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Low-carbon fuels crucial to achieving EU clean mobility goals, new study shows

ePURE - The European Renewable Ethanol Association
High percentage of cars with internal combustion engines will still be on Europe’s roads for decades, according to new research; low-carbon fuels such as renewable EU ethanol needed to reduce GHG emissions
 
BRUSSELS, 11 June 2018 – Europe’s push to decarbonise road transport would benefit significantly from the use of low-carbon fuels such as renewable ethanol, according to a new report on the makeup and emissions of the EU auto fleet for the coming decades. 
 

A lot to still play for as Clean Energy Package reaches crunch time

WindEurope
 
As negotiations on the EU’s Clean Energy Package reach crunch time, a lot is still up in the air for wind energy. With a critical Energy Council meeting on June 11 and a final meeting on June 13, where a deal is due to be struck on the Renewable Energy Directive, a key part of the Package, there has been headway on some points but others are still to play for.
 

G7 makes explicit urgency to avoid aluminium overcapacity

European Aluminium
 

Social Mobility – how can we increase opportunities through training and education?

ACCA

EU-decision makers, civil society, qualification providers and employers discussed the role of training and education to improve social mobility, at recent ACCA, PwC, EMI and European Youth Forum joint event held at the European Parliament

S&D MEP István Ujhelyi welcomes the DiscoverEU programme – Free rail-pass Europe card for young Europeans

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
The idea of giving every young European a free rail-pass on their 18th birthday was launched by two young German activists, Vincent-Immanuel Herr and Martin Speer, and it was quickly supported by several political groups in the European Parliament. This will provide an opportunity to strengthen cultural relations between EU member states and foster a true European identity for every participant.
 

The standardization work evolution for the European Energy Market until today: CENELEC TC 57 achievements

CEN and CENELEC

“To implement the European smart grid concepts, the European electricity market, and the European Network Codes as well as to ensure interoperability, European standards are of utmost importance.”, states Maurizio Monti, Chairman of CENELEC Technical Committee 57 (CLC/TC 57) on ‘Power systems management and associated information exchange’, in the frame of the EU Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW).

Joint CEN/TC 312 ‘ Thermal solar systems and components’ and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF workshop on Next generation of CEN/TC 321 ‘Solar Thermal’ standards

CEN and CENELEC

On the occasion of the EU Sustainable Energy Week, CEN/TC 312 'Thermal solar systems and components' and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF, the European Solar Thermal Industry Federation, jointly organize a workshop dedicated to the topic “Next generation of CEN/TC 312 ‘Solar Thermal’ Standards”.

Standardization complements the European Union’s Ecodesign Regulation towards a European Circular Economy – A view from Richard Hughes, Chairman of CEN/CLC/JTC 10

CEN and CENELEC

European Standardization is fully involved in the EU Energy transition, being a key tool in Europe to reach the EU 2020 climate and energy targets, which are:

The role of standardization in Horizon Europe - the European Commission’s newly proposed Framework Programme for Research and Innovation

CEN and CENELEC

7 June 2018 – Today, the European Commission presented the communication [COM(2018) 435)] on the next Framework Programme on Research and Innovation ‘Horizon Europe’ (FP9).

European Defence Agency

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