Policy & Regulation

The new decade is opening with a mounting cascade of plant closures in the United States coal industry. Investors abandoning ship, revenue driven down by record-low gas and renewable energy prices, and communities asking increasingly tough questions about the coal-fired generating stations in.

China, Costa Rica, Denmark, Ethiopia and the United Kingdom are further along than many others. Energy production and use accounts for about three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. Three main strategies can help countries meet energy needs with zero-carbon emissions:.

EEIP has been selected as a ‘strategical partner for EUSEW 2020’ 2020 has been a mythical year for energy efficiency since 2009. EEIP commitment has since stretched beyond the ‘third pillar, energy efficiency’.

The European Green Deal Investment Plan is designed to attract at least one trillion euros of public and private investment over the next decade. Turning the EU into a climate neutral economy by 2050 will require massive investment in clean energy technologies. Only achieving an interim greenhouse.

Microsoft executives announced plans today for the company to become carbon negative by 2030 and then by 2050 to remove all the carbon from the environment that Microsoft has emitted directly or through electrical consumption since it was founded in 1975. The compny hs been working for months on .

Larry Fink, CEO of money management firm BlackRock, announced the company would prioritize the climate crisis in deciding on investments and strategies going forward. The new direction for BlackRock is the result of a hard-fought effort by a group of dedicated activists.

Chinas coal fleet is over capacity; most plants only operating at about 50% of capacity. Health and air pollution costs could grow substantially by 2030 if coal plants continue to operate at current rates. China is the world leader on clean energy.

RETROFEED is a project funded under the European Commissions program Horizon 2020. The project aims at an increase of 22% in resource efficiency and 19% in energy efficiency. Project partners boast years of experience in European projects and the development of innovative.

The European Commission has published its European Green Deal. It covers all sectors of the economy, notably transport, energy, agriculture, buildings, and industries such as steel, cement, ICT, textiles and chemicals. The Commission will present within 100 days.