O presente documento de orientação visa esclarecer as disposições das Diretivas Aves e Habitats e inseri-las no contexto particular do desenvolvimento e exploração do transporte de energia. O documento não tem caráter legislativo, antes formula orientações práticas e boas práticas relativas à ap...
Geothermal energy has significant untapped potential for both electrical and direct-use applications in the EU. Currently, 'traditional' hydrothermal applications are most common for electricity production, but if EGS technology is proven the technical potential increases significantly. The tech...
This report gives the JRC authors’ technical viewpoint on sustainability criteria which could be used in the preparation of the EU Battery Regulation, expected to be adopted in 2021. It is based on the work performed by JRC in support to DG GROW and DG ENV during the preparation of the mentioned...
With the announcement of the European Green Deal an intensified effort will be directed towards achieving a set of challenging targets to enable Europe to become the first climateneutral continent by 2050. Measures to facilitate this transition will need to be taken in many economic sectors, inc...
The present report gathers the most recent advances in hydropower technology. It is a deliverable of the Low Carbon Energy Observatory (LCEO), one of the European Commission (EC) projects, which assesses the technological progress of clean energy sources. A follow-up of the previous LCEO assessm...
The flexibility of a power system is its ability to accommodate both predictable and unpredictable changes in generation (e.g. coming from variable RES) and demand in a way that meets reliability standard and avoids (costly) curtailment. The ability of a power system to cope with large changes d...
The various efforts of promoting the use of renewables has resulted in a steady growth of electricity coming from renewable energy sources which is expected to continue even further into the future. From a physics point of view, many of these renewable energy sources behave quiet differently fro...
In 2019, the European Commission announced the EU Green Deal as its strategic plan to achieve climate neutrality by mid-century, protect the environment and boost the region’s economy. To transition to a net-zero greenhouse gas emissions economy over the next decades, a vast transformation of th...
Anthracene oil-based pitches were prepared at semiindustrial scale, using two methodologies: air-blowing treatment and microwave heating. Air blowing was revealed as a flexible procedure, allowing the manufacture of carbon precursors with different properties. Microwave technology was optimized ...
This report addresses a review of main EU natural gas transmission network facilities. A review of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regasification terminals, Underground Gas Storage (UGS) facilities, Compressor Stations (CS) and pipelines has been done. Special attention has been paid to identify typ...
