The shift away from fossil fuels to renewables will accelerate, predicted Adrian Willig, Managing Director of the Fuels and Energy Business Association (en2x), at the Berlin Energy Days. But he urged politicians to be open to new technologies on the way to achieving this goal. There is no single solution, but rather a variety of […]
According to a study by the environmental umbrella organization Transport and Environment (T&E), sufficient raw materials are available globally to produce up to 14 million e-cars worldwide in 2023. Even without Russian supplies of nickel and lithium, the actual production capacities are 55 percent higher than previous market forecasts. The frequent assertion that there are […]
Even though the focus has shifted to LNG as an alternative to Russian natural gas over the Ukraine crisis, representatives of various think tanks and associations consider LNG to be a partial solution at best. Casimir Lorenz, economist at Aurora Energy Research, made it clear at the Berlin Energy Days that the planned LNG capacities […]
This week is likely to be a crucial one on the road to a revised European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). Rapporteur Peter Liese (EPP, DE) and the shadow rapporteurs will hold several rounds of negotiations simultaneously. Today (Tuesday) there is, among other things, a joint meeting of the negotiating groups on the two fit-for-55 dossiers […]
Ukrainian companies are to be enabled to deliver more goods to the EU by road. That’s according to the minutes of a presentation Henrik Hololei, the EU Commission’s Director-General for Mobility and Transport, gave to members of the transport committee in the EU Parliament last Thursday. The topic has already been discussed with Ukrainian Infrastructure […]
MEPs on the EU Parliament’s Transport Committee (TRAN) voted by a large majority on Thursday to adopt a resolution in plenary. In it, the parliamentarians call on the EU to further tighten sanctions against the Russian maritime sector. Ships that have docked in Russia on their way should be denied entry to EU ports. In […]
Operators and ports along the northern route of the new Silk Road report a 30 to 40 percent drop in cargo volume. Although trains are running, explains Maria Leenen of consulting firm SCI Verkehr. “But customers of high-value container cargo are worried about the safety of their cargo.”This primarily concerns shipments from China to Europe, because most commodity […]
Operators and ports along the northern route of the new Silk Road report a 30 to 40 percent drop in cargo volume. Although trains are running, explains Maria Leenen of consulting firm SCI Verkehr. “But customers of high-value container cargo are worried about the safety of their cargo.”This primarily concerns shipments from China to Europe, […]
Peter Liese (EPP, DE), the EU Parliament’s rapporteur for the reform of the European Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), discussed a possible compromise with the shadow rapporteurs on Monday. His proposal, a preliminary version of which is available to Europe.Table, relates exclusively to the introduction of a second emissions trading scheme for heating buildings and road […]
With nine recommendations on how to save energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) is calling on people to “do their part” to reduce energy dependence on Russia. On Thursday, the IEA, together with the EU Commission, presented a report to raise awareness of the benefits of energy savings and to help people understand the importance […]