Sentences with phrase «european energy plans»

New European energy plans include cutting carbon emissions more effectively, using renewable energy sources and improving energy efficiency.

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Last month, Lagardere announced plans to sell the famous «Elle» magazine title and some eastern European radio assets to energy investor Daniel Kretinsky's Czech Media Invest arm.

While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.

Instead of scapegoating individuals (such as the Eastern Europeans noted by Smith) to keep votes out of the hands of Ukip, we need to deploy our energies to constructing a serious plan for addressing the concerns that people bring to us on the doorstep.

«The government goes into European negotiations with no policy on European defence; it is not mentioned in the coalition agreement; no policy on European energy - also not mentioned; and on justice and home affairs, all they can say is that they will review cases one by one; no principles, no plans,» he said.

The basic incentives are that, once the International Atomic Energy Agency verifies compliance with the Plan's requirements, the US and European Union will cease some of their sanctions against Iran.

In science news around the world, eastern Asia is experiencing an unprecedented urbanization boom, the European Commission announces a plan to create a unified energy market for the European Union, an external review of the University of Minnesota's clinical trials procedures says the university didn't adequately protect its most vulnerable subjects, a new data repository of the world's oldest fossils is launched, and the Argonne National Laboratory's 24 - year - old Ask A Scientist service closes its virtual doors.

A study earlier this year by German company Energynautics commissioned by Greenpeace found that grid upgrades totaling up to 140 GW of capacity would be necessary across the European Union and eastern and northern Europe to cope with the vast increase planned in renewable energy.

Though it doesn't break out the nuclear data separately, statistics from Europe's electricity industry association Eurelectric show both planned and unplanned outages mostly increased at thermal power plants in eight European countries examined, and periods of energy unavailability increased from around 12.8 percent in 2002 to 18.3 percent in 2011.

Climate commissioner Connie Hedegaard, who presented the plans today alongside European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and Energy Commissioner Günther Öttinger, sounded a positive note.

His resignation was attributed to German protests over his refusal to attend the Earth Summit after the Community frustrated his plans for an energy tax and a European Environment Agency.

But when NASA told DOE officials that the Europeans would be building scientific instruments that the DOE had planned to make itself, the energy agency baulked.

Andrew Warren, of the European Association for the Conservation of Energy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energEnergy, says member states will now not be able to meet CO2 targets pledged at last year's Earth Summit, because these required Community - wide efficiency standards, as originally planned in SAVE, and a Community - wide energyenergy tax.

European particle physicists will draw up plans for a pair of circular particle colliders, to be built one after the other, that would measure 80 to 100 kilometers in circumference and smash particles at unprecedented energies, officials at the European particle physics laboratory CERN announced today.

The association says thermal energy storage could deliver energy network flexibility options including demand response, energy storage and smart operation of systems, but concedes that the central role it could play, not least of all in helping the EU deliver its «Clean Energy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recogenergy storage could deliver energy network flexibility options including demand response, energy storage and smart operation of systems, but concedes that the central role it could play, not least of all in helping the EU deliver its «Clean Energy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recogenergy network flexibility options including demand response, energy storage and smart operation of systems, but concedes that the central role it could play, not least of all in helping the EU deliver its «Clean Energy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recogenergy storage and smart operation of systems, but concedes that the central role it could play, not least of all in helping the EU deliver its «Clean Energy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recogEnergy for All Europeans» plans to decarbonise Europe at the lowest possible cost, has yet to be recognised.

Canadian infrastructure giant Enbridge has sold C$ 1.75 bn ($ 1.35 bn) of renewable energy assets to the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) via a joint venture created by the two that will target European offshore wind investments.

Germany and France will heavily shape future European and even global energy and environmental policies — Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium and other nations may also phase out their nuclear plants — but to date there has been little investigative reporting on the planned shift from nuclear energy to fossil fuels and renewables.

A European consortium is to test the use of long duration storage flow machine technology with a large scale tidal energy project planned for the UK later this year.

