Progress towards Completing the Internal Energy Market - 2014 Important progress is being achieved in completing the internal energy market according to the European Commission's Internal Energy Market progress report adopted on 13 October 2014. The package not only takes stock of the main achievements and outstanding challenges, but also reports on the trends and developments of the developing EU Energy Markets.
European Commission - Press Release details page - Statement Brussels, 13 October 2014 European Commission The EU Commission welcomed the announcement made today by the Norwegian government to licence the construction of two subsea cables linking Norway to Germany and UK.
By Sophie Yeo A central Europe coalition has challenged the EU's latest package of climate policies, three weeks before they are set to be finalised in Brussels. Ministers from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania stated their opposition to renewable and energy efficiency targets - cornerstones of the package of climate change policies that the EU will finalise in October.
Onshore wind is cheaper than coal, gas or nuclear energy when the costs of 'external' factors like air quality, human toxicity and climate change are taken into account, according to an unpublished EU analysis.
Poorer nations to get financial help * Also sets single energy market goal By Barbara Lewis BRUSSELS, Oct 7 (Reuters) - EU leaders are poised this month to agree three new, tougher climate and energy goals for 2030 and poorer nations will get help to shoulder the cost, according to a draft document prepared for summit talks, seen by Reuters.
The Spanish conservative Miguel Arias Cañete was confirmed as the EU's new climate and energy commissioner on Wednesday after a deal between centre-left and right parties in the European Parliament, despite protests from environmentalists.
European Commission - Press Release details page - Statement Brussels, 13 October 2014 European Commission The EU Commission welcomed the announcement made today by the Norwegian government to licence the construction of two subsea cables linking Norway to Germany and UK.
European Commission - Press Release details page - European Commission Press release Brussels, 13 October 2014 The functioning of energy markets and the size and effect of government interventions has been the subject of debate for years. To date however, a consolidated dataset for government interventions in the power market of the European Union has been missing.
Next week European leaders will meet to reach political agreement on the headline elements of EU's climate and energy policy post-2020. While there is growing convergence over much of the package, some key issues of contention still remain.
CC2.0 Number 10 An ambitious EU 2030 climate package could be crucial to unlocking a global climate deal in Paris next year. Yet EU leaders still can't agree the details, with just days to go. Uncertainty remains because different EU member states want different things from the 2030 package, which will set the trajectory for EU climate and energy policy for the next 15 years.
European Commission - Press Release details page - European Commission MEMO Brussels, 16 October 2014 October October In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law.
The future judgement in Joined Cases C-204-208/12 Essent Belgium N.V. v. Vlaamse Reguleringsinstantie voor de Elektriciteits- en Gasmarkt could very well be one of those landmark cases in which the CJEU clarifies one of the fundamental doctrinal issues in internal market law: can Member States rely upon the rule of reason to justify distinctly applicable measures?
Brussels - The leaders of the European governments are meeting this week to discuss climate goals. What are the talks about? Imagine you are going out to dinner with 27 friends and you have agreed to collectively pay the bill.
A minimum 40% plunge in Europe's CO2 emissions by 2030 agreed by EU leaders last week was a "historic moment" on the road to a global climate deal, enabled by a new British relationship with Poland, the energy minister Ed Davey has told the Guardian.
European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions fell almost 2 % between 2012 and 2013, putting the EU very close to its 2020 reduction target, according to new analysis from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The EU is also on track to meet two other targets to boost renewable energy and energy efficiency by 2020.
