Brussels, 19 December 2018: In the early hours of the morning on the 19th of December, EU legislators reached an agreement on both the Electricity Market Regulation and Directive to set the EU framework for the EU Electricity Market Design.
Brussels, 28 November 2018: Today the European Commission published its EU Long-term Greenhouse gas emissions reduction Strategy, following the request by the European Council in March 2018 to come forward with a 2050 climate strategy in alignment with the Paris
Ahead of the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council meeting of 4 December, businesses from across all sectors of the European economy would like to reiterate their concern about the proposal for an ePrivacy Regulation. Despite ongoing negotiations in the Council,
On November 26, 2018, smartEn released its new edition of the smartEn map: balancing markets edition. Opening up balancing markets to demand response and decentralised energy resources, such as storage, allows innovative energy business models to flourish and brings numerous
Frauke Thies, SmartEn Executive Director, breaks down the importance of diversity in the energy sector and the impact of digitalisation across the smart energy industry.
What is the role of flexibility in the Clean Energy Package? “Integrating renewables is definitely a big theme in the package, and it’s very clear that the system has to become more flexible in order to this. A lot of
The undersigned Associations – smartEn, EER, ESMIG, Eurelectric, EHPA, and SolarPower Europe – welcome the European efforts to clarify important data protection rules with the ePrivacy Regulation that is currently being deliberated in Council. While we strongly support the regulation’s
An open letter to all EU28 Energy Ministers to urge them to set a national objective for increasing system flexibility when drafting their Integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (INECPs) following the implementation of the Energy Union Governance Regulation.
Our organisations are committed to delivering a clean energy future for Europe. To achieve this goal, we call on European policy-makers to agree on a Governance Regulation that mirrors the ambition and the regime agreed in the Paris Agreement on
For those who do not follow it closely, could you please briefly explain what the Energy Union Governance Regulation is all about? The Governance Regulation is more or less the energy and climate framework law that translates the Paris
