Surprising turnaround: Germany is now sufficiently prepared for a halt to Russian oil supplies, according to Economic Affairs Minister Robert Habeck. “Today, I can say that an embargo has become manageable for Germany,” the Green politician said after a meeting with his Polish colleague Anna Moskwa in Warsaw on Tuesday. At the beginning of the […]
With a simplified state aid law for the expansion of renewable energies, the EU could replace Russian energy supplies much faster, according to environmental lawyers. The Stiftung Umweltenergierecht (Environmental Energy Law Foundation) in Würzburg, Germany, proposed a temporary aid framework for this purpose on Tuesday, modeled on the simplified review procedures during the COVID-19 pandemic.In […]
With an amendment to the law, the German government is creating the basis for being able to support other EU states with gas supplies in a shortage situation. “In the future, the federal government can also apply the measures under the Energy Security Act for this purpose if another member state faces such an energy […]
Europe continues to work hard to prepare for a possible end to Russian gas supplies and is certainly seeing success – for example, in imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG). In the first quarter, the EU imported 13 billion cubic meters (bcm) more LNG than in the same period last year, as Bruegel analyst Ben […]
The German government wants to systematically record and remove industrial policy obstacles to renewable energies. To this end, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs launched the roundtable “Expansion of production capacities for the energy turnaround” with representatives of the solar and wind energy industries, among others, on Monday. The industry dialog is to take place […]
The joint platform of EU states on energy procurement will set up an advisory working group with experts from the business community. This was announced by the EU Commission on Friday. The previous evening, the platform had met with representatives of the 27 member states for its first meeting. The goal is to coordinate the […]
On Thursday evening, the permanent representatives of the member states approved the EU Commission’s proposals, which include an import ban on coal, wood, and other goods, as well as numerous other punitive measures. This was announced by the French EU Council Presidency on Twitter.For the sanctions to enter into force, the necessary legal acts must […]
Germany wants to facilitate cooperation with European partners in tenders for renewable energies. The so-called reciprocity principle is to be dropped, and higher volumes of renewable energies from other member states are also to benefit from German support. On Wednesday, the German cabinet approved an amendment to the Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG) that provides […]
New fossil fuel infrastructure such as gas pipelines will probably no longer be eligible for funding under the Connecting Europe Facility in the EU from 2024. The Parliament voted by a clear majority on Monday in favor of the text of the revised TEN-E regulation on trans-European energy networks. In doing so, MEPs adopted an […]
Time and again, climate activists had warned of a setback for global decarbonization since the Russian incursion began. With all the announcements for new gas drilling, LNG terminals, and the return of major oil suppliers, climate goals would become a distant prospect. Now yesterday, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) presented its crucial new […]