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THE NEW Euro EUR78.6 billion research funding programme of the European Union (EU), Horizon 2020 offers opportunities for developing novel coatings that could be used to improve the insulation of buildings to make them more energy efficient.

The first calls for project proposals opened in December 2013.…

SHALE gas has been inadvertently discovered by Norwegian researchers on the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. The discovery, in the northernmost part of Norway, has prompted a debate over whether this could be an important addition to the world’s ever-increasing supplies of shale.…

PLANS to exploit Malawi’s oil and gas potential are continuing apace despite a border dispute with neighbouring Tanzania that affects some of the exploration sites.

Geological investigations have indicated that conditions are favourable for oil and gas to exist beneath Lake Malawi and the Lower Shire Valley in southern Malawi, both part of the East African Rift System.…

THE REPRESENTATIVES of the European oil and gas industry would like to see one single target to be achieved by the energy sector until 2030 to fight climate change, going against the two targets proposed by the European Commission.

In a major policy paper looking to reduce carbon emission beyond 2020, the European Commission said on January 22 that it would like to set a mandatory GHG emissions reduction target of 40% by 2030, an increase of 20% from the current 2020 target.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission has released official guidance on how to protect the environment when ‘fracking’ for shale gas. It has given European Union (EU) member states 18 months to follow its suggestions, saying it will “review the effectiveness” of this voluntary approach after this deadline.…

The European Parliament motion backing the European Union’s (EU) steel action plan has passed in a resolution in Strasbourg last night (Tuesday). However, its author – Hungarian conservative András Gyürk – believes real public money needs to be spent to prevent EU steel production moving overseas.…

WHATEVER happens in Europe, an automobile manufacturing base will always be needed on the continent, Erik Jonnaert, the new secretary general of the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) told wardsauto in his first interview since taking office in October 2013. (THAT’S WHAT WE WERE TOLD – BUT WE’RE DOUBLE CHECKING THIS AND WILL ADVICE MONDAY)

“I don’t think there should be any fear that we will evolve towards a situation where all manufacturing would move out of Europe,” he said, convinced that vehicle manufacturing still had a role to play on the continent despite historically low sales and increased competition from Asia.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission does not have the experience to ensure and assess the nuclear safety of plants in Europe, Gerald Hennenhöfer, chairperson of the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG) declared yesterday (Wed) in Brussels.

He was speaking at a public hearing organised by the European Parliament on the amendments proposed last summer by the Commission to the European Union (EU) nuclear safety directive, which would give the European Commission regulatory power regarding the safety of nuclear power plants in Europe.…

The Russian government is to draft fresh state measures to support domestic producers of wool and flax fibres.

Acting on direction from the office of President Vladimir Putin, the Russian ministry of industry and trade will boost Russian wool production through the creation of special trading centres that will buy wool from farmers at prices that are high enough to encourage production.…

BANGLADESH is far from being the only emerging market outsourcer that has had problems with factory safety and auditing. Elsewhere in Asia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and especially Cambodia have had their own problems.

Indeed Cambodia has been wracked by industrial disputes overworking conditions in its textile and clothing sector.…