Business Edition
nr 14
November 3, 2005
Special:
Amsterdam Forum focuses on transport and buildings
Energy efficiency was the buzzword
during the Amsterdam Forum, held during the 13 th and 14 th of October.
The first Forum on Sustainable Energy advocated more efficiency efforts
in buildings and transport. Read
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Biomass Action Plan due in three weeks
Now that the current ‘in-service’
consultation with other DGs has been finished, the directorate-general
of Transport and Energy will soon publish the Biomass Action Plan. Publication
is foreseen for the 23 rd of November. Read
more
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GreenPrices Market Monitor
GreenPrices Business Edition regularly
reports on market developments, prices and recent trades of green certificates
in Europe. This issue: Belgium, UK, Italy. Read
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“EU Action plan for offshore wind energy is needed”
Representatives from EU Member
States, energy agencies, NGOs and the industry call upon the European
Commission to develop a common policy regarding offshore wind energy.
At the end of the Offshore Wind Conference last week, participants adopted
the Copenhagen
Strategy. Read
more
EU prepares for post-Kyoto
A few weeks before the first Meeting
of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol is to start (28 November in
Montreal), European Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas launched the
second European Climate Change Programme (ECCP II).Read
more
Task force: more biomass in the UK
Britain should use more biomass,
especially to generate heat. This recommendation stems from the Biomass
Task Force, which recently published its end report.
Read
more
New Dutch premiums for biomass, wind energy, CHP
Following discussions in the last
few months, the Dutch government has decided to propose new tariffs for
the environmental quality of power production (MEP). Read
more
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Greenpeace energy takes over Unit[e] Naturstrom
At the first of January 2006, Greenpeace energy will almost double its number of green power customers. It will take over 28,000 customers from Unit[e], the green power supplier from Bad Homburg.
In brief
Spain: Top Ten site; US voluntary market. Read
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