Trygve Slagsvold Vedum: G20: Financing change – Norway’s experience in sharing wealth
Norway's Minister of Finance Trygve Slagsvold Vedum explains, how Norway's management of natural resources, such as crude oil, has evolved…
CEF Energy: Three new projects to join Renewable Energy Cross-border Projects list
The EU Commission has announced today that three more projects have obtained the status required to be part of the…
EIB: Belgian logistics real estate player WDP gets €250m loan to expand green energy
The EIB credit is to fund renewable energy and clean transport infrastructure at WDP logistics centres mainly in Belgium, the…
Industrial decarbonisation: EU Commission approves €750m Dutch state aid
The European Commission has approved a €750 million Dutch scheme to support investments in the decarbonisation of industrial production processes to foster…
China, Russia agree to further expand investment, energy cooperation
China and Russia have agreed to further expand investment and energy cooperation to promote bilateral ties.
WTO Plastics Dialogue: Coordinators identify focus points for future work
At a meeting on 24 July, coordinators of the Dialogue on Plastics Pollution and Environmentally Sustainable Plastics Trade (DPP) outlined…
Cancer diagnosis and treatment: EU Commission approves €2bn Dutch support for radio-isotopes
The EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €2 billion Dutch measure to support the PALLAS project aimed at…
Renewable hydrogen: €1.2bn Spanish investment state aid approved by EU
The European Commission has approved a €1.2 billion Spanish scheme to support investments in the production of renewable hydrogen to…
Electricity imbalance: ACER report shows implementation of settlement harmonisation
Each Transmission System Operator (TSO) calculates the difference between forecasted and actual electricity consumption or production for each Balance Responsible…
ACER on cross-border electricity transit: Compensation surged for grid operators
ACER publishes today its report on the implementation of the Inter-Transmission System Operator Compensation Mechanism (ITC) for 2022. The ITC mechanism aims to…
ENTSO-E publishes guidance for Offshore Network Development Plans 2026
Following TEN-E Regulation 2022/869, Member States, the European Commission, national regulatory authorities and transmission system operators should collaborate with ENTSO-E…
The EU Electricity Market: Smart implementation over drastic measures – Eurelectric
The European Union's Electricity Market has long been a key component of Europe's energy system - designed to ensure a…
IEA sees global coal demand to remain broadly flat through 2025
Global coal demand is set to remain broadly unchanged in both 2024 and 2025 as surging electricity demand in some…
IEA: The role of development finance institutions in energy transitions
Development finance institutions (DFIs) account for only around 1% of total financing for energy sector investment, but their importance goes…
EIB and ANA announce €50m contract to finance low-carbon airport infrastructure
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Aeroportos de Portugal (ANA) have signed a €50 million contract on introducing low-carbon infrastructure at…
Fusion for Energy: Europe and Japan test materials for future fusion reactors
Large-scale projects like ITER are pushing the boundaries of fusion as a viable energy source. Yet, ITER’s groundbreaking nature remains…
France: EU Commission approves €1.5bn state aid for sustainable biomethane
The measure will be open to new installations with a projected annual production of biomethane of more than 25 GWh…
EIB and SIMEST offering €90m to promote Italian companies abroad
A €46 million loan from EIB to SIMEST will unlock funds to promote two strategic priorities: the green economy and…
Electricity intraday trading: Antitrust investigation into EPEX Spot SE closed
The EU Commission has decided to close its antitrust investigation into allegedly anticompetitive behaviour by EPEX Spot SE in the market for electricity intraday…
EU agri-food trade: Surplus reaches € 5 billion
The latest monthly agri-food trade report published today by the European Commission showed that in April 2024, the EU agri-food trade surplus…
U.S. President Biden: Statement to the American People
"In this sacred space, I’m surrounded by portraits of extraordinary American presidents. Thomas Jefferson, who wrote the immortal words that…
EU Commission: Key decisions of the July infringement package
In its regular package of infringement decisions, the European Commission pursues legal action against Member States for failing to comply…
Waste collection and recycling: All EU Members States fail to meet targets
Based on the latest available data reported by Member States, all have failed to meet several waste collection and recycling…
EIB finances DEPA Commercial to expand Greece’s solar energy supplies
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending Greek energy company DEPA Commercial SA a total of €390 million to build…
