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[Newsletter] Innovative mechanisms to finance sustainable energy and climate projects
Over the past months, almost 200 local/regional authorities and agencies got to exchange and learn about innovative mechanisms to finance their sustainable energy and climate projects through the H2020-funded project PROSPECT peer-to-peer learning programme. These participants share their experience in the first project newsletter. Whether you are a fellow mentor or mentee in PROSPECT learning […]
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Improving Cold Chain Energy Efficiency: newsletter and brochure available!
How will ICCEE support cold chain food and beverage companies implementing sustainability plans? Discover the project in a new brochure in 8 languages. And to get more insights into ICCEE, check the first newsletter, just out! Discover the project in words, figures, its tools and steps, and take the survey.
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[Newsletter] SENSEI, innovative transaction models to value buildings’ energy efficiency upgrades based on pay-for-performance
During the early 2020 World Sustainable Energy Days conference in Austria, DG Energy’s Radoš Horaček mentioned SENSEI as a new EU project standing out. What is SENSEI? SENSEI enables the compensation of energy efficiency as an energy resource and grid service, while turning the project’s value into an investable asset for private financing. SENSEI puts […]
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Read IEECP’s opinion about NECPs’ role in the post-covid EU, in Greek
National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) can help build a sustainable future of sustainable energy after COVID19, if reviewed soon! Read IEECP’s opinion in Greek in EnergyPress, and still in English here.
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[Lunch seminar video] What hinders local authorities in EU from financing and implementing sustainable energy projects?
Results from the PROSPECT Benchmark survey, realised to update and validate what the key factors are for green financing to become a reality – April 2020 In this IEECP Lunch Seminar you can hear about from the Horizon 2020-funded project PROSPECT, enabling peer-to-peer learning in regional and local authorities in order to finance and implement […]
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[IEECP newsletter] April 2020 – efficiency first, tackling energy poverty and the climate emergency and more
Download as pdf View online in html —————————————————————————– Dear readers, Even if the Climate conference COP26 is postponed to 2021, we welcome the EU Commission reaffirming its “strong commitment to the global climate agenda and the European Green Deal” and now 17 EU Member States calling for a green recovery. We are thrilled […]
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New Horizon2020-funded projects starting for IEECP
IEECP has a long experience on energy and climate policies, with a specific focus on energy efficiency obligations (article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive – projects such as Horizon2020-funded EPATEE or Ensmov): new projects will start after the summer, which we lead or partner in, reinforcing pillars of IEECP’s work on topics like energy […]
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Climate policies: interactive map of models and tools and corresponding report from H2020 PARIS REINFORCE
The H2020-funded project Paris Reinforce, aimed at effectively supporting the design of climate policies, in light of the Paris Agreement requirements, uses 19 climate models to evaluate current contributions and action pledges and explore more ambitious decarbonisation pathways. A new report maps the modelling ensemble and analyses the I2AM PARIS open-access data exchange platform. I2AM […]
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National Energy and Climate Plans can help structure a consistent post-COVID19 sustainable energy future, if updated soon and wisely!
Having survived the 2008 financial crisis with deep wounds, the European Union is now facing an unprecedented challenge – the COVID19. Next to the health and safety issues, this challenge is also impacting the economies of all Member States. The instability in the projections of the economy as a whole (given the recession rates estimated […]
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[Lunch Seminar video] I2AM modelling platform first insights – H2020 PARIS REINFORCE
In this IEECP Lunch Seminar you can hear about from the Horizon 2020-funded project Paris Reinforce, mapping the modelling ensemble and analysing the project I2AM PARIS open-access data exchange platform. I2AM PARIS enables stakeholders to check modelling capabilities, scenario assumptions and results in an informative way, to access the most relevant and realistic decarbonisation pathways. […]
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[Survey] Charting the role of energy efficiency along the cold supply chain
ICCEE, short for “Improving Cold Chain Energy Efficiency”, is a project supported by the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme. It aims at improving energy efficiency along the cold supply chain of the food & beverage sector, from farm-to-fork. Help ICCEE assess non-energy benefits and behavioural aspects in the cold chain: this survey assessing perceived risks, […]
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IEECP joins eceee, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
IEECP is now a member of eceee, the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. This NGO dedicated to energy efficiency generates and provides evidence-based knowledge and analysis of policies, and facilitates co-operation and networking. This new membership means IEECP will support eceee’s work, making energy efficiency’s voice stronger. https://www.eceee.org/members/ https://twitter.com/eceee_org
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[Report] Risks of Energy Efficiency Financing and Mitigation Strategies Typology
Energy efficiency is one of the key elements of the EU energy policy. This is reflected in the EU’s existing legislation and the targets to be reached by 2030 and 2050. Specifically, the EU has set the clear commitment to become the first carbon-neutral continent and remain the leader in the clean energy transition at […]
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[VIDEO] Hellenic Parliament TV- Discussion on energy poverty, in Greek
H2020-funded project SocialWatt was presented around disccusions on the energy poverty condition in Greece on the 15th of February 2020. 5 experts participated in a TV show presented by the Hellenic Parliament TV and discussed the current situation in Greece and other European countries. Over 50 million Europeans are facing the energy poverty and are […]
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[Event presentations] Article 7 of the EED: ENSMOV and White Certificates Club seminar presentations are available
The 5th WCC Meeting was jointly organised by ENSMOV and the White Certificates Club. With around 70 participants from 12 countries, it provided an overview of the policies implemented by EU Member States for article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive. National level set ups and forecasts as well as snapshots of Energy Efficiency Obligation […]
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[Report] Rewarding energy efficiency for energy system services through markets: opportunities and challenges in Europe
Energy efficiency provides a diverse set of values to the energy system, some of which can be rewarded through mechanisms such as capacity markets and network procurement programmes and others which require dedicated energy efficiency programmes. To turn this set of values into bankable energy efficiency projects a number of steps need to be taken. […]
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[Report] Status quo of energy poverty and its mitigation in the EU: report and interactive map
H2020 SocialWatt aims to enable obligated parties under Article 7 of the Energy Efficiency Directive across Europe to develop, adopt, test and spread innovative schemes to alleviate energy poverty. Appropriate tools developed within the project will help utilities and energy suppliers effectively identify energy poor households, as well as develop and monitor schemes that focus […]
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[Report] Monitoring guidelines for successful knowledge exchanges in the H2020 ENSMOV project
Establishing a successful knowledge exchange amongst Member States on issues related to Article 7 of the EED is the main objective of ENSMOV. To ensure quality and timely reaction in constantly improving the programme, ENSMOV has set measurable targets, both tangible and intangible, for all the project strategic and operational objectives, which focus on the […]
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[Report] Efficiency First is not just another name for energy efficiency: Enefirst defines and contextualizes the principle
Efficiency First (E1st) is now an established principle of EU energy policy. It has been embedded in various legislative pieces of the Clean Energy for All package in 2018-2019. This report reviews the background of this concept and existing definitions in order to draw a definition that can serve as a basis for the Enefirst […]
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[Report] EPATEE provides policymakers and implementers policy evaluation tools and practical knowledge
EPATEE (Evaluation Into Practice to Achieve Targets for Energy Efficiency) is an EU-funded project which last from May 2017 to October 2019, led by a consortium of 10 partners from 8 European countries. The last project report brings us a summary of the main project outputs, findings and achievements. Below is a short project summary […]
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