AS Published on Sunday 8 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:Europe
The response of organisations to the presentation of the European Climate Law
The response to the European Commission's proposal was not long in coming: renewable energy associations and climate activists expressed their disappointment with the EU Climate Law. The lack of ambition
L R AS Published on Sunday 8 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:Europe
European Climate Law
The European Commission wants to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. To this end, it is proposing a European Climate Law. The aim is to protect the planet. This law must give predictability to public authorities, businesses and citizens.
R AS Published on Friday 6 March 2020 - n° 312 - Categories:Europe
Europe has sacrificed capacity storage facilities for the benefit of the Union!
The European Union's energy policy is to establish an energy community within the Member States, promoting cross-border exchanges. It has therefore prohibited the use of capacity storage while demand response storage and other network services were allowed.
L R AS Published on Monday 2 March 2020 - n° 311 - Categories:Europe, lithium batteries
Northvolt or the European effort to build a battery industry
In three years, Northvolt has gone from project stage to LA Europe's response to Asian dominance in the battery field.
Two years ago, there were only 20 people in the company. By October 2019, there were 500. The most difficult thing is
R AS Published on Friday 21 February 2020 - n° 310 - Categories:Europe
New call for the creation of a European photovoltaic industry
A new call for the creation of a European photovoltaic industry is issued
This is the call issued by the president of the German Photovoltaic Manufacturers' Association (VDMA). He believes that
L R AS Published on Monday 17 February 2020 - n° 309 - Categories:R&D , Europe
European SeNSE project for research on new generation lithium-ion batteries
Launch of the European SeNSE project for research into new-generation lithium-ion batteries under the leadership of the Swiss Empa.
PV Magazine of 13 February
L R AS Published on Monday 10 February 2020 - n° 308 - Categories:Europe
Clear division between North-South and East-West Europe,
Different funding costs across Europe could differentiate countries with a lot of sunshine
L R AS Published on Monday 10 February 2020 - n° 308 - Categories:Europe
Solar and wind power produced more electricity than coal for the first time in Europe
Solar and wind power generated more electricity than coal in the European Union for the first time in 2019. Coal-fired power generation fell by
R AS Published on Monday 3 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:Europe, R&D
European scientists want a downstream activity of their own
Scientists from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) are calling on Europe to think about reviving photovoltaic manufacturing to meet climate targets. According to them,
AS Published on Saturday 1 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:Europe, R&D
ERA-Net awards 23 future energy research projects across Europe
As part of the EU's Horizon 2020 initiative, the ERA research platform has launched a new batch of future energy projects. Looking at the list of winning projects, it is easy to say that hydrogen,
AS Published on Saturday 1 February 2020 - n° 307 - Categories:Europe
Europe would have 8.4 GW of wind or solar power plants - projects under construction with purchase contracts
Europe would have 8.4 GW of wind or solar power plants projects under construction that have been the subject of
AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:Europe, funding
The European Commission has described the financing of one thousand billion euros
The President of the European Commission described the financing of one thousand billion euros that will be dedicated to the Union's energy transition between 2021 and 2027.
AS Published on Sunday 19 January 2020 - n° 305 - Categories:evolution-stat, Europe
European photovoltaic installations in 2019
After a worldwide presentation, PV Magazine reports on the European plant layout of the IHS study (IHS Markit 2020 Forecast)
The 2019 European installations had to be 23 GW,
AS Published on Monday 6 January 2020 - n° 303 - Categories:Europe
European Commission plans to regulate photovoltaics
The European Commission has set up a "work plan" to develop criteria for assessing the sustainability of PV projects, somewhat along the lines of the quality of refrigerators.
Representatives of panel manufacturers have been consulted to determine the criteria for assessing the sustainability of PV systems and potential ways to improve it.
L R AS Published on Monday 16 December 2019 - n° 302 - Categories:Europe
Alarmist assessment of the state of the European environment according to the European Environment Agency
The 2020 report on the state of the environment gives an alarming assessment of the situation in Europe. European Environment Agency (EEA)