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Manuel Berkel Published: June 13th, 2024

Russian gas: What the High-Level Group wants

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, […]

Manuel Berkel Published: June 6th, 2024

Energy outlook: Why the heat pump issue was just the beginning

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: June 4th, 2024

Hydrogen: What industry and the BMWK are concerned about

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: June 3rd, 2024

Gas imports: This is how many billions the energy transition will save

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: May 30th, 2024

Climate governance: Why Hungary is gaining more influence

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: May 30th, 2024

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: May 30th, 2024

How the SPD envisions an agreement with von der Leyen

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: May 28th, 2024

Green Deal: these laws have been adopted by the Council

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 […]

Manuel Berkel Published: May 23rd, 2024

Power grid bottlenecks: What the energy industry calls for

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 […]