Metso valves reduce emissions and improve safety at processing plants

Helsinki-2012 was a banner year at the Metso Flow Laboratory, where a corporate initiative to increase the numbers of valves certified to the most stringent environmental emissions standards continues. In 2012, numerous Neles metal-seated and Jamesbury soft-seated valve products were... Continue reading >>

European governments can’t keep loading the costs of decarbonisation on consumers

“Whisper it quietly,” says Jonathan Lane, GlobalData's Head of Consulting for Power and Utilities, “the US has a more progressive renewable support policy than Europe.” In the US, the major federal support scheme for renewables, the Production Tax Credit... Continue reading >>

IEA shows how Sweden can build on its impressive low-carbon successes

Sweden, which already has one of the lowest-carbon economies among OECD countries, has ambitious goals for its energy sector: It seeks to achieve a fossil-fuel-independent vehicle fleet by 2030 and no net greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. The country must now identify the most... Continue reading >>

EU must permanently reduce supply on the carbon market

The "structural measures" published on 14 of November by the European Commission are urgently needed to stop the massive oversupply of emission allowances and to re-establish confidence in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS). The European Commission proposal for so-called... Continue reading >>

Emissions trading: Commission presents options to reform the European carbon market

The European Commission is taking two important steps to address the growing supply-demand imbalance of emission allowances in the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS). As an immediate first step to address the rapid build-up of the surplus of emissions allowances, the Commission made... Continue reading >>

European Commission must backload more than 900 million ETS allowances

The European Commission has acted to rescue the European Emission Trading System (EU ETS) by proposing to postpone the auctioning of 900 million allowances from 2013-2015 to the next phase of the EU emissions trading system, which ends in 2020. http://ec.europa.eu/clima/news/articles/news_2012111203_en.htm "We... Continue reading >>

Danfoss launches a new solution for low energy housing, boasting an increased COP of 5%

High energy prices and global climate changes are forcing us to change our energy consumption habits. Since buildings use 40% of the total energy in the European Union, energy efficient houses are becoming more and more interesting. ”We as a manufacturer of heat pumps have... Continue reading >>