EU holds conference on sustainability in the European financial sector
The EU has today hosted a high-level conference with the aim of increasing sustainability in the European financial sector through a series of reforms. The...
Clean energy: industrial competitiveness and innovation
Director-General of DG Energy, Dominique Ristori, discusses the importance of industrial competitiveness and innovation action to ensure clean energy for the future. Strengthening Europe’s industrial...
Vattenfall wins tender to build subsidy-free wind farms
The Netherlands has awarded state-owned Swedish energy company Vattenfall two contracts for the world’s first subsidy-free wind farms. Two subsidy-free wind farms will be constructed...
EU antitrust investigation targets Germany’s high-voltage electricity network
The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into whether German high-voltage electricity network operator TenneT has breached EU anti-trust rules. Tennet is the largest...
Bosnia’s first wind farm begins generating electricity
Bosnia’s first wind farm opened yesterday and began generating electricity as part of the country’s broader efforts to transition towards renewables. Currently, the country generates...
ECA finds ‘limitations’ in basic payment scheme for farmers
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has identified inherent and fundamental limitations in the basic payment scheme for farmers, part of the EU’s common...
EU funds material to collect micro-pollutants from wastewater
A novel biomaterial designed to collect micro-pollutants from wastewater has earned a £1.24m (~€1.4m) EU grant for UK-based company CustoMem. The new material, called CustoMem...
EIB to support renewable energy development across India
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a deal to provide a €150m long-term loan to support renewable energy development across India. The funding loan...
UK MPs reject levy on single-use plastic coffee cups
UK MPs have rejected calls to impose a so-called latte levy on disposable, single-use plastic coffee cups. MPs on the UK parliament’s Environmental Audit Committee...
EU sues Spain over river basin management plans
The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to review and update river basin management...
