The Commission recommended today that building energy performance standards be aligned with the European Green Deal, with the goal of decarbonizing the EU’s building portfolio by 2050. This plan would make it easier for Europeans to renovate their houses, schools,…
PERFORMANCE
A far more efficient use of energy will be required to shape a new integrated energy system and decouple growth and emissions. ENERGY NEWS addresses the pursuit for efficiency increases in buildings and industry, cities, and electricity use under the heading “Performance.”
Carnegie Clean Energy receives assistance from the European Union for wave power
A contract has been awarded to an Irish subsidiary under the EuropeWave Pre-Commercial Procurement initiative. CETO Wave Energy Ireland, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Carnegie Clean Energy, has been chosen for a contract under the EuropeWave Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP) initiative. After…
Renewables connections were expanded in a Scottish grid trial
According to a new analysis, SP Energy Networks’ active network management strategy boosted economic growth. According to a new assessment by Regen, a network management pilot project conducted by SP Energy Networks in Dunbar, Scotland, produced jobs, encouraged economic growth,…
Australia came in bottom place out of 60 countries in terms of policy responses to the climate catastrophe
The country dropped four places on the greenhouse gas index and was the only one to receive a score of zero on policy. In a report presented at the global climate conference in Glasgow, the Australian government’s policy approach to…
Software ‘boosts wind farm production by 5%’
WindESCo Swarm enables turbines to ‘cooperatively adjust positioning’ and is being installed at three US sites US outfit WindESCo has launched a software system for autonomous, cooperative control of wind assets. WindESCo Swarm enables turbines to cooperatively adjust positioning to…
According to a research, wind energy has the potential to reduce global warming by up to 0.8 degrees Celsius
The study examines the leading emitters of greenhouse gases as well as their supply networks The quantity of wind that blows across the world could more than meet the world’s power needs. Despite this, fossil fuels still provided 63.3 percent…
Decarbonizing the grid beyond the clean energy PPA
Power purchase agreements have enabled companies to address the current and future dangers posed by climate change by matching energy use with renewable energy supplied elsewhere on the grid. According to a study by RMI, there is a potential to…
Providers of energy efficiency services: a way to become green
Many organizations and people are aware of the necessity of decreasing their energy use; doing so has environmental advantages as well as cost savings. However, one of the most significant impediments to widespread adoption of energy-efficient technologies is the high…
GGF assists Novus in the construction of energy-efficient supermarkets
The Green for Growth Fund – GGF partnered with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to provide Novus with a USD 100 million senior loan to fund the development of energy-efficient supermarkets and Ukraine’s first green distribution center.…
Investing in energy efficiency’s future generation
Renewable energy is arguably the most understood by markets right now of all the areas of economic and social upheaval that will occur in the future years. This, according to David Harrison, the manager of the Rathbones Greenbank Global Sustainability…