In this issue, we highlight National Grid’s efforts minimize blackouts in the United Kingdom in the coming winter. Our energy efficiency section addresses the newest element of the “Energiewende,” or energy transition – energy sufficiency, and the study currently being conducted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) together with the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the Berlin University of the Arts.
nuances also details the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation and the trialogue expected to take place in September 2015 between the European Parliament, Council of Ministers and the Commission. The transportation section discusses Daimler’s self-driving trucks and the potential tests to be conducted in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg pending government approval. Lastly, the Capital Markets Union and its progress as a key part of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker’s investment plan is analysed.