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Our INSIGHT EU MONITORING today:
ENERGY TRANSITION
- European Green Deal: €4.11 billion from the Modernisation Fund to accelerate the clean energy transition in 8 Member States
ENERGY STATE AID
- State aid: EU Commission approves modification of German scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources
- State aid: Commission approves amendments to German scheme to support offshore wind energy generation
ENERGY REGULATION
- ACER updates its recommendation to regulators on reporting on the use of electricity congestion income
- ACER sees scope for grid operators to simplify their prequalification processes to enable small-scale demand response to provide balancing services
- ACER submitted the framework guideline on demand response to the European Commission – first step towards binding EU rules
ENERGY RESILIENCE
- Energy Ministers of the Pentalateral Forum and the North Seas Energy Cooperation discuss crisis management and sign offshore agreement with the UK
ENERGY CHARTER
- The Ukrainian Task Force completes the Fifth Ukrainian Energy Sector Damage Assessment Report
NUCLEAR SAFETY
- New IAEA Publication Explains Key Nuclear Safety and Security Terminology
ENERGY COMMUNITY
- Energy Community Secretariat follows closely possible impacts of explosion on gas transit via Ukraine
HYDROGEN
- Latest hydrogen headlines
- TECO 2030 signs fuel cell stack production equipment contract
- Ørsted takes final investment decision on FlagshipONE
- Cepsa to produce green hydrogen in Cadiz from recycled waste water
- Africa can produce 50Mt/y of green hydrogen at less than €2/kg by 2035, report shows
- Ports of Rotterdam and Sines agree on hydrogen imports
- Can Automakers Revive Hydrogen in Pickup and Light Vehicle Segments?
- U.S. Hybrid expands partnership with Toyota Tsusho America, Inc. to convert existing diesel port vehicles and equipment to hydrogen-powered
- Consortium inks EU grant agreement for hydrogen tanker retrofit project
- Ramboll to investigate offshore hydrogen production
- Iberdrola and Rotterdam to establish hydrogen supply chain
- Lhyfe and Schaeffler to develop 15MW hydrogen plant
- Iberdrola, ABEL Energy to develop Tasmanian hydrogen facility
- Doosan Gets Safety Certification on Hydrogen Batteries for Drones
- US Department of Energy accelerates clean-hydrogen technology
CYPRUS
- Cyprus: TotalEnergies announces a new gas discovery in offshore Block 6
GERMANY
- BMWK: 3. Verordnung zur Änderung der Besonderen Gebührenverordnung Strom
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
- ST 14787 2022 REV 1 COUNCIL REGULATION laying down a framework to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy
CM 5910 2022 INIT Working Party on Energy
CM 5911 2022 INIT Working Party on Energy
ST 16219 2022 INIT Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the use of renewable and low-carbon fuels in maritime transport and amending Directive 2009/16/EC
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