The Commission only mentions the case at the very end. In a 14-page internal document published yesterday by Contexte, the commission first lists all the steps it intends to take to avert an emergency in the energy supply. Only then does it describe the preparations to be made in the event of a large-scale outage. […]
When Intersolar Europe begins today in Munich, visitors are likely to take it in good humor: in the future, solar systems on roofs should pay for themselves in less than ten years and the EU member states should align their subsidies accordingly. This is what the Commission demands in a draft of the solar strategy, […]
The European Union wants to speed up the approval of renewable energy. To this end, some renewable energy projects are to be approved in just one year, according to a draft made available to Europe.Table on Monday. With an amendment to the Renewable Energy Directive, the Commission wants to obligate member states to designate land […]
Europe’s citizens call for additional efforts to cut carbon emissions from gas and coal-fired power plants. Fossil-fuel power plants in the EU should be required to use “CO2 filters”, according to the final report of the Conference on the Future of Europe. Member states that lack the financial resources to do so should be supported. […]
After the stop-and-go on federal funding for building renovation, the traffic light coalition cannot meet demand for another energy-saving program fast enough. For the time being, subsidies for the Energy and Resource Efficiency in the Economy (EEW) program would only be paid out for projects that have already been approved. This was explained by a […]
In the future, municipalities are to compulsorily develop heat planning. A corresponding legal change was announced by the head of department Christian Maaß from the Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWK) on Wednesday at the Berlin Energy Days. In the coalition agreement, the traffic light coalition had agreed only to use itself for a surface covering […]
Manuel Berkel: The industry wants to invest billions in climate-friendly plants and switch its production to green hydrogen. When will the first green gas come to Europe via H2Global?Kirsten Westphal: In the first funding window, we are not yet talking about pure hydrogen, but about derivatives – i.e. green ammonia, methanol, and fuel for aircraft. […]
In the current amendment of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD), the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology wants to push for greater consideration of community approaches to heat supply. This was announced by Parliamentary State Secretary Oliver Krischer (Greens) on Tuesday at the Berlin Energy Days. In dense cities, it could be […]
According to expert estimates, European key industries will not be able to obtain sufficient supplies of hydrogen and its derivatives until after 2030. Even a steady supply to the German steel industry is unlikely to be secured by 2030, even with imports, Maike Schmidt of the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) […]
The European Commission has clarified rules on ruble payments for gas deliveries demanded by Russia. Companies that opened bank accounts in Russia as demanded by Moscow and continued to pay for deliveries in euros would not violate EU sanctions against Russia, EU Commission officials said Thursday. “What the Russians do with the money afterwards is […]