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June 26, 2018
Europe’s first-ever renewable heating and cooling target

After night-long negotiations, the European Parliament and Council have reached an agreement on the Renewable Energy Directive for 2030. At long last, discussions that started in November 2016 came to a close in the early morning of 14 June. The...
May 1, 2016
Europe: Solar Thermal Is Best-Known Renewable Heating Technology

As part of EU project Fair RHC Options and Trade (FROnT), customers from the residential, non-residential and industrial sector were asked about the key points factoring into their decision on a heating or cooling system. In all sectors, solar thermal was the most widely known renewable...
December 21, 2015
Europe: Strategy on Heating and Cooling Launches in February 2016

The publication of the EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling (Heat Strategy) is now scheduled for February 2016, when it will be published as part of the winter (legislative) package comprising a revised Security of Gas Supply Regulation and an EU strategy for liquefied natural gas. The...
June 3, 2014
Europe: Energy Security Strategy to Improve Relevance of Renewable Heating

The European Commission has now published its Communication on Energy Security, which proposes a set of immediate actions to address the current crisis, but mostly concentrates on other measures to be implemented in the longer term. The proposed actions include "an accelerated fuel...
March 19, 2014
Belgium: European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) is History

An Extraordinary General Assembly of the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) taking place in Brussels on 6 March decided the “voluntary” dissolution of the non-profit organisation after more than a decade in existence. According to a press release, the dissolution was...

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