The position of the EU Commission and member states on carbon capture is actually clear. It should focus on those sectors in which other measures to reduce carbon are insufficient. These so-called “hard-to-abate” sectors primarily include industrial plants such as cement production. The energy sector is explicitly not included, as there are cost-effective alternatives to […]
At the meeting of EU environment ministers on Monday, the new government in Warsaw expressed its willingness to pursue a more ambitious energy and climate policy. The government is now planning a date for phasing out coal-fired power generation, Deputy Climate Minister Urszula Zielińska told journalists in the morning. “Only with an end date can […]
In the dispute over a possible division of Germany’s electricity price zone, Europe’s energy regulatory agency ACER has found another way to pressure the federal government. As has now become known, the German government thus took the agency to the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg last September. The statement of claim was recently published […]
Hydrogen Europe has spoken out against the efforts of Eurelectric to anchor an electrification quota in European law. A representative of Hydrogen Europe stated during a Commission hearing that this is not the goal of the Governance Regulation. This statement came on Thursday during a hearing on the evaluation of the regulation. For Eurelectric, the […]
The temporary overshoot of the 1.5-degree target in global warming is one of the ten most important issues in 2024 for the European Parliament’s Scientific Service. “While measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon dioxide removal remain crucial, efforts to adapt to climate change must be urgently stepped up,” the consultants write in […]
Robert Habeck is in Brussels today, and a mammoth program awaits the Minister of Economic Affairs. The Vice-Chancellor will be received by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and, according to the Berlaymont on Friday, will meet other Commissioners: Maroš Šefčovič, Thierry Breton, Didier Reynders, Kadri Simson and Wopke Hoekstra. As his ministry announced on […]
In Paris today, the leaders of European politics will bid farewell to Jacques Delors. His current successor Ursula von der Leyen will of course also be attending the funeral service for the former Commission President in the Invalides Cathedral. Because of the ceremony, the program for the Commission’s visit to the new Belgian Council Presidency […]
In just over a month, the Commission will present what will probably be its last energy and climate policy milestone in this legislative period: its communication on the greenhouse gas target for 2040. It will mark the start of the legislative cycle for the period after the Green Deal. My colleague Lukas Scheid analyzes how […]
The foundations should now be in place for the rapid expansion of renewable energies, lower electricity prices and the development of the hydrogen economy. The Belgian Council Presidency and the Parliament still have to get the trilogue results on the electricity market, the gas package and buildings through the final votes. Then, apart from the […]
Despite an offer from the government in Kyiv, European gas suppliers have hardly made use of the opportunity to store gas in Ukraine this winter, according to a media report. Before the start of the storage season, European companies had only stored 2.5 billion cubic meters (bcm) in Ukrainian underground storage facilities, the Financial Times […]