The first filling stations in Germany are now offering the new diesel substitute HVO 100. The biofuel made from hydrogenated vegetable fats can be significantly more climate-friendly than its fossil counterpart – depending on which raw materials are used for production. However, according to the FAZ, the new fuel still costs around 9 cents more […]
The German Social Democrats are entering the EU election campaign by staging themselves as strategists and taking sideswipes at the CDU and its lead candidate. “Leyen is hiding her candidates. Germany’s strongest voices for Europe show them“, reads the text for one of the election posters, which shows a silhouette of Commission President Ursula von […]
According to the environmental organization Urgewald, the economic pressure on Russia could be significantly increased if the EU were to ban the import and trade of Russian LNG. Such a measure would cause massive logistical problems for Russia’s main export terminal, Sabetta.“If the nearby EU ports and waters were no longer available as destinations and […]
In its final session week before the European elections, the EU Parliament voted to withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty. “International fossil fuel investors no longer have the option of bypassing ordinary courts and attacking climate policy with extrajudicial lawsuits,” said Green MEP Anna Cavazzini.As a final step, the member states still have to approve […]
In the dispute over a possible split of the German electricity bidding zone, the Commission does not want to exert any pressure on Germany at present. “It is not the case that we want to push a specific model,” said Michael Schütz from the Directorate-General for Energy at a Table.Live briefing on Thursday at the […]
According to Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, EU funding for Europe-wide projects to expand energy networks should reach operators more quickly. “We need to find a mechanism to bring forward the funding – for example with the European Investment Bank and national development banks”, said Šefčovič on Tuesday after the informal meeting of energy ministers in […]
Although the meeting of energy ministers starting today is informal, the topic is quite serious. A perfectly timed report by the regulatory agency ACER made this clear on Friday. Without massive additional efforts, the EU will miss its central goal for the internal electricity market and the construction of ever-new and, above all, ever-cheaper wind […]
The EU Parliament approved new rules for the European electricity, gas and hydrogen markets on Thursday. The amendment to the Gas Market Directive stipulates, among other things, that gas customers may have their connections terminated in order to meet the goal of climate neutrality. The gas package also lays the foundations for the development of […]
Companies from green industries should be able to report obstacles in the European single market to EU authorities more easily in the future. The Commission will set up its own platform to make it easier to identify obstacles – “especially those that hinder the spread of clean technologies”. This is stated in the report on […]
The German government may provide €350 million in funding for the construction of electrolyzers in Germany. The Commission has granted approval under state aid law, the authority announced on Friday. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager praised the funding from Germany as an important step for the development of renewable hydrogen.The Federal Ministry of Economics had already […]