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New Biofuels white paper from SGS
SGS published a white paper on Biofuel Sustanability last March 2013. The white paper titled "Understanding Sustainable Biofuel Production, the EU Renewable Energy Directive and International Initiatives to Verify Sustainability", aims to provide an insight into the issues associated with the sustainable sourcing and production of biofuels. It discusses the contents of the 2009 European ...
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Direct energy releases 2009 corporate responsibility report
Direct Energy, one of North America's leading energy and services companies, along with its parent company, Centrica plc., published its 2009 Corporate Responsibility report today. 'In the long-term, a truly successful company must be responsible to the environment in which it operates and be dedicated to strengthening it,' said Janice Thomson, Direct Energy's EVP, Human Resources and ...
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Neste responds to EC proposal on revised renewable energy directive
On November 30, 2016, Neste, a member of the Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG), released a statement in response to the publication of the European Commission’s (EC) proposal on the revised Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) for 2021 to 2030. The aim of the Directive is to raise renewable energy usage in Europe to 27 percent by 2030. In the revised Directive, the ...
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Call to increase target for renewable energy in the Renewable Energy Directive
Renewables are a key part in the transition towards a net zero emissions economy. Combined with energy savings, the various renewable energy sources provide a cost-effective and readily available solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a relatively short timescale. If we want to limit dangerous climate change, then increased climate and energy targets are required. The publication of the ...
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Direct energy named a best corporate citizen by corporate knights magazine
Direct Energy, a leading integrated energy company with Canadian head offices based in Toronto, was named for the second consecutive year to the Corporate Knights magazine annual ranking as a Top Foreign Corporate Citizen in Canada 2010. This is the second national corporate responsibility accolade Direct Energy has received in 2010. Direct Energy was also named to the Maclean"s Top 50 Socially ...
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The need for an EU-wide renewable risk mitigation scheme in the Renewable Energy Directive
Dear Executive Vice-President Timmermans and Commissioner Simson, We call on you to establish an EU-wide renewable risk mitigation schemes to de-risk private sector investment in capital-intensive renewable energy solutions in the Renewable Energy Directive. Member States are obliged to reduce the capital cost of renewable energy technologies under Article 3.5(1) of the Renewable Energy ...
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Direct Energy Expands Partnership With Innowatts for AI-based Services
Direct Energy is expanding services to its residential customers via a deepened partnership with Innowatts, a leading AI-enabled SaaS platform for global energy providers. Through the partnership, Direct Energy plans to deliver more responsive, customized services for its U.S.-based residential customers, adding value and reducing customer costs by providing actionable energy insights, customized ...
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Sweden`s energy supply is now 50% renewable
Sweden has reached the renewable energy target set in the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) eight years ahead of time. The EU target for Sweden is 49 percent in 2020 and the Swedish parliament has adopted a target of 50 percent in 2020. Last year 51 percent of Sweden’s energy supply was from renewable energy sources. Sweden has reached the renewable energy target set in the Renewable Energy ...
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Green NGOs urge renewable energy standards to be included in the ETS
Sustainability standards for bioenergy should be included in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as they are in the Fuel Quality and Renewable Energy directives, according to a group of ten environmental NGOs including Transport & Environment. In a letter to Commissioners Hedegaard (Climate Change) and Oettinger (Energy), the coalition points out how paradoxical it is that, for instance, ...
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Celebrate Earth Day and Lower Energy Costs, Help Save the Planet
This upcoming Monday, April 22nd marks the 43rd anniversary of Earth Day. It's the perfect time to begin taking steps to help make the environment a better one. According to Earth Day Network, last year's Earth Day generated an astonishing one billion "Acts of Green" worldwide. These acts are considered anything from planting trees to cleaning parks and other green spaces to riding a bicycle ...
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EU 2030 biodiversity framework: Bioenergy sector
Brussels,13 May 2020 - Today Bioenergy Europe, the European Biogas Association, and ePure addressed a joint statement to the European Commission urging decision-makers to take in consideration important aspects related to the bioenergy sector when setting further energy-related policy objectives within the EU biodiversity framework by 2030: Sustainable bioenergy is a win-win solution for ...
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European Commission Gives Portugal Two Months To Address Issues With Biofuel Law Compliance
On April 28, 2016, the European Commission (EC) encouraged Portugal to become fully compliant with the Renewable Energy Directive (Directive) through the release of an April infringements fact sheet. The Directive has set the goal of 20 percent of the European Union's (EU) 2020 energy consumption coming from renewable energy, with each Member State consuming at least ten percent renewable ...
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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 energy consumption, the EU and the vast majority of Member States are advancing well: 25 Member States are expected to meet their 2013/2014 national ...
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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 energy consumption, the EU and the vast majority of Member States are advancing well: 25 Member States are expected to meet their 2013/2014 national ...
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Renewable Energy Directive creates positive climate for the long-term development of solar heating and cooling in Europe
An Agreement was reached this morning between the European Parliament and the 27 EU Member States on a new directive to boost EU renewable energy use to 20% by 2020. For the first time, heating and cooling – responsible for 50% of Europe’s energy demand – will be covered by a European Directive promoting renewable energies. Thus the Directive creates a positive climate for the long-term ...
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Enviro's Oil Gains Value
The ISCC certification obtained in September for Enviro’s recovered pyrolysis oil has made it significantly more attractive to various fuel producers as a raw material. The reason is that this certification, combined with the EU mass balance approach, which forms part of the EU Renewable Energy Directive, means that the oil can be commercialised by fuel producers as 100 percent renewable. ...
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EU Energy Directives to Invigorate Chemicals and Materials Market in Smart Grid Infrastructure, Says Frost & Sullivan
Pushed by EU Commission directives and projected capacity growth in renewable energy generation, the European chemicals and materials market in smart grid infrastructure is poised for high growth. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.chemicals.frost.com), Chemicals and Materials Market in Smart Grid Infrastructure, finds that the market earned revenues of $19.7 million in 2010 and ...
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UK waste can supply half renewable energy target by 2020
Small-scale energy from waste facilities at community level and the use of biomethane as road transport fuel could have huge potential benefits for the UK, according to a research study. The study, Renewable Energy, Landfill Gas and EfW: Now, Next and Future written by Cranfield graduate Kofi Apea Adu-Gyamfi, considers the potential contribution made by EfW to meeting the UK’s renewable targets. ...
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Call for attention on land use impacts EU biofuels
Several environmental NGOs including Wetlands International have written to the European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, demanding action on five scientific studies that question the clean energy benefits of biofuels. The European Union promotes the use of biofuels via the Renewable Energy Directive. The European Commission is in delay of coming up with a policy to address ...
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Investors Won’t Eyeball Sustainable Tech Without a Coherent Framework. Can Brussels Help?
Brussels, 22 October 2019 - We support the final objective of the sustainable finance regulation: to enable financial flows to support sustainable growth and transition to a carbon neutral economy. Private investors need a sound regulation to increasingly support mitigation actions such as accelerating investments in renewable energy technologies. Such objective is however undermined by a ...
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