Kawasaki plans to speed up its technological development efforts for the project before conducting a full - scale experiment at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland, the world's leading site for ocean energy develoEnergy Centre (EMEC) in Scotland, the world's leading site for ocean energy develoenergy development.

[50] It was announced in October 2010 that Peabody Energy was planning to increase the exporting of coal from its Powder River Basin mines to European markets.

The companies working with the European Centre for Medium - range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF)- which operates the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) on behalf of the European Commission - are developing products with applications across the energy, water, agriculture, financial and urban planning sectors; turning perspective into insight and data in to information.

He also discusses influence of sun, NAO, PDO, folly of «hockeystick» and IPCC fixation on CO2, historic cold and warm periods tied to solar activity, other solar influences on climate beside TSI, solar / cosmic ray work at CERN, futility of European fear - based renewable energy planning, etc., concluding:

This involves recasting the Renewable Energy Directive, and occurs at the same time as the European Council has asked the Commission to produce an updated 2050 greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan.

C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, 12 California, 7, 68, 102, 128, 169 - 170, 187, 196, 232 - 234, 245 California Energy Commission, 232 Cambridge Media Environment Programme (CMEP), 167 - 168 Cambridge University, 102 Cameron, David, 11, 24, 218 Cameroon, 25 Campbell, Philip, 165 Canada, 22, 32, 64, 111, 115, 130, 134, 137, 156 - 157, 166, 169, 177, 211, 222, 224 - 226, 230, 236, 243 Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS), 15 Cap - and - trade, 20, 28, 40 - 41, 44, 170, 175 allowances (permits), 41 - 42, 176, 243 Capitalism, 34 - 35, 45 Capps, Lois, 135 Car (see vehicle) Carbon, 98, 130 Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), 192 Carbon Capture and Storage Association, 164 Carbon credits (offsets), 28 - 29, 42 - 43, 45 Carbon Cycle, 80 - 82 Carbon dioxide (CO2), 9, 18, 23, 49 - 51, 53, 55, 66 - 67, 72 - 89, 91, 98 - 99, 110, 112, 115, 118, 128 - 132, 137, 139, 141 - 144, 152, 240 emissions, 12, 18 - 25, 28 - 30, 32 - 33, 36 - 38, 41 - 44, 47, 49, 53, 55, 71 - 72, 74, 77 - 78, 81 - 82, 108 - 109, 115, 132, 139, 169, 186, 199 - 201, 203 - 204, 209 - 211, 214, 217, 219, 224, 230 - 231, 238, 241, 243 - 244 Carbon Dioxide Analysis Center, 19 Carbon Expo, 42 Carbon, footprint, 3, 13, 29, 35, 41, 45, 110, 132 tax, 20, 44, 170 trading, 13, 20, 40, 43, 44, 176, 182 Carbon monoxide (CO), 120 Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), 44 Carlin, George, 17 Carter, Bob, 63 Carter, Jimmy, 186, 188 Cato Institute, 179 CBS, 141, 146 Center for Disease Control, 174 Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, 62, 139 Centre for Policy Studies, 219 CERN (European Organization for Nuclear Research), 96 Chavez, Hugo, 34 Chicago Tribune, 146 China, 29, 32 - 33, 60 - 62, 120, 169, 176, 187 - 188, 211, 216, 225 - 226, 242 - 243 China's National Population and Planning Commission, 33 Chinese Academy of Sciences, 60 Chirac, Jacques, 36 Chlorofluorocarbons, 42 - 43, 50 Choi, Yong - Sang, 88 Christy, John, 105 Churchill, Winston, 214, 220 Chu, Steven, 187 Citibank (Citigroup), 40, 176 Clean Air Act, 85, 128 - 129 Clean Development Mechanism, 42 Climate Action Partnership, 14 Climate alarm, 4, 13, 21, 32, 35, 38, 56, 102 - 103, 115 - 117, 120, 137, 156, 168, 173, 182 Climate Audit, 66 Climate change, adaptation, 39, 110, 112 mitigation, 16, 39, 110 Climate Change and the Failure of Democracy, 34 Climate Change: Picturing the Science, 121 Climate Change Reconsidered, 242 Climate conference, 38 Cancun, 18, 29, 36 - 37, 124 - 125, 242 Copenhagen, 33, 36, 109, 125, 156, 158, 175, 241 - 242 Durban, 13, 36 - 37, 166, 242 - 243 Climategate, 2, 67, 152, 158 - 170, 180, 182, 242 Climate Protection Agreement, 12 Climate Research Unit (CRU), 48, 67, 120, 147, 152 - 153, 158 - 160, 162 - 163, 165 - 167, 169 Climate Science Register, 142 Climatism, definition, 2, 7 Clinton, Bill, 176, 178 Clinton Global Initiative, 176 CLOUD project, 96 Club of Rome, 21, 186 CO2Science, 59, 61 - 62, 66, 131 Coal, 19 - 20, 39 - 41, 80, 126, 128 - 129, 175, 185 - 186, 188 - 190, 192 - 196, 199 - 201, 209, 214, 217, 219, 222, 229 Coase, Ronald, 145 Coca - Cola, 138 Cogley, Graham, 156 Cohen, David, 220 Colorado State University, 117, 181 Columbia University, 7 Columbus, Christopher, 58 Computer models, 16, 51 - 53, 56, 67, 72, 74,77 - 79, 82, 87, 89 - 91, 94, 105, 110 - 111, 120, 124, 138 - 140, 168, 171,173, 181, 238, 240, 246 Conference on the Changing Atmosphere, 15 Consensus, scientific, 12 Copenhagen Business School, 134 Coral, 53 Corporate Average Fuel Economy, 22 - 23 Cosmic Rays, 72, 93 - 99, 180 Credit Suisse, 176 Crow, Cheryl, 30 Crowley, Tom, 167 Cuadrilla Resources, 224 - 225 Curry, Judith, 164, 167 Cycles, natural, 3, 16, 57, 62 - 63, 66 - 69, 72, 80, 99, 103, 138, 238, 240 Milankovich, 62, 67, 80 Cyprus, 134 Czech Republic, 12, 37

