Press releases
15/05/2012
Digital Agenda: EU research breakthrough will cut 4G / LTE mobile network energy use in half
MEMO/12/327 Brussels, 15 May 2012 In coming years, internet access will be dominated by wireless devices such as mobile phones and tablets. Today there are 1.2 billion mobile broadband users, and the figure is growing by hundreds of millions each year. ...
10/05/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 10 May 2012 - The European Commission has cleared under the EU Merger Regulation the proposed acquisition of joint control over the North Sea wind farm Borkum Riffgrund I of Germany by DONG Energy Borkum Riffgrund ...
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EU nuclear Stress tests: Technical report and additional plant visits agreed
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 26 April 2012 - EU Commissioner Günther Oettinger and Andrej Stritar, Chairperson of ENSREG, the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group, welcomed today's adoption of the ENSREG stress test report and the ...
26/04/2012
Nuclear Safety: Greek, Polish and Portuguese legislation is not in line with EU law
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 26 April 2012 - Nuclear safety is paramount to EU citizens and it is of major concern for EU law-makers. The EU nuclear safety directive (2009/71/Euratom) sets comprehensive and legally binding rules that ...
26/04/2012
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 26 April 2012 - Opening energy markets for competition is key to competitiveness of the EU economy as a whole. An efficient, interconnected and transparent European internal energy market will also offer consumers ...
26/04/2012
Energy performance of buildings: Commission refers Italy to Court
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 26 April 2012 - Buildings are responsible for around 40% of energy consumption and 36% of the CO2 emissions in the European Union. The European legislation aims to achieve a significant reduction in the energy ...
18/04/2012
Winners of 2012 GreenBuilding and GreenLight Awards
MEMO/12/251 Brussels, 18 April 2012 These awards, launched by the European Commission in 2005 and 2000 respectively, promote the reduction of energy consumption by public and private organisations on a voluntary basis....
17/04/2012
MEMO/12/254 Strasbourg, 17 April 2012 Last night the Argentinean Government announced that it intends to expropriate the majority stake held by the Spanish company Repsol in the YPF energy company. This announcement is cause for grave concern....
16/04/2012
"Energising Development": Commission's new initiative to help achieve energy access for all by 2030
European Commission - Press release Brussels, 16 April 2012 - A new EU energy initiative which will provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in developing countries by 2030 was today announced by European Commission President, ...
