The European Parliament voted on Wednesday, 14 September in favour of a 45% target for renewable energy in the EU’s energy mix by 2030 as part of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), paving the way for negotiations with the member states in order to finalise the text before the end of the year. The...
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The World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) 2022
The 2022 World Sustainable Energy Days (WSED) will be held from 6-8 April 2022 in Wels/Austria. The WSED are one of Europe’s largest conferences on climate neutrality with over 100 speakers from all over the world. In addition to 6 dedicated conferences covering key aspects of the energy transition, technical site visits and a major...
MEP Markus Pieper Advocates for Innovation in Amendments on ‘Fit for 55’
The ‘draft report’ of amendments to the Renewable Energy Directive proposed by MEP Markus Pieper (CDU, EPP) has been published and can be found here. Dr Pieper is the Member of the European Parliament who will lead the process to create and negotiate that institution’s position on the Directive. Explaining his amendments in a...
EUREC Special Issue: Energy Digitalisation and Data
Alongside MDPI Energies and under the editorial leadership of EUREC board member Andrea Michiorri (MINES ParisTech), EUREC is coordinating a Special Issue Journal focused on energy digitalisation and data to be published in September 2022. The objective is to bring solid peer reviewed research material and results to European digitalisation policy, particularly influencing the “Action...
Integrating Support for Innovation in RED III – Key Summaries
EUREC has collaborated with Future Cleantech Architects in a policy summary for EU lawmakers on measures to integrate support for high-impact innovation in the Renewable Energy Directive revision (RED III). In particular, the document recommends specific sub-targets for innovative RES within the renewable energy targets in RED III. The summary also includes support for data...