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JRC briefing notes on building integrated photovoltaics in 2020

The report attempts, therefore, to give a fresh look at the current energy transition’s ambitions by exploring how the combination of complex systems and social practice theories perspectives can enhance our understanding and practical implementation of the transition programme.

On 22 June 2016, the CoM Europe and Compact of Mayors announced the formation of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy (GCoM) - as a worldwide coalition of cities committed to fighting climate change.

Complex Systems and Social Practices in Energy Transitions is the result of an interdisciplinary effort undertaken by a group of scholars in order to stress the urgency of a double change of gear in mainstream research and policy approaches dealing with the current transition to renewable energies.

The purpose of the present guidebook is to help the Covenant of Mayors signatories to reach the commitments they have taken by signing the Covenant, and in particular to prepare within the year following their official adhesion a Baseline Emission Inventory (BEI) and a Sustainable Energy Action Plan (SEAP).

The implementation of energy efficiency policies is challenging, and the full potential of energy efficiency is far from realised, for financial, behavioural and regulatory reasons. Obstacles include high upfront investment costs, access to finance, lack of information, split incentives and rebound effects.

The objective of this paper is to explore the interlinkages between biomass production and use for energy and food security. Both conflict areas and possible synergies are highlighted. An overall view on the sustainable potential of bio-energy on longer term on global scale is given and the paper cl

The work consisted of an analysis and a comparison of energy datasets from several relevant databases (i.e. Ecoinvent, E3, and GEMIS), considering the ELCD database as the basis for this analysis in order to figure out the possibilities for improvement of the ELCD overall data quality.

This report was prepared to provide input for DG TREN (later DG ENER) of the European Commission to satisfy the obligations of the Commission laid down by Art. 14(3) of the Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services.

The report is provided in light of the Commission's assessment of white certificates, utility and supplier obligations, as stipulated in Article 4.5 of Directive 2006/32/EC on energy end-use efficiency and energy services (ESD).