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EKOenergy is developing criteria for heat (and cooling). In the first stage, we are focusing on heat generated with heat pumps, geothermal heat, solar heat and heat resulting from heat recuperation. Hereafter you find the proposal for new criteria. Between 10 December 2019 and 31 January 2020, we organise a public consultation about this text.

One of the ways EKOenergy ensures additionality is through the Climate Fund. Thanks to users of EKOenergy-labelled electricity, we finance green energy projects that would not have happened otherwise. All supported projects contribute to the realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals. We financed the first projects in 2015 and since then, we have financed 36

Dal 1995 il Consiglio Nordico dei Ministri conferisce ogni anno ad uno dei Paesi Nordici un premio nel settore ambientale per l’iniziativa più brillante ed efficace nell’indicare il percorso verso un futuro più sostenibile. Siamo onorati di poter concorrere al premio assieme a Greta Thunberg! “Iniziative che promuovono consumo e produzione sostenibili attraverso comportamenti più

Just like last year, EKOenergy is a supporting association of RE-Source 2019. RE-Source conference is Europe’s largest PPA event where stakeholders of the renewable energy market gather and discuss the recent developments. RE-Source 2019 is also the perfect platform to network, learn and do business with key players from both the buyer and supplier side.

Oggi, 22 maggio, è la giornata internazionale della biodiversità. Dall’inizio degli anni 2000 le Nazioni Unite hanno istituito questa giornata per incrementare la sensibilità ed informare riguardo alla drammatica perdita di biodiversità che sta avendo luogo a livello globale. Al fine di evidenziare il ruolo svolto dalla biodiversità nella trasformazione dei sistemi alimentari e nel

The fashion industry accounts for around 5% of global CO2 emissions making it one of the most polluting industries in the world. This has been driven in large part by the rise of fast fashion. Fast fashion is an approach to the production and marketing of clothing which aims to bring cheap, trendy clothing from

Ahead of Fridays-For-Future’s international day of climate protests, we list some good reasons to support the school-striking youth. 1.   No other campaign has highlighted the urgency of the climate crisis so clearly and so directly. We simply cannot wait to solve the problem until the school-strikers have finished their studies. Carbon emissions have to go

Russia is one of the leading countries in electricity production and consumption in the world. At the same time more than a half of electric power in the country (about 70%) is produced by thermal power plants. Where is usually used rather cheap organic fuel such as coal and oil. These are irreplaceable natural resources,

Meet Steven Vanholme or Merve Güngör from the EKOenergy Secretariat in the events below REC Market Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 12-13 March 2019 (pre-conference on 11 March) The conference will focus on the ongoing energy transition and the role of consumers. Furthermore, the sessions will underline new market developments and methods to buy

New environmental requirements for hydropower plants are published – EKOenergy seeks pioneers for piloting EKOenergy, the international ecolabel for renewable energy has revised its environmental requirements for hydropower plants. Now EKOenergy is seeking for pioneers of the sector to pilot how the new requirements work in practice. The new environmental requirements for hydropower plants concern

While a strong economic driver, international tourism is also a burden on the fight against climate change. It is time for the sector to acknowledge its environmental responsibility and to transition to a more sustainable model. The total number of international travellers increased in 2017 for the eighth consecutive year, reaching 1,323 millions and breaking