The US subsidy through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is showing its first effects in the solar industry. Swiss cell manufacturer Meyer Burger will divert production machinery from Bitterfeld-Wolfen to the US. “The equipment will now be installed at the Colorado Springs site in order to meet the planned completion date of the cell factory […]
Germany failed to meet its targets against the division of the German electricity price zone last year. The voluntary commitments of an action plan had been missed in part to 75 percent in 2022, according to a report published on Friday by the European regulatory agency ACER. If the Federal Republic is unable to comply […]
On Thursday, the EU Commission gave state aid approval to what the BMWK says is Germany’s biggest decarbonization project to date. ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe is to receive €2 billion from the federal government and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to convert a blast furnace line in Duisburg to direct reduction.Of this, €550 million will go […]
The EU Commission approved aid from the German government amounting to €3 billion for strategic investments. The approval was granted under the TCTF framework and covers the production of goods such as batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, heat pumps, electrolyzers, CCUS and related raw materials, the Commission announced yesterday. Upon request, however, the Federal Ministry […]
Yesterday, the Industry Committee adopted the report on electricity market reform negotiated by S&D, EPP, Renew and Greens and voted by a majority in favor of starting trilogue negotiations. This means a final formal approval in plenary is still pending in September. Motions for simpler support for nuclear energy and coal capacity did not find […]
Will the electricity market reform in the Industry Committee go nuclear today? Just two weeks ago, the negotiators from S&D, EPP, Renew and the Greens proudly announced an agreement they had reached within a few months. The MEPs are also concerned not to be marginalized any longer after a year of emergency decisions. But the […]
As a liberal, are you satisfied with the compromise on electricity market reform?It’s still up for confirmation in plenary in September. But I’m very happy with what’s on the table. As of now, it introduces more flexibility in terms of instruments when rolling out renewable capacity. It has flexibility also in terms of use of […]
Joint EU tenders for renewable energy were a central point agreed upon by the rapporteurs in the ITRE committee last Friday. A look at the compromise paper of July 7, obtained by Table.Media, shows a number of developments compared to the Commission’s proposal – although details may still change before the official vote in the […]
Another meeting of EU energy ministers is no longer needed to reach an agreement on the electricity market reform, according to the German Ministry for Economic Affairs. “I’m not sure that would be helpful”, State Secretary Sven Giegold (Greens) told the informal council in Valladolid on Wednesday. “The Spanish Presidency has put forward a good […]
The German government is lobbying at EU level against a general ban on new gas and oil-fired heating systems from 2029. “Germany cannot support a regulation for conventional space heaters and boilers that does not allow exceptions in certain situations”, the German government writes in its response to a consultation by the EU Commission on […]