Fishing industry rides tech wave to go green
Professor Zigor Uriondo was so keen to make tuna fishing less polluting and more profitable that he refused to let the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020…
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In greening air travel, small parts can make a big difference
Each time a plane takes off or lands, flaps on the wings extend or retract to maintain stability and serve as a visual reminder that…
Finnish and French cities chart Europe’s path to clean energy
In 2029, Finland’s oldest city, Turku, will celebrate reaching the grand old age of 800. At the same time, it hopes to reach another major…
Fresh-water scarcity prompts hunt for more from the air and sea
Carlos Garcia foresees a world in which many millions of homes will get water out of thin air – literally. Garcia is general manager of…
Energy communities bring renewable power to the people
Squeezed between the war in Ukraine, the pandemic and climate change, the European energy system is experiencing an unprecedented crisis. Bill payers are coping with…
Salt and a battery – smashing the limits of power storage
We have all been there. The rectangular icon in the top right-hand corner of the screen turns red and flashes to indicate you’re almost out…
Hydrogen heads home to challenge oil and gas as local energy supply
The Northern Netherlands region used to be prime gas country. One of the largest gas fields in the world was found underfoot in Groningen province….
Making carbon dioxide into protein for innovative animal feed
It’s common knowledge that proteins, a key component of human nutrition, are also essential for making animal feeds. Less well known is the uncomfortable fact…
Energy communities bring renewable power to the people
Traditional energy production in advanced economies involves the importation of large amounts of oil and gas from a small number of suppliers. Renewable energy systems…
How waste CO2 is helping to turn renewable energy into liquid fuel
Methanol can be made from CO2 captured from industrial sources, combined with hydrogen split out of water using surplus renewable energy. And the resulting fuel…
Renewables: Europe on track to reach its 20% target by 2020
How is Europe performing in renewable energy? Having achieved a share of 16% renewables in its final energy consumption in 2014 and an estimated share…
NER 300 at the SET-Plan Conference 2016
DG JRC and DG CLIMA have co-organised a side event on the NER 300 programme during the SET Plan – Central European Energy Conference X…
Putting energy efficiency first: consuming better, getting cleaner
European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic and EU Commissioner in charge of climate and energy, Spanish, Miguel Arias Canete (R) give a press…