Business Edition
nr 104
June 19, 2008
Special:
Concerns about Irish 'No' to Lisbon Treaty
Last week the Irish people voted against the EU’s Lisbon Treaty. A short analysis by GreenPrices News Desk shows that most energy and climate experts don't think that sinking the Lisbon Treaty will affect either ongoing negotiations about new energy and climate laws or the international climate negotiations. However, some concerns do exist. Read more
Editorial:
Irish 'NO': the risks for energy and climate policies
The next few days, with the ongoing Council of EU government leaders in Brussels, will reveal a lot more about the resistance of the EU against attacks from the inside. Read more
'Renewable energy trade issue solved'
Although some issues concerning the Energy and Climate package of the European Commission are still ongoing, the topic on trade of certificates seems to be resolved. Read more
EU to investigate US biodiesel imports
The EU has initiated a joint anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigation on imports of subsidised 'B-99' biodiesel from the United States. Read more
Reactions to the biofuels row
After the EU Trade Commission decided to initiate anti-subsidy and anti-dumping investigations into US biodiesel imports, the two main stakeholders involved - the EBB and the NBB – did not wait long to react. Read more
The EU-US row over biofuels trade
The fight between US and European biodiesel producers is heating up. Following a complaint presented back in April this year by the European Biodiesel Board, the EU Commission decided this week to launch an investigation into ‘unfair subsidised and low-price biodiesel exports from the US’. So what is this ‘war’ about? Read more
Argentina: the next South American biofuel superpower?
With a good climate and a vast area in the Pampas region ideal for the production of biodiesel feedstocks, Argentina expects to be among the world’s top three biodiesel producers in 10 years time, according to Carlos St. James, President of the Argentine Renewable Energies Chamber and Managing Director of the biofuels consultancy Santiago & Sinclair LLC. Read more
Energy efficiency associations: mandatory target of 20% by 2020
A number of European associations related to energy efficiency called on the EU Council to introduce a mandatory energy efficiency target of 20% by 2020, replacing the non-obligatory target in the current Energy and Climate Package. Read more
EU Parliament supports full ownership unbundling for electricity
Yesterday the European Parliament voted in favour of full ownership unbundling of vertically-integrated power companies in the electricity market as the only option for these companies. Read
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The Sustatement
This month, following the discussion about the need for sustainability criteria in reaching the 10% biofuels target within the EU Directive for the Promotion of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, the hypothesis for comment is:
"The 10% EU target is required to establish a 100% sustainable biofuels market within ten years"
This week, our guest commenting on this Sustatement is Raffaello Garofalo, Secretary General of the European Biodiesel Board (EBB). Read more
In Brief
- EU GHG emissions fell by 14 million tonnes: EEA
- German government approves efficiency laws
- Eurelectric: carbon neutral power generation by 2050
- UK advice: turn up renewables policies
- Iberdrola and Gamesa to join forces in the wind sector
- Growing pressure for grid connection with Northern Africa
- ‘Biofuels from tropical climates far more effective’: SEI report
- G8 publishes Action Plan to attract private capital
- BP Energy Review: 2.4% growth of global primary energy consumption
- Energy and Climate policy the best response to rising oil prices: EU Commission
- Dutch government investigates energy island in the North Sea
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