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50% of Europe's energy consumption consists of heat and cooling. In order to achieve the climate goals, a comprehensive adjustment to get away from fossil energy sources, such as coal and gas, is necessary. According to a decision by the European Commission, the Gothenburg-led project Celsius Initiative continues to have the confidence to drive and accelerate this development in European cities. "The fact that we win a bid from the European Commission not only means an opport

Federal payments to state governments and corporations in the course of the coalition exit are to be linked to a decentralised and citizen-oriented expansion of renewable energies. This is what eco-energy provider Greenpeace Energy is demanding from the German government with a package of legal measures presented today. This is to ensure that renewable energy can be quickly built on former lignite opencast mines. Politicians must make this legally binding, according to Greenp

IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet has, together with other actors in the water sector, developed a nationally based, strategic research and innovation agenda for the water sector in Sweden. It is called the Water Vision and will create sustainable water services for good health and good environment. - The vision is that Swedish research through innovation and collaboration between the water sector's various actors will create sustainable and globally competitive water services, pro

Thanks to the investments in wind power at the municipal-owned energy company KumBro Vind, Örebro and Kumla municipality saved over €1 million last year. Kumla and Örebro Municipality's joint wind power company In 2018, KumBro Vind was able to save the municipalities SEK 11.4 million. The costs are kept down due to the fact that the electricity is produced at a fixed price. The fact that KumBro Vind increases the amount of electricity from wind power is also a prerequisite fo

The £155m Glasgow Recycling and Renewable Energy Centre (GRREC) is now diverting 200,000 tonnes of the city's waste from landfill and generating enough electricity to power 22,000 homes. Delivered through a 25-year partnership between Glasgow City Council and recycling and low-carbon energy company, Viridor, the GRREC has the ability to extract recyclable material from general waste and boost Glasgow's overall recycling rates, diverting 90% of all council waste from landfill

Egypt becomes partner country number 15 in the DEA's series of bilateral collaborations. The collaboration will focus on securing more renewable energy in the Egyptian energy system, and will help Egypt achieve its goal of increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity consumption from 9% to 43% by 2035. With a population of approx. 100 million people and an annual population growth of 2.5 percent, focus on energy is crucial to ensure security of supply and developme

The municipalities in Norrbotten all have different conditions and their own driving forces in the energy and climate work. During autumn 2018 when Energy Office Norr was out and interviewed the municipalities in the pre-study preStratus, we met with officials, administration managers and politicians. We were told that many municipalities had similar needs and challenges to work more structured with energy and climate. The Energy Office has now made a summary of the needs ide

IEC 61853 is a series of standards that provide a method for assessing solar panel performance based on power (W), energy (Wh) and performance ratio. It is written to be used for all kinds of solar panels (solar cell modules), regardless of the technology they are based on. The first part, IEC 61853-1, shows how to assess the effect with regard to irradiation and temperature, and the second part describes the influence of more local conditions, such as wind speed and the angl

Ameren Corporation (NYSE: AEE) has issued a new report, Building a Cleaner Energy Future, a comprehensive look at the steps the company is taking to meet its obligation to provide safe, reliable and affordable energy in an environmentally responsible manner to its customers and the communities it serves while effectively balancing climate-related risks. The report is available at Ameren.com/Sustainability. Ameren's strategy for addressing climate risk, which is largely embedd