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15 September 2016
European Environment Agency
Created page with "'''The European Environment Agency (EEA)'''- an agency of the European Union, that aims to provide solid and independent information on the environment. Is is a major informa..."
Greenhouse gas emissions
Created page with "'''Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions''' – gases polluting the environment, such as CO2 and methane. Around 10% of the GHG emitted worldwide in 2012 came from the EU."
Renewable energy sources
Created page with "Renewable energy is derived from natural processes (e.g. sunlight and wind) that are replenished at a higher rate than they are consumed. Solar, wind, geothermal (heat from wi..."
Solar Power Europe
Created page with "Like EWEA, Solar Power Europe is the association of Solar Energy in Europe. The Association aims to shape the regulatory environment to promote the growing market opportunity..."
European Wind Energy Association
Created page with "As the greatest association in Wind Energy in Europe and the World, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) is the voice of Wind Energy in Europe. It analyses, formulates..."
Eurelectric
Created page with "It is the union of the Electric Industry. It currently has over 30 full members operating in 32 countries that enable them to represent the common interest of the electric ind..."
National Governments
Created page with "'''National Governments''' have sovereignty on their energy policies and therefore have the role to design a national energy strategy."
Category:State actors
Created page with "Energy is a shared competence where both Member States and the EU can legislate. The EU with its institutions sets the central targets, launches initiatives on a European Leve..."
Micro generation
Created page with "The small-scale generation of heat and electric power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs, as alternatives or supplements to traditional c..."
Demand response
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Demand response
Created page with "the intentional modification of normal consumption patterns by end-use customers in response to incentives from grid operators."
Distributed Generation
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Distributed Generation
Created page with "The approach that employs small-scale technologies to produce electricity close to the end users of power."
Permeability
Created page with "'''Permeability''' is definded as a property of a material which allows another substance to move through it without being chemically or physically affected."
Unconventional reservoirs
Created page with "reservoirs of low permeability which has to be mechanically stimulated in order to increase permeability and free gas for collection. Shale formations are a type of unconventi..."
Shale gas
Created page with "As '''Shale gas''' is commonly understood natural gas, primarily methane, trapped in shale formations."
Horizontal drilling
Created page with "'''Horizontal drilling''' is a type of drilling which makes it possible to reach targets inaccessible by vertical drilling and to reduce the footprint of gas field development..."
Hydraulic fracturing - fracking
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Hydraulic fracturing - fracking
Created page with "Hydraulic fracturing or fracking is a type of drilling in which rock is fractured by pressurised water containing chemicals (about 2%) and sand in order to tap oil and gas tha..."
Horizon 2020 work programme
Created page with "The Horizon 2020 work programme is an European multi-year Framework is an European multi-year Framework which, through a €77 billion budget, aims to: *reduce energy consump..."
Nuclear safeguards
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Nuclear safeguards
Created page with "'''Nuclear safeguards''' measures put in place by national or regional governments to ensure that nuclear materials are used only for the peaceful purposes thus complying with..."
Nuclear safety
Created page with "'''Nuclear safety''' safe operation of nuclear power plants. It is complemented by radiation protection and radioactive waste management."
Energy efficiency
Created page with "'''Energy efficiency''' the use of less energy to provide the same service or, alternatively, to the generation of more service per unit of energy used."
Energy mix
Created page with "The range of energy sources of a region – including e.g. fossil fuel, alongside nuclear and renewable energies - which depends on the availability of resources or the possib..."
European Neighborhood Policy
Created page with "Through the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) the EU works with its southern and eastern neighbours to achieve the closest possible political association and the greatest pos..."
14 September 2016
EU Special Representative for Human Rights
Created page with "The '''EU Special Representative for Human Rights''' (EUSR): This position was created following the EU’s Strategic Framework and Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy (..."
Category:Non-governmental organisations
Created page with "Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) play a crucial role in protecting human rights world wide. They are especially important when it comes to obtaining information (through..."
Third Countries
Created page with "Third Countries are countries that are not members of the EU. Their trade and cooperation with the EU as a whole as well as with its individual Member States varies greatly an..."
European External Action Service
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European External Action Service
Created page with "'''The European External Action Service''' (EEAS) is the EU’s “diplomatic service“ with the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (currently Federi..."
Sanctions
Created page with "'''Sanctions''' are restrictive measures such as restrictions on trade, travel restrictions or restrictions in the financial sector that are generally imposed with the aim of..."
Energy trading partners
Created page with "Energy trading partners are third countries (countries that are not members of the EU) that trade (import and/or export) energy goods with the EU."
Human Rights
Created page with "'''Human rights''' are fundamental rights and freedoms such as freedom of expression or freedom of religion that should belong to every human being. They are laid out in the U..."
United Nations
Created page with "The United Nations (UN) play a key role during the process to agree on a new climate change agreement, e.g. by organising yearly UNCCCs. The UN can been seen as largest intern..."
European Council
Created page with "The European Council brings together the 28 Heads of State or Government of the Member States and discusses the direction the EU should take in the future. Therefore the Europ..."
Kyoto Protocol
Created page with "The Kyoto Protocol was signed in 1997 at the third UNCCC. It was the first major international climate change agreement and includes individual targets to reduce greenhouse ga..."
United Nations Climate Change Conference (UNCCC)
Created page with "These conferences are held annually and bring together all parties of the UNFCCC. Principally they serve as a forum for the parties to negotiate agreements."
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Created page with "Created in 1992 the UNFCCC is a treaty that serves as framework for its parties to negotiate actual agreements. These agreements are called protocols and include the actual pr..."
Green technologies
Created page with "These technologies are such that can generate energy '''from renewable sources''', e.g. wind, solar or water energy, but also such that serve as a support to the energy genera..."
Greenhouse gas
Created page with "'''Greenhouse gas''' is the entirety of gases in the Earth’s atmosphere (H2O, CO2, methane, nitrous oxide and ozone) which absorb and emit radiation thus heating the planet..."
International Energy Agency
Created page with "'''The International Energy Agency (IEA)''' is an autonomous organisation which works to ensure reliable, affordable and clean energy for its 29 member countries and beyond. T..."
8 September 2016
G7
Created page with "'''G7''' has expressed an acceptance towards usage of energy supplies as a mean of political coercion or as a threat to security of European citizens. Moreover, energy securit..."
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
Created page with "'''The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)''' highlights the necessity of further energy diversification as a transatlantic strategic priority. Moreover, Anders Fogh Ras..."
Gazprom
Created page with "'''Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom''' is the largest extractor of natural gas in the world. The company is a shared enterprise where 50.23% of shares are owned by the Russ..."
European Fund for Strategic Investments
Created page with "'''European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)''' is a newly established institution which is designed to be the launchpad for investment in energy efficiency, renewable en..."
European Parliament
Created page with "'''The European Parliament (EP)''' enables decision-making at a European level, acting as a common unifier between the Member States. <br /> The EP and the Council of the EU..."
Common Foreign and Security Policy
Created page with "The '''Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)''' has a range of tools that can be used to promote human rights and democratisation: • Common Strategies, common positions..."
7 September 2016
Energy Union
Created page with "'''Energy Union''' is a policy framework proposed by the European Commission based on long-established objectives of EU energy policy, namely security of supply, sustainabilit..."
Energy strategy of the EU
Created page with "'''Energy Strategy''' is the compilation of energy policies of the European Union. They are driven by three main objectives: 1. To secure energy supplies to ensure the reliab..."