Conference: Credible, effective and publicly acceptable policies to decarbonise the EU

Conference: Credible, effective and publicly acceptable policies to decarbonise the EU, 5th December in Brussels. Conference on the new report by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics draws on the insights of three analytical papers, exploring three key challenges that the EU faces in meeting its […]

UK to back total ban on pesticides harmful to bees.

UK to back total ban on pesticides harmful to bees, says Michael Gove. Michael Gove, the Environment Secretary of the UH has said that will support a total ban on bee-harming pesticides being used across Europe. This decision was made after some new evidence was found about the risk for bees, considering that in 2013 […]

Commission proposes update to Gas Directive.

Commission proposes update to Gas Directive. The 8th of November the Commission proposed to amend the EU Gas Directive in order to increase solidarity between Member States as well as security of supply. The main objective is to improve the Gas Directive that is now in place (2009/73/EC) in order to achieve the goals of […]

Securing Europe’s gas supply: new Regulation comes into force.

Securing Europe’s gas supply: new Regulation comes into force. From the 1st of November a new regulation has entered into force related to the security of gas supply in the EU. This regulation is aimed at increasing the requirements to EU countries from the regulation already established in 2010. The main challenges will be to […]

9th Conference on Application of Biomass Gasification in Innsbruck, Austria

The 9th “Conference on Application of Biomass Gasification” is taking place the 5th of December in Innsbruck, Austria. The conference will include several topics and will try to give answers to the following questions: What is the status of thermochemical gasification in terms of economical and technological aspects? Which applications are ready for the market […]