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EU renewables plan insufficient for RePowerEU

The energy think tank Ember has examined the EU member states' national energy and climate plans (NECPs). Overall, they fall short of one of the EU's key plans to move away from Russian gas.

Von Sarah Schaefer

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Fossil fuels at all-time low

Fossil fuels generated only 33 percent of the EU's electricity in the first half of the year. That's the lowest share since records began in 1990, according to researchers at think tank Ember.

Von Newsdesk

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Three billion for net zero industry

The EU Commission approved aid from the German government amounting to €3 billion for strategic investments. The approval was granted under the TCTF framework and covers the production of goods such as batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, heat pumps, electrolyzers, CCUS and related raw materials, the Commission announced yesterday.

Von Manuel Berkel

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Electricity market: ITRE against revenue skimming

Yesterday, the negotiators in the Industry Committee reached a political agreement on electricity market reform. The possibility of skimming off excess revenues in energy crises, as the Spanish rapporteur Nicolás Casares (S&D) wanted to push through, is off the table.

Von Manuel Berkel

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RED III: ITRE confirms nuclear compromise

On Wednesday, the Parliament's Industry Committee approved the EU states' latest compromise on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED III). The vote in the plenum is to follow in September.

Von Manuel Berkel

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Electricity market: no agreement yet on nuclear power plants

The energy ministers have surprisingly not yet reached an agreement on the core of electricity market reform.

Von Manuel Berkel

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Heating rush: Commission hammers back

The Bild newspaper is running a campaign against more climate-friendly heating regulations. The EU Commission is fighting back. Why a gas heating ban from 2029 is still unlikely.

Von Manuel Berkel

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Tiemo Wölken – the jack of all trades

For Tiemo Wölken, the stakes are high when the European Parliament votes on its position on the Due Diligence Act today. The SPD politician worked on the dossier as his group's shadow rapporteur in the Environment Committee.

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Price cap in electricity market reform divides commission and rapporteur

The European Commission rejects the introduction of a price cap of €180 per megawatt hour as a permanent instrument in electricity. Rapporteur Nicolás González Casares (S&D) had proposed making the previously temporary measure permanent.

Von Claire Stam

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RED vote in ITRE postponed until June

The vote on the trilogue compromise on the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) in the EU Parliament's Industry and Energy Committee (ITRE) will be postponed until June. This was announced by committee chairman Christian-Silviu Bușoi (EPP) on Tuesday.

Von Claire Stam

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BMWK consults on bureaucratic obstacles at EU level

Yesterday, the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) launched a consultation on bureaucratic obstacles at EU level in the area of ecological transformation. Until July 3, associations, organizations, companies and citizens are invited to participate via an online questionnaire.

Von Leonie Düngefeld

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