CCU-fuels are not renewable

Nov 27, 2016 | CCS

 30th NOVEMBER UPDATE The Commission published its proposals for the Renewable Energy Directive today as part of the EU’s Winter Package. You can read them here. Disappointingly, a loophole that allows non-renewable CCU-fuels to contribute to the EU renewables...
Paris means negative emissions

Paris means negative emissions

Nov 4, 2016 | CCS

Brexit may mean Brexit, but Paris means negative emissions. Today, as the global agreement enters into force, governments and civil society must act in concert to deploy carbon negative technology. If governments worldwide are serious in their Paris Agreement plans...
Dispelling the waterbed myth

Dispelling the waterbed myth

Oct 19, 2016 | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS)

Additional actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are being taken across the EU in sectors covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). These include implementing energy efficiency programmes, deploying renewables, replacing lignite and coal plants with...