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2024-02-20
Eurostat publishes data on the use of renewable energy to produces light
In 2023, renewable energy production reached the highest value ever in the national system.
2024-02-20
European project boosts joint interventions for energy efficiency
The SaveEnergyTogether project, promoted by the European Union's LIFE programme, will identify, analyse and advise on energy-saving measures.
2024-02-19
New European project draws up a plan for the decarbonisation of buildings
Six buildings in several European countries and climates will be electrified and retrofitted with heat pumps as part of a new project that aims to draw up a plan for the decarbonisation of buildings.
2024-02-19
Port of Aveiro opens tender to house units for wind farms
The three plots total 192,090 square meters, and are intended for industrial units in the floating offshore wind sector, which, according to the port administration, has already received interest from more than one entity.
2024-02-17
Is it possible to use buildings as giant renewable energy batteries?
U.S. researchers have found a way to use the buildings as giant batteries. At the base of this discovery are the cenospheres. Do you know what they are?
2024-02-17
Hydrogen auction launched by Brussels received 132 bids
The project signals Brussels' goal of putting Europe on a path to green energy transition.
2024-02-15
European Commission presents recommendation to reduce emissions by 2040
The European Commission has published a detailed impact assessment on possible pathways to achieve the agreed goal of carbon neutrality by 2050 in the European Union. Buildings continue to play one of the central roles.
2024-02-15
Photovoltaics in urban areas would produce more energy than Portugal needs
Deploying photovoltaics on rooftops, water reservoirs and roads could meet half of the European Union's needs, while also preserving the environment, according to a new study by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre.
2024-02-14
European Parliament and Council reach agreement on Net-Zero Industry Act
It has been decided: the Net-Zero Industry Act will go ahead, now that the European Parliament and the European Council have reached a consensus.
2024-02-14
Advance of clean energy is unstoppable but insufficient for the climate
The IEA chief called on countries to avoid slowing down or suspending policies to encourage clean energy, arguing that they would miss the business opportunity that is being created.