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Keeping EU biofuels policy alive costs society €10bn a year, study shows
Cash-strapped EU Member States spent €10bn in 2011, a sum as big as the Cyprus bailout, in support of the biofuels industry, a new study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) reveals. This public support was necessary to sustain the 4.5% market share biofuels had in 2011 – slightly below the 5% freeze proposed by the European Commission half a year ago. Not ...
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Energy Management Congress - Conference & Expo (EMC) to Explore Climate Change, Sustainable Business, and the Latest Technology and Policy in the Energy Industry
The Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) along with Sponsors Southwest Gas, NV Energy, Rocky Mountain Institute, CLEAResult and Energy Leaders, Caesars, Boyd Gaming, Clark County School District, City of Las Vegas are pleased to announce the 31st annual Energy Management Congress - Conference & Expo (EMC). EMC 2013 features a multi-track conference program and expo to be held at the Las ...
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Prospects for the Algae Biofuel Community presented at the 19th EU BC&E
The 19th European Biomass Conference in Berlin acknowledged the rising interest in the potential of algae as energy crops by not only dedicating several sessions to the topic but also hosting as a parallel event the Workshop on Algae, dedicated to reviewing the technology status of algae and exploring deployment opportunities. The intense exchange of ideas during the day has highlighted the ...
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Energy Management Congress West (EMC): Gateway to Innovation, Smart Implementation Strategies & New Developments Shaping the Energy Field
The Western Region is at the forefront of implementing innovative clean energy solutions, developing and implementing energy management strategies and renewable energy resources, and serving as a model for other areas around the country. To that end, the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) along with Sponsors Southwest Gas, Rocky Mountain Institute, CLEAResult and Energy Leaders, Caesars, ...
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European Commission proposes a higher and achievable energy savings target for 2030
New opportunities for European businesses, affordable energy bills for consumers, increased energy security through a significant reduction of natural gas imports and a positive impact on the environment: these are some of the expected benefits of the energy efficiency target for 2030 put forward today by the European Commission in a Communication. The proposed target of 30 % builds on the ...
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Leap and NRG Energy Partner on Next-Gen Grid Services Program in Texas
Leap, a leading energy market access provider, and NRG Energy, Inc. brand Direct Energy, a retail electric provider serving C&I customers in Texas, this week (July 6) announced a strategic partnership to deploy a real-time grid services program in Texas to bolster grid flexibility generating savings for NRG customers. Leap together with NRG's automated real-time economic dispatch program will ...
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Cashflow seminar from Switch2 Energy and Carbon Trust
Developers and investors will learn how to check the finances of heat networks and meet new regulations at a free morning seminar at Manchester Town Hall on Friday 25 November. The seminar is being hosted by community energy specialist Switch2 Energy and The Carbon Trust, which will introduce its new cashflow quality assurance model for heat network investments. This seminar will be of interest ...
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energyTEAM Workshops well received by ESOS participants
Launched in 2014, the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is a mandatory energy auditing scheme and part of the UK’s implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive. Affecting an estimated 9,000 organisations and with less than a year for participants to comply with the scheme, energyTEAM organised free ESOS breakfast workshops in early 2015 to support participants in dealing ...
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Best green technologies at the 8th South-East European Energy Forum
The 8th Congress and Exhibition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EE & RE) and the South-East European (SEE) Solar Exhibition will be held in the period 28 to 30 March 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria. The events will gather key industry players from green energy sector and it will be a great platform for knowledge exchange and business contacts establishment on a global scale. The event is ...
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Solar recognised as competitive and strategic energy technology in State of the Energy Union and Renovation Wave
Brussels, 15 October 2020 – Yesterday, the European Commission unveiled its Renovation Wave strategy, and published its annual State of the Energy Union, accompanied by a series of documents, including the annual Renewable Energy Progress Report, the Report on Energy Prices and Costs in Europe, and the first Report on Progress of Clean Energy Competitiveness. Throughout these announcements, ...
