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European Union intends to develop renewable sources of energy more active

Publish date: March 7, 2006

According to Austrian Ambassador in Russia Martin Vukovich, European Union intends to develop renewable sources of energy

“Energy effectiveness and alternative sources of energy development is the main goal”, said the Ambassador on the Round Table meeting about energy problems in Russian State Duma. He underlined that European experts have been insisting on more effective and wide application of nuclear, solar and wind energy, RIA “Novosti” reported.

According to Vukovich, summit of European countries is to consider problems of new routes for liquid gas transportation and alternative energy development. “After this summit we will be ready to discuss these matters with our partners and first of all, Russia”, he said.

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6th meeting of the Carbon Removal Expert Group summary and feedback 

The Carbon Removal Certification Framework (CRCF) has been formally approved by the Council on the 19th of November 2024 and entered into force on the 9th of December 2024, providing an official mandate for the Commission to develop methodologies on carbon farming and carbon removals. However, the technical documents and specifications are still being drafted and revised for input from the Carbon Removals Expert Group (CREG), of which Bellona is a member. 

Photo: Christening of Northern Lights’ first CO₂ carrier in Stavanger in 2025, by Olav Øye

A great leap towards a scaled European market for CCS: Northern Lights expands storage capacity, will store CO₂ from Stockholm  

Europe’s only multi-source, injection-ready CO₂ storage site will more than triple its capacity by 2028. The decision follows an agreement with Stockholm Exergi to transport and store up to 800 – 900 kilotonnes of CO₂ per year. “This decision is years in the making, and the culmination of decades of hard work from many, Bellona included” says Bellona Europa Director Jonas Helseth.

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