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Renewable Energy 44.7% of EU Electricity Production in 2023 — Now #1!

July 2, 2024 admin clean power, Coal, EU, eu natural gas, eu renewable energy, eu solar energy, eu wind energy, Europe, europe coal, europe oil, europe renewable energy, europe solar energy, europe wind energy, Fossil Fuels, market research, natural gas, nuclear energy, Oil, research, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2024 15:34:11 +0000

Eurostat has now released electricity data from 2023, and it shows that 44.7% of EU electricity production came from renewable energy sources last year!* Fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) production was down, a lot. Coal production was down even more. Even production from oil and petroleum products (already quite low) … [continued]

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How Europe Can Cut ⅓ Of Its Oil Demand By 2030

August 10, 2022 admin EU, eu oil, Europe, europe oil, Fossil Fuels, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, Russia, russia oil, Ukraine

Credit to Author: Transport & Environment (T&E)| Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 05:00:34 +0000

At the time of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, it typically supplied one out of every four barrels of crude oil that the European Union imported. These imports contributed significantly to funding Putin’s military aggression against Ukraine. To cut this funding stream, the European Commission has agreed on a ban on imports before the end […]

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No More Russian Oil: How Europe Could Cut 35% Of Its Transport Oil Demand

May 6, 2022 admin Europe, europe oil, Fossil Fuels, market research, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, repowereu, research, Russia, russia oil, te, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 07:00:23 +0000

T&E briefing outlines how Europe could cut 35% of its transport oil demand. Russia is the 2nd biggest oil exporter in the world and Europe is its biggest customer. Russia currently supplies one out of every four barrels of oil consumed in Europe, two thirds of which is used in transport. The UK has announced […]

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REpowerEU: Europe’s Chance to Say Bye to Fossil Fuels

May 6, 2022 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, Europe, europe oil, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, repowereu, Russia, russia oil, te, transport & environment

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 05:25:51 +0000

REpowerEU is an opportunity to create an EU level strategy and support mechanisms to lower oil demand in the near term. In this position paper, T&E highlights top priorities. Originally published on Transport & Environment. REpowerEU is the EUʼs flagship strategy to reduce Europeʼs energy dependance on Russia, planned for publication on the 18th of May. […]

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A Dereliction of Fuel Duty: Europe’s €9 Billion Gift to Putin & the Rich

March 23, 2022 admin carbon tax, EU, eu oil, Europe, europe oil, Fossil Fuels, Oil, policy & politics, policy research, research, Russia, russia oil

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2022 19:30:03 +0000

Why cutting fuel duty increases oil dependence and funnels benefits to the very richest. We need a tax on Russian oil. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has pushed fuel prices to recent highs. To appease drivers at the pump, half of EU Member States (14 of 27 — see our Fuel Duty Tracker) have reacted by […]