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NEW CENELEC WEBSITE OFFERS EASY ACCESS TO INFO ON EUROPEAN STANDARDS

The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) have joined forces to launch a new website – cencenelec.eu – which went online for the first time on18 January. This new joint website complements the existing websites of CEN and CENELEC by providing easy access to general information about European Standards.

DIFFICULT ENERGY EFFICIENCY DIRECTIVE PUSHED BACK BY MEMBER STATES TO 2012

Targets proposed in the EU’s draft energy efficiency directive (EED) are being contested by Member states, with Britain and the Netherlands pushing for some provisions to be deleted entirely, AIE has learned at the informative session on the EED at the European Parliament on 17 November last.

PV CYCLE: COLLECTION & RECYCLING OF 1.000 TONNES OF PV MODULES IN EUROPE

In early October, PV CYCLE reached its first 1,020 tonnes of end-of-life modules collected for recycling since the only Europe-wide programme of its kind became operational in June 2010. In addition to the more than one thousand tonnes that entered the Collective Scheme, the current Individual System, which is also under the umbrella of PV CYCLE, has collected and processed 1,900 tonnes in the same period. PV CYCLE’s System is now well-prepared for larger volumes as the industry expands to meet the demand for renewable energy.

INTEGRATING E-VEHICLES INTO MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE

As you know, hybrid and electric vehicles have a high potential to help meeting EU policy targets and enable individual mobility. The AIE’s General Secretary, Evelyne Schellekens attended a Showcase Event in Brussels on 22^nd November 2011 organised by Orgalime (the European Engineering Industries Association) which illustrated and emphasized the important role of the electrical industry when “Integrating e-vehicles into modern infrastructure”.

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