Yesterday five out of the eight legislative proposals of the 2016 Clean Energy for All Europeans package have been politically agreed by the co-legislators in Brussels, which means that “Europeans will be better protected against black-outs and will ensure that all Member States put in place appropriate tools to prevent, prepare for
On 22nd November, the works of a new 100 km electricity line connecting the Bulgarian cities of Dobrudja and Burgas, supported by the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) for Energy programme, were started. The new line will reinforce the Bulgarian electricity network and enhance the security of supply to households
The 11th annual conference of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET Plan) took place this week (20-21 November) in Vienna, with the aim to examine and discuss different views for a successful energy transition. This year, it was co-organised by the Austrian Presidency and the AIT Austrian Institute of
“Shaping Europe’s Energy Future: moving towards carbon free electricity by 2050” will be the theme of the European Sustainable Energy Week 2019 (EUSEW19), which will take place 17-21 June in Brussels, as announced yesterday the European Commission. This theme aims at meeting the targets of Paris Agreement and EU’s long-term
Today European Parliament completed the parliamentary approval of half of the eight legislative proposals in the 2016 Clean Energy for All Europeans package, which means new rules on renewables, energy efficiency and the governance of the Energy Union. An important step in enabling the European Union and its Member States
“Building sustainable and resilient cities” is this year’s World Cities Day theme where the spotlight on building sustainable cities came to the fore. The United Nations General Assembly has designated this celebration with the expectation to greatly promote the international community’s interest in global urbanization, push forward cooperation among countries
On 15 October 2018 the Commission is opening a call for electricity projects to be submitted as candidates for the fourth European Union ‘Projects of Common Interest’ (PCIs) list. Calls for PCI candidates in the priority corridors for gas, smart grids, cross-border carbon dioxide network, and oil will follow.
On 17th October CROSSBOW was presented as example of large EU Project addressing the wide adoption of Renewables (RES) in Europe at the 8th International Conference on the Integration of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources – IRED 2018.
On 24th October, CROSSBOW project will land in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) to participate in the panel “CROSSBOW: CROSS-BOrder management of variable renewable energies and storage units enabling a transnational Wholesale market” of the 8th IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference sponsored by the IEEE Power & Energy Society