Although December 2016 showed another record-high for electric vehicles in the Netherlands, also other low-carbon options are urgently needed to further reduce transport emissions. 31,6%, in December 2016, was the highest share for full electric (FEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) passengers vehicles in the monthly new car registrations in …
At the COP21 in Paris, 195 countries adopted the Climate Agreement to limit the rise of global temperature “to well below 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit temperature increase to 1.5 ºC. The text of the Agreement can be found here. Now it is up to …
The strong dominance of fossil resources (share-wise) in energy consumption can make it easy to overlook the disruptive changes that are taking place in today’s energy landscape: for more than a decade now, total energy consumption has been going down in the European Union – at the cost of fossil fuels. …
In today’s European energy landscape – only renewables show growth Read More
Over 2014 the world’s energy consumption has increased, as can be conluded on basis of the June-2015 numbers of the BP Energy Statistical Review. The majority of resources to fuel this growth are still fossil based.The share of renewables is rapidly growing in importance. However, decreasing world fossil fuel consumption and …
World energy consumption keeps growing – fossil resources still dominant Read More
Tuesday, March 31, Mrs. Hendricks, the German Minister of Environment, pointed out that after three years of increasing CO2 emissions in Germany, “the trend finally points into the right direction”. Germany saw 4,3% lower CO2 emissions in 2014. It is a start, but a lot has to be done to …
Germany will need a trend reversal to reach the 2020 energy and climate targets Read More
Europe is transforming towards a low-carbon and resource efficient economy. This will impact various economic sectors such as; the energy, transport and mobility, and the agricultural sector. As a result, many EU Member States are exploring pathways to restructure their energy production and consumption patterns. Several countries are designing processes …
