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Insight EU Energy Monitoring 23 March 2022

Mar 24, 2022 ,
ENERGY SECURITY
  • EU Commission outlines options to mitigate high energy prices with common gas purchases and minimum gas storage obligations
  • EU Commission Q&A on the new EU rules on gas storage
  • MEPs on Russia’s war against Ukraine: Keep the pressure up on Moscow and aim for energy independence
  • “We must free ourselves from energy dependency on Russia and manage the price crisis”, says Iratxe García, ahead of EUCO
  • A mandatory minimum gas reserve is a step towards lower electricity bills, say S&Ds
  • Renew Europe: Europe must come together to solve the energy crisis and secure independence from Russian fossil fuel
  • Greens/EFA call for EU energy efficiency and renewable energy strategy
  • Germanwatch: EU-Gipfel: Höchste Zeit, wirksame und friedensfördernde Energie-Sanktionen zu beschließen
  • VKU zur beschlossenen Einigung zur nationalen Gasreserve in Bundestagsausschüssen
IEA
  • IEA: Ensuring that the transformation of the global energy sector is people-centred
  • Africa faces both major challenges and huge opportunities as it transitions to clean energy
  • IEA Conferences in March 2022
EU – CANADA
  • EU – Canada: Joint Statement by President von der Leyen and Prime Minister Trudeau
NUCLEAR ENERGY
  • Statement by the IAEA Director General on Nuclear Safety and Security in Ukraine
  • Update 30 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine
WIND ENERGY
  • Repowered wind farms show huge potential of replacing old turbines – Wind Europe
  • Europe must not unravel its Internal Energy Market in response to the current crisis
BATTERY TECH
  • Update on Webinar – Batteries Regulation: Eenabling sustainable and competitive EU value chains
ENERGY REGULATION
  • ACER: Final Report on the local power grid incident in Rogowiec (Poland) substation on 17 May 2021
  • In midst of energy crisis, CEER brings regulators, policy makers and consumers together for open discussions on ways forward
  • Russian Energy Agency expelled from the European Energy Network
RENEWABLES
  • RENdez-vous Africa:  Renewables and Natural Gas: What is their role in Africa’s energy journey?
HYDROGEN

Latest Hydrogen headlines

    • China’s hydrogen road map targets 50,000 fuel cell vehicles by 2025
    • Will Hydrogen Power The Trains Of The Future?
    • Notice: Proposed Industrial Hydrogen Accelerator Programme
    • China unveils national 2020 target for green hydrogen and new strategies for further H2 growth
    • DOE eyes hydrogen, thermal storage to shrink carbon footprint of fossil fuel plants
    • One-dimensional MOFs-derived magnetic composites for efficient microwave absorption at ultralow thickness through controllable hydrogen reduction
    • Hydrogen Isotope Effects on Aqueous Electrolyte for Electrochemical Lithium‐Ion Storage
    • MAN Energy Solutions, DNV to collaborate on decarbonization, hydrogen value-chain and digitalization in maritime industry
    • Hydrogen success hinges on safety standards
    • Air Liquide plans to triple hydrogen turnover by 2035
    • U.S. in Talks With EU to Help European Supply of LNG and Hydrogen
    • How Much Technological Progress is Needed to Make Solar Hydrogen Cost‐Competitive?
    • Dual‐Targeted Nanoreactors and Prodrugs: Hydrogen Peroxide Triggers Oxidative Damage and Prodrug Activation for Synergistic Elimination of Cancer Cells
    • ENEOS, Toyota, and Woven Planet collaborate to facilitate CO2-free hydrogen production and usage for Woven City and beyond
    • Synergic Reaction Kinetics over Adjacent Ruthenium Sites for Superb Hydrogen Generation in Alkaline Media
    • Gigascale floating wind-fuelled hydrogen hub off Wales gets oars in the water
    • Born-Oppenheimer potentials for $\Pi$, $\Delta$, and $\Phi$ states of the hydrogen molecule. (arXiv:2203.12080v1 [physics.atom-ph])
    • Role of Functionalized Graphene Quantum Dots in Hydrogen Evolution Reaction: A Density Functional Theory Study. (arXiv:2203.12146v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci])
    • [ASAP] Synergistic Effects of V and Ni Catalysts on Hydrogen Sorption Kinetics of Mg-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials: A Computational Study
GERMANY
  • Minister Habeck visits Qatar and the UAE – focus on energy security matters
EU COUNCIL REGISTER
  • ST 7478 2022 INIT COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Security of supply and affordable energy prices: Options for immediate measures and preparing for next winter
  • ST 7478 2022 ADD 1 ANNEX to the COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS Security of supply and affordable energy prices: Options for immediate measures and preparing for next winter
  • ST 7406 2022 INIT Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) n°715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks
  • ST 7406 2022 ADD 1 ANNEX to the REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1938 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning measures to safeguard the security of gas supply and Regulation (EC) n°715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on conditions for access to natural gas transmission networks
EU COMMISSION REGISTER
  • COMMISSION’S VIEWS in accordance with Article 43 of the Euratom Treaty concerning the SMART (Source for MedicAl RadioisoTopes) installation in the municipalities of Fleurus and Farciennes, Belgium
  • COMMISSION’S VIEWS in accordance with Article 43 of the Euratom Treaty concerning the SMART (Source for MedicAl RadioisoTopes) installation in the municipalities of Fleurus and Farciennes, Belgium
  • COMMISSION DECISION pursuant to Decision (EU) 2017/684 on establishing an information exchange mechanism with regard to intergovernmental agreements and non-binding instruments between Member States and third countries in the field of energy

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