All you need to know about Financing Energy Efficiency

Financing Energy Efficiency in Europe is like a map constantly updated by EEIP. It shows and links the different tools, networks and results delivered by the various projects and initiatives in Europe. For business: to identify the nuggets freely available helping your business to grow. That ranges from e.g. standardized project development protocols to even the respective training material for own staff! For the financial community: following the EU Green Deal, the work on sustainable taxonomy, EU Green Bond Standard or Financial Disclosure requirements - here you can find latest developments and networks dealing with standardization and aggregation of energy efficiency and -transition financing. Any comments and remarks are more than welcome and can be adressed directly to juergen.ritzek@ee-ip.org.uk. Any comments, proposals and suggestions are welcome and should be sent via email at joule.uk/jouleauleauge.uk or e-ip@eeip.uk.

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More national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?
Policy & Regulation

More national climate policies expected, but how effective are the existing ones?

In 2019, EU Member States reported that they had already adopted or were planning to adopt 1925 national policies and corresponding measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Many of these measures also help achieve energy efficiency and renewable energy targets. While climate action is clearly taking place.

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Driverless and electric, or car-free? The cities cutting out cars, and why
Buildings & Transport

Driverless and electric, or car-free? The cities cutting out cars, and why

Vanessa Bates: Some cities are phasing out gas-powered cars altogether, limiting use of hybrid and electric cars. She says cutting out cars has the obvious benefit of reducing pollution and reducing pollution. Bates: Cutting out cars helps reduce pollution .

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Best Practices to tackle an investor raise
Policy & Regulation Finance & Economics

Best Practices to tackle an investor raise

Joule Assets Europe is working with project developers and investors. The upcoming LAUNCH lighting raise session offers project developers the opportunity to pitch to each other and provide feedback in front of a live audience. An opportunity to interact with the investors point of view.

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How cheap must batteries get for renewables to compete with fossil fuels?
Energy Infrastructure

How cheap must batteries get for renewables to compete with fossil fuels?

Researchers looked at what would be required to reliably meet demand over 20 years. They found that providing baseload power at a price comparable to a nuclear power station would require energy storage capacity costs to fall below $20 per kilowatt hour (kWh.

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Blockchain will be the next GDPR
Policy & Regulation Finance & Economics

Blockchain will be the next GDPR

Internet of Things (IIoT), big data, blockchain, digital twin technology are all the building blocks of the evolving ecosystem. Potential applications of blockchain technologies could be: markets for certificates of origin, network management and security, electric vehicle charging and coordination.

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The European Investment Bank (EIB) revises energy lending criteria
Policy & Regulation Finance & Economics

The European Investment Bank (EIB) revises energy lending criteria

The European Investment Bank will phase out support to energy projects reliant on fossil fuels. These projects will not be presented for approval to the EIB Board beyond the end of 2020. All the Banks activities in the energy sector will be fully aligned with the Paris.

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Hungary, Portugal and Poland sign up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative
Policy & Regulation Digitalisation

Hungary, Portugal and Poland sign up to EU quantum communication infrastructure initiative

QCI will help Europe to secure its critical infrastructure and encryption systems against cyber threats. It will also enable data centres to store and exchange information safely. Long-term plan is for the QCI infrastructure to become the backbone for Europes Quantum Internet.

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Sustainable finance: Simplicity liberates action!
Policy & Regulation Finance & Economics

Sustainable finance: Simplicity liberates action!

Energy efficiency financing is one of the foundations of sustainable financing in the EU. TEG identified 67 activities for sustainable finance and emphasised the urgencies for investments that need speedy energy transition. The key objective is categorisation and simplification of financing and investment.

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EIC Accelerator Fund Investment Guidelines available!
Policy & Regulation Finance & Economics

EIC Accelerator Fund Investment Guidelines available!

The EIC Accelerator Fund is a breakthrough initiative of the European Commission. It is the first of its kind EU intervention in direct equity-type investments in combination with grants (blended finance) Investment Guidelines for Applicants detail the main guiding principles.

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