Tag : European Commission

Tag: European Commission

Austrian scheme to support electricity production from renewables gets EU nod

An Austrian help scheme to help electrical energy production from renewable sources complies with EU State help rules, the EU’s antitrust chief stated on December 20. “This scheme will allow Austria to help renewable technologies, because it has set...

Commission proposes to strengthen the protection of the environment through criminal law

The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a new EU Directive to crack down on environmental crime, fulfilling a key dedication of the European Green Deal. The proposal intends to make protection of the setting simpler by obliging Member Stat...

High gas prices push up electricity cost in EU

Excessive power prices in current months have drawn consideration from the European Commission, highlighting the importance of power safety, especially in occasions when international markets are risky. Spot pure fuel costs buying and selling in the...

New EU framework to decarbonize gas markets, promote hydrogen, cut methane emissions

The European Fee adopted on December 15 a set of legislative proposals to decarbonise the EU fuel market by facilitating the uptake of renewable and low carbon gases, including hydrogen, and to make sure power security for all citizens in Europe. “Eu...

EU approves €3 billion Spanish scheme to support electric vehicles

The European Fee has accepted, underneath EU State help guidelines, a €3 billion Spanish scheme to help analysis, improvement and innovation (RD&I), as well as environmental safety and power efficiency measures of corporations in the value chain...

Croatian scheme to support electricity production from renewables gets EU nod

A Croatian assist scheme to help electricity manufacturing from renewable sources complies with EU State assist guidelines, the European Commission’s antitrust chief stated on December 9. “This €783 million scheme will enable Croatia to help renewabl...

Commission approves EU funding for nature, environment and climate action projects

The European Commission permitted on November 25 an investment package deal of more than €290 million for 132 new tasks underneath the LIFE programme for the surroundings and local weather action. This EU funding will mobilise a complete investment o...

New list of Projects of Common Interest to strengthen EU energy market

The European Fee adopted on November 19 an inventory of key cross-border power infrastructure for building a extra built-in and resilient EU inner power market and pursuing the EU’s power and climate objectives. The fifth listing Tasks of Widespread...

Commission presents tools to curb EU-driven deforestation and forest degradation

In the framework of the European Green Deal, the EU Commission adopted on November 17 three new initiatives to curb EU-driven deforestation, as well as new guidelines to facilitate intra-EU waste shipments to advertise circular financial system and d...

EU, South East Asia launch Green Team Europe Initiative to protect the environment

Through the third ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Improvement, European Union Commissioner for Worldwide Partnerships Jutta Urpilainen launched on November 18 a Inexperienced Group Europe Initiative in partnership with the Association of Southeast A...

Germany suspends Nord Stream 2 certification delaying commissioning well into 2022

Germany’s Federal Community Agency (BnetzA) suspended its certification of the Nord Stream 2 pure fuel pipeline from Russia to Germany on November 16 which can delay the beginning date into the first quarter or probably the second quarter of 2022. A...

Lukashenko would not dare cut gas supplies to EU without Kremlin’s permission

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko threatened to chop fuel provides to Europe transiting his country if the European Union imposed further sanctions in response to the migrant crisis created by Belarus at its border with Poland. Ne...