The annual EurObserv’ER report ‘The State of Renewable Energies in Europe’ has been released, which gives background information on renewable energy realisations and renewable energy shares in Europe. It also presents estimates for renewable energy related employment and turnover in EU Member States.

The third edition of the Capacities Map, i.e. the 2011 Update, addresses the research and development (R&D) investments in three selected low-carbon energy technologies within SET-Plan, i.e. wind, PV and CSP. This update covers the period 2008-09, the period with the latest available detailed data.

Last week a European Parliament committee approved an EU Roadmap to a low-carbon economy, which seeks to go beyond current carbon dioxide reduction targets.

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EU makes progress, but growth slowing. This trend highlights the need to increase efforts if Europe’s economy is to maintain global competitiveness. ...

This event, bringing together high-level energy experts and key policymakers, will take stock of the European Commission's proposal and identify the challenges ahead for the electricity sector, investigate how they will affect the ability of electricity companies to raise the investments necessary to underpin such massive changes and identify the market arrangements needed to make the shift possible in the most cost-efficient way.

The 4th General Assembly of the European Technology Platform on Smart Grids, organised with the support of the ERANET-SmartGrids project, is the premier forum for actively ensuring a low-carbon future and creating an open, free energy market for Europe’s electrical power sector and its customers.

The ATEsT project aims to address the methodologies and modelling toolbox required to support the decision-making of the SET-Plan in the priority area of transition planning of the deployment of low carbon technologies and their supporting infrastructures. As the project reaches its end, the final workshop presents the outcome of this exercise and the identified main gaps and recommendations for future development of tools and models. The outcome of the work done can be found on the project website (www.atest-project.eu).