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Great Ambitions for the EU Energy Reform: 35 Percent Renewable Energies and 35 Percent Energy Efficiency by 2030<\/h2>\n
Following the European Commission’s energy efficiency target of 30 percent and a renewable energies share of 27 percent by 2030, the parliament stepped up both energy targets to an ambitious 35 percent. To enable all member states to meet these requirements, a strict though flexible timetable has been set up for the EU countries. Following the vote, Miguel Arias Ca\u00f1ete, EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, welcomed the result with the following tweet: “Great day for #CleanEnergyEU! \ud83d\ude42 @Europarl_EN shows it means business with Europe’s clean energy transition and our #ParisAgreement commitments.”<\/p>\n
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Distributed Energy Generation with Highly Efficient Cogeneration of Heat and Power: A Promising Key Solution for the Energy Reform<\/h3>\n
Hans Korteweg, Managing Director of COGEN Europe (European Association for the Promotion of Cogeneration) is very pleased with the parliament’s decision. He views the parliament’s move as a clear message to the EU member states\u2014a call for more energy efficiency that draws attention to the great potential of distributed energy generation in the form of combined heat and power generation. This potential is remarkable especially when cogeneration is combined with renewable energy resources, e.g. as in the case of cogeneration power plants running on biogas or sewage gas.<\/p>\n
In his statement, Korteweg also expressed his hope that the principle of “energy efficiency first” will become a central pillar of the European energy reform: “Boosting energy efficiency at all levels in our energy system is key to reduce our carbon footprint and energy bills. Today, the European Parliament has set ambitious energy efficiency goals and has recognized that high efficiency cogeneration can help Europe to deliver on these goals.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The European Parliament has adopted ambitious energy efficiency targets and has realized that highly efficient cogeneration with combined heat and power (CHP) plants can help achieve these targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n