«We expect to see an uptick in 2012 when utilities start to enter the market to cover their phase III obligations,» he said... More broadly, the market has been deflated by security concerns prompted by cyber attacks in January, as well as European Commission energy efficiency plans, which mean that companies need fewer credits to achieve their reduction targets.

The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) prepared a plan for the European Union (EU) to meet 100 % of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2050, entitled Re-ThinkingEnergy Council (EREC) prepared a plan for the European Union (EU) to meet 100 % of its energy needs with renewable sources by 2050, entitled Re-Thinkingenergy needs with renewable sources by 2050, entitled Re-Thinking 2050.

Co-organised by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) and its energy proof - of - concept projects, the European Climatic Energy Mixes (ECEM) and the CLIM4ENERGY projects, the Symposium was a nice opportunity to showcase the two C3S energy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and penergy proof - of - concept projects, the European Climatic Energy Mixes (ECEM) and the CLIM4ENERGY projects, the Symposium was a nice opportunity to showcase the two C3S energy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and pEnergy Mixes (ECEM) and the CLIM4ENERGY projects, the Symposium was a nice opportunity to showcase the two C3S energy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and pENERGY projects, the Symposium was a nice opportunity to showcase the two C3S energy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and penergy demonstrators and discuss how these tools can benefit research, energy planning decisions and penergy planning decisions and policy.

The conference took place ahead of a summit next week where European governments will hammer out plans for climate and energy for the year 2030.

Far less positive is a recent report that the European Commission's Director - General for Energy is planning to eliminate the feed - in priority for photovoltaics and wind power in the new renewable energy direEnergy is planning to eliminate the feed - in priority for photovoltaics and wind power in the new renewable energy direenergy directive.

