Tag Archives: ENERGY

Background on Commissioner Piebalgs’ visit to Ghana and EU energy cooperation with West Africa

Posted on 29, October 2012 by

Brussels, 29-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Background on Commissioner Piebalgs’ visit to Ghana and EU energy cooperation with West Africa EU cooperation with Ghana Ghana receives a total of €455.34 million under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF) 2008-13. Funding focuses on … Read the full press release →

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New Commission proposal to minimise the climate impacts of biofuel production

Posted on 22, October 2012 by

Brussels, 22-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — Today, the Commission published a proposal to limit global land conversion for biofuel production, and raise the climate benefits of biofuels used in the EU. The use of food-based biofuels to meet the 10% renewable energy target … Read the full press release →

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Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC)

Posted on 22, October 2012 by

Brussels, 22-10-2012 — /europawire.eu/ — What are biofuels? Biofuels are liquid or gaseous transport fuels made from biomass. The most important biofuels today are bioethanol (made from sugar and cereal crops) used to replace petrol, and biodiesel (made mainly from vegetable oils) used to replace diesel. There are two distinctive categories of … Read the full press release →

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