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Play online to save energy with RED
A new online role-play game is attempting to bridge the gap between consumers and the knowledge they need to live energy-saving lives. RED (Renewable Energy Drama) has been developed by researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Erfurt, Germany, in the course of the "RESIDENS" project, and hopes to allign the public with the government’s new plans to accelerate energy policy.
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Planning renewable energy: from local to European level
In 2008, leading politicians from around the EU agreed a target of 20 per cent renewable energy consumption by the year 2020. Meeting this target will require massive changes in the production, transmission, and consumption of energy in the European community. Bjørn Bakken of SUSPLAN, a project initiated to develop strategies, recommendations and benchmarks for the integration of renewable energy resources, explains how they hope to aid the attainment of this goal and beyond
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The energy for change
As commissioner for Energy, Günther Oettinger is coordinating a European energy policy that involves close cooperation with other DGs and in particular the new Climate Action and Transport commissioners. Here he talks to William Davis about the challenges he sees ahead.
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Latest Research Features
The house that EREC built
In the heart of Brussels the European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) have created a headquarters that functions solely through a mix of renewable energies. It can be seen as a statement of intent and a working model of how a building can function through self-sustaining energies.