Competitiveness of the European Energy-Intensive Industries
The Brussels-based European Round Table for Industry this week published two new reports by the Boston Consulting Group that lay out the state of play and articulate the challenges in Europe’s energy…
Read Full articleEurope’s energy-intensive industries coping with covid crisis while trying to stay on sustainable path
Europe’s industry has significant challenges today. We are fortunate that the European Union provides a robust policy framework for industry that covers many themes: climate change, energy efficiency,…
Read Full articleJuly Quiz OPEN - EnerWhizz: The Electrifying New Mobile Quiz from EEIP
UPDATE - 1 July 2024: NEW JULY QUIZ STARTS TODAY Get ready again . And win 50 exclusive wooden cheeseboards sponsored by EU funded project EENOVA . Soon we will also publish the top50 winners of the…
Read Full articleReflections on the European Commission’s proposal for a European Green Deal
If we are in a climate crisis, it is time to leave no stone unturned. In the 1970s, there were two major oil crises and action was mobilised on many fronts. The International Energy Agency was created…
Read Full articleEnergy Efficiency At The Tipping Point?
We seem to be in the middle of a Cinderella story. Energy efficiency has always been the poor relation in energy policy. It was often dismissed as not "serious" because one had to depend on the action…
Read Full articleFeeding the Future: Navigating Europe's Journey to Sustainability
Europe's commitment to creating a sustainable, fair, and healthy food system is embodied in its comprehensive "From Farm to Fork" strategy, a cornerstone of the European Green Deal. This…
Read Full articleEU plan to boost green energy
The EU plans a “massive” increase in solar and wind power, and a short-term boost for coal, to end its reliance on Russian oil and gas as fast as possible. In a plan outlined on Wednesday, the…
Read Full articleSustainable Energy Investment Forum - Financing energy efficiency in Germany, France and Austria
The European Commission, in partnership with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the UN Environment Finance Initiative is organising a regional conference on financing energy efficiency in Germany, France and Austria,…
DetailsWhat the energy efficiency community can learn from the Club of Rome
One step at a time We are confronting a lot of doom and gloom. On the one hand, we have the student climate activists and the Extinction Rebellion shaking our complacency to show that globally we are…
Read Full articleMore evidence of problems with EU Emissions Trading System
There are concerns in the UK that Tata Steel could close its operations, leading to severe job cuts and economic disruption. Looking at the company from another angle, Arthur Neslen writes in The…
Read Full article