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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9866

21 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 28
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
600 electricity companies pledge to stop emitting CO2

Brussels, 20/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - Under the auspices of the Union of the Electricity Industry (Eurelectric), 61 European electricity producers pledged to stop emitting CO2 by 2050 in a statement handed by Eurelectric managers to EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs. With annual production of around 2,500 teraWatts/hour, the 61 companies generate more than 70% of the electricity generated in the EU. To help them meet their promise, the companies are calling for a simplification of the...

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