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Britain’s green bank to launch overseas pilot investment scheme
Britain's Green Investment Bank (GIB) intends to launch funding renewable energy and energy efficiency schemes abroad for the first time with a pilot investment programme of about 200 million pound ($298 million), as it declared on Tuesday.
read more... 25/03/2015
Centrica hit with an £11m fine for failing to meet energy efficiency obligations on time
British largest energy supplier, Centrica, has been hit with an £11.1million ($17.4 million) penalty for failing to meet energy efficiency obligations by a 2012 deadline, announced Britain's energy regulator Ofgem.
read more... 04/12/2014
Germany envisages tax concession to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions
Germany envisages tax concessions of 1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in order to raise the energy efficiency of buildings and increase sales of electric cars, in a move to aid Europe's largest economy meet CO2 emissions objectives, as indicated in a policy document.
read more... 13/11/2014
Seven EU countries urge European Commission to set a 2030 energy efficiency target
Seven countries of the European Union, including Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and Portugal, are urging the European Commission to propose an ambitious 2030 target for energy efficiency in its review of the progress towards the 2020 energy efficiency target.
read more... 23/06/2014
Ukraine’s energy efficiency to be enhanced, U.S. bill
A bill proposed by U.S. Senator Edward Markey on Thursday aims to reduce Ukraine's fuel reliance on Russia by improving its heating infrastructure and renewing its Soviet-era natural gas drilling potentials.
read more... 06/06/2014