Background on the EU Energy Council in Luxembourg on 15 October 2024
EU Energy ministers will meet in Luxembourg to focus on four main points: the contribution of the energy sector to…
Agenda of the EU Energy Council, 15 October 2024
Energy sector for a competitive EU Following up on the recommendations in the Draghi report,...
RepowerEU: EU Council greenlights Luxembourg’s amended RRF plan
The Council today approved the Commission’s positive assessment of Luxembourg’s amended recovery and resilience plan (RRF). The amended plan, including…
Critical raw materials: EU Commission and EBRD mobilise investment facility
The European Unionand the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) signed an agreement on a new facility providing equity…
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…
Netherlands: EU Commission endorses first RRF payment assessment for €1.3bn
Following its assessment, the Commission has preliminarily concluded that the Netherlands has satisfactorily completed the 25 milestones and 5 targets set out…
Lithuania: EU Commission approves €122m aid to AB Achema fertiliser production
The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while…
Germany: EU Commission endorses €30.3bn modified RRP, including REPowerEU
The EU Commission has given a positive assessment of Germany's modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP), which includes a REPowerEU…
Main results of the EU TTE Council Energy Council (Energy), 30 May 2024
Energy ministers approved conclusions on sustainable electricity grid infrastructure. Other issues on the agenda concerned REPowerEU, the withdrawal from the…
Background briefing on the EU Energy Council Brussels, 30 May 2024
EU Ministers will, among other issues, discuss the future of REPowerEU, the EU’s plan to phase out dependency on Russian…
Ireland: EU Commission preliminarily endorses 1st RRF payment request of €324m
The EU Commission has given a positive assessment of Ireland's modified recovery and resilience plan (RRP), which includes a REPowerEU chapter.…
EU finalises key reforms to benefit from clean, secure and stable energy supplies
The EU Commission welcomes today's adoption of important electricity and gas market reforms and the new regulatory framework to boost…
EU Commission statement on REPowerEU to phase out Russian fossil fuel imports
"The results of our collective efforts are clear to all. We have made a massive cut in Russian energy imports,…
Luxembourg submits a request to add a REPowerEU chapter to its recovery plan
Luxembourg today submitted a request to add a REPowerEU chapter to its recovery and resilience plan. This chapter includes a…
REPowerEU: Speech by EU Commissioner Simson at high-level stakeholder event
"Europe will win the REPowerEU challenge if it wins its renewables challenge, not just if it diversifies from one gas…
Renewable energy: EU Commission presents recommendations to accelerate roll-out
Almost two years since the adoption of the REPowerEU Plan, the Commission is today providing additional support to Member States to further…
France: EU Commission endorses 3rd RRF payment request for €7.5bn
The EU Commission has preliminarily concluded that France has satisfactorily completed the 15 milestones and 24 targets set out in the Council Implementing…
REPowerEU: Germany requests to add a €2.3bn chapter to its recovery and resilience plan
The REPowerEU chapter consists of two new reforms, as well as two new and one scaled up investment. It will…
1st Ukraine Biomethane Forum: Speech by EU Commissioner Simson
"On the EU side, we see biomethane as a readily available solution, which can help us immediately replace imported gas…
EU Commissioner Kadri Simson hails record-high post-winter gas storage levels in Europe
The increased share of renewables in the energy mix has allowed us to replace the equivalent of 24 bcm of…
Renewable hydrogen: EU Commission approves €350m German State aid scheme
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €350 million German scheme to support the production of…
EHPA: Heat pump market trends and developments: joining the dots
To shed more light on the latest market tendencies, EHPA organised a webinar on 21 March, entitled, ‘Market Trends and…
Main results of the EU Economic and Financial Affairs Council, 12 March 2024
"Clearly, productivity is a strong driver of competitiveness and we note that average productivity growth has stagnated in the EU…
SolarPower Summit 2024: Keynote speech by EU Commissioner Simson
"Two years on, we still face the sad reality of an ongoing war, and we can only hope for victory…
EU Commission disburses REPowerEU pre-financing payments to Hungary, Lithuania and Poland under the RRF
On 28 December 2023, the Commission disbursed €779.5 million to Hungary in loans, €109.8 million to Lithuania in loans, as…
EU Commission endorses Italy’s €194bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Today, the Commission has given a positive assessment of Italy's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter.…
EU Commission endorses Hungary’s €4.6bn REPowerEU chapter
