Energy Links
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LIFEnews
LIFEnews is the monthly newsletter from the LIFE Unit to keep you up to date on the latest developments in the LIFE Programme. In each issue you will find news on LIFE projects, coming events and new publications.
Web: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/news/newsletter/index.htm
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Intelligent Energy News Review
Intelligent Energy News Review is the official newsletter of the European Commission's Executive Agency for Competitiveness & Innovation (EACI).
Web: http://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/library/index_en.htm
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SusDev News
This website explains how the European Commission’s environmental research programme is tackling the vast research challenge concerning environmental issues.
Web: http://ec.europa.eu/research/environment/newsanddoc/newsletter_en.htm#2
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Alliance to Save Energy
The Alliance to Save Energy website contains information on energy efficiency and major energy and environmental issues from climate change to the utility industry.
Web: http://ase.org/
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The BioEnergy International
The webversion of the Bioenergy International consists of the Editorial in which information passes through its editors. The second section is the connection in which the information is published directly from the provider to the reader.
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BUILD UP
Launched in 2009, BUILD UP is a European Commission initiative aiming to reduce the energy consumption of buildings across Europe.
www.buildup.eu promotes the effective implementation of energy saving measures in buildings and offers free access to a wide range of information on best practices, technologies and legislation for energy reduction.
Via the interactive BUILD UP web portal, building professionals, public authorities and building occupants across Europe can easily share experiences, knowledge and best practices.
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CEMR / CCRE - Energy Page
CEMR works with the European Commission to promote sustainable energy policies.
Web: http://www.ccre.org/champs_activites_liste_news_en.htm?ID=5
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Clean Energy Ideas
The Clean Energy Ideas website includes information relating to the use of clean and renewable energy sources, including articles covering different topics such as solar, wind and geothermal energy.
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CAE - Community Action for Energy
The CAfE is a national UK programme from the Energy Saving Trust to promote community-led sustainable energy projects. They provide information, training and support to help communities set up and run successful energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
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Construct Ireland
Construct Ireland is a national periodical magazine promoting the case for sustainable development in Ireland. Covering areas such as renewable energy, Conservation and Construction Safety Issues, Construct Ireland aims to inform its readers of progressive techniques and technologies and to lobby industry and government for their implementation.
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DECC - The Department of Energy and Climate Change
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is responsible for all aspects of the UK's energy policy,
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EEA - European Environment Agency - Energy Page
The EEA website includes:EEA Reports relating to energy.
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EFFLOCOM - Energy EFFiciency & LOad curve impacts of COMmercial development
The EFFLOCOM project seeks to remove existing market barriers to energy efficiency through the determination of customer responses to different market based customer services of deregulated electricity markets.
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Archiwum Ekologika
Archiwum Ekologika is a Polish renewable energy source portal. The archive contains all articles ) concerning renewable energy that have been published since 2002. Some of the (recent) text is available in English and German.
Web: http://ekologika.pl/
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EMAS - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme
The EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) is a management tool for companies and other organisations to evaluate, report and improve their environmental performance.
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CHANGING BEHAVIOUR
'CHANGING BEHAVIOUR' - a new tool created in the EC FP7-funded project. MECHansims (Make Energy Change Happen) - a part of the Changing Behaviour tool - helps project managers to learn to understand energy users and apply the most effective tools to reduce energy use in each particular context.
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Energy Cities
Energy Cities is the European Association of local authorities inventing their energy future.
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Energie in Nederland
The Energie in Nederland (Dutch / Nederlands) website contains:an energy report with an overview of the energy sector in the Netherlands.
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EnergieOdnawialne - Renewable Energy in Poland
The EnergieOdnawialne website is a professional information internet-service about the Polish renewable energy market. -
Energies-Renouvelables
The energies-renouvelables site of the Fondation energies pour le monde includes links to a number of renewable energy resources (in French).
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Ener-Iure Project
ENER-IURE is a long term project with the support of the Altener Programme. The website includes a database containing most of the legislation affecting Renewable Energy Sources in each country of the European Union. The legislation of different Member States is studied focusing on four main aspects: Finance, Electricity, Planning and Agriculture.
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Energy-Server.com
Energy-server.com contains information in English and German on renewable energy and energy-efficient construction.
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Energy-Server.com
Energy-server.com contains information in English and German on renewable energy and energy-efficient construction.
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European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
The ECEEE (European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy) is a non-profit, independent organisation whose goal is to stimulate energy efficiency through information exchange and pan-European co-operation. Members consist of policy makers, energy practitioners, NGO representatives and researchers involved in the study or promotion of energy efficiency.
