Press Release: ‘Energising Development’: Commission’s new initiative to help achieve energy access for all by 2030

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Series Details IP/12/372 (16.04.12)
Publication Date 16/04/2012
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A new EU energy initiative which will provide access to sustainable energy for an additional 500 million people in developing countries by 2030 was announced by European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso. Speaking at the EU Sustainable Energy for All Summit in Brussels, the President unveiled this EU commitment in the framework of the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative (SE4All) launched by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2011.
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European Commission: Speech/12/263: José Manuel Durão Barroso: Energy For all Summit http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/263&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission: Speech/12/262: José Manuel Durão Barroso: Empowering the world: Can Europe bring an end to energy poverty in our lifetime? http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/262&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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