Thursday. 05 April 2018
Portugal breaks 100% renewables mark but remains isolatedPortugal produced more power from clean energy sources in March than it actually needed, marking the first time in the 21st century that renewables have topped 100% of its production. But a dearth of energy connections with the rest of Europe remains problematic. Increasing renewable energy capacity is one of the key pillars of the Energy Union…
Thursday. 29 March 2018
New energy market reports show surge in wind energyThe European Commission’s latest reports on gas and electricity markets, which cover the last quarter of 2017, have just been published, containing a wide range of data about supply and usage of electricity and gas in the EU. The electricity market report confirms that over the last few years electricity consumption in the EU has…
Tuesday. 20 March 2018
€200 million EU funding for cross-border energy infrastructureThe European Commission is making €200 million of funding available for projects in the areas of electricity, smart grids, cross-border carbon dioxide network and gas infrastructure, as part of the first call for proposals under the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy in 2018. The money is intended for projects that will…
Tuesday. 06 March 2018
Innovation in Solar Building Skins & Energy Efficiency Towards Sustainable Buildings – 19th & 20th March 2018The conference organized in Berlin on 19th and 20th March 2018 is part of a series of European conferences and workshops in the field of Energy Efficiency in buildings and cities with a focus on innovation in solar building skins / building integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), as well as related to areas such as smart grid, storage of…
Tuesday. 06 March 2018
Innovation in Solar Building Skins & Energy Efficiency Towards Sustainable Buildings – 19th & 20th March 2018The conference organized in Berlin on 19th and 20th March 2018 is part of a series of European conferences and workshops in the field of Energy Efficiency in buildings and cities with a focus on innovation in solar building skins / building integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), as well as related to areas such as smart grid, storage of…
Monday. 05 March 2018
SET-Plan Steering Group has endorsed the Implementation Plan of SET-Plan Action 4 “Increase the resilience and security of the energy system”.In March 2017, interested Member states/Associated countries, stakeholders and European Commission held the kick off meeting of the SET Plan temporary working group (TWG) on Optimised EU power grid/ Integrated local and Regional energy systems. This TWG chaired by national representatives from Austria and Italy met regularly during this year to…
Friday. 02 March 2018
QUALITY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF PV SYSTEMS – Annual Conference of the ETIP for Photovoltaics – 3 May 2018, BrusselsThe photovoltaic (PV) sector has overall experienced a significant growth globally in the last decade, reflecting the recognition of PV as a clean and sustainable source of energy. Quality of PV projects, systems and components are primary factors in enabling sustainable growth in PV installations. When assessing the investment-worthiness of a PV…
Tuesday. 20 February 2018
Nobel laureate Rae Kwon Chung speaks about the advent of HVDC supergridsThe author of the “Green growth” concept asserts that the key to developing supergrids is private initiative driven by breakthrough technologies. Investors will then push for political agreement between countries Both European and Asian experts are focusing on the challenging tasks of system integration and transmission of renewable energy over…
Tuesday. 20 February 2018
National Webinar Series: ETIP SNET and Think Smartgrids, FranceThe European Technology and Innovation Platform for Smart Networks for Energy Transition will host the second in the series of National Webinars in collaboration with Think Smartgrids, the French Smart Grids Association on March 22, 2018. The National Webinar Series is dedicated to the presentation of national and regional platforms and…
Thursday. 08 February 2018
Eurelectric President hands over Power Sector Vision to European CommissionBrussels, 8 February 2018 – On the occasion of the Power Sector Vision event, eurelectric President and CEO of the Italian energy group Enel Francesco Starace presented Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission, with the Vision Declaration for the electricity industry in Europe signed by national associations and CEOs of major…