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Frost & Sullivan projects smart technology to fuel double-digit growth in European HEMS and BEMS Markets
The home and building energy management systems (HEMS/BEMS) markets face push factors, such as EU Directives that support smart technology in energy monitoring and management, as well as pull factors from the demand side as technology improves and becomes more easily available. Together with rising prices of energy, these two factors will lead the HEMS and BEMS market to double-digit growth over ...
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EC memo on the first assessment of National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAP)
The European Commission has made a first assessment of National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAP), which Member States were required to submit by 30 June 2007. The Plans present national strategies on how Member States intend to achieve their adopted energy savings target by 2016. Although the Action Plans provide some encouragement, there appears to be a gap between the political commitment ...
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Darden's Energy Efficiency
SOURCE: Darden Restaurants DESCRIPTION:We are taking aggressive action to reduce our direct energy use. By the end of FY2011, we were more than halfway toward our goal to reduce our per restaurant energy use by 15 percent by 2015 using 2008 as a baseline. About Darden Restaurants, Inc. Darden Restaurants, Inc., (NYSE: DRI), the world's largest full-service restaurant company, owns and operates ...
By 3BL Media
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Become ESOS Lead Assessor with Certification Europe
A one-stop course that provides a unique certification to assess organisation towards ESOS requirements in the UK and beyond. A few days after the introduction of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme Regulations 2014 (ESOS) in the UK, we can proudly state that delegates who will successfully complete our CEA incorporating ISO 50001 Development and Audit Training Course will be entitled to apply ...
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Advanced biofuels from Germany`s first integrated Bio-LNG plant
A green energy transition in Germany? Hardly – at least in the transport sector. With the purchase of BioEnergie Park Güstrow, EnviTec Biogas AG is setting the agenda for a sustainable transport sector. “From autumn 2022, the largest biogas plant constructed in Germany to date will be supplying significant quantities of purified Bio-LNG for greener heavy goods traffic,” ...
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Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market
Neste Oil CorporationPress release26 April 2012 at 9:20 am (EET) Neste Oil sold its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market Neste Oil has recently supplied its first batch of NExBTL renewable diesel to the US market. The fuel, which qualifies as an advanced biofuel in the US, was produced at the company's Porvoo refinery in Finland from waste fats. "We are very pleased to see ...
By Neste
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The solution for the sustainable future of agriculture comes from cooperation
The definitive agreement for a pioneering partnership project dedicated to the creation of BIO-LNG was signed on July 15, at the end of a very beneficial meeting. Signatories of the agreement, Ecospray and the German company Ruhe Agrar, one of the most important agricultural company with locations in Lower Saxony, Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, recognized as a leader in the ...
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EC launches consultation on sustainability scheme for biomass for energy purposes
The European Commission is inviting all stakeholders, including energy companies, project developers, equipment manufacturers, government services, agricultural and forest industry, environmental NGOs and all other interested stakeholders, including from outside the EU, to help identify the need to develop at EU level sustainability criteria for biomass for energy purposes. On 23 January 2008 ...
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The Geothermal Resources Council Announces 2016 Amateur Photo Contest
The Geothermal Resources Council (GRC) is pleased to announce this year’s Amateur Photo Contest. The purpose of the contest is to showcase quality photography featuring geothermal energy around the world. The winners will be announced at the GRC Annual Member Meeting and Awards Luncheon, the climax to the 40th GRC Annual Meeting & GEA Geothermal Energy Expo being held in Sacramento, ...
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How to make Europe number 1 in Energy Efficiency? Key results of the Energy Efficiency Watch project released today
Energy Efficiency Watch reports: Considerable progress in Energy Efficiency, but more needed to achieve 2020 target Despite considerable progress in the implementation of energy efficiency policies since 2011, more is needed if the EU is to reach its 2020 efficiency targets. This is the conclusion of an exhaustive set of reports on EU and national energy efficiency policy implementation released ...
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