EIB provides €450m to Prysmian to promote energy transition
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Prysmian, world leader in the power and telecom cables sector, have signed a new,…
EVP Šefčovič to co-chair the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy
On Thursday and Friday, Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal Maroš Šefčovič is traveling to Paris for discussions…
Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivate: Bundeskabinett beschließt Importstrategie
Das Bundeskabinett hat heute die Importstrategie für Wasserstoff und Wasserstoffderivate beschlossen. Die Importstrategie beschreibt einen klaren und verlässlichen Rahmen für die dringend…
New method for calculating electricity reserves: ACER grants regulators more time
The National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs) of the Continental Europe Synchronous Area (CE) requested from ACER a six-month extension to decide on the…
EU Commission and ENISA report warns of cyber threats in telecoms and energy
The joint report identifies threats such as cyber-attacks and espionage activities from state-sponsored threat actors and cyber criminals in both…
EU registers ECIs “Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter” and “Stop Fake Food: Origin on Label”
Today, the European Commission decided to register two European Citizens' Initiatives, entitled ‘Stop Cruelty Stop Slaughter' and ‘Stop Fake Food:…
EFSA warns of Vibrio bacteria in seafood
The prevalence of Vibrio in seafood is expected to increase both globally and in Europe because of climate change, especially in low-salinity or brackish…
BMWK: Antrag für Wasserstoff-Kernnetz von Fernleitungs-Netzbetreibern eingereicht
Die Fernleitungsnetzbetreiber haben der Bundesnetzagentur einen gemeinsamen Antrag für das Wasserstoff-Kernnetz vorgelegt. Das Wasserstoff-Kernnetz ist ein zentrales Infrastrukturprojekt der Energiewende.…
Luxembourg: EU Commission endorses €241m modified RRF plan
Today, the Commission has given a positive assessment of Luxembourg's modified recovery and resilience (RRF) plan, which includes a REPowerEU…
EU4Health programme: EU Commission and Bosnia and Herzegovina sign agreement
The Commission and the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina today signed an agreement associating Bosnia and Herzegovina with…
Overview of all EP Committee Chairs and Vice-Chairs elected
All of Parliament’s 20 standing committees and four subcommittees held their constitutive meetings on Tuesday to elect their Chair and…
HIV transmission: ECDC sees need for improved healthcare facility guidelines
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) have released a report…
Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi elected Chair of the EP Committee on Transport and Tourism (TRAN)
On Tuesday, in the constitutive meeting of the Transport and Tourism committee, MEPs elected the Chair and four Vice-Chairs of…
EP Committee on Environment, Public Health, Food Safety (ENVI) elects Antonio Decaro as new Chair
During its constitutive meeting on Tuesday, the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) elected Antonio Decaro…
ECR Co-Chairmen congratulate committee chairs and vice-chairs
Following the elections to the bureau of the European Parliament's committees and subcommittees, Co-Chairmen Nicola Procaccini and Joachim Brudziński congratulated…
EP Subcommittee Public Health (SANT) elects Adam Jarubas as its Chair
During its constitutive meeting on Tuesday, the EP Subcommittee Public Health elected Adam Jarubas (EPP, PL) as its Chair, alongside…
Carmen Crespo Díaz elected Chair of the EP Committee on Fisheries (PECH)
The members of the EP Committee on Fisheries have elected their chair and four vice-chairs for the next two-and-a-half years…
Anna Cavazzini re-elected Chair of Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO)
At the constitutive meeting on Tuesday, the Internal Market Committee (IMCO) members re-elected Anna Cavazzini as Chair. They also elected…
Adrian-Dragoș Benea elected Chair of the EP Regional Development Committee (REGI)
Committee members elected their new Chair and four Vice-Chairs during the constitutive meeting on Tuesday. Adrian-Dragoș Benea (S&D, RO) was elected…
Borys Budka elected Chair of the EP Committee for Industry, Research, and Energy (ITRE)
Borys Budka (EPP, Poland) was elected as Chair of the Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) committee on Tuesday. He is…
Veronika Vrecionová elected as chair of the EP Agriculture Committee (AGRI)
On Tuesday, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) elected Veronika Vrecionová (ECR, CZ) as committee Chair…
EU Commission authorizes the creation of a joint venture by SSE and TotalEnergies
The transaction primarily concerns the electric vehicle charging and related convenience services sector in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
IEA: Global electricity demand set to rise strongly this year and next
Growth in demand in 2024 and 2025 is forecast to be among the highest levels in the past two decades,…