Estonia
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News
EC clears EUR 450m Estonian subsidies for green energy
The European Commission has cleared a EUR 450m Estonian scheme to subsidise renewable electricity projects over the next 10 years, including switching existing fossil fuel-fired plants to renewables, it said
EU must not blindly sign up to a weak aviation carbon market
14.11.2018 – As countries negotiate rules for offsetting airline emissions in Montreal, the EU should reserve its right to impose stronger regional policies. Replacing the EU ETS with Carbon Offsetting and
Estonia to bring back electric car subsidy, this time for businesses
20.10.2018 – The Ministry of the Environment is planning to restore the subsidy for the purchase of electric cars, but make it available exclusively to businesses this time. Read the full
Reports
Taxing Energy Use 2015 (OECD)
This OECD report provides a systematic analysis of the structure and level of energy taxes in OECD and selected partner countries, which together cover 80% of global energy use. The
OECD-IEA inventory of fossil fuels and other support
The OECD-IEA Inventory of Support Measures for Fossil Fuels provides updated fossil fuel support data for 34 OECD member countries and six partner countries, including a number of measures applied
From Challenge to Opportunity: Shadow Country Reports in Support of the European Semester Cycle (GBE, CEE BankWatch, EEB)
This report by Green Budget Europe (GBE), CEE BankWatch and European Environment Bureau (EEB) involved an assessment of the 2016 European Semester Country Reports among network of members and national