “get back to business”. For the Portuguese energy minister, who will also give a keynote speech, an ...
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European Parliament committees vote yes to 2030 renewables target
Members of the energy and industry, and environment committees voted 66 to 50 in favour of the three targets earlier today. The vote goes to plenary in February. “Following the letter in favour of a 2030 renewable energy target from eight ...