With a new legislative package, the EU Commission wants to orient the European gas market towards hydrogen. This also involves the classification of so-called low carbon fuels as climate-friendly alternatives. However, observers say that the draft legislation, which has been circulating since last week, contains major gaps and demand improvements.
Von Timo Landenberger
With the Data Governance Act, which was negotiated this week, the EU has entered new territory: shaping regulatory markets that in part do not yet exist. But while the Data Governance Act went through with comparatively little controversy, the next project, the Data Act, is likely to be much different.
Von Falk Steiner
Mit dem Data Governance Act, der in dieser Woche ausverhandelt wurde, hat die EU sich auf neues Territorium begeben: regulatorisch Märkte zu gestalten, die so in Teilen noch gar nicht existieren. Doch während der Data Governance Act noch mit vergleichsweise wenig Streit über die Bühne ging, dürfte das beim nächsten Vorhaben, dem Data Act, deutlich anders werden.
Von Falk Steiner
The Green Deal is the most effective solution to energy poverty, writes Alberto Vela of the EEB. The combination of energy efficiency, renewables and efficient building renovation has the greatest potential to decarbonise the EU economy and protect citizens from volatile prices.
Von Redaktion Table
