According to the energy company RWE, the European Hydrogen Bank auctions should be continued in the coming years. “Planning security beyond 2025 is almost more important than the exact budget,” said Sopna Sury, Chief Operating Officer Hydrogen at the power plant division RWE Generation, in an interview with Table.Briefings. The economist is also Chairwoman of […]
The Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs wants the Commission to clarify the regulation on the development of infrastructure for alternative fuels. “Even six months after the AFIR came into force, it is not certain that consumers will pay a ‘reasonable’ price in every charging situation,” writes outgoing State Secretary Sven Giegold (Greens) in a letter […]
The governments in Berlin and Paris have agreed to exchange “best practices” for the promotion of electric vehicles and technical innovations in this area. This is according to a paper published by the French Ministry of Energy on Tuesday. It is based on an exchange between the Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher and the Secretary of State […]
Several members of the Bundestag from the CDU/CSU have criticized the cancellation of the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly on Dec. 2. Andreas Jung, Armin Laschet, two other CDU/CSU MPs and the French politician Frédéric Petit wrote in a paper published yesterday that the President of the Bundestag Bärbel Bas (SPD) had canceled the meeting due to […]
With provocations on climate protection, right-wing deputies repeatedly caused unrest in the European Parliament on Tuesday evening during the hearing of Spanish Social Democrat Teresa Ribera. Spanish EPP politicians also hurled accusations regarding the flood disaster in the south of the country. “History will judge them,” said PP deputy Dolors Montserrat to loud applause.However, with […]
MEPs have formulated their industrial policy positions ahead of the final hearings of the future Commissioners today, Tuesday. A cross-party group led by SPD MEP Jens Geier submitted its recommendations for the steel sector to Commissioner-designate for Industry Stéphane Séjourné on Friday evening.They include calls for lead markets for green steel and the use of […]
The coordinators of the Environment and Agriculture Committee have not reached an agreement on the Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare, Olivér Várhelyi (PE). MEPs now want to decide on Wednesday if possible.After his hearing last Wednesday, the Hungarian had to answer further questions, discussed by the coordinators on Monday. The S&D rejects Várhelyi’s current […]
The EU will probably fall short of its targets for green hydrogen from the hydrogen strategy this year. Less than the planned six gigawatts of new electrolyzers will be built in the EU, said the outgoing head of the Renewable Hydrogen Coalition, Ulrik Stridbæk from Ørsted, last week at the association’s annual summit in Brussels.There […]
The future Commissioner for Energy and Housing, Dan Jørgensen, won over MEPs in Brussels on Tuesday with his charm and willingness to talk. The Danish Development Minister noticeably succeeded in winning over the room. When the Social Democrat made a joke (“Nuclear energy: An area where we are united in diversity.”), the MEPs laughed heartily. […]
In a demand paper with the social partners, MEP Jens Geier (SPD) calls on the Commission to enforce the EU’s trade defense instruments to stop unfair trade practices in the steel sector in the short term. On Wednesday, Parliament debated the steel crisis caused by global overcapacity.Together with IndustriAll Europe and Eurofer, Geier has drawn […]