Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Monday, 08 June 2009 16:11
The EU’s energy and climate change package agreed last December was finally published in the EU’s editorial last Friday on 5 June. The directives agreed upon under the package will now enter into European law on 25 June after which they will be translated into national law in each Member State within a given timeframe as indicated by the individual directives.
Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Monday, 19 January 2009 16:35
General Electric (GE) has warned the EU that it will fail to deliver on the goals set out in the energy and climate change package, if it does not upgrade its grid infrastructure. The current grid is built to ensure that energy supply is both of a good quality and reliable, rather than with transmission efficiency and renewable capabilities in mind. This would mean that the current structure would find it difficult to meet the demands of the package.
In place of the current system, GE suggests implementing a ‘smart’ grid, also known as a ‘super grid’, which would work by making power routes more efficient as well as allowing consumers to control their demand of energy, through the use of a combination of hardware and software.
In place of the current system, GE suggests implementing a ‘smart’ grid, also known as a ‘super grid’, which would work by making power routes more efficient as well as allowing consumers to control their demand of energy, through the use of a combination of hardware and software.
Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 15:42
The EU Summit which took place on 11-12 December between national leaders, concluded with an agreement that is less stringent than the original Commission and Parliament proposals, but which aims to reach the overall target of a 20% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. EU leaders hailed the agreement as a further indication of Europe’s commitment to play a central role in the fight against climate change, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy calling the accord an ‘historic’ moment. Environmental groups meanwhile, were far more critical of the deal raising fears that the agreed package would not be sufficient to successfully tackle the threat of climate change.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes the outcome shows that ‘we merit our leadership role’ and that it would send an ‘important signal’ to Poznan, where UN negotiations were concurrently taking place on a global climate change deal, which is expected in Copenhagen a year from now. This enthusiasm was reiterated by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown who argued that the ‘principles that underly Europe's leadership on the climate will be upheld’.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes the outcome shows that ‘we merit our leadership role’ and that it would send an ‘important signal’ to Poznan, where UN negotiations were concurrently taking place on a global climate change deal, which is expected in Copenhagen a year from now. This enthusiasm was reiterated by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown who argued that the ‘principles that underly Europe's leadership on the climate will be upheld’.
Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Tuesday, 16 December 2008 15:33
Agreement on the energy and climate change package took a big step in the right direction on 9 December when EU governments and the European Parliament reached an informal deal on boosting renewable energy by 20% by 2020. The deal, which still needs to be approved by Parliament when it votes during plenary this week, will impose mandatory national targets to try to achieve an increased share of renewable energy in the EU.
The Parliament’s rapporteur on the directive, GLOBE Member and MEP Claude Turmes, praised the outcome, saying that ‘with this major legislation renewable energy will be put at the very heart of EU energy policies and at the same time reinvigorate the European economy and jobs through green technology investments’. This enthusiasm was echoed by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), who believe it is proof of Europe’s determination to be ‘the leader of the energy revolution the world needs’.
The Parliament’s rapporteur on the directive, GLOBE Member and MEP Claude Turmes, praised the outcome, saying that ‘with this major legislation renewable energy will be put at the very heart of EU energy policies and at the same time reinvigorate the European economy and jobs through green technology investments’. This enthusiasm was echoed by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), who believe it is proof of Europe’s determination to be ‘the leader of the energy revolution the world needs’.
Special Section: Energy and Climate Change Package
Monday, 08 December 2008 14:59
Nicolas Sarkozy, the French President, met leaders from eastern EU Member States on 6 December in Poland, in an attempt to try and gain support for the faltering EU energy and climate change package. Mr Sarkozy, who has made reaching an agreement on the package the top priority of his country’s rotating EU Presidency, and his eastern European counterparts, made addressing the topic of a proposed ‘solidarity fund’ for the poorer countries in the EU one of the central issues of the meeting.
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