Following the completion of the formal ‘conciliation procedure’ of the EU Institutions, a joint text for the revision of the 1988 Directive (88/609/EEC) on ‘the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from Large Combustion Plants’ was approved by...
The concerns about global warming and greenhouse effect have, quite justifiably, fueled the search for ‘carbon-free’ energy sources to curb CO2 emissions. Road transport is a major user of energy and virtually all of it is based on relatively ‘carbon-intensive’ fossil...
To date effluent discharges have largely been assessed and regulated on the basis of physical and chemical properties, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), suspended solids, pH and concentrations of specific hazardous substances. These...
As announced in the Review of November last year, I took over the responsibilities of Secretary General in CONCAWE on 1 December. First I take this opportunity to address our thanks to Jochen Brandt who retired at the end of last year. Through his long association...
The evaluation of the impact of various measures on the EU refining industry is generally based on the assumption that refiners will invest in order to meet both future demand and product specifications. Reality may be less clear-cut. While some refiners will indeed...
