Spain’s Commission nominee Teresa Ribera says grids key to European project
Spanish minister and Europe’s likely next Climate Commissioner, Teresa Ribera, speaking at the annual conference of the influential Brussels-based think tank, Bruegel, said that building more interconnectors is a “great excuse to build more...
Wind and solar farms power Great Britain’s grid to greenest ever summer
Exclusive: Reliance on fossil fuels fell in August to less than one-fifth of all electricity generated across country. Author: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (Source: http://www.eceee.org/all-news/news/news-2024/wind-and-solar-farms-power-great-britains-grid-to-greenest-ever-summer/)
Summer of 2024 was world’s hottest on record, EU climate monitoring service says
The world is emerging from its warmest northern hemisphere summer since records began, the European Union’s climate change monitoring service said on Friday (6 September), as global warming continues to intensify. Author: European...
Bigger and less expensive: A snapshot of U.S. rooftop solar power and how it’s changed
New data from Lawrence Berkeley Lab shows clear trends in median solar size and pricing. Author: European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (Source: http://www.eceee.org/all-news/news/news-2024/bigger-and-less-expensive-a-snapshot-of-us-rooftop-solar-power-and-how-its-changed/)
Industrial decarbonisation: France and Germany are neck and neck
French and German industries have similar carbon intensities, despite a largely decarbonised French electricity supply, according to a La Fabrique de l’industrie and McKinsey report published Thursday (5 September). The findings come as electrification...
Industrial decarbonisation: France and Germany are neck and neck
French and German industries have similar carbon intensities, despite a largely decarbonised French electricity supply, according to a La Fabrique de l’industrie and McKinsey report published Thursday (5 September). The findings come as electrification...