Ultimately, in an era of abundant and ultra-cheap renewable electricity, P2X will be common practice, but when will that time come? The Impact Assessment accompanying the European Commission’s February Communication “Europe’s 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050” points to a need to increase capacity for P2X technologies for the 2030 and...
Tag: renewables
A Brief Look at Europe’s Innovation Potential
EUREC previously released two reports in support of the European Parliament’s proposed amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive (“RED III”) calling for at least 5% of new renewable energy capacity to be of innovative renewable energy technology. This important and timely idea will speed up the commercialization of new, high-quality, European-made renewable energy technology across...
European Parliament votes to support a 45% target for renewables in the Renewable Energy Directive
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...
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...
Workshop with DG ENER – “Data sharing in renewable energy: experiences and incentives”
DG ENER has organized a series of workshops to collect input from stakeholders on the Action Plan on the Digitalisation of the Energy Sector, aimed at developing a competitive market for digital energy services and a digital energy infrastructure that is cyber-secure, efficient and sustainable. One meeting in this series – Data sharing in renewable energy: experiences and incentives –...
Joint ETIP Online Workshop: Are energy islands the first place wind, PV, and P2X come together?
Following a successful joint ETIP event on P2X, a second P2X webinar has been organised by ETIP PV, ETIP Wind, and ETIP Ocean – this time focusing on energy islands. The webinar’s theme is on deployment, notably “Are energy islands the first place wind, PV, and P2X come together?”. Several man-made floating “energy islands” are...