The European
Green Deal
EU Funded Projects
to Green the Economy
January 2020
#EUGreenDeal
With the help of EU investment, the challenge of greening our
economy can be turned into opportunities. Examples of what is
already being done today include:
Creating new economic opportunities
in former mining towns
transforming a former coal mine in Katowice into a cultural area
which now consists of a museum, a congress centre and a new
concert hall;
creating opportunities in the construction, tourism, cultural and
food services sectors.
Where: Poland Supported by: Cohesion policy funding
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Helping citizens and businesses cut CO2
emissions and lower energy bills
installation of solar panels on private homes;
renovation of multi-apartment buildings;
energy efficiency investments in industrial companies.
Investing in new environmentally
friendly technology
Substituting harmful refrigerants in commercial refrigerators
with carbon dioxide, to:
reduce greenhouse gas emissions;
make the appliance at least 10% more energy efficient;
reduce installation and maintenance prices.
Reskilling workers from coal industry regions
Where: Italy, Spain and Romania Supported by: the EU’s LIFE programme
Supported by: the European Social Fund
Where: Lithuania
Supported by: the European Investment Bank guaranteed by the European
Fund for Strategic Investments.
Photoby Daria Shevtsova, Pexels
providing training in welding;
teaching to handle of machines such as fork-lift trucks;
helping workers obtain a driving licence for small trucks
and lorries.
Where: Czechia (Czech Public Employment Service
in Nord-Moravia)
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Lowering car emissions
Reducing the weight of vehicles on the road by replacing
heavier car manufacturing materials with lighter,
renewable components.
30,000 new cars to be equipped with these new components;
8% less carbon dioxide to be emitted by new cars.
Supporting social housing
By building 524 affordable and energy efficient social housing units in Navarra, Spain:
creating 700 jobs in the construction phase;
reducing the average heating costs for the new homes to €75 a year
compared to €785 a year for apartments in buildings 30 years and older.
Where: Poland and Italy
Where: Spain
Supported by: the EU’s LIFE programme
Supported by: the European Investment
Bank guaranteed by the
European Fund for Strategic
Investments.
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