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Energy and its central role in ferro-alloys production Ferro-alloys and silicon production is highly energy-intensive. Energy cost is one of the main competitive factors for the industry and thus…
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Securing Energy Efficiency to Secure the Energy Union
How Energy Efficiency meets the EU Climate and Energy Goals The JRC report (download link above) provides scientific evidence to support the “Efficiency First” principle considered by the Energy Union…
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New JRC report: Untapping multiple benefits: hidden values in environmental and building policies
The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) has recently published an important new research study on how we can untap the multi benefits from improved energy efficiency in our buildings…
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Alexander Kauffmann
Alexander Kauffmann works in the Policy, Strategy and Economics Practice at Ricardo Energy and Environment. At Ricardo he works on various projects supporting public sector decision making through socio-economic and environmental impact assessment…
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Overcoming Barriers: How Article 11 of the Energy Efficiency Directive Is Driving Real Change Across Europe
Imagine a network of factories, offices, and workshops across Europe—each one balancing rising energy costs, new EU regulations, and the daily pressure to stay competitive. For many companies,…
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Bruno De Wachter
As a freelance engineer-copywriter, I have 20+ years' experience in B2B and EU advocacy communication. I combine a technical background with a passion for the right wording and wide-ranging knowledge of the energy transition and sustainability…
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Five Big Steps for a Smarter, Greener Europe: Rethinking National Energy Schemes
Picture a small company in Germany: the managing director juggles regulatory paperwork, rising energy bills, and the daily struggle of keeping staff motivated. She’s heard about energy efficiency, but…
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Influencing the European Green Deal and industrial strategy: Leaders and laggards among small EU states
Towards the end of its six-month EU presidency, in late December 2019, Finland offered the same free gift to all EU member states it had already given to folk at home: a basic online course in…
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All eyes on China’s 13th Five-Year Plan for energy
China’s 13th Five-Year Plan for energy (Energy 13FYP) might be one of the most anticipated official documents in the world and is one that will have far-reaching impacts on the carbon trajectory of…
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Central banks need to prepare for climate change
In 2006, the notorious Stern Report asserted that climate change poses the biggest challenge to the discipline of economics. Markets, it argued, cannot properly account for climate change and its…
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