There is support among member states for a roadmap on the EU’s plan to phase out Russian gas by 2027. At a meeting at the ambassador level with the Directorate-General for Energy on Wednesday, several participants called for a roadmap, a source told Table.Briefings. It was the first meeting after Germany and the Czech Republic, […]
Europe’s green energy sector is united in the next legislative period by a shared concern about its own success – and the hesitation of others. That is why it has set itself one project in particular for the coming months: the fight for an EU-wide electrification target.Our own success would be to unblock the expansion […]
A new Commission document is causing unrest in European industry and among EU member states even before it is published. The Commission wants to publish guidelines by the fall at the latest in order to clear up legal ambiguities regarding the industrial target for green hydrogen. Brussels circles are warning of two serious consequences for […]
The energy transition has saved the EU €30 to €40 billion in expenditure on gas imports alone since 2019, according to calculations by the think tank Ember in its energy policy assessment of the European legislature now coming to an end. Overall, Europe has made rapid progress in the expansion of renewables. “The EU is […]
After months of negotiations with the EU Commission, Germany will refrain from levying the gas storage levy at the borders from the beginning of 2025. This was announced by State Secretary for Economic Affairs Sven Giegold on Thursday on the sidelines of the Energy Council. Several states from Austria to Hungary had repeatedly intervened with […]
The outgoing EU Commission no longer wants to revise the governance regulation for the EU’s climate and energy policy in June as planned. “As far as a future legislative proposal is concerned, any decision would have to be taken by the next Commission”, a Commission official told Table.Briefings on Wednesday. A legislative proposal can therefore […]
The energy ministers have packed their program for today’s Council ever more tightly over the past few days. The focus should be on the conclusions on grid expansion. The Belgian Council Presidency has been working on this for months; as things stand at present, the completion of the internal electricity market will probably be the […]
According to SPD MEP René Repasi, the new head of the EU Commission could be elected in the first plenary week after the European elections. “This is not about a 200-page coalition agreement, but about guidelines for cooperation and we can negotiate these within 24 hours“, the chairman of the European SPD told journalists on […]
The Member States adopted several laws on industrial and climate policy on Tuesday. With the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), the EU wants to ramp up production capacities in order to cover 40 percent of the technologies required for decarbonization from domestic production from 2030. However, the target is voluntary. For this, approval procedures will be […]
In view of increasing bottlenecks in the power grid, Europe’s leading energy association is calling for the end of treating all connection requests equally. In a new report published on Wednesday, Eurelectric called on the EU to allow member states to set priorities for connections based on societal benefits. To this end, European legislators should […]