The number of entries in the EU Transparency Register has risen by 12 percent since the beginning of the year. By the end of July, 1,378 organizations had registered in the EU institutions’ lobby register for the first time. This was the result of an analysis by Table.Briefings. A total of 12,811 organizations are currently […]
The BDEW is calling for an expansion of the permitted suppliers of blue hydrogen. In a memo submitted to Table.Briefings, the energy association advocates the project-specific calculation of emissions. “This is crucial for demonstrating a better emissions balance and thus increasing the chances of meeting the 70 percent greenhouse gas reduction target. At the same […]
EU Trade Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis expects member states to support the introduction of European tariffs on Chinese EVs from November. “It’s clear that member states realize the need to protect the EU’s car industry because this risk of injury is there. Chinese battery electric vehicle market share is growing very rapidly. That subsidization is there,” […]
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs wants to increase flexibility in the electricity system by amending EU legislation on grid fees. This emerges from the options paper “Electricity market design of the future,” which the BMWK presented on Friday. In the chapter on demand-side flexibility potential, the ministry writes the following on the “New grid […]
Have you ever heard of the New Legislative Framework? No, it is not the Commission President’s new initiative to reduce bureaucracy, but a path to leaner legislation from 2008 – and this is exactly what will be important now that the AI Act has come into force.“In principle, we welcome the EU’s New Legislative Framework […]
German industry is starting a power struggle over which EU countries will benefit economically from the Green Deal in the coming years and decades. The dispute is being sparked by the European Battery Regulation – after all, batteries are responsible for a large part of the future added value for the automotive sector and other […]
European manufacturers of wind turbines are now benefiting from better financing conditions from the European Investment Bank (EIB). On Wednesday, the EIB issued a first counter-guarantee to Deutsche Bank in the amount of 500 million euros, as the EIB announced. The counter-guarantee should make it easier for manufacturers to work off their high-order backlogs, which […]
To convert the industry to hydrogen, a large proportion will initially come from the reforming of natural gas with subsequent Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) – i.e. from blue hydrogen. The EU Commission is currently working on a delegated act to precisely define low-carbon hydrogen. The report “Low-carbon hydrogen in the EU” by Agora Industrie […]
A potentially anti-competitive behavior of the electricity exchange Epex Spot remains without consequences. The Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into the market for services to facilitate intraday electricity trading, the Commission announced on Thursday. Germany and at least five neighboring countries were affected. In an interview with Table.Briefings, the think tank Bruegel […]
The appointment of board members to the committees will keep Parliament busy for a while yet. As reported, deputy posts are still vacant in the committees for budgetary control and economic affairs, for example, because the political groups were unable to agree on candidates who would comply with the principle of equality. On Wednesday, the […]