Business Edition
nr 99
May 15, 2008
Special:
Turmes proposes substantial amendments to RE Directive
Binding interim targets, a dual system of certificates and a penalty system for Member States not achieving their (interim) targets are among the most prominent proposals rapporteur Claude Turmes, Green Member of the European Parliament, will publish today or tomorrow. Read more
Amendments protect green energy customer
In the amendments to the Commission's proposal for a Renewable Energy Directive, rapporteur Claude Turmes will include a system to protect the customer voluntarily buying green energy from suppliers. Read more
Overview of amendments to the RE Directive
An overview of the most important changes proposed by the Parliament's rapporteur Claude Turmes on the proposed Directive for the promotion of renewable energy. Read more
‘CDM renewable energy project should get a price premium’
As the Clean Development Mechanism starts delivering on clean energy, a call to give CDM carbon credits generated by renewable energy projects a ‘price premium’ was proposed during a roundtable at the Carbon Expo this week in Köln. Read more
McCain advocates a 'post-carbon economy'
Leaving the old strategies of his Republican Party and its most prominent member, George Bush, US presidential candidate John McCain announced this week that, if elected, he will spur a cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions reduction, and other climate change policies. Read more
‘Risks of a bubble in the renewable sector’: KPMG report
An explosion in the number of mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector that pushed valuations up to record levels in 2007 poses a real risk of a bubble, a report by KPMG suggests. Read more
Biofuels and food study: special policies required
In a special study commissioned by European Parliament, researcher Bas Eickhout from the Dutch Agency for Nature and Environment (MNP) concludes that ‘special and targeted policies are required’ to prevent unbalanced deterioration of the position of poor nations. Read more
GreenPrices Market Monitor May 2008
The GreenPrices News Desk regularly reports on market developments, prices and recent trades of green certificates in Europe. This week: actual prices and volumes of the Swedish Elcertificates, and from various national green certificates markets in Belgium, Italy, Poland and UK. Read more
In Brief
- Never-ending sunrise for PV market
- A toolkit for training in Green Public Procurement
- 'Groundbreaking' wind energy report by US Department of Energy
- US installed 1,400 MW of wind in first three months in 2008
- Dutch government calls to ‘maximise the sustainability of biofuel criteria’
- Launch of German offshore wind test field
- EnBW purchases four offshore wind farms
- How sustainable are Brazil’s biofuels?
- Brazil to lead ethanol world production by 2018
- ESTELA starts its mission in Brussels
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