Rarely has the need for rapid and ambitious retrofits been greater than in the current energy crisis. “A gradual increase in building renovations from less than one to four percent per year and a prioritization on poorly insulated and gas-heated buildings would save 14 percent of gas demand for heating annually by 2025,” DIW energy […]
Shortly before the adoption of the ITRE’s position on the gas market package, the German Association of Transmission System Operators (FNB Gas) warns of years of delays in the development of hydrogen infrastructure. “The FNB views the proposals on the future tariff model for natural gas and hydrogen put forward by ITRE at the last […]
When it comes to industrial support under the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the EU Commission wants to give priority to aid in the form of tax breaks. That’s according to the authority’s consultation for the Temporary Crisis Framework (TCF) amendment, which was made available to Table.Media on Monday. The Commission sent the internal document to […]
Following the informal ITRE agreement on the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) warns of a loophole for fossil-fuel heating systems. Last week, the rapporteurs agreed on a version scheduled to be adopted this Thursday in the Industry Committee. The directive will ban the installation of fossil-fuel heating systems once it […]
Following the ITRE agreement on the Internal Gas Market Directive, rapporteur Jens Geier (SPD) is urging the Council to take a position before the end of the first half of the year. “I expect the Swedish Council Presidency to prioritize the negotiations on the gas package and adopt the General Approach before the summer,” Geier […]
The platform for joint gas purchasing and demand bundling will be operated by Leipzig-based Prisma. “We are pleased and proud that we were able to offer the European Union a convincing solution in such a short time,” said Götz Lincke, Managing Director of Prisma, according to a statement on Monday.Gas suppliers are expected to buy […]
German Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to lobby the EU to remove CO2 from the atmosphere artificially on a large scale. This emerges from a call for tenders issued by the ministry for a consulting contract.The reason for this is a legislative proposal on the EU climate target for 2040, which the Commission […]
The European Emergency Ordinance for a faster expansion of power grids and renewable energies is to be implemented into national law by a federal ordinance. The cabinet decision is expected to be made by Feb. 8, after which the Bundestag must still give its approval, announced Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck Monday evening at an […]
The consultation on electricity market reform has not been slim. The Commission sets out its ideas on 27 pages. For some topics, however, the authority itself admits that they will probably not be implementable by the end of the legislative period. “Some of these challenges will require further policy consideration beyond the scope of the […]
The European Court of Justice has withdrawn a preliminary ruling that would have delayed the EU’s joint gas procurement. Previously, the “Handelsblatt” had reported on the initially successful lawsuit filed by the Munich-based company Enmacc against the Commission. The company operates an energy trading platform and wanted to apply for a tender for an IT […]