The EU will stick to its goal to cut emissions by at least 40% by 2030 for the moment, and any decision to change that will not be taken till after 2020, the EU's climate action and energy commissioner Miguel Arias Canete said Monday. The ...
Tags: greenhouse gas
Hong Kong Consumer Council and Electrical and Mechanical Services Department (EMSC) found large disparities in energy efficiency and lifetime performances in 10 types of LED bulbs, among these included products from leading lighting brands. ...
Greenled Oy , the leading Finnish manufacturer and supplier of all-inclusive LED lighting solutions, has won the contract to supply street lighting for the City of Helsinki. The request for tenders emphasized energy efficiency, high quality ...
CEPI especially welcomes the emphasis put on delivering competitive energy prices, investing in the bioeconomy and establishing synergies between the energy efficiency, resource efficiency and circular economy policies. “This ...
Setting an EU goal to improve energy efficiency by 30% by 2030 would help cut natural gas use by 115 billion cubic meters/year and gas imports by 90 Bcm/year by 2030, compared with business as usual, according to draft European Commission ...
Tags: Gas Use, EU legislation
Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz and Russian gas company Gazprom are considering an EU proposal where Naftogaz pays Gazprom $2 billion by Friday in exchange for talks on a new gas price and no prepayment in June, the European Commission said ...
Tags: EU energy, Russian Gas
Ukraine's retail gas prices may have to rise 40% as part of economic reforms needed to unlock loans from the International Monetary Fund, Ukrainian energy minister Yuriy Prodan told reporters in Brussels Thursday. "This is an unpopular ...
Tags: Gas Prices, energy sector
The European Commission is to report by 2017 if governments should be required to notify it of planned gas, oil and coal extraction projects and small renewable energy projects under amended EU rules adopted late Thursday by EU ministers ...
Germany's economy and energy minister laid out Tuesday proposals to curb renewable energy subsidies and cap electricity prices but opponents fear they could jeopardise the country's much vaunted green energy transition. Just weeks after ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
The EU will announce climate change targets for 2030 next week but sharp differences over priorities and an unwillingness to take the lead while global rivals hang back may result in a modest compromise deal. The 2020 programme is widely ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
With the attendance of both Russian and Hungarian government members alongside Gazprom representatives and energy experts, today's conference entitled "South Stream: The Evolution of a Pipeline" discussed the importance of the pipeline in ...
Tags: Hungarian Minister, National Development, case, South Stream's, value
The European Parliament voted Wednesday to limit the use of biofuels in the European Union, one of a series of potential changes to the bloc's climate-change policies that investors say are creating uncertainty and bottling up energy ...
Tags: biofuels, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
IAL Consultants published its new report, Overviewof the European Sealants Market. Taking into account the 15 countries of Western Europe and eight countries of Eastern Europe, the total demand for sealants is estimated at approximately ...
Tags: Sealants Market, Construction
Much of the architectural coatings market in Europe is in the doldrums at the moment because of a slump in the region's construction sector stemming from a general slowdown in its economy. During the first quarter of this year, European ...
Shale gas could play a role in the EU's future energy policy but only if the health and environmental risks are addressed and minimized, EU environment commissioner Janez Potocnik said Tuesday in a speech at the European Economic Congress ...
Tags: Shale Gas, Energy Policy