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The "From Farm to Fork" strategy is an integral part of the European Green Deal aimed at creating a sustainable, fair, and healthy food system by 2030. The strategy sets ambitious goals including reducing pesticide use, increasing organic farming, and halving food waste. It stresses the need for a food system that simultaneously benefits the environment, health, and economy, linking diets, ecosystems, and agricultural practices. The strategy advocates for consumer empowerment via improved food labeling and promotes healthy and sustainable dietary choices while ensuring fair economic returns for producers. It acknowledges the importance of technological innovation, digitalization, and research, including the adoption of biodynamic and precision farming, to achieve sustainability. The EU is committed to raising international sustainability standards and fostering global cooperation, using its trade policies to encourage sustainable practices and participating in international dialogues to share knowledge and best practices. Overall, the strategy proposes a comprehensive approach requiring collaboration across different sectors and geographical scales, positioning Europe as a leader in the global movement toward sustainable food systems. It aims to address environmental concerns, bolster food security, and ensure economic viability in accordance with the EU's broader goals for a greener, healthier, and equitable society.
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The RetroMeter project: using metered energy savings to make energy efficiency more investable
This article discusses institutional investors' perspective on energy efficiency and how metered efficiency could spur investment. It addresses financial institutions' growing interest in energy efficiency due to market potential, risk mitigation, carbon emission reduction, and regulatory pressure. Barriers like small project scale, heterogeneity, data scarcity, and performance risk inhibit investment. The concept of metered efficiency, akin to Power Purchase Agreements, is presented as a solution to align payment with actual energy savings, enhancing investability and quality assurance in energy efficiency projects.
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WSED 2024: Energy Efficiency now – fast, smart, resilient!
The European Energy Efficiency Conference in Wels, Austria, from 6-7 March 2024, emphasizes urgent implementation of energy efficiency measures in response to fluctuating prices, geopolitical instability, and climate crisis. It addresses new EU targets, energy efficiency market demands, and showcases the EENOVA and DEESME EU projects. Over 60 speakers will cover policies, markets, financing, e-mobility, and industrial decarbonization. The event includes a tradeshow and opportunities for peer exchange and networking.
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Space-Based Solar Energy: Harnessing the Sun's Power from Orbit
Space-based solar energy (SBSE) overcomes terrestrial solar power limitations, offering continuous, efficient energy. Despite high costs and ecological concerns, advances in technology and interest from ESA and CALTECH's SSPD indicate its promising potential for sustainable energy.
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Getting to grips with the complexities of industrial decarbonisation using soft systems
The article discusses the application of the soft systems model to industrial decarbonisation, emphasizing 'contextual evaluation'. This approach examines how decarbonisation measures align with an organization's broader policies and strategies. It involves assessing technical, financial, and contextual aspects to generate new ideas and requires thinking beyond conventional energy management boundaries.
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An Uber for heat: How a new platform can help industries reuse excess heat and meet decarbonisation goals
Mafalda Silva is a Senior Researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. She has participated and managed multiple projects concerning energy planning and sustainability. Silva has developed a heat and cold matching platform that determines the costs and benefits related to excess heat utilization routes for the industry and end users.
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‘Uber’-like platform to match heat supply and demand released
Until now, there was no efficient way for industries generating excess heat to provide it to nearby users who need it. Now the EMB3Rs platform, a tool that matches thermal energy sources with potential demand, offers an effective way for these heat sources and sinks to find each other.
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Video relased: A platform to calculate energy recovery options
The final video about EMB3Rs heat and cold matching platform has been released. It features the different application options for the platform. Discover four case studies in Portugal and Greece, take a visit at the platform developers office and listen to what the coordinator.
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Waste heat: recovering a valuable renewable resource
EMB3Rs is an open-source, excess heat/cold re-use matching platform. It determines the costs and benefits of re-using industrial waste heat energy. The platform matches heat sources with sinks, to reduce carbon emissions.
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3 maneiras como a IA pode apoiar a gestão de energia
Há várias maneiras de a IA poder ser utilizada para apoiar a gestão da energia. O campo da IA para a eficiência energética é uma área activa de investigação e desenvolvimento, e estão sempre a ser descobertas novas aplicações.
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