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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
... the negotiations over the project, will likely be represented in Ankara by Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, his spokesman in Brussels said. EU governments have pledged 250 million euros (350 million dollars) to support the nearly 8-billion-euro project. Germany is also part of the consortium, but has no transit role. Copyright, respective author or news agency Article : Nabucco...
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Wind Energy Planning (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
A new renewable energy roadmap template was introduced today by the European Commission. The template for National Renewable Energy Action Plans (NREAPS) is expected to guide European Commission member countries in drawing up their renewable energy strategies . Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said " With the binding targets for the share of renewable energy in 2020 the EU has...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
... and companies suffer the burden of an ill-functioning energy market," EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said in a statement. "The Commission is determined to take all necessary action to ensure that European consumers can benefit from real choice, better prices, and enhanced security of supply that only an open and competitive market can provide," he said.The 25 will receive...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
The executive European Commission says nuclear power plants in the EU will now be legally obliged to comply with safety rules set out by the UN' nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. EU member governments approved a regulation that made the safety obligations binding. EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs says the law will provide better protection for nuclear power...
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Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
... on Thursday approved a regulation that made the safety obligations binding.EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs says the law will provide better protection for nuclear power plant workers, citizens and the environment by requiring governments to improve their own nuclear safety regulations.The EU is the first region in the world to make the standards compulsory. It has the most...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
... standards legally binding," said Ferran Tarradellas, spokesman for EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The EU executive in Brussels said that by becoming the first major regional nuclear actor to provide binding legal force to the IAEA's safety standards, the EU could serve as a model for the rest of the world. "Continuous development of nuclear safety is a responsibility not...
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ireland.com (Free subscription) | 06/25/2009
... and companies suffer the burden of an ill-functioning energy market," said EU Energy Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs."The Commission is determined to take all necessary action to ensure that European consumers can benefit from real choice, better prices, and enhanced security of supply that only an open and competitive market can provide," he added.Normally, a Member State has two months...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
... Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins could also be on his way to Brussels. Latvia's EU Commissioner is Andris Piebalgs, who hold the energy portfolio. Riektins signalled last Friday that if Piebalgs returns to Latvia when his current term ends at the end of 2009, a place would likely be found for him within the diplomatic service. Riekstins is among three potential nominees for...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 06/18/2009
... oil stocks, having stripped it of its most important provisions - a move that Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said he deeply regretted. EU states would also have to seek Commission approval before slowing gas flows to their neighbours during a crisis, as some countries were suspected of doing in January. "The competent authority shall not introduce any measure restricting the...
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EE Times (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
... are an important contribution to reach the EU's energy efficiency targets," EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said in the statement.Energy Star appliances has delivered energy and cost savings of about $19 billion to U.S. businesses and consumers in 2008 alone, the EPA said on its website. (Reporting by Bate Felix; editing by James Jukwey) Copyright 2009 Reuters. Free Subscription...
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Panarmenian (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
... reporters in Ankara. Yildiz's remarks came a couple days after European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs said the agreement would be signed by early July at the latest. At a meeting in Prague in May, the EU and Turkey had said they wanted to wrap up talks on the Nabucco deal "as quickly as possible (and) to sign it by the end of June 2009.", Hurriyet Daily News reported.The 3,300-kilometer...
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Russia News Net (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
... under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement.Ferran Tarradellas, spokesman to EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, told RFE/RL that "it makes perfect sense for the Turkmen foreign minister to visit the EU capital from time to time."Warming UpBut EU officials say Ashgabat scrambled late last week to fit in extra talks with leading EU representatives. Apart from Piebalgs, Meredov...
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Climate Progress (Free subscription) | 06/03/2009
... go hand-in-hand with economic benefits,” according to the European Union’s energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs …. The consultancies and research groups that carried out the work stressed that their findings represented the “net effects” of climate policies. They said their calculations included “reduced investments, operation and maintenance costs in the conventional energy sector”...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 06/02/2009
... fighting climate change can go hand in hand with economic benefits," said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. The renewable energy sector employed 1.4 million people across the EU in 2005, with this figure set to double to 2.8 million jobs by 2020. That should offset the about 1 million jobs which are expected to be shed in traditional, high-polluting energy generation. Most of...
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Euractive (Free subscription) | 05/29/2009
... a front-runner in clean energy technologies like CCS and renewables," said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs after meeting Norwegian Minister of Petroleum and Energy Terje Riis-Johansen yesterday in the context of energy dialogue between the EU and Norway.The prime minister announced in April that Norway plans to become the first country in the world to be carbon neutral by 2050....
