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EU consultation on long term decarbonisation - The limit of the energy system modelling considered

PUBLISHED: August 29, 2018

The European Commission launched a consultation to gather inputs on the strategy it should adopt to strive to the long term decarbonisation of the EU economy.

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Geothermal electricity

Geothermal as a key flexible player in the European energy market (factsheet)

PUBLISHED: July 12, 2018

The Electricity Market Regulation considers renewable power production only as a source of instability, due to the variable or intermittent production of PV and wind technologies. It introduces Capacity Remuneration Mechanisms for dispatchable or flexible generation able to provide grid services to stabilize an electricity market with high renewable penetration. Yet, the debate ignores the potential of flexible renewable production, i.e. geothermal, to provide such grid services.

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EU Climate and energy framework

2030 targets

Renewable Industry associations' statement on the 2050 EU Decarbonisation Strategy

PUBLISHED: July 10, 2018

Ahead of the high level Stakeholder consultation organized by the European Commission on July 10-11, the European renewable industry associations came together with a joint statement calling for renewable energy to be at the very heart of the EU Strategy for long-term emissions reduction.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Internal market for heat

Renewable heating and cooling association react to the agreement on H&C in the RES directive

PUBLISHED: June 14, 2018

The associations representing the renewable heating & cooling (RES-H&C) industries, AEBIOM, EGEC, EHPA and Solar Heat Europe/ESTIF, welcome the agreement on the REDII, as it finally brings to life the first dedicated provision on H&C (article 23) in EU legislation.

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EU Climate and energy framework

2030 targets

Renewable Industry associations react to the 32% 2030 target

PUBLISHED: June 14, 2018

On 14 June, the European Council and European Parliament came to an agreement on the target for renewable energy deployment by 2030 in the EU: 32% of final energy.

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EU Climate and energy framework

2030 targets

Joint Statement from the Coalition for Higher Ambition

PUBLISHED: June 12, 2018

Ahead of the Talanoa Dialogue, the Coalition for Higher Ambition, a group of NGOs, renewable energy industry associations, trade unions, think tanks, and other stakeholders, release a statement urging the European Union to show ambition in Climate Action.

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EU Climate and energy framework

2030 targets

European businesses at the forefront of the energy transition call for an ambitious Energy Union Governance

PUBLISHED: June 8, 2018

Associations from the Renewable and the energy efficiency industry come together for a forward looking governance framework of the Energy Union.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Geothermal electricity

Joint letter ahead of the Market Design trialogue

PUBLISHED: June 1, 2018

The "Market Design" legislative proposals are the last components of the Clean Energy Package to enter the negociation phase between the EU co-legislators.

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EU Climate and energy framework, Research, Innovation & Development

Joint renewable letter to the Austrian Government

PUBLISHED: March 28, 2018

Letter AT Presidency_RESAssociations representing the renewable energy industries, including EGEC on behalf of the geothermal sector, co-signed a letter to the Austrian government, next in line to take up the mantle of the presidency of the European Council.

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EU Climate and energy framework

Joint industry paper on the Primary Energy Factor

PUBLISHED: March 28, 2018

Associations representing the heating industry and renewables for heating and cooling jointly developed a paper exploring the relevance of the methodology used for the Primary Energy Factor in the European Commission for the Energy Efficiency Directive.

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