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Dutch cabinet sends road traffic emissions memorandum to Lower House

Section: News

Category: Emissions

2010-07-05 23:47:05
8886_netherlands_road_traffic_emissionsAt the proposal of Minister Huizinga of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (VROM), the Cabinet has agreed to send a memorandum to the Lower House of the Dutch Parliament regarding how the European regulations on road traffic emissions will affect Dutch policy. The letter covers the relationship between the renewable energy directive, the fuel quality directive and the regulation prescribing a CO2 standard for cars. The Lower House will also receive data from a study comparing the environmental benefits of cars that run on LPG or natural gas as opposed to petrol or diesel.

The EU fuel quality directive is aimed at reducing CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. By 2020, CO2 emissions produced throughout the entire motor fuel cycle must have been reduced by 6 percent per energy unit as compared to the 2010 level. The interim targets of a 2 percent reduction of CO2 emissions by 2104 and a 4 percent reduction by 2017 will also apply in the Netherlands. Starting in 2011, fuel suppliers will be required to compile reports on the greenhouse gas intensity of the fuels they sell and petrol produced by oil companies must not contain more than 10 percent ethanol. Due to the fact that not all cars can run on petrol containing more than 5 percent ethanol, car dealers and oil companies will be required to inform drivers of the fuel content.

Netherlands  emissions  regulation  traffic 

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Commission requests Belgium, Greece and Romania to implement EU air quality rules

Section: News

Category: Emissions

2010-06-27 16:32:52
8852_eu_rules_air_pollutionThe European Commission has decided to request Belgium, Greece and Romania to implement in full EU air quality legislation on particulates. The three Member States have so far failed to tackle excess emissions of tiny airborne particles known as PM10. The Member States have two months to comply with the requests, which take the form of reasoned opinions under EU infringement procedures, failing which the Commission may refer them to the EU's Court of Justice. Environment Commissioner Janez Potočnik said: "Particulate matter in air pollution poses a serious risk to health. Strict standards are necessary to protect EU citizens. It is essential that these standards are fully respected in zones where time extensions are not applicable." Directive 2008/50/EC requires Member States to ensure by 2005 that certain limit values for PM10 are met. The limits impose both an annual concentration value (40 μg/m3), and a daily concentration value (50 μg/m3) which must not be exceeded more than 35 times per calendar year. Belgium  European Commission  Greece  Romania  air pollution  regulation 

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Friends of the Earth sues EPA for failure to properly regulate biofuels

Section: News

Category: Biomass

2010-06-01 05:25:13
8726_epa_biofuels_regulationThe Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed today a lawsuit to the EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals and petitioned the EPA to reconsider its assumption regarding land conversion. The EPA's finalized regulations for the RFS released in March 2010 do not meet standards set in Congress 2007 expansion of the RFS biofuels mandate. The 2007 RFS included requirements that biofuels reduce net greenhouse gas emissions compared to conventional gasoline and diesel. Safeguards to protect natural ecosystems from biofuel crop production were also included.

Friends of the Earth Energy Policy Campaigner Kate McMahon had the following comment: "The EPA must look at the impact that the biofuels mandate is having on global warming today and not use rosy projections about what the state of biofuel production will be in 2022. Using these projections ensures that for the next several years greenhouse gas emissions will only get worse, rather than better. The EPA also needs to take into consideration current research about existing land conversion for biofuels crop production and provide the congressionally mandated safeguards for natural ecosystems."

EPA  Friends of the Earth  biofuels  regulation 

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EU adopts four ecodesign regulations that will save the equivalent power consumption of Austria and Sweden

Section: News

Category: Energy Savings

2009-08-12 03:43:30

7577_eu_ecodesignThe European Commission adopted today four ecodesign regulations 1 to improve the energy efficiency of industrial motors, circulators, televisions, refrigerators and freezers. The regulations lay down energy efficiency requirements which will save about 190 TWh per year by 2020, which is comparable to the combined annual electricity consumption of Sweden and Austria. "This package is a milestone on the road to achieving our energy efficiency, climate change and economic recovery objectives. It will save impressive amounts of electricity, CO2 emissions and electricity costs, while creating jobs and boosting the deployment of highly innovative technologies," said Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The regulation on motors sets energy performance requirements for most of the electric motors used in industrial applications . Furthermore it will foster the use of "variable speed drives" adjusting the motor output to the actual needs, instead of operating always at full capacity. The energy savings triggered by the motor regulation are about 135 TWh per year by 2020.

EU  Ecodesign  energy efficiency  regulation 

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EU adopts two regulations to remove non-efficient light bulbs

Section: News

Category: Energy Savings

2009-03-22 23:31:18
The Commission adopted today two ecodesign regulations to improve the energy efficiency of household lamps and of office, street and industrial lighting products. The two regulations lay down energy efficiency requirements which will save close to 80 TWh by 2020 (roughly the electricity consumption of Belgium, or of 23 million European households, or the equivalent of the yearly output of 20 power stations of 500 megawatts) and will lead to a reduction of about 32 million tons of CO2 emission per year. Inefficient incandescent light bulbs will be progressively replaced by improved alternatives starting in 2009 and finishing at the end of 2012. As a result of these regulations, 11 billion euros are expected to be saved and re-injected every year into the European economy.

"These groundbreaking measures respond to the request of the 2007 Spring European Council to the Commission (confirmed by the European Parliament) to address the efficiency of lighting products both in the domestic and tertiary sectors by 2009. They deliver a clear message about the EU's commitment to reach its energy efficiency and climate protection targets. By replacing last century lighting products by more performant technologies, European homes, buildings and streets will keep the same quality of lighting, while saving energy, CO2 and money", said Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs.

6625_eu_energy_efficient_light_bulbIn two meetings of the Ecodesign Regulatory Committee held in Autumn 2008, the Representatives of the Member States endorsed the Commission's draft regulation improving the energy efficiency of household lamps and of street, office and industrial lighting products. Then the draft regulations were sent to the European Parliament for consultation. The Commission has taken today the formal adoption, the last step of the comitology procedure.

The two regulations set energy efficiency, functionality and product information requirements for households lamps (in particular incandescent bulbs, halogen lamps and compact fluorescent lamps), as well as for lighting products typically used in office, street and industrial lighting (fluorescent lamps, high-intensity discharge lamps and related ballasts and luminaires).

The regulation takes into account user expectations in terms of aesthetics, functionality and health concerns. It progressively removes inefficient conventional bulbs and other lighting products from the market in a way that allows manufacturers to adapt their production for efficient alternatives.

EU  energy efficiency  light bulb  regulation 

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