energy efficiency News
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EU declares an end to inefficient bulbs
The European Commission has adopted two ecodesign regulations to improve the energy efficiency of household lamps and of office, street and industrial lighting products. The two regulations lay down energy efficiency requirements which will save close to 80 TWh by 2020 (roughly the electricity consumption of Belgium, or of 23 million European households, or the equivalent of the yearly output of ...
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EU member states endorse proposal to reduce standby electricity consumption
During this week's meeting of the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee, EU Member States endorsed the Commission's proposal for a regulation reducing standby energy consumption of household and office products. The regulation lays down energy efficiency requirements for all products sold in Europe, thus cutting the EU's standby electricity consumption by almost 75% by 2020. 'This first measure under ...
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Stricter energy and climate targets will accelerate the phase-out of coal from the Czech Republic’s energy mix, IEA policy review finds
The Czech Republic needs to prepare for an earlier phase-out of coal than previously envisaged and develop low-carbon energy sources to replace it while taking steps to cushion the economic and social impacts in coal-producing regions, the International Energy Agency said today in its latest in-depth review of the country’s energy policies. Currently, coal accounts for almost half of the ...
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Mitsubishi Electric Launches Seventh Environmental Plan
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today it has launched as of this month its Seventh Environmental Plan, a three-year action plan aligned with Environmental Vision 2021, the long-term environmental management vision of the Mitsubishi Electric Group. The plan aims to contribute to the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions on both the ...
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Emissions drop puts EU just shy of 2020 goal
The European Union's environment agency says the bloc's greenhouse gas emissions dropped by nearly 2 percent last year, putting the EU very close to reaching its emissions target for 2020. That goal is to reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by 20 percent compared to 1990 levels. The European Environment Agency said Tuesday that emissions already have fallen 19 percent, meaning ...
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The EU is on Track to Cut Emissions by 23% before COP21 States New Report
The European Union has a target to cut emissions by 20% before 2020 and member states are already achieving and exceeding this goal. EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, said, “We have shown consistently that climate protection and economic growth go hand in hand. This is a strong signal ahead of the Paris climate conference (COP21) that ...
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Member States endorse Commission proposals to reduce electricity consumption
At the meeting of the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee EU Member States endorsed the European Commission's proposals for two regulations aimed at reducing the electricity consumption in Europe. The first one targets office, industrial and street lighting products while the second affects the devices that convert digital TV signals to analogue signals, known as simple set-top boxes for televisions. ...
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HPS Defender Rotary Screen, ‘Design makes the difference’
What are the differences between HPS Defender Rotary Screens and conventional screens? Static grids or rotary screens. For large flows or small levels. Made of perforated or grating mesh (Johnson mesh). In 316 or 304 stainless steel. With switchboard and full automation or for adjusting the system to client’s installation… All options are available within Defender Screens and ...
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EU reaches deal to cut greenhouse gas emissions
European Union leaders agreed early Friday to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the 28-nation bloc to at least 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. The deal was aimed at countering climate change and setting an example for the rest of the world ahead of key international climate negotiations next year. A package agreed by leaders at an EU summit in the early hours of Friday after lengthy ...
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EU reports lowest greenhouse gas emissions on record
The European Union's greenhouse gas emissions continued to fall in 2012, as a 1.3 % decrease cut emissions to 19.2 % below 1990 levels, according to official data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). This puts the EU within reach of its 20 % reduction target, with eight years to go until the 2020 deadline. The findings come from final EU greenhouse gas emissions for 2012, reported to the ...
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Current mitigation efforts on climate change “insufficient”, say MEPs in interim report
Pouring cold water on “scientifically unsubstantiated efforts” to discredit studies on the effects and causes of climate change, calling for additional research on the effect of biofuels, and warning that current policies are not enough to stem global warming in the long-term are the key points of the EP interim report on “the scientific facts of climate change”. The report says existing climate ...
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European Commission climate plans could spell disaster for wetlands
The European Commission’s proposal for a climate and energy package for the period between 2020 and 2030 may throw the door wide open to imports of dirty fuels from tar sands and endanger sustainability criteria for biofuels. Among the proposals put forward by the European Commission is a plan to remove legislation on the carbon intensity of fuels, the so-called Fuel Quality Directive ...
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TÜV Rheinland and GreenSoft Technology Announce Partnership to Help Electronics Manufacturers Meet Evolving Environmental Requirements
TUV Rheinland has entered into an agreement with GreenSoft Technology, Inc. where the global certification company will have access to GreenSoft’s environmental compliance data collection service, including its multi-million-part database, to provide RoHS and REACH services to its clients. This agreement is expected to lower the cost and speed the certification process for electronics ...
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Conclusions on Preparations for the 19th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 19) 9th Session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (Warsaw, 11 - 22 November 2013)
The Council adopted the following conclusions: The Council of the European Union, Urgency 1. NOTES with concern the latest findings of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC); UNDERLINES that global warming is unequivocal and since the 1950s many of the observed changes are unprecedented over decades to millennia, that it is extremely likely that human ...
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EU Emissions Trading Scheme to Include Air Transport
BRUSSELS, Belgium (ENS) - The European Commission today proposed legislation to bring greenhouse gas emissions from civil aviation into the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The proposed directive will cover emissions from flights within the EU from 2011 and all flights to and from EU airports from 2012. Both EU and foreign aircraft operators would be covered. Like the industrial companies already ...
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January infringements package: main decisions
In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions covering many sectors aim at ensuring proper application of EU law for the benefit of citizens and businesses. The Commission has taken today 171 decisions, including 24 reasoned opinions ...
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MEPs give first reactions to climate change and energy package
MEPs broadly supported the wide-ranging and ambitious proposals launched by the Commission to tackle climate saying they represented an economic opportunity for the EU at a special EP plenary session in Brussels. However, some MEPs raised concerns on the initial Commission target for biofuels and expressed fears that jobs may be exported to parts of the world with no binding targets for carbon ...
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Going climate-neutral: expert-group recommendations to help energy-intensive industries contribute to the EU`s 2050 target
Today, the Commission publishes recommendations by a group of experts on how to transform the EU's energy-intensive industries so they help reach EU-wide objectives for a circular and climate-neutral economy by 2050. These objectives were put forward in the Commission's A Clean Planet for All strategy in November 2018. The expert group gathers representatives from 11 industries, which make up ...
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Democratic Minority Circulates Redline of April 22, 2014, CICA Discussion Draft
The Democratic Minority has circulated a redline version of the April 22, 2014, discussion draft of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA2). A copy of the redline version of CICA2 is available online. The redline version is an interesting mix of substantial rewrites, deletions, and additions. The redline version, which we will refer to as CICA2-D to distinguish it from CICA2 and the original ...
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Democratic Minority Circulates Redline of April 22, 2014, CICA Discussion Draft
The Democratic Minority has circulated a redline version of the April 22, 2014, discussion draft of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA2). A copy of the redline version of CICA2 is available online. The redline version is an interesting mix of substantial rewrites, deletions, and additions. The redline version, which we will refer to as CICA2-D to distinguish it from CICA2 and the original ...
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