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EU Funding for Building the Antwerp@C CO2 Export Hub
The EU Commission will grant Air Liquide, Fluxys Belgium and Port of Antwerp-Bruges EUR 144.6 million under the Connecting Europe…
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EC’s New Rules for Cleaner Air and Water
The European Commission (EC) is proposing stronger rules on ambient air, surface and groundwater pollutants, and treatment of urban wastewater.…
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NextGenerationEU: Green Light to Romania’s First Payment Request under RRF
The European Commission has endorsed a positive preliminary assessment of Romania’s first payment request for EUR 2.6 billion, of which…
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Europe’s Gas Storage: What’s in Store for Winter?
Gas storage in the EU, in particular Underground Gas Storage (UGS), is crucial to guarantee security of supply. Typically, storage…
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EC Green Lights EUR 5.4bn for H2Tech
The European Commission (EC) has given its green light to Hy2Tech, the first Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI)…
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ACER Submits to the European Commission the Revised Network Code on Electricity Cybersecurity
The EU Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) has submitted to the European Commission its revision of the…
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EU Taxonomy: Inclusion of Gas and Nuclear Activities Finally Approved
The European Parliament did not object to the Commission’s Taxonomy Delegated Act to include specific nuclear and gas energy activities,…
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Twinning the Green and Digital Transitions in the New Geopolitical Context
The European Commission has adopted the 2022 Strategic Foresight Report – “Twinning the green and digital transitions in the new…
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A Social Climate Fund for People
The report on setting up the Social Climate Fund (SCF) was adopted in mid-May during a joint meeting MEPs in…
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Green Genius to Invest EUR 750mln in Lithuania’s Solar and Wind Power Plants
Renewable energy company Green Genius will install 500 MW of solar power plants in Lithuania no later than 2025. It…
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US-EU Task Force on Energy Security
The United States and the European Commission will establish a joint Task Force on Energy Security to set out the…
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EC Addressing Gas Market Issues and Challenges: 80% Minimum Gas Storage Obligation by 1 November 2022
On March 23, the European Commission proposed a new legal obligation to fill underground storage to 80% of its capacity…
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European Plan Worth EUR 42bn for Semiconductors
The European Commission has proposed a plan to reduce the dependence of EU Member States on Asia or the United…
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Nuclear Power Preparing to Change Colour
Cutting-edge nuclear power plants will need investments of EUR 500 billion by 2050, according to the European Commissioner for the…
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Reaching for a Green Recovery: What Holds Back Progress in 10 EU Recovery and Resilience Plans
The networks of environmental protection