EFSI aims to make a difference to the availability of long-term financing for energy efficiency projects: it helps de-risk energy efficiency operations, up-scale existing financial instruments or create specific investment tools that enable a pooling of capital resources and bundling of investment projects into larger portfolios .. - EU

Brussels, 14 June 2016 European Commission - Fact Sheet

The Investment Plan for Europe and Energy: making the Energy Union a reality

Energy efficiency, renewables, smart grids: with 24 financed projects and 29% of the available funding channelled into the energy sector, the Investment Plan For Europe is driving the Commission's goal of building an Energy Union forward.

European Sustainable Energy Week ..

NEWS Release  -  EU Sustainable Energy Week is here!

Today marks the beginning of a week of activities dedicated to promoting sustainable energy across Europe. Tomorrow, Tuesday 14 June, the highlight of the event begins – the EU Sustainable Energy Week high-level policy conference - taking place in Brussels. 

Significant changes in the global gas market said in a report the International Energy Agency (IEA) ..

IEA report sees huge gas market shifts

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its 2016 medium-term gas market report. “The next five years will bring a reshaping of the global gas trade,” it reports.

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending June 3, 2016, 211,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average ..USA - EIA

NEWS Release - Weekly Petroleum Status Report

                           

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending June 3, 2016, 211,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 90.9% of their operable capacity last week. 

The oil price decline would persist, oil exporters made significant spending cuts, an obvious area to target since public expenditures had ballooned during the oil-price boom .. iMFdirect

Oil Exporters Learn to Live with Cheaper Oil    -  Posted on June 8, 2016 by iMFdirect

By Martin Sommer, Juan Treviño, and Neil Hickey

The significant and prolonged drop in oil prices since mid-2014 has changed the fortunes of many energy-exporting nations around the world. This applies particularly to countries of the Middle East and Central Asia, because these regions are home to 11 of the world’s top 20 energy exporters.

New rules on the security of gas supplies propose the EU Energy Council ..

Press Release - EU Energy Council discussed security of gas supply

The EU Energy Council held in Luxembourg on 6 June has debated the European Commission’s proposed new rules on the security of gas supplies. 

Natural gas production from shale gas and tight oil plays now makes up about half of the U.S. total dry natural gas production ... USA - EIA

Publication  -  Most natural gas production growth is expected to come from shale gas and tight oil plays

The growth in total U.S. dry natural gas production projected in the Annual Energy Outlook 2016 (AEO2016) Reference case results mostly from increased development of shale gas and tight oil plays. 

Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Περιβάλλοντος .. Παιδικό Οικολογικό Φεστιβάλ - Go wild for Life

ΔΕΛΤΙΟ ΤΥΠΟΥ   -  Παιδικό Οικολογικό Φεστιβάλ με αφορμή την Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Περιβάλλοντος   -  Κυριακή 5 Ιουνίου, 17:00-22:30 πεζόδρομος Ερμού, Θησείο 

Η Παγκόσμια Ημέρα Περιβάλλοντος γιορτάζεται κάθε χρόνο στις 5 Ιουνίου και αποτελεί την κύρια εκδήλωση του ΟΗΕ, από το 1972, για την ενημέρωση του παγκόσμιου κοινού σχετικά με περιβαλλοντικά προβλήματα που αντιμετωπίζει η ανθρωπότητα.

The ITC provides a 30% tax credit for the cost to develop solar energy projects. This credit has extended until the end of 2019 .. USA - EIA

Publication   -   Higher renewable capacity additions in AEO2016 reflect policy changes and cost reductions

Projections for renewable electricity capacity in the U.S. Energy Information Administration's most recent Annual Energy Outlook (AEO) are significantly higher than the projections in AEO2015. 

Στα Ιωάννινα ο επόμενος «σταθμός» του φυσικού αερίου για την κίνηση των οχημάτων ...ΔΕΠΑ

                      Δελτίο  Τύπου  -  Διευρύνεται η αποκεντρωμένη χρήση φυσικού αερίου

Τα Ιωάννινα είναι ο επόμενος «σταθμός» του φυσικού αερίου για την κίνηση των οχημάτων (FISIKON). Θετικά αποτελέσματα στη διεύρυνση της χρήσης του φυσικού αερίου για την κίνηση οχημάτων, έχουν οι συντονισμένες προσπάθειες της ΔΕΠΑ , των φορέων της περιφέρειας και των επιχειρήσεων που εφαρμόζουν στρατηγική βιώσιμης ανάπτυξης ..

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day during the week ending May 27, 2016, 73,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average... USA -EIA

Press Release -  Data for week ending May 27, 2016  -  Weekly Petroleum Status Report

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day during the week ending May 27, 2016, 73,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 89.8% of their operable capacity last week.

Wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) are currently the fastest-growing sources of electricity globally .. IEA

Publication  -  Next Generation Wind and Solar Power

Wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) are currently the fastest-growing sources of electricity globally. A "next generation" phase of deployment is emerging, in which wind and solar PV are technologically mature and economically affordable.

Πρόγραμμα χρηματοδότησης για την προώθηση της < Αεριοκίνησης > από την ΔΕΠΑ

  31/05/2016       Δελτίο  Τύπου  -    Επιδοτήσεις Επαγγελματικών Οχημάτων

Για την προώθηση της «Αεριοκίνησης» στην Ελλάδα, η ΔΕΠΑ σε συνεργασία με τις εταιρείες εισαγωγής οχημάτων, εφαρμόζει προγράμματα χρηματοδότησης επαγγελματικών εργοστασιακών οχημάτων διπλού καυσίμου βενζίνης/CNG.

The Chinese net diesel exports it was to more than 300,000 barrels per day in April... USA - EIA

MAY 31, 2016   -  China’s diesel exports grow, driven by changes in its economy and refining industry

Chinese exports of diesel began to increase rapidly in 2015, driven by a structural shift in China's economy—which is reducing diesel demand—and by reforms in China's refining sector, which are contributing to increased refinery utilization and diesel production. 

One EU project in Cyprus, called BUILD-UP Skills We Qualify, is aiming to train some 4,500 workers in the art of energy efficient building technology ... EU

 Monday, 30 May 2016  -  Cyprus plans to boost energy efficient buildings by improving training

Energy efficient buildings save energy and cut greenhouse gas emissions. But, making buildings energy efficient requires new technologies and specialist workers trained in installing the latest concepts.

For the United States and Russia, total petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbon production, in energy content terms, is almost evenly split between petroleum and natural gas. Saudi Arabia's production, on the other hand, heavily favors petroleum ... USA - EIA

23/05/2016   - United States remains largest producer of petroleum and natural gas hydrocarbons

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending May 13, 2016, 192,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average ..USA - EIA

Weekly Petroleum Status Report

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending May 13, 2016, 192,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 90.5% of their operable capacity last week. 

May 2016 Short-Term Energy Outlook forecasts that this year, natural gas-fired generation will exceed coal generation in the United States on an annual basis... USA - EIA

MAY 19, 2016                                Publication

Many natural gas-fired power plants under construction are near major shale plays

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.4 million barrels per day during the week ending May 13, 2016, 192,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 90.5% of their operable capacity last week... USA - EIA

Data for week ending May 13, 2016 |                Release Date: May 18, 2016

Weekly Petroleum Status Report