EU Injects New Life into Electricity Interconnection
EU - The European Commission today allocated over €903 million to electricity interconnection projects as part of its broader European Economic Recovery Plan, injecting new impetus into long...

Wind Energy at Heart of EU Smart Growth Strategy
EU - The European Commission’s ‘Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth’ published today contains grid and market commitments that will boost the growth of wind energy...

Commission Steps up Biomass Use
EU - A major European Commission research initiative to improve and increase the sustainable use of biomass has been launched.

Joining Forces for Renewable Energy in Europe
EU - Europe's research driven clusters in sustainable forest management and wood based industries have received new co-operation opportunities within the ROKFOR project which started on 23 F...

EU Members Can Choose over GM Crop Cultivation
EU - The European Commission has announced its upcoming proposal on choice for Member States to cultivate or not genetically modified organisms (GMO) and approves five decisions on GMOs.

Call for Support for Offshore Wind Projects
EU - The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards’ Association (CESA) are calling on the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) to support...

EU to Hit Renewable Targets
EU - The EU will meet its 2020 20 per cent renewable energy target - slightly exceeding it - according to an analysis by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) of all 27 Member States' national...

Measures to Deliver Renewables Targets Agreed
EU - By 2020 the European Union must source 20 per cent of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable sources. This target was set out in the Renewable Energy Directive...

European Offshore Wind Power Up 54 per cent
EU - In 2009, a total of eight new wind farms consisting of 199 offshore wind turbines, with a combined power generating capacity of 577 MW, were connected to the grid in Europe.

Market for Biomass Power Plants in Europe
EU - Generating heat from the incineration of biomass is spreading quickly in Europe.

2009 a Good Year for Wind Power
EU - European wind power experienced an amazingly robust ride in 2009 even though the year began with an ongoing global recession and ended with continued inertia caused by political leaders...

EU Joins IRENA
EU - Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs and the Swedish Secretary of State Ola Alterå have signed the Statute of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) in Berlin.

EU and Latin America Target Sustainable Biodiesel
EU - A team of EU-funded researchers is determined to tackle the problem of waning fossil fuel resources by developing new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible...

SEK 20 million Order for Biomass Plants
LITHUANIA - Svensk Rökgasenergi (SRE), a subsidiary of Opcon AB, the energy and environmental technology Group, has received an order through its partner, Axis, for a further three district heating...

Liquid Biofuel from Agricultural and Forestry Waste
EUROPE - VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has started a large European project, combining the forces of European research institutes and companies for developing the next generation of...

Energy-from-Waste Market Crippled by Delays
EU - Europe might be the heart of the world's energy-from-waste (EfW) power plants, but the region's continued dominance in this sector is being threatened by slow planning and the economic ...

Europe Injects €5.9m into Biofuel Development Project
EU - The European Union (EU) recently invested €5.9m into a project, NEMO, to develop manufacturing methods for liquid biofuel from agricultural and forestry waste.

EU Approves Recovery Plan Projects
EU - The European Council has adopted a regulation establishing a programme to aid economic recovery by granting Community financial assistance to projects in the field of energy, approving all...

Template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans
EU - The European Commission adopted a decision establishing a template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPs) as required by the recent Renewable Energy Directive 1.

Baltic States Agree on Energy Interconnection Plan
EU - Eight Baltic Sea Member States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the Baltic Energy Market Interconnection Plan with European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso.

DESERTEC: An Electrifying Vision for Europe
EU - At the invitation of Munich Re, a group of corporations is exploring the vision of what would be one of the largest green electricity initiatives ever undertaken by the private sector: ...

Going Green is Where the Jobs Are
EU – With over three million jobs across Europe, green economic activities are overtaking polluting industries in terms of employment, according to a new WWF study.

European Universities Join Forces in Energy Research
EU - The Technical University of Denmark (DTU), the Technische Universität München (TUM) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) are starting a graduate school in Sustainable Energy Technologies....

Food Debate Hits EU Ethanol Harder than Crisis
EU - The financial crisis that dried up credit everywhere hit the global biofuel industry hard but the fuel-versus-food debate last year did even more damage to the European ethanol sector, the...

Biogas Growth Predicted
EU - About 760 biogas plants will be connected to the German national electricity grid in 2009 - three times the number in 2007 - according to estimates by the German Biogas Association. This...