Press Release: Climate action: Commission uses polluters’ revenues to fund clean energy projects across Europe

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Series Details IP/14/780 (08.07.14)
Publication Date 08/07/2014
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The European Commission on the 8 July 2014 awarded €1 billion funding to 19 projects to fight climate change under the second call of the so-called NER 300 funding programme. The funding for the projects comes from revenues resulting from the sale of emission allowances in the EU Emissions Trading System. This makes the polluters the driving force behind developing new low-carbon initiatives.

The funding will be used to demonstrate technologies that will subsequently help to scale-up production from renewable energy sources across the EU as well as those that can remove and store carbon emissions. The projects awarded co-financing today cover a range of technologies − bioenergy, concentrated solar power, geothermal power, photovoltaics, wind power, ocean energy, smart grids and, for the first time, carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Source Link http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-780_en.htm
Related Links
European Commission: DG Climate Action: Policies: Low Carbon Technologies: NER300 http://ec.europa.eu/clima/policies/lowcarbon/ner300/index_en.htm
European Commission: RAPID: MEMO/14/465: Questions and Answers on the outcome of the second call for proposals under the NER 300 programme http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_MEMO-14-465_en.pdf
ESO: Background information: Climate change: Commission launches second call of investment programme for innovative low-carbon technologies http://www.europeansources.info/record/memo-climate-change-commission-launches-second-call-of-investment-programme-for-innovative-low-carbon-technologies/
ESO: Background information: Climate action: Commission awards €1.2 billion to kick-start 23 innovative renewable energy projects http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-climate-action-commission-awards-e1-2-billion-to-kick-start-23-innovative-renewable-energy-projects/
EurActiv, 14.07.14: Carbon market pays off: €89m to fund French projects http://www.euractiv.com/sections/energy/carbon-market-pays-eu89m-fund-french-projects-303440

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