Hungary's REPowerEU chapter, worth €4.6 billion, includes 13 new reforms and 16 investments, including two scaled-up investments drawing on existing measures. The implementation of these measures will help…
EU Commission endorses Poland’s €59.8bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Today, the Commission has given a positive assessment of Poland's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter.…
EU Commission endorses Greece’s €35.95bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Today, the Commission positively assessed Greece's modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter. The plan is now…
EU Commission endorses Romania’s €28.5bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Romania's REPowerEU chapter consists of two new reforms and seven investments to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan's objectives to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels well before…
EU Commission endorses Latvia’s €1.97bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Latvia's REPowerEU chapter consists of a new reform and three new investments to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan's objectives to make Europe independent of Russian fossil fuels well…
EU Commission endorses Belgium’s €5.3bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Belgium's REPowerEU chapter, worth €726 million, includes four new reforms, 17 new investments, as well as seven transferred investments from the original plan, and one scaled-up investment to help…
EU Commission endorses Cyprus’ €1.22bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Today, the Commission has given a positive assessment of Cyprus' modified recovery and resilience plan, which includes a REPowerEU chapter.…
State of the Energy Union 2023: EU responds effectively to crisis
In the State of the Energy Union Report 2023, the European Commission looks back on the EU response to the unprecedented…
EU Commission endorses Austria’s €4bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Austria's REPowerEU chapter, worth €210 million, includes two new reforms, one new investment as well as a scale-up of an investment in the original plan to…
EU Council approves updated recovery plans for multiple countries
The recovery and resilience facility (RRF) is the EU’s programme of large-scale financial support in response to the challenges the…
Finland requests modification to add REPowerEU chapter
Finland's proposed REPowerEU chapter would add two new investments, one scaled-up investment and one new reform to the existing plan, thereby further boosting Finland's ambitious…
EU Commission endorses Spain’s €163bn recovery plan
Spain's REPowerEU chapter consists of a new reform, a scaled-up investment drawing on three existing measures, and seven new investments to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan's objectives to make Europe…
NextGenerationEU: EU Commission backs Slovenia’s €2.7bn recovery plan
In light of the damage caused by last summer's catastrophic floods, Slovenia has decided to increase its amount of loans financing the plan,…
Granada Summit: EU Commission’s steps for a more sustainable Europe
In a Communication adopted today, the Commission provides a contribution to the forthcoming leaders' debate in Granada on the future-oriented…
Statement by EU Commission President von der Leyen with Czech PM Fiala
Thank you for your leading role in shaping a good compromise, which is a solid one. I think we can…
EU Commission endorses Czechia’s €9.2bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Czechia has added further investments to its original plan, such as the construction of affordable housing and the strengthening and digitalisation of…
EU Commission endorses Portugal’s €22.2bn modified recovery and resilience plan
Portugal's REPowerEU chapter consists of 6 reforms and 16 investments to deliver on the REPowerEU Plan's objectives to make Europe independent from Russian fossil fuels…
MEPs back plans to boost use of renewable energy
Parliament on Tuesday voted to boost the deployment of renewable energy, in line with the Green Deal and REPowerEU plans.…
Finland: EU funds transition to clean energy
Finland is using new REPowerEU funding to promote the transition to clean energy. The Ministry of Finance is requesting comments…
NextGenerationEU: Cyprus submits request to revise recovery and resilience plan
Cyprus' request to modify its plan is based on the need to factor in the high inflation experienced in 2022,…
Energy: Hungary submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan and add a REPowerEU chapter
The REPowerEU chapter includes a wide range of reforms and investments aimed at decreasing the country's dependency on Russian fossil fuels and…
NextGenerationEU: Poland submits request to modify recovery and resilience plan
The REPowerEU chapter contains new investments aiming at the development of electricity distribution networks in rural areas, supporting institutions implementing the REPowerEU measures, and developing…