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German chancellor Angela Merkel has doubled a fund to help local governments clean up urban transport to €1bn ($1.19bn). 
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With supportive policy measures in place, good practices in energy efficiency financing are flourishing in the European Union. Now, through initiatives such as the REELIH project (Residential Energy Efficiency for Low-Income Households project implemented by Habitat for Humanity and USAID), attention is turning to the Western Balkans where energy intensive building stock and widespread energy poverty can be addressed by energy efficiency improvements.
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CrowdfundRES is a group of policy recommendations to improve the regulatory and market framework to boost investment in renewable energy across the Europea
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From “cryptocurrencies” to crowdfunding, innovative financial technology offers new ways for citizens to get involved in green energy projects, and to reap the benefits of the clean power produced Can “cryptocurrencies” encourage green-tech? Nowadays virtual means of payment are in use as an alternative to our existing currencies. Among them is SolarCoin (§), created to reward … Continue reading ‘Fintech’ helps power the green energy revolution
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Financing projects across multiple EU countries is nowadays all but easy. Lumo and Oneplanetcrowd, crowdfunding platforms based respectively in France and in the Netherlands, joined forces to overcome the issues related to cross-border crowdfunding. Together they developed a solution to give French and Dutch investors alike the opportunity to co-invest in a solar park located … Continue reading Beyond the borders: Renewable energy crowdfunding in Europe
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The world’s first carbon trading system has found a new partner in Switzerland. EURACTIV France reports.
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Although many lessons have been learnt since the global crisis, the financial system is still not fit for purpose, in one crucial respect, warns Arlene McCarthy.
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Britain’s green credentials were called into question on Friday (18 August) after the government announced it had completed the sale of the publically-owned Green Investment Bank (GIB) to Australian investors Macquarie Group Limited.
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Belgrade city Energy Secretary Marko Stojanović spoke to Balkan Green Energy News about the concept and the mechanisms of the city Energy Efficiency Fund.
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Les enjeux sociaux et environnementaux exigeraient que l’on cesse rapidement d’investir dans les énergies fossiles, dans des modèles agro-alimentaires destructeurs… et que l’on investisse
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L’association Financement Participatif France, représentante des plateformes de financement participatif françaises, a coordonné la création d’un Guide du financement participatif pour le développement des territoires.
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The fast development of crowdfunding in Europe has attracted the interest of the European Commission and the European Parliament in this relatively new form of financing. In this context of market and policy transformation, the CrowdFundRES project has identified and discussed the main challenges and issues for the development of crowdfunding of renewable energy projects … Continue reading Policy recommendations on regulatory and market framework improvements for crowdfunding RES projects
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Germany has officialy its first Blockchain lobby group called the Blockchain Bundesverband, and this took place at the German parliamentary building, in Berlin on Thursday. https://twitter.com/feindura/status/880395927936278528 “Blockchain will be the basic technology for the next innovation stage of the Internet, and Germany has a chance to put itself at the forefront of the world through pioneering…
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The International Energy Research Centre (IERC) has been selected by the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 initiative to coordinate a €2m research project on the development of new business models in energy efficiency and demand response programmes.
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Croatian electricity producer HEP is set to restore its ownership over hydro-power plants prior to a partial privatization.
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"Bitcoin hit a record value of over $4,480 this month, and the cryptocurrency’s steep rise is attracting copycats — one of which, SolarCoin, hopes to boost solar energy by giving people an incentive to go green."
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public tensions have been rising over what should, on the surface, appear to be a non-controversial and publicly beneficial EU funded investment project: a proposed EUR 100 million tram line in the capital Riga.
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ERDF-funded quality control reviews will be carried out on renovated buildings in the Baltic country over the next three years
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Disturbing developments on the international political scene have only increased the resolve of the European Union to lead in taking action against the impact of climate change. Flavia Micilotta explains why financing is a key component.
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Health costs related to fossil fuel use outweigh taxpayer-funded subsidies by 600%, according to a new study that insists governments should stop pumping money into dirty energy sources.
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Montenegro Ministry of Economy claims huge energy savings recorded following reconstruction of public buildings under MEEP project.
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A revision of the EU accounting rules on the treatment of public-private energy performance contracts would allow massive injections of investment into the EU economy.
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Disturbing developments on the international political scene have only increased the resolve of the European Union to lead in taking action against the impact of climate change. Flavia Micilotta explains why financing is a key component.
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What if local energy efficiency projects could be financed by EU citizens? This video shows the feasibility and success of cooperative models as innovative financing models at local level for energy efficiency. Already 1 Million citizens joined the cooperative model in Europe.
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A group of financial experts has set out their vision for hardwiring sustainability goals into the European Union’s financial system, calling on 28-country bloc to stop pouring public money into polluting fossil fuels and focus spending on clean energies instead.
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