EMS Cross-Border: let subsidiarity and innovation prevail!

EMS Cross-Border: let subsidiarity and innovation prevail!

Following the publication of a recent independent report on longer trucks ordered by the Policy Department of the European Parliament, the EMS Forum urges the Members of the European Parliament to support the cross-border trials with and use of EMS vehicles between...
Extra emission cut should be wake-up call

Extra emission cut should be wake-up call

The European Commission just announced it will cut free allocation of emission credits to industry with an additional 6% in 2013 – adding up to a startling 18% extra cut by 2020. The decision is very harsh as even the most carbon efficient companies in Europe...

The cloud begins with coal – An overview of the electricity used by the global digital ecosystem

The cloud begins with coal Big data, big networks, big infrastructure- An overview of the electricity used by the global digital ecosystem A study by Digital Power Group The information economy is a blue-whale economy with its energy uses mostly out of sight. Based on...
EEA report: Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently

EEA report: Bioenergy production must use resources more efficiently

Using biomass for energy is an important part of the renewable energy mix. However, bioenergy production should follow EU resource efficiency principles, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA). This means extracting more energy from the...

Why the European Parliament needs to reject back-loading – Recommendation by the Alliance of Energy Intensive Industries

Today the European Parliament will vote on the Commission proposal amending the Emissions Trading Directive (ETS) so as to allow the Commission to withhold emission allowances from the ETS market and increase carbon and energy prices in Europe despite the fact that...

Growth and Employment first: Energy-Intensive Industries warn against competitiveness impacts of proposed changes to the EU ETS

The increase in ETS prices targeted by the Commission through short-term intervention will further increase energy prices and by the same token, competitive imbalance between EU and overseas Energy Intensive Industries. The revision of the EU ETS Directive, which...