Cleaning up District Heating
April 17, 2024 3:04 pmDistrict heating uses a network of underground pipes to deliver hot water from a central production plant to homes and businesses for heating.
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Why Beyond Fossil Fuels favours the 6:1 sustainable power supply to fossil fuel financing ratio
February 13, 2024 1:25 pmEurope's power sector must transition to a renewables based future, free from coal by 2030 and from fossil gas by 2035. These milestones are crucial in limiting global warming to 1.5°C and ensuring stable, affordable energy.
What happened to coal power amidst Europe’s winter crisis?
April 27, 2023 1:10 pmThis briefing analyses the way that seven European countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Poland and Romania) responded to […]
Repowering or Refiring: How to avoid that the EU RePower plan locking-in coal
October 21, 2022 12:32 pmEurope is facing one of its greatest ever tests. The impact of the war in Ukraine on energy prices is throwing many of the most vulnerable into, and putting millions more households at risk of energy poverty.
How can we assist you?
July 5, 2022 10:37 amThe transition of entire regions, and striving towards a sustainable, green and climate-neutral economy requires both a systemic approach aimed at providing comprehensive and overarching strategies, but also providing detailed, tailor-made and co-designed support for smaller stakeholders so that it really is a just transition, leaving no one behind.
Efficient district heating in CEE countries
March 28, 2022 11:46 amWhile modern district heating systems can significantly contribute to the integration of renewable energy in order to decarbonise our energy system, many of the existing systems in Central and Eastern Europe are still highly inefficient and heavily reliant on fossil fuels, such as oil, fossil gas or coal.
State aid regime à la Green Deal – Subsidies to fossil fuels subvert Just Transition in Gorj County
May 27, 2021 1:12 pmThe Romanian government’s proposal for CE Oltenia’s restructuring is a test for the European Commission’s commitment to aligning state aid with the European Green Deal.
Sustainable alternatives for coal in the heating sector
March 22, 2021 1:10 pmThe hastening phase-out of coal in the European power sector requires new solutions for local district heating grids. This paper locates and quantifies the issue in Europe, what can be done to transition to sustainable substitutes and what the challenges are on the way towards decarbonisation.
