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DG ENV is working on gathering further knowledge on environmental impacts and risks of energy resources and assessing relevant policies, notably via external studies.

It is also providing guidance on the application of existing EU environmental legislation to specific energy resources.

Studies:

• Potential Risks for the Environment and Human Health Arising from Hydrocarbons Operations Involving Hydraulic Fracturing in Europe, September 2012
• Climate Impact of Potential Shale Gas Production in the EU
• Unconventional Gas: Potential Energy Market Impacts in the European Union
• Studies on water and energy, Green Week 2012
• Study on photovoltaic panels supplementing the impact assessment for a recast of the Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (2002/96/EC), 2011
• Studies on environmental harmful subsidies and energy taxation

Guidance documents:

• Guidance note on wind energy developments and Natura 2000, 2010
• Guidance note on the application of the Environmental Impact Assessment Directive (2011/92/EU codified) to projects related to the exploration and exploitation of unconventional hydrocarbons, 2011

External links :

• Joint report by IEA, OPEC, OECD and World Bank on fossil-fuel and other energy subsidies: An update of the G20 Pittsburgh and Toronto Commitments, 2011
• Energy and green growth, OECD, 2011
• Energy and Environment report, EEA, 2008