Keyword: Renewable Energy

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EU Draws Up New GHG and Renewables Targets

30.01.2014 - Under its new framework plan for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions up to 2030, the European Commission has set a goal of cutting emissions by 40% against 1990 and a binding...

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EU Commission to Probe German Energy Subsidy

17.12.2013 - EU competition commissioner Joaquin Alumina is set to open proceedings against Germany on 18 December for its rebates to energy intensive companies engaged in international...

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Energy Costs and the European Chemical Industry

13.12.2013 - Competitive Edge - The European chemical industry would like to be exempted from any additional energy costs stemming from state subsidies of renewables. Without being freed from...

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German Firms Spend More in US Than at Home, Says VCI

27.11.2013 - In another communication expressing its growing frustration with the lack of clarity as to the energy policy of the new German federal government still being negotiated, the...

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‘Clean Up Your Act,’ UN Climate Chief Urges Coal Industry

19.11.2013 - The U.N. climate chief urged a radical clean-up of the coal industry on Monday to help limit global warming, at an industry meeting in Warsaw condemned by environmentalists as a...

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VCI Says German Executives Weary of Aid to Renewables

18.11.2013 - As part of the long-running discussion about German energy priorities in the country's post-nuclear age, which has taken center stage in the negotiations on forming a new federal...

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Poland Seeks To Make ‘Coal’ A Less Dirty Word At UN Climate Talks

18.11.2013 - Poland is struggling to make "coal" less of a dirty word as it hosts U.N. talks on slowing global warming that usually focus mostly on phasing out fossil fuels in favour of...

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Kurt Bock: Electricity Grid Fees Put Jobs at Risk

11.11.2013 - BASF chief executive Kurt Bock said German jobs could be lost if the chemicals giant has to start paying electricity grid fees to shift the burden of funding a renewable energy...