“In 2035, it will be 47 percent more expensive to run a truck on e-fuels than to use a battery-electric truck” – that is the central message of a study published today by the environmental organization Transport and Environment (T+E). At the same time, T+E warns the EU against installing an incentive system for synthetic […]
After a long period of slow progress on supply chains, there is finally movement on the dossier. Yesterday, Lara Wolters (S&D) presented her report on due diligence for companies. And it is much stricter than the Commission’s proposal, as Charlotte Wirth analyzes. Under Wolters’ pen, the number of companies covered by the law increases significantly, […]
It’s the next stage in the regulation of pollutants in cars, trucks and buses: Shortly before the Commission is due to present its proposal for Euro 7, further details have emerged about the plans of the Brussels-based authority. According to these, the regulations are to apply to all new passenger cars from July 1, 2025, […]
Even beyond 2035, the internal combustion engine will have a future in Europe, according to EU Industry Commissioner Thierry Breton. “Europe is not an island,” he said in an interview with Europe.Table, adding that the European auto industry must be able to sell “technically high-quality and clean vehicles with internal combustion engines” to Asia, Latin […]
Germany set its goals high when it came to hydrogen: “We want to become the world’s number one in hydrogen technologies,” said Peter Altmaier, Germany’s Economy Minister at the time, last year. But now it turns out that German industry has a hard time with approvals under the European Hydrogen IPCEI. For a third of […]
There are still significant disagreements, but at another extraordinary meeting on Nov. 24, the EU energy ministers intend to adopt emergency measures for the energy markets. At their meeting in Luxembourg yesterday, they agreed on a general approach to the Buildings Directive (EPBD) – a Council majority ensured that the Commission’s proposal was significantly weakened. […]
Larry the Cat, the famous cat from Downing Street, gets a new roommate again: Rishi Sunak is expected to be appointed the new British prime minister today. Sunak has been a Brexit supporter from the very beginning; in summer, he attracted attention with a video clip in which he shoves stacks of EU laws into […]
Shortly before the upcoming EU summit, the Commission presented its package of measures against higher energy prices (Europe.Table reported on the proposals yesterday). But member states remain divided on the gas price cap. The idea of a dynamic price cap, the Commission’s response to calls for a general price cap on gas, was followed by […]
This afternoon, the Commission presents its package against high energy prices. According to a draft, there are plans to set a dynamic price cap for the main benchmark index TTF – a compromise in the debate on the general gas price cap that has been going on for months. According to the draft, which is […]
Starting next spring, the EU wants to jointly purchase gas and use it to fill storage facilities for the following winter. Gas companies are expected to play a crucial role in the energy platform. “It’s the gas companies that have to make the platform work,” Deputy Director General Matthew Baldwin said this week. The Commission […]