World Sustainable Energy Days
What are the World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED)? Europe has the ambitious goal of becoming the first climate neutral continent by 2050. The Green Deal and the EU Climate Law are first concrete steps. The current economic challenges are also an…
DetailsSupport for SME to finance energy efficiency measures
The Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) co-convened by the European Commission’s DG Energy and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) has been working…
Read Full articleCovenant of Mayors Investment Forum
Accelerating investments into sustainable energy and climate adaptation are important to ensure a climate-neutral Europe in the long-term and prepare our cities and regions for the threats and risks of climate change already known today. Europe’s…
DetailsBatteries included: Gigafactories advance German energy transition
First published here . Wind farms connected to batteries can help Germany go fossil-free (Photo by Frank Schwichtenberg , CC BY 3. 0) Energy storage is going to be a huge industry in the transition to…
Read Full articleEurope’s steel industry and the need to decarbonise
A recent article by Ben Jones in the Financial Times ( Europe’s steel industry needs a credible plan to go green , August 6, 2020) discussed the problems that the steel industry is having in reducing…
Read Full articleJoin us in a novel approach to increase investments in industrial energy efficiency: training for project developers starts April 27th
First training: April 27, 2018 at 10:00 European Summer Time Register via https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3053117680504219137 Recently, I wrote to the “captains of industry ” to encourage…
Read Full articleNew report from JRC: Enabling Positive Energy Districts across Europe: energy efficiency couples renewable energy
From an energy perspective, zero or positive energy districts (PED) provide opportunities to achieve cost-effective levels of high-energy efficiency and renewable energy systems. This newly published…
Read Full articleEurope must choose a green future
First published here . A group of experts has published their suggestions for Europe's energy future in the European Energy Atlas 2018. In this excerpt, European Parliment member Claude Turmes points…
Read Full articleEnergy Efficiency in Industrial Processes
Energy Efficiency in Industrial Processes (EEIP) is a free, neutral and open, business & policy platform for industrial energy efficiency. At its core is the idea that energy efficiency is more than technology, and that market growth can be accelerated through information and best practice exchange. In practice, EEIP network…
Reflections on the recent 2020 EEFIG plenary
On February 18th, the Energy Efficiency Financial Institutions Group (EEFIG) held its annual plenary session in Brussels .EEFIG was established in 2013 by the European Commission Directorate-General…
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