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European Parliament resolution on an EU strategy on Heating and Cooling: the time is now to assess the effectiveness of cogeneration policies
After half a year’s work, today the European Parliament adopted in plenary its resolution on an EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling. The decision makers went beyond endorsing the Commission’s Heating and Cooling Strategy in calling member states and the European Commission to undertake specific actions on a wide range of issues. COGEN Europe, the European Association for the Promotion ...
By COGEN Europe
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Mandatory Energy Audits for Large Businesses?
Forcing large companies to assess their energy efficiency will save £1.9 billion over 15 years, says DECC in a consultation outlining a scheme due to launch in 2015. Some businesses in the UK are already facing mandatory carbon reporting requirements and now firms that have over 250 employees could also have to find ways to invest in energy efficiency as they will be included in the new ...
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The `ENERGY-EFFICIENCY-WATCH`, the new common flag for energy efficiency in Europe, calls for: “Action, not talk!”
Brussels - On the verge of the EU Spring Council, European Parliamentarians, energy efficiency related industry and NGOs presented today in the European Parliament the ENERGY-EFFICIENCYWATCH. The ENERGY-EFFICIENCY-WATCH (EEW) is the new common flag for ENERGY EFFICIENCY in and for Europe. Its goal is to ensure ambitious national energy efficiency action plans in all EU Member States. EP ...
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IEMA Legislative Update Webinar (England and Wales)
Wednesday, 26 March, 2014 - 15:00 to 16:15 All organisations – large and small – are required to comply with environmental legislation but with requirements continually changing, staying up to date can be challenging. To help members stay up to date with the latest changes and those which are round the corner, IEMA is providing a new legal update webinar series. The webinar ...
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ESOS – The clock is ticking...
Part of the UK’s implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, the introduction of mandatory energy auditing for large companies under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) aims to help the EU meet its target of reducing energy consumption by 20% by 2020. With only exactly one year till the ESOS compliance date, it’s time for qualifying participants to prepare ...
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Enhesa Launches Service to Assist Companies with the European Energy Efficiency Audit Requirements
Thousands of companies in Europe need to complete energy efficiency audits of their operations by December 5, 2015. The 2012 Energy Efficiency Directive establishes the requirement that all companies with over 250 employees, and with annual revenues exceeding EUR 50 million or with a budget exceeding EUR 43 million per year, must hold a valid energy audit report no later than December 5, 2015 and ...
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ESOS – The clock is ticking...
Part of the UK’s implementation of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive, the introduction of mandatory energy auditing for large companies under the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) aims to help the EU meet its target of reducing energy consumption by 20% by 2020. With exactly one year until the ESOS compliance date, it is now time for qualifying participants to prepare themselves by ...
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ESOS - Another European directive to save energy that doesn’t
The latest EU directive designed to reduce energy consumption is to force companies to complete an energy audit. The 'Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme' (ESOS) is the Government's proposed approach to implementing Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive which requires all Member States to introduce a programme of regular energy audits for ‘large’ private organisations. The ...
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ESOS - another European directive to save energy that doesn’t
The latest EU directive designed to reduce energy consumption is to force companies to complete an energy audit. The 'Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme' (ESOS) is the Government's proposed approach to implementing Article 8 of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive which requires all Member States to introduce a programme of regular energy audits for ‘large’ private organisations. The ...
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EU Clean Energy Package: Energy efficiency first approach a step in the right direction
COGEN Europe welcomes the renewed commitment to the “energy efficiency first” principle in the European Commission’s “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package released today. To unlock the potential of high efficiency cogeneration, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle should be consistently applied across all the legislative proposals in the Package, ...
By COGEN Europe
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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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Enabling a consumer-led, secure and affordable energy transition by fully reaping the benefits of cogeneration
COGEN Europe announces today key legislative recommendations to ensure that the Clean Energy Package engages energy consumers and turns them into active beneficiaries of the energy transition by unlocking the contribution of cogeneration towards the Clean Energy Package objectives. The Clean Energy Package will be crucial to provide a coherent framework for energy consumers and investors with a ...
By COGEN Europe
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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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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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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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How to make Europe Number 1 in Energy Efficiency? Key results of the Energy Efficiency Watch project released today
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 today from the Energy Efficiency Watch 3 project. While the Industry, Research and Energy Committee of the ...
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Preparing for new energy legislation: ESOS
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is due to be launched early June. The scheme will affect large organisations* in the private sector. Like much Government regulation we will not know the full details on the scheme until the final document is released by the Department of Climate Change (DECC) but in overview the following is taken from the DECC website: “Under the scheme, ...
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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
The Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) is expected to help reduce business energy costs by a total of £1.6 billion by 2030. ESOS is a mandatory energy assessment and energy saving identification scheme for large undertakings and their corporate groups. Under the scheme, which applies throughout the UK, businesses will be required to look closely at their energy usage to identify ...
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PR – Is Winter coming for renewables? Clean Energy Package: EU still supports fossil fuels for heating and cooling
EGEC – AEBIOM – EHPA – ESTIF Press release In the context of the worldwide paradigm shift in climate change, the EU has a unique opportunity to reposition itself as the world leader in climate action. Despite steps to increase the share of renewables in the heating sector, the Commission proposal does not remove the regulatory loopholes supporting new fossil fuel ...
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