Far less positive is a recent report that the European Commission's Directorate General for Energy is planning to eliminate the feed - in priority for PV and wind power in the new renewable energy direEnergy is planning to eliminate the feed - in priority for PV and wind power in the new renewable energy direenergy directive.

Thursday the European Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee said it would push a plan calling for a 5 percent share of renewables in transport fuel by 2015 and a 10 percent target by 2020, a reduction from the 20 percent target set forth in March 2007.

Regarding the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs), the European Parliament set for a binding template for the NECPs and added into the template many important details, e.g. on phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, Member State's national trajectories for maintaining and enhancing the carbon removals from sinks as well as trajectories and objectives for energy from renewable sources produced by cities, energy communities and self - consEnergy and Climate Plans (NECPs), the European Parliament set for a binding template for the NECPs and added into the template many important details, e.g. on phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, Member State's national trajectories for maintaining and enhancing the carbon removals from sinks as well as trajectories and objectives for energy from renewable sources produced by cities, energy communities and self - consenergy from renewable sources produced by cities, energy communities and self - consenergy communities and self - consumers.

Future consumption in OECD European countries is expected to be greater than shown in Figure 11 due to recent EU plans to increase the proportion of renewables in total energy use to 20 percent by 2020 (European Union, 2007).

LO3 Energy and European electricity exchange EPEX Spot plan to develop blockchain energy trading and transaction systems to link microgrids with the European wholesale power mEnergy and European electricity exchange EPEX Spot plan to develop blockchain energy trading and transaction systems to link microgrids with the European wholesale power menergy trading and transaction systems to link microgrids with the European wholesale power market.

The European Union's Energy Roadmap to 2050 and the US Environmental Protection Agency's recent Clean Power Plan show that the construction of new coal plants will be severely constrained in Western markets.

In March 2011, the European Commission estimated the EU was «on course to achieve only half of the 20 % objective»: Energy Efficiency Plan, page 2, http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52011DC0109:EN:HTML:NOT

A Memorandum of Understanding on the EU supergrid was signed recently by ten European ministers from countries bordering the North Sea, covering the plan to develop an offshore electricity grid enabling interconnection between continental, offshore and British energy resources.

Europe's climate and energy plans benefit polluters, not people, Friends of the Earth Europe is warning as European leaders meet in Brussels.

European leaders» plans for an «Energy Union» strategy were strongly criticised by Friends of the Earth Europe for the decision to emphasise new gas supplies, instead of prioritising energy efficiency and renewables to cut emissions and energy imEnergy Union» strategy were strongly criticised by Friends of the Earth Europe for the decision to emphasise new gas supplies, instead of prioritising energy efficiency and renewables to cut emissions and energy imenergy efficiency and renewables to cut emissions and energy imenergy imports.

THINK will improve the knowledge support to policy making by the European Commission in the context of the Strategic Energy Technology Plan.

A growing number of European and Asian solar companies are opening factories in the U.S. to take advantage of a growing market and the economic stimulus plan by the federal government to give billion of dollars in grants and loan guarantees to renewable energy equipment manufacturers and power plant developers.

On the research side, the Commission has proposed an increase in annual spending on energy research of at least 50 % for the next seven years, along with a new European Energy Technology Plan, which will be put forward at the European Council in Springenergy research of at least 50 % for the next seven years, along with a new European Energy Technology Plan, which will be put forward at the European Council in SpringEnergy Technology Plan, which will be put forward at the European Council in Spring 2008.

Cross-posted from The Great Beyond A gargantuan plan of supplying European consumers with electricity generated in the Saharan desert could see the light of day earlier than even the most optimistic solar energy aficionados had expected.

Priority areas of EU policy include not only climate change, but also nature and biodiversity; environment and health and quality of life, and natural resources and wastes.EU actions on sustainable energy and bold energy plans exemplify the leadership which the fast - growing European Union demonstrates on the world stage.