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Shaping the future of energy in Europe
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In many ways energy powers our lives and we depend on a reliable supply of energy at an affordable price, but at what cost to our environment? The European Environment Agency’s (EEA) Signals 2017 published today looks into Europe’s energy system and its transition towards clean, smart and renewable energy.
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50 years of protecting Europe's environment
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Today the European Union has the most environmentally friendly arsenal of rules in the world and has done more to tackle pressing ecological problems, such as climate change, than any other major power.
But it has not always been like this. Caring for the environment did not feature in the Treaty of Rome, the document that gave birth to the modern day EU. Yet environmental problems were never far away. Europe’s love affair with the car was moving into top gear, industry was busy belching out pollutants and raw sewage was being pumped into our rivers and seas.
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Curbing CO2 emissions from road transport
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Road transport generates about one fifth of the EU's CO2 emissions, with passenger cars responsible for around 12%. This makes it the second most important source of greenhouse gases. Although there have been significant improvements over recent years in vehicle technology, these have not been enough to neutralise the effect of increases in traffic and car size.
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Monitoring CO2 emissions from new passenger cars in the EU: summary of data for 2011
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For the second year, the EEA has collected Member
States' data on passenger car registrations, in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
(CO2 from cars). All Member States reported
information on CO2 emissions and the mass of cars,
together with other vehicle characteristics. This
data was used to evaluate the performance in 2011
of the new vehicle fleet, and its progress toward
meeting the CO2 emissions target of 130 gCO2/km
by 2015.
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Renewable energy in Europe 2018 - recent growth and knock-on effects
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This report introduces several methods the European Environment Agency (EEA) has developed for assessing and communicating early RES growth and the important knock-on effects that RES growth has on the energy sector and related areas. The report provides specific information at EU and country level on estimated RES progress in 2013, estimated gross avoided carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and avoided fossil fuel use due to the additional use of renewable energy since 2005, as well as an assessment of the statistical impacts of growing RES use on primary energy consumption.
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Energy support policies: putting the EU on a low-carbon path?
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European countries have increased renewable energy’s share of energy consumption in recent years, in part thanks to support mechanisms for the renewables sector. A new report finds that many energy support policies could be better focused to lead the EU more effectively to decarbonise the energy sector.
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Evolution of total European energy RD&D spending by technology (USD-million, 2017 prices) (based on IEA estimates)
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The figure presents European spending on research, development and demonstration for energy technologies, fossil fuels, hydrogen, nuclear, renowables and others.
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Electric vehicles: moving towards a sustainable mobility system
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Modern society depends on the movement of goods and people, but our current transport systems have negative impacts on human health and the environment. We spoke to Magdalena Jóźwicka, project manager of an upcoming report on electric vehicles, about the environmental advantages and challenges of using electricity as an alternative to conventional fuels for vehicles.
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EU greenhouse gas emissions at lowest level since 1990
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European Union (EU) greenhouse gas emissions continued to decrease in 2014, with a 4.1% reduction in emissions to 24.4% below 1990 levels, according to the EU’s annual inventory published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Trends in prices of commodities, 1970–2009
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This figure shows the changes of prices for fossil fuels, selected metals and cement between 1970 and 2009.
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