Member States must urgently increase ambition on renewables

Today EU employment and social policy ministers adopted underwhelming conclusions of ECA’s latest report on the state of play in renewables progress, without committing to concrete actions to revive the […]

Read more 24/10/2019

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Kadri Simson unclear about the need for higher energy targets

During her hearing in front of the European Parliament today, Kadri Simson, Estonian commissioner-designate for energy focused on the implementation of the current, weak renewable energy and energy efficiency targets. […]

Read more 03/10/2019

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Submission to public consultation on “The bridge beyond 2025”

The Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators launched a consultation that CAN Europe responded to.

Read more 06/09/2019

Submission to consultation Energy transition

EU must block Greece’s desperate attempt to subsidise coal power

Greek consumers could end up footing the bill for new coal plants well beyond 2050 under a proposed government scheme, despite recently agreed EU electricity market rules specifically designed to […]

Read more 25/06/2019

Op-Ed Energy transition Financing the transition

New report shows some EU Member States intent on burning coal for electricity beyond 2030 whilst banking on EU funding for a just energy transition

Today, a new report by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag reveals Member States are receiving EU energy transition support but not committing to phase-out coal. The draft National […]

Read more 29/05/2019

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Cost of Coal in Turkey

Behind the notion of “externalities”, the often overlooked, real costs of coal power production are paid with human life, social, economic and cultural assets, ecosystem destruction and climate change. With […]

Read more 10/05/2019

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European Commission challenged over the Polish electricity capacity market’s addiction to coal

Tempus Energy yesterday took the European Commission to Court for approving the Polish electricity capacity market which favours fossil fuel generation at the expense of clean energy technologies.

Read more 15/03/2019

Press release Energy transition Financing the transition

EU puts an end date to capacity payments for coal, opening a door for a European-wide phase out of coal

Today the European Parliament, Commission and Council have taken a step in the right direction by agreeing to end coal subsidies by 2025, paving the way for a European-wide coal […]

Read more 19/12/2018

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Austria’s preference for coal rather than climate finance shamed at COP24 Fossil of the Day Award

Today Austria won the shameful Fossil of the Day Award from Climate Action Network (CAN) International. Austria was given this dubious award because it is failing as the president of […]

Read more 10/12/2018

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EU fails to strike agreement on excluding coal subsidies from the electricity market

EU legislators have once again failed to agree on electricity market rules that would lead to zero-emissions energy systems. Instead, under the Austrian Presidency consent, some Member States are still […]

Read more 06/12/2018

Press release Energy transition Financing the transition