Shipping disruptions continue to have an impact on global goods traffic. They are also being felt in the solar power sector. Like other goods, solar modules are affected by the COVID-related closures of Chinese ports, confirms a spokeswoman for the German Solar Industry Association. This hurts the sector enormously. The entire European industry is heavily […]
Shipping disruptions continue to have an impact on global goods traffic. They are also being felt in the solar power sector. Like other goods, solar modules are affected by the Covid-related closures of Chinese ports, confirms a spokeswoman for the German Solar Industry Association. This hurts the sector enormously. The entire European industry is heavily […]
Gas storage facilities in the EU are more than half full again. For Tuesday, the AGSI portal of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) showed a level of 50.24 percent. German gas storage facilities were slightly above average at 52.6 percent full, but some other EU countries are already much further along. Poland and Portugal are above […]
Robert Habeck is on the road again as energy ambassador. This week, he is going to Israel, the Palestinian territories, and Jordan. One key topic is set to be renewable energies, but once again, it is also about the supply of natural gas. Israel has a deposit that is easy to explore. However, to be […]
The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) considers the introduction of a guaranteed industrial electricity price. In consultation with industry representatives from the metals, building materials, and chemicals sectors, experts are to evaluate a proposal by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW). However, the focus is not on the current […]
In the current gas crisis, EU bodies repeatedly invoke the unity of member states. In fact, national governments have so far done little to stand by each other in an emergency, as an overview by the European Commission shows.Before the member states can support each other in the event of a gas embargo, technical, legal […]
For a long time, the idea was considered a future pillar of a climate-neutral industrial society: CO2 could be captured, and the carbon used to produce synthetic fuels. If these were burned, the CO2 cycle could start all over again. Carbon utilization is the name of the game, and for a long time, industrial emissions […]
A new task force will help the Directorate General for Energy build the EU Energy Platform starting Wednesday. The task force will be led by a new deputy director general, Matthew Baldwin, moving in from the Transport Directorate General, the Commission announced recently. Through the platform, the EU aims to jointly procure gas and hydrogen […]
German Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck wants to further prepare Germany for a possible end to Russian gas supplies and expand the number of coal-fired power plants in reserve for this purpose. If a gas shortage occurs or threatens, gas consumption in power generation is to be significantly reduced by means of a “malus“, as […]
According to the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA), the production of large quantities of green hydrogen is in danger of being thwarted by exemption rules in European legislation. Over the weekend, the EU Commission had published the drafts of two delegated acts on e-fuels in the transport sector (Europe.Table reported).For climate protection reasons, among other things, rules […]