Business Edition
nr 61
19 July 2007
Special:
The 2 degrees scenario: changing the reference
Everyone seems to agree that global warning should not exceed 2 degrees Celsius. But what is actually needed to achieve this goal by 2050, and are we on the right track? Researchers from The German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Ecofys, Greenpeace and EREC show in the Energy Policy journal how it can be done.
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Europe’s growing hunger for power
Despite various measures to achieve the contrary, Europe’s electricity consumption has grown by 10.8% between 1999 and 2004. The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre has analysed this trend and recommends how to curb the worrying trend.
IEA: Industrial energy efficiency can reduce global emissions by 12%
Industry can use 18 to 26% less energy, if best available technologies are implemented, says the IEA.
Ineffective emission reduction law in Poland will be polished
A new draft Polish regulation proposes to exclude Polish installations from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) for one year if their verified emissions are more than 20% lower than the allocation assigned to them for the related year.
EREC: “Europe needs simple and fast energy policies”
"Reaching 20% of renewable energy by 2020 can only be achieved if a fast and adequate policy framework is adopted,” said EREC President Arthouros Zervos at the European seminar on renewable energy sources last week.
Editorial: Barbarians and primitives
Judging by the over one million Google-hits for ‘Passivhaus’, you could be forgiven for thinking that so-called Passive Houses are the latest craze in the building sector. Actually, the origins are much, much older than that and they were inspired – most recognisably - by a fuel crisis.
In brief
‘Smart’ energy meters tested in UK
New Dutch support system from 2008
Commission updates allocation plans
UK renewable electricity generation up to 4.6% in 2006
Vattenfall invests €1.4 million in wave energy research
Four wise men coordinate EU infrastructure projects
‘New EU market rules make renewable power cheaper’
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