In extending the Gas Storage Regulation, the EU Parliament wants to give Member States far-reaching freedoms for filling storage facilities in the summer months. The Member States are to be allowed to set their own interim targets for the months before the onset of winter, according to the compromise proposal published on Friday by rapporteur […]
Buildings Directive: The Commission is consulting on a delegated act to determine the cost-optimal level of minimum energy performance requirements. To the documentsList of points prévus: The Commission’s provisional agenda until June 25. To the documentsCobalt: The critical raw material is needed for renewable energies, electromobility, aerospace and defense. The EU Commission provides an overview […]
The EU Parliament’s rapporteurs on the Gas Storage Directive reached an agreement on Thursday on the level of additional easing of the gas storage target. The negotiators of the political groups had already agreed at the beginning of the week to support a reduction in the minimum filling level at the beginning of winter from […]
The Polish Council Presidency wants to conclude the trilogue on the extension of the gas storage regulation by the end of June, according to reports on Wednesday. On Friday, the deputy EU ambassadors want to confirm the compromise reached by the energy negotiators on Tuesday. Parliament’s Industry Committee also discussed the issue on Wednesday, and […]
Experts see only limited opportunities for higher imports of fossil fuels from the US. On Monday, US President Donald Trump reiterated his call for the EU to buy more oil, gas and coal from the US in order to reduce the trade deficit. However, Washington’s tariff policy could make gas more expensive in Europe in […]
Four years before the statutory phase-out date, Finland will no longer use coal to generate electricity and heat this spring. This was announced by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Helsinki on Tuesday. “By phasing out coal, this imported fossil energy will be replaced by cleaner solutions that reduce climate emissions, while consumers benefit from […]
The CDU-affiliated German Economic Council is calling for companies to no longer have to transfer money to the state for the purchase of CO2 certificates from European emissions trading. Instead, the value of the purchased pollution rights should flow into a “special account of the company.” Each company should be allowed to use these funds […]
The European Court of Auditors is concerned about the poor credit ratings of electricity distribution system operators in the EU. Around 34 percent of 711 companies analyzed were given the lowest credit ratings, the ECA wrote in a report on Tuesday. To finance grid expansion, it is crucial that grid operators have good ratings and […]
Most EU states are failing to take advantage of new opportunities to protect electricity customers from high prices. On Thursday, the Commission initiated infringement proceedings against all member states except Denmark for failing to implement parts of the amended Electricity Market Directive on time.One of the aims of the directive is to prevent unfair business […]
The SPD is open to splitting the German electricity price zone in the coalition negotiations. “We are examining the design of electricity bidding zones from an efficiency perspective,” the Social Democrats’ negotiators in the climate and energy working group wrote in their paper. However, the CDU/CSU wrote a different position in the paper: “We are […]