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Leaflet “Good to know about hydropower”

7.11.2018 : Our new leaflet “Good to know about hydropower” presents the impacts of hydropower on nature and tells what you as an electricity consumer can do to limit these.

EKOenergy hydropower criteria update: 2nd online public consultation

31.10.2018 : EKOenergy hydropower criteria update. We welcome you to give your feedback by 17th December 2018

The Importance of River Restoration and the EKOenergy Environmental Fund

The autumn spawning season is soon to begin, so our team of volunteers have come to restore some of the spawning grounds damaged by local farming in the region.

Call for Climate Projects 2018 – 2019

Solar panels in Bethlehem with a flag that says 'save with solar energy'. There are also the EKOenergy and Siemenpuu logos.

15.10.2018 : We are now open for applications for solar energy projects to be financed in 2019 and 2020. In total, we have more or less €200,000 with which we are looking to fund between four and eight projects – depending on the individual costs of selected projects.

Zéno and EKOenergy: promoting the energy transition in Belgium

13.10.2018 : Zéno, the first energy supplier of EKOenergy-labelled renewable electricity in Belgium, has shown its support to the growing sustainable energy market by adding EKOenergy to their portfolio this summer.

How does EKOenergy help brown trout?

“The brown trout population is especially endangered in Finland”, water expert Janne Tolonen told us. Therefore, EKOenergy took part in a river restoration to help save the trout.

Flow Festival uses EKOenergy labelled grid electricity

9.08.2018 : All grid-electricity used at Flow Festival, “Nordic countries’ coolest music festival” is ecolabelled by EKOenergy. One of the world’s first carbon neutral music festival uses EKOenergy labelled electricity.

Welcome to RE-Source, the biggest renewable energy sourcing event in Europe

7.08.2018 : EKOenergy is a proud Association Partner of this year’s RE-Source Event, a conference focusing on the latest evolutions with regard to sourcing of renewable energy in general and PPAs (Power Purchase Agreements) in particular.

While coping with the heatwaves, we should act to reverse them

July 2018 has been the hottest July ever registered in several areas of the northern hemisphere. But we can take action to minimise the damage caused!

SAP leads the transition to a low carbon economy model

31.07.2018 : The cutting edge software corporation SAP has recently released its Integrated Report 2017, giving updated data of its social and environmental performance and stressing its ambitious commitment to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025.