Climate Change & Energy

Publications: Bioenergy: a carbon accounting time bomb

The European Union established a 20% target for renewable energy use by 2020 and a 10% target for renewables in the transport sector by 2020. Bioenergy, including solid biomass and waste, is expected to represent 60% of the EU’s renewable energy use and biofuels is expected to cover most of the 10% renewable energy use in transport. Widely perceived as carbon neutral, new studies reveal that these policies could be increasing emissions compared to fossil fuels.

June 29, 2010 | Air Pollution | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels

Publications: Briefing: Fuel and carbon taxation in the EU

How a revised Energy Taxation Directive could make transport greener and the economy more efficient

June 23, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Pricing & Taxation

News: Study shows vans can be more fuel efficient and cheaper

New vans could be made up to 16% more fuel efficient and 10% cheaper to buy simply by reversing the upward trend in horsepower and using smaller engines according to new research.

June 21, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Press Releases | Vans

Publications: Briefing: Potential CO2 reduction from optimal engine sizing for light commercial vehicles

Briefing on the TNO / CE report, "Potential CO2 reduction from optimal engine sizing for light commercial vehicles".

June 21, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Vans

Publications: Report: Potential CO2 reduction from optimal engine sizing for light commercial vehicles (TNO/CE)

The average performance of light commercial vehicles has increased during the last decades. Due to this enhanced performance, the achieved levels of fuel consumption and CO2 emission reductions are smaller than the engine efficiency improvements realized in the same period. A possible way to realize this full potential is by modification of engine characteristics to historic power levels. With modern engine technology, performance levels of the previous decade can be met with more compact engines. This can result in a CO2 emissions reduction of 6% to 16%, based on the type approval test cycle. Additionally, these vans with more compact and more efficient engines can have economically interesting consequences for both purchase and operation costs. Besides smaller and therefore cheaper produced engines, vans consume less fuel and may be eligible for tax reductions. Cumulatively, these measures can lower total cost of ownership by 1%-12 %.

June 21, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Vans

News: Biofuels: ‘Recognised by the European Union’ ... but what does it really mean?

The Commission has published its guidance on the sustainability and certification of biofuels, which it hopes will stop the loss of credibility in the EU’s biofuels policy. But the new guidelines for the sustainability of biofuels production still do not take indirect land-use change into account, which experts and campaign groups say is the most crucial issue.

June 17, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | T&E Bulletin

News: Green NGO's letter to van Rompuy: EU’s climate ambition a green way out of the crisis

A group of NGOs, including T&E, has sent an open letter to EU president Herman van Rompuy, on the eve of the European Council on 17-18 June, pointing out how investing in a green economy could help the EU overcome the economic crisis.

June 16, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | General Environment

Publications: Open letter from Green NGOs to European Council president Herman van Rompuy

A letter by green NGOs to EU President Herman van Rompuy at the eve of the June European Council, calling for stepping up the EU’s climate ambition as a green way out of Europe’s economic blues.

June 16, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | General Environment

News: New EU biofuel sustainability rules ‘missing the point’ say green groups

The European Commission’s communication on biofuel sustainability (1), published today, will do precious little to address the impacts on land and emissions from crop-derived fuels used in transport, according to BirdLife International, ClientEarth, the European Environmental Bureau and Transport & Environment. The four environmental groups remain deeply concerned about the Commission’s failure to address the critical issue of expansion of agricultural land into environmentally sensitive areas when food production is displaced by fuel crops, a process known as indirect land use change (ILUC).

June 10, 2010 | Climate Change & Energy | Fuels | Press Releases

Publications: Briefing: How closely related are car and van technologies?

A T&E analysis of the assumptions from the AEA support study to the UK consultation “Determining counterfactual CO2 emissions of new vans”

June 7, 2010 | Cars | Climate Change & Energy | Vans

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