Shortly, the EU will have to face the loss of UK’s €11B annual contribution, the second biggest contribution after Germany. Günther Oettinger, EU Commission budget chief, affirms its willingness to avoid cuts to research programmes, if any reduction is needed to be introduced. Commissioner Oettinger comes from a region in […]
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The next Interreg North-West Europe 2014-2020 call for proposals will be open from the 16th of October to the 17th of November 2017. The call aims to support transnational cooperation initiatives with project proposals addressing main challenges of the North-West Europe area. The themes selected for the 2014-2020 period are […]
The European Environment Agency (EEA) published a briefing on “NEC Directive reporting status 2017”, which contains information on how Member States are meeting their emission ceilings under the NEC directive. The NEC directive restricts emissions for five key air pollutants: nitrogen oxides (NOx), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOCs), sulphur dioxide […]
The International Financial Corporation (World Bank Group) published a guide on biomass to energy, addressed to investors of the energy market. Enhancing access to power is a key priority for IFC and biomass is a crucial contributor in order to meet the energy needs in emerging countries. Click here to […]
The Urban Water Atlas Europe published by the EC Joint Research Centre on April 2017, shows how the different management choices as well as factors such as waste management, climate change and food preferences affect the long-term sustainability of water usage in more than 40 European cities. The atlas aims to […]
The Online Public Consultation on modernising and simplifying the CAP was launched on 2 February 2017 with the aim of collecting views from farmers, organisations and other interested parties on the current CAP and future changes. According to the results, the main goals of CAP should be: keep the status […]
A discussion took place at ITRE Committee on the Commission’s proposal to amend the Council Regulation (EU) No 560/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking. The BBI JU is due to operate for 10 years until 2024. The main issue of the regulation concerns the need […]
EUBIA is a supporting partner of the ACI’s 7th Annual European Biomass to Power conference, taking place on 8th & 9th November 2017 in Aarhus, Denmark. The conference represents an excellent networking opportunity, as well as an occasion to get informed and discuss on the latest developments of the European biomass market. Case studies will be […]
Saltgae Project participated as an exhibitor at the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition held in Stockholm (Sweden) from 12th to 15th June. Saltgae Project is a European project funded under H2020. It proposes an innovative, sustainable and efficient solution for the treatment of high salinity wastewater of the food industry […]