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  1. Energy Efficiency Directive heading for failure says CHP industry

    10 May 2012

    Cogen Europe calls for European legislation that rewards energy efficient appliances like CHP.

  2. New Jersey launches $55m fund for fuel cell CHP

    26 Apr 2012

    Christie Administration looks to drive down energy costs and make New Jersey businesses more competitive.

  3. Trigeneration network to save Sydney households $1.5bn

    23 Apr 2012

    Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore says a $3.75 million federal government grant to begin rolling out a large scale trigeneration network will save households money on energy bills.

  4. Swiss make CHP central to post-nuclear plans

    23 Apr 2012

    The government has outlined its new energy policy in the wake of its landmark decision last year to gradually reduce and abandon reliance on nuclear power.

  5. Centre for European Reform: EU should follow Danes on CHP and energy efficiency

    12 Apr 2012

    Denmark uses energy more efficiently than any other EU member-state.

  6. European Parliament report calls for increased funding for district heating and cooling

    12 Apr 2012

    The European Parliament has approved a plenary report by MEP Chris Davies (ALDE, UK) on a ‘Road map for moving to a competitive low carbon economy'.

  7. Germany introduces capital subsidy for microCHP units

    11 Apr 2012

    The German Federal Government has introduced a capital subsidy for micro combined heat and power (microCHP) products

  8. Denmark sets bold energy goals, increases support for CHP

    26 Mar 2012

    The Danish government has stepped up its green energy and carbon reduction targets for 2020, hailing the plan as the "broadest, greenest, and most long-term energy agreement" it has ever reached.

  9. Energy Roadmap 2050: Neither Hot nor Cool

    15 Mar 2012

    COGEN Europe and other Associations issued a Joint Statement concerning the Energy Roadmap 2050. This large group of Associations requests that heating and cooling is not any longer overlooked in the different scenarios of the Energy Roadmap 2050.

  10. Germany blows warm on hydrogen power

    13 Mar 2012

    Germany is investigating the potential of converting wind power to hydrogen as an energy source in the wake of the country’s decision to move away from nuclear power.

  11. Fukushima triggers ‘nuclear safety renaissance’

    12 Mar 2012

    The nuclear energy world had become “a bit complacent” before the devastating accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan exactly one year ago, the head of the agency that promotes the safe use of atomic power has admitted.

  12. Poland blocks EU low-carbon roadmap again

    12 Mar 2012

    Poland once again blocked approval of the European Commission’s low carbon roadmap to 2050 at Friday’s meeting of environment ministers in Brussels. There was mixed progress in other areas.

  13. German Offshore Wind Energy Delays Threaten Energy-Plan Overhaul

    21 Feb 2012

    Germany’s offshore wind parks, being built to replace most of the nuclear reactors closing in the next decade, are headed to miss construction targets because of delays in connecting turbines to the power grid.

  14. Electric cars ‘could be worse for health than petrol ones’

    21 Feb 2012

    Electric cars could be worse for people’s health than conventional petrol cars, according to researchers.

  15. France to give "made in EU" premium to solar plants

    20 Feb 2012

    French solar power producers will receive a 10 percent premium on selling green power from April, as long as the electricity is produced using components manufactured in the European Union.

  16. Hard times for carbon storage, solar power

    20 Feb 2012

    Europe's record-low carbon prices are making CCS technology more of "an annoyance" in the absence of additional incentives, a delegate told a Brussels conference where policymakers and energy experts assessed the EU's energy strategies in the light of the economic downturn.

  17. Tighten fracking regulations, scientists urge US officials

    20 Feb 2012

    Influential group calls on regulators to ensure safe handling of toxic fluids used in controversial hydraulic fracturing

  18. Canada threatens EU over tar sands

    20 Feb 2012

    Canada is threatening trade retaliation if the EU tries to tighten regulations on oil from its highly polluting tar sands in a Fuel Quality Directive, according to documents seen by EurActiv.

  19. Oettinger pleads for energy network package

    15 Feb 2012

    Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger, whose efficiency directive has been gutted by member states, yesterday pleaded with Europe’s energy ministers to back his department’s remaining flagship, a €9.1-billion energy infrastructure package.

  20. EU vote on tar sands law expected on February 23

    15 Feb 2012

    European Union officials are expected to vote on February 23 on a draft law that would label fuel produced from tar sands as more polluting than that from other forms of oil, according to a draft agenda seen by Reuters.

 
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