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EWEN - Wave Energy Thematic Network
The EWEN website has been designed to provide information to a broad audience of developers, potential investors, planners, RTD decision makers, politicians and the general public. The information presented constitutes a comprehensive review of technologies relevant to the Wave Energy field and gives an up to date overview of on going activities as well as other general information.
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Future Energies
The Future Energies website is run by a UK-based enthusiast and contains global news articles discussing the alternatives to fossil fuels and how overall energy consumption and carbon dioxide levels can be reduced.
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Green Pages
Green Pages is a Global Directory for Environmental Technology. It is a comprehensive guide to the full spectrum of environmental products & services, featuring over 6000 suppliers from 140 countries. Information about organisations, conferences and publications is complemented by editorial contributions from experts in their respective fields.
A practical reference source for government departments, utility companies, engineering consultants, development agencies, importers and traders, educational institutes, non-governmental organisations and individuals engaged in environmental activities.
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The Green Portal
The Green Portal connects and aligns people from various manufacturing, engineering, scientific, government, investment and public policy organizations in a secure web portal outside of their organization’s IT infrastructure as a way to enable inter-enterprise collaboration, relationship building, knowledge sharing, project management and group learning.
This collaborative platform and toolkit is modelled on Michael Porter's Cluster Network concepts to support decentralized, peer-to-peer process and project management, to advance the inter-enterprise and cross-sector collaboration that is required to start-up and manage sustainable business initiatives.
Portal groups include distributed energy, point of use biopower, LFG to Methanol, wind power, biomass processing, bioremediation, emissions management, waste recovery, green credits trading, waste water treatment and other sectors of renewable energy and green technology.
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IEA Bioenergy
Work in IEA Bioenergy is carried out through a series of Tasks, each having a defined work programme. Most tasks have a common duration of three years.
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InfoPower
InfoPower is a monthly publication on efficient production and use of energy. The website contains electronic versions in English and Spanish.
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INFORSE-Europe - International Network for Sustainable Energy
INFORSE-Europe is a network of about 60 NGOs working for sustainable energy solutions to protect environment and reduce poverty. As well as information about INFORSE, the website includes information on energy policy, planning, schools and education, seminars, success stories, etc.
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IntellEbase
IntellEbase will be the European Commission's public dissemination database for non-technological projects supported by the Community in the field of energy efficiency (SAVE programme) and renewable energy sources (ALTENER programme).
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INTUSER - Information Network on the Technology of Utilisation and Sustainability of Energy Resources
The objective of the INTUSER Project is to raise public awareness to the benefits and the possible drawbacks of the utilisation of various energy resources.
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KommEN - Kommunale Energie NRW (Communal Energy in North Rhine-Westphalia)
KommEN was created on behalf of the Ministry of Economics and Small Businesses, Technology and Transport for North Rhine-Westphalia. KommEN provides comprehensive information on projects on the rational use of energy and the use of renewable energy sources which have been implemented by municipalities in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia.
In addition, KommEN is building an interactive network between municipal authorities interested in this topic by offering discussion forums and detailed contact information for the relevant actors.
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Leonardo Energy
The Leonardo Energy website aims to be a web community for Sustainable Energy Professionals. Content includes articles, Blog, briefing papers, news, etc.
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MUNEE - Municipal Networks for Energy Efficiency
Through its MUNEE program, USAID and UNECE are seeking a relatively low-cost way to disseminate positive energy efficiency experiences in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union.
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Photovoltaic Systems - Technologies and Applications
This website gives a detailed overview and description of the world's largest photovoltaic (solar electric) installations. More than 700 plants are included in the list in power range from 120 kWp to 12 MWp.
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Intelligent Energy e-library
The aim of the e-library is to bring together in one place a range of tools and guidebooks on energy efficiency, renewable energy applications and sustainable mobility. It includes items funded under the Intelligent Energy-Europe (IEE) programme and a selection of instruments picked from over 2,500 EU funded projects (under Altener and Save, CIVITAS, Structural and regional funds, LIFE, RTD 2002-2006 and Phare). In addition, nationally and regionally funded tools and guidebooks have been included.
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U4energy
The initiative "U4energy" is a European wide school competition promoting energy efficiency. Schools from the 27 EU Member States, Norway, Croatia, Iceland and Liechtenstein are encouraged to submit their contributions earning the chance to win a prize and gain recognition at European level.