EU strikes solar deal with China on tariffs
The EU has struck a deal with China that will set a minimum price for Chinese solar panels sold in Europe. Officials say it will be 56 euro cents per watt of solar...
EU mulls underground storage for CO2 emissions
The EU is investigating how storing polluting greenhouse gas underground could help slash CO2 emissions. Carbon Capture and Storage traps and separates carbon dioxide from industry sources before it is compressed and injected...
Sustainable Energy Day on Khreshchatyk
On June 30th, 2013 residents and guests of Kyiv have unique opportunity to join ecological event in the center of the city, which will mark the start of the European Sustainable Energy Week...
The head of «Naftogaz» with Jan Tombinski discussed prospects of modernization of the Ukrainian GTS
The cairman of the National Joint Stock Company «Naftogaz of Ukraine» Eugene Bakulin met with the head of delegation of the European Union to Ukraine, Ambassador Jan Tombinski. UNN was reported in the...
EU eases oil export embargo on Syria
The EU has decided to ease its embargo on Syrian crude oil to help the country’s opposition movement. It means that European firms will be allowed to import crude and petroleum products from...
Down to earth energy
Right under our feet there is a source of clean and efficient energy. La Fabrica del Sol in Barcelona is living proof. An old Catalan building dating back to the beginning of the...
EU eyes bolder energy policy
The EU wants a radically more ambitious energy policy to meet fresh CO2 emissions targets for 2030. The European Commission is looking to set a new greenhouse gas target for 2030, saying that...
MEPs urge EU nations to boost CO2 trading market
MEPs on Tuesday called on EU member states to stem the collapse of the bloc’s Emissions Trading System. The European Parliament’s environment committee voted by 38-25 in favour of an amendment to the...
Azerbaijan discusses the construction of trans-Caspian pipeline from Turkmenistan and the EU
Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan discussed proposals to build a pipeline to deliver Turkmen gas to Europe via the Caspian Sea, said UNN referring to Bloomberg. Caspian states are also working on a project agreement...
European nuclear power plants undergo stress tests
Could European nuclear power plants withstand an extreme natural disaster or would they be as susceptible as Japan’s Fukushima, which suffered a meltdown of three of its reactors after an earthquake and tsunami...