Friday. 31 March 2017
Renewable energy in Europe 2017: recent growth and knock-on effectsAddressing climate change requires a globally coordinated, long-term response across all economic sectors. The 2015 Paris Agreement provides the framework for limiting global warming to less than 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and for pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Early in this process, the European Union has…
Friday. 24 March 2017
ETIP SNET selects over 200 experts to take an active part to its Working GroupsThe ETIP SNET call for experts launched at the end of January attracted over 440 applicants! The Working Group Chairs and the Executive Committee (ExCo) has since then been carefully reviewing every application to ensure that its 5 Working Groups are balanced and involve the best experts from around Europe to define Europe´s RD&I priorities…
Friday. 24 March 2017
BRIDGE: fostering knowledge-sharing among Smart Grid and Energy projectsThe coordination team behind ETIP SNET launches sister project BRIDGE to foster continuous knowledge sharing among Smart Grid and Energy Storage projects The INTENSYS4EU (INTegrated ENergy SYStem) project is a coordination and support Action group supported by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme. As well as acting as general…
Monday. 20 March 2017
Commissioner Arias Cañete in Berlin to participate in Energy Transition DialogueClimate Action and Energy Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete will today participate in the 2017 edition of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue. The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue brings together key international decision-makers in energy policy, industry, science and civil society as well as foremost energy experts from all over the world…
Monday. 20 March 2017
Deep energy transformation needed by 2050 to limit rise in global temperatureLimiting the rise in global mean temperature to well below 2°C would require an energy transition of exceptional scope, depth and speed, according to an analysis by the International Energy Agency, including a doubling of annual average energy-related investments from current levels. As recent IEA estimates show, global energy-related CO2 …
Friday. 17 March 2017
Europe’s energy future: Looking towards the digital TSOIT and digitalisation will underpin the future TSO business, says new ENTSO-E Secretary General Laurent Schmitt in an interview with Engerati. Read more…
Thursday. 16 March 2017
Making the energy transition possible – All network codes approved – Celebration event coming upToday member states approved the last of the eighth network codes – the Balancing Guideline. Read more…
Tuesday. 14 March 2017
Eleven EU countries hit 2020 renewable energy targetsIn 2015, the share of energy from renewable sources in gross final consumption of energy in the EU reached 16.7%, nearly double the figure for 2004 (8.5%), the first year for which the data are available. Read more…
Monday. 06 March 2017
New approach for matching production and consumption of renewable electricity promotes large-scale integration of solar and wind powerVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland is coordinating the BALANCE project, which brings together leading European research institutes in the field of electrochemical conversion. The project aims to demonstrate a technology that enables flexible storage of large amount of renewable power. Read more…
Sunday. 26 February 2017
Enabling Variable Renewables and Driving Down Emissions, with Electric VehiclesAt a media frenzied event last March, electric car manufacturer, Tesla, unveiled its Model 3. Priced to compete with conventional fossil-fuelled vehicles, it attracted over 325,000 reservations within a week. Read more…