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Acquisition of units by the administrator U.K. 25 U.K. The regulations may confer powers on the administrator of a trading scheme to acquire- (a) allowances, credits or certificates under another trading scheme for which provision is made by regulations under this Part of this Act, or (b) units under any other trading scheme (at United Kingdom, European or international level) relating to greenhouse gas emissions.
The transport sector is a priority for the definition of policies and measures that aim to promote the decarbonization of the economy and society, presenting a very significant potential for improvement in the areas of diversification of energy sources and energy efficiency. OFTODICOL FINANCING SOURCES FA; FAI; Community Funds (PO SEUR, Regional PO) RESPONSIBLE ENTITY MAAC; DGEG; LNEG; APA LINE OF ACTION Diário da República, 1st series
2. Gas price for electricity generation (lower prices correspond to greater gas availability); 3. There are two options for the development of new types of generation: the first - when the share of alternative and renewable energy sources (including hydroelectric power plants, wind farms, solar power plants and nuclear power plants) by 2050 will be from 30% (partial achievement of goals), the second - 50% (full achievement goals of the Strategy - 2050); 4. Maximum extension of the service life of existing coal, gas stations and hydroelectric power plants, as this solution is able to provide the lowest cost of electricity; it is planned to install dust and gas cleaning equipment as part of the modernization of existing coal-fired stations to improve the quality of atmospheric air and comply with environmental standards; 5. Forecast data on installed capacity in 2030: 4.6 GW for WPPs and 0.5 GW for SPPs; 6. Construction is carried out in accordance with national plans: the total installed capacity of the nuclear power plant is 1.5 GW in 2030 and 2.0 GW in 2050; NPP 7. CHPPs in all large cities of gasified regions are being converted from coal to gas to improve the quality of atmospheric air. Thus, three scenarios are possible (Fig. 14-16): Baseline scenario - electricity demand in the baseline scenario, gasification of Akmola and Karaganda regions, maintenance of current low gas prices, 30% share of alternative sources in electricity generation in 2050; &quot;Green&quot; scenario to increase gas demand ON SUCKTDOSHenrio nu
1.Solar energy to repower Europe Massive, rapid deployment of renewable energy is at the core of the REPowerEU plan - the EU initiative to put an end to its dependency from Russian fossil fuels. Solar energy will be the kingpin of this effort. Panel by panel, the infinite energy of the sun will help reduce our dependence on fossil fuels across all sectors of our economy, from residential heating to industrial processes. As part of the REPowerEU plan, this strategy aims to bring online over 320 GWof solar photovoltaic by 2025 (more than doubling compared to 2020) and almost 600 GWby 2030.These frontloaded additional capacities displace the consumption of9 bcm of natural gas annually by 2027. Solar energy has a number of advantages that make it particularly suitable to meet todays energy challenges.
purpose 2 The target for average electricity consumption per person per year is a 3 percent reduction by 2020 and a 13 percent reduction by 2035 compared to 2000 levels. The Confederation and the cantons coordinate their energy policy and take into account the efforts of the private sector and the communes.
referred to in subsection (3). A gain accruing to the property rental business as a result of subsection (3) shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 705G, be a chargeable gain for the purposes of the Capital Gains Tax Acts.
As part of The Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, with a total budget of 12 billion GBP, the Prime Minister announced point 5 as an incentive to increase greener urban mobility, through increased usage of public transport and greater usage of bikes and pedestrian means of circulation. Tens of billions GBP in enhancements and renewals of the rail network, 4.2 billion GBP in city public transport and 5 billion GBP on buses, cycling and walking, following the PM's announcement in February 2020. 120 million GBP in 2021 for the development of at least 4000 more British built zero emissions buses (12% local operator bus fleet in England), with the publication of the National Bus Strategy in 2021, funded through the 5 billion GBP budget. Also fund at least 2 all-electric bus towns, beginning in 2020 and developing the first fully zero-emission city centre. Expand rail routes around big regional cities, including Manchester and Brimingham.
Progress the Midlands Rail Hub scheme in Birmingham and improvements in Manchester and Leeds, alongside Northern Powerhouse Rail to improve east-west links across the Pennines. Build additional miles of cycle lanes, expand school streets with 250 million GBP in 2020 as part of the PM's announcement to spend 2 billion over this Parliament. Active Travel England, will hold the budget, inspect schemes and assess local authorities for their performance on active travel. Also launch a national programme of support to increase uptake of electric bikes. Expected results: 3000 new jobs by 2025 government investment of 5 billion GBP in buses, cycling and walking savings of around 2 MtCO2e from green buses, cycling and walking between 2023 and 2032. Early 2021: National Bus Strategy and first electric bus town 2021: first of 4000 new zero-emission buses delivered 2023-2024: first rail lines opened 2025: cycle training available to every school child and adult by 2025: double cycling rates from 2013 levels to 1.6 billion stages per year.
6th The person in charge of the General Directorate of Energy Policy and Mines. 7th The person holding the Presidency of the State Meteorological Agency. 8th The head of the Directorate of the Autonomous Organism National Parks.
fossil fuels, increasing their contribution to the Spanish energy mix with respect to PER considerations until achieving a contribution to gross electricity consumption of 32% in 2012 and 37% in 2020. (ii) Measures Encourage actions that favor those less developed such as biomass, and thermoelectric and photovoltaic solar energy, stimulating investment in technological development that lowers current installation costs.. Promote small photovoltaic installations of less than 5 Kw., through the improvement of the premiums of the conditions of access to the network and the administrative procedures for obtaining subsidies and applications for connection permits. Increase in hydraulic use through the rehabilitation of closed mini-power plants, improvement of existing ones and installation of turbines in reservoirs that lack them. Provide investments in renewable energies and cogeneration with a framework of greater economic security that contributes to their strengthening, evaluating an improvement in the bonuses that the Tax on Economic Activities grants to companies that use or produce Provide investments in renewable energies and cogeneration with a framework of greater economic security that contributes to their strengthening, evaluating an improvement in the bonuses that the Tax on Economic Activities grants to companies that use or produce these energies. The goal is to make them sufficiently competitive against conventional alternatives. One of the instrumental elements to materialize the above points is the review of RD 436/2004, already approved by the Government (RD 661/2007).. Consideration of biogas, biomethanol, bioETBE, synthetic biofuels, biohydrogen and pure vegetable oil as biofuels (according to Directive 2003/30/CE), studying the possible need to modify Royal Decree 61/2006. The objective is to establish an effective integration of renewable energies in the transport and building sector. Encourage the creation of new biofuel plants (bioethanol and biodiesel) that increase capacity and allow demand to be met in 2010 and its increase in the period 2011-2020. Encourage technologies based on hydrogen as a fuel, taking into account the environmental implications, particularly with regard to the use of renewable energies for the production of hydrogen. cleaner fuels, including biomass (pellets and chips), progressively substituting coal consumption with the aim of achieving its complete substitution by 2012. Help the development of projects that develop these energies in
Other supplementary provisions U.K. 50 Information U.K. (1) Schedule 4 confers powers to require information for the purposes of enabling a trading scheme to be established. (2) Paragraphs 1 to 5 of that shall cease to have effect on 1st January 2011. 51 Powers to give guidance U.K. (1) The relevant national authority may give guidance to the administrator of a trading scheme. (2) The power to give guidance under this section includes power to vary or revoke it. (3) The administrator must have regard to any guidance given under this section. 52 Powers to give directions U.K. (1) The relevant national authority may give directions to the administrator of a trading scheme. (2) The power to give directions under this section includes power to vary or revoke the directions. (3) The administrator must comply with any directions given under this section. 53 K. (1) A national authority may make, or arrange for the making of, (2) A 54 Power to make consequential provision U.K. A national authority may by regulations- (a) make such provision amending, repealing or revoking any enactment as the authority considers appropriate in consequence of provision made by that authority by regulations under section 44 (trading schemes); (b) make such transitional provision and savings as the authority considers appropriate in connection with the coming into effect of such provision.
The Energiewende has triggered an unparalleled change in the energy sector. Within just a few years, renewable energy has ceased to be a niche technology and is now Germany's principal source of electricity. We intend to continue to drive forward this development. Renewable electricity will be the key energy source in Germany's future energy system. That means that it will also be used in the heat and transport sector to operate heat pumps and drive electric cars, for example. Climate policy and energy policy are inextricably linked. Effective climate action is inconceivable without a sustainable energy policy because the energy sector accounts for some 40 percent of Germany's greenhouse gas emissions (as at 2014). The greenhouse gas neutrality goal, which is enshrined in the Paris Agreement, underlines the necessity of gradually phasing out the combustion of fossil fuels to produce energy. The energy supply must be almost completely decarbonised by 2050 at the latest. Germany's Energiewende and the gradual restructuring of its energy supply towards more renewable energy and a higher level of energy efficiency has set the course for future development. Despite the associated structural adjustments and "learning costs" new economic opportunities have evolved and innovations have been developed. Renewable energy accounted for 32 percent of electricity demand in 2015, the majority coming from wind power (13.3 percent) and photovoltaics (6.5 percent). That makes renewables the most important source of electricity in Germany.
These Regulations amend the Environmental Noise Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 to implement EU legislation relative to the assessment of environmental noise. The European Union Commission Directive 2015/996/EC establishes common noise assessment methods and replaced Annex II of the Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with a new Annex. That Annex lays down the common noise assessment methods. which shall now be applied. Minor and consequential amendments concern, among other things, competent authorities.
The purpose of Cleaner Air for Scotland – The Road to a Healthier Future (CAFS) 2015 is to provide a national framework which sets out how the Scottish Government and its partner organisations propose to achieve further reductions in air pollution and fulfil legal responsibilities. CAFS outlines the contribution that better air quality can make to sustainable development whilst improving health and the natural environment and reducing health inequalities for the citizens of Scotland.
The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth Department for Business, Energy & Annual report on the exercise of powers over the Office for Nuclear Regulation by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy 2020-21. Later today the annual report to Parliament setting out the use of the Secretary of State’s powers exercised to the Office for Nuclear Regulation during the year, will be published. This is in accordance with Section 108(1) of the Energy Act 2013. Part 3 of the Energy Act 2013 (which is entitled Nuclear Regulation) has five chapters covering nuclear regulations, the organisation and structure of the Office for Nuclear Regulation (“ONR”), the purposes and functions of the ONR and other supplementary matters. Section 108 imposes a requirement for the BEIS and the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) Ministers to report to Parliament on their use of powers under Part 3 of the Act as soon as reasonably practicable afte r the end of the financial year. As the lead government department for civil nuclear policy, BEIS is responsible for laying this report The Powers Report covers period between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2021. It will be the Seventh report to be laid under this power since the Energy Act 2013 came into effect. Minister of State for Energy, Clean Growth and Climate Change Chair, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
• We will continue to work with the Community Energy Contact Group on some of the key policy and delivery issues which impact the sector and support community energy projects through UK-wide growth funding schemes and Ofgem's Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme. • As announced in the Budget, all new Investment Zones will be required to demonstrate how they will support the UK's net zero target. Upcoming delivery milestones
Update to the Transport Select Committee about laying of The Highway In November 2018, we published the Government response to the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Safety Review which committed to update The Highway Code to improve safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders. I am writing to inform you that my Department has now laid in Parliament proposed changes to The Highway Code to improve road safety for those most at risk when using the road, delivering on this commitment. This follows a public consultation on the proposed changes last year which generated a huge response with nearly 21,000 replies received from a wide range of road users. These comments were gratefully received and helped refine the proposed changes further. The Government response to the consultation is published here. The proposed revisions of The Code encompass three key • Introducing a hierarchy of road users which ensures that those road users who can do the greatest harm have the greatest responsibility to reduce the danger or threat they may pose to others; • clarifying existing rules on pedestrian priority on pavements and that drivers and riders should give way to pedestrians crossing or waiting to • establishing guidance on safe passing distances when overtaking cyclists or horse riders, and ensuring they have priority at junctions when travelling straight ahead. Minister for Roads, Buses and Places baroness.vere@dft.gov.uk

In total, 47 existing rules will be amended, and the rule numbering will be revised through merging existing rules to accommodate four new rules providing advice to cyclists. There will also be a number of amendments to the Introduction of The Highway Code and two of its annexes. The Highway Code was laid in Parliament on Wednesday 1 December and will be subject to a 40-day approval process. Subject to approval, DVSA will publish the new Highway Code online following 29 January 2022 when the 40- day laying period comes to an end. The amended Code will help keep our roads safer, particularly for the most vulnerable road users. This includes pedestrians, particularly children, older adults and disabled people, cyclists and horse riders. It is important that these groups feel safe in their interactions with other road users.
Dwellings Sector. On January 1, 2018, the dwelling stock of the Republic of Moldova represented 1,287.3 thousand units with a total area of 87.3 million m (by 0.6 per cent more than in the previous year, respectively by circa 12.1 per cent more compared to 1990). In territorial aspects, 539.0 thousand units were recorded in urban areas a total area of 38.3 million m, representing 41.9 per cent of the total registered dwelling stock. In rural settlements there are 748.3 thousand units with a total area of 49.0 million m or 58.1 per cent of the total. According to the number of rooms, in 2017 only 10.0 per cent of the total number of registered dwellings were one-room units (in comparison to 21.7 per cent in 1990), 32.2 per cent-with two rooms (47.6 per cent in 1990), 36.5 per cent - with three rooms (30.7 per cent in 1990), respectively 21.2 per cent - with four rooms and more. On January 1, 2018, circa 98.5 per cent of the total dwelling stock in the RM was privately owned (69.2 per cent in 1990), respectively circa 1.5 per cent was public property (30.8 per cent in 1990). Within 1990-2016 period, indicative energy consumption per m of total area decreased in the residential sector from circa 26.0 kg c.c./m in 1990 to circa 20.7 kg c.c./m in 2016. During 1990-2016, the gasification of the country has been successfully accomplished. This has made possible to considerably reduce the consumption of solid and liquid fuels in favor of natural gas and, after 2010 also in favor of renewable energy sources (in particular biomass). Thus, the length of the natural gas networks increased between 1990 and 2016 by circa 12.3 times (from 1.8734 thousand km in 1990 to 22.9810 thousand km in 2016), including by circa 6.5 times in urban areas (from 1.072 thousand km in 1990 to 6.990 thousand km in 2016) and by 20 times in rural areas (from
Discretionary requirements E+W+N.I. 12 (1) The regulations may make provision conferring on an administrator the power by notice to impose one or more discretionary requirements on a person who breaches regulations under this Schedule. E+W+N.I. (2) The regulations may only confer such a power in relation to a case where the administrator is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the breach has occurred. (3) For the purposes of this a " discretionary requirement " means- (a) a requirement to pay a monetary penalty to an administrator of such amount as the administrator may determine, or (b) a requirement to take such steps as an administrator may specify, within such period as the administrator may specify, to secure that the breach does not continue or recur. (4) In this Schedule- " variable monetary penalty " means a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(a); " non-monetary discretionary requirement " means a requirement referred to in sub-paragraph (3)(b). (5) The regulations must, in relation to each kind of breach of regulations under this for which a variable monetary penalty may be imposed- (a) specify the maximum penalty that may be imposed for a breach of that kind, or (b) provide for that maximum to be determined in accordance with the regulations. (6) The regulations may not permit discretionary requirements to be imposed on a person on more than one occasion in relation to the same act or omission.
Appeals U.K. 31 (1) The regulations may confer rights of appeal against- U.K. (a) decisions made in relation to a trading scheme, and (b) civil penalties imposed or enforcement action taken for failure to comply with the requirements of a trading scheme. (2) The regulations must specify the court, tribunal or person who is to hear and determine appeals in relation to a trading scheme. (3) The regulations may, in particular, provide for appeals in relation to a trading scheme to be heard by- (a) a national authority, if not the administrator of the trading scheme, or (b) a person appointed by a national authority for that purpose. (4) They may provide for an appeal to be determined by a person other than the person by whom the appeal was heard.
The FSA website has more information about these habit surveys. The Practitioner Group on the Impact of Radioactivity in the Environment PGIRE was set up in 2017. It takes on some of the roles of the National Dose Assessment Working Group which disbanded in 2013. The Environment Agency, NRW, SEPA, NIEA, FSA, Food Standards Scotland, and the Office for Nuclear Regulation attend the group. The UK Health Security Agency provides an independent chair. The PGIREs main aim is to share best practice in approaches to assessing the exposure of humans and biota to radioactivity in the environment from regulated human activities. The group will do this primarily through meeting 2 to 3 times a year.
They may need to hold extra meetings when necessary to discuss topics they consider are of particular importance. Information about radiation is available on the Society for Radiological Protection website. Radioactivity in the marine environment
The UK reports annually on discharges of radioactive substances which may reach the north east Atlantic marine environment. You can find out more on the OSPAR website. Read the Review of the UK strategy for radioactive discharges which shows UK progress against the 2009 strategy outcomes and OSPAR objectives. Radioactive incident monitoring
After the Chernobyl accident the UK government installed a national radiation monitoring and nuclear emergency response system RIMNET. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero manages the radiological response and emergency management system RREMS on behalf of all government departments and agencies who would be involved in a radiological and nuclear incident. RREMS replaced RIMNET as the primary system in 2022, and RIMNET has subsequently been decommissioned. Find out more about radioactive incident monitoring.
The total target is in accordance with Directive 2009/28/EC - Estonia must ensure that the share of energy from renewable sources amounts to 25% of the gross final consumption of energy by 2020. The same directive also provides that each member state shall adopt a National Renewable Energy Action Plan. In Estonia, the National Renewable Energy Action Plan up to 2020 (NREAP) was approved by the Government in November 2010 (Order No 452, 26.11.2010). The national goals for Estonia in the EU 20-20-20 package require a 25% share of energy from renewable sources in gross final energy consumption by 2020 and allow for an 11% increase in GHG emissions outside the emissions trading directive scope by 2020, compared to the 2005 level. The 10% share of renewable energy sources in road transport
This Order makes provision that is supplementary to and in consequence of Part 9 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 wit respect to allotments granted under the Act. “allotment” means land that— (a) is owned or leased by a local authority, (b) is leased or intended for lease by a person from the authority, and (c) is used or intended for use— (i) wholly or mainly for the cultivation of vegetables, fruit, herbs or flowers, and (ii) otherwise than with a view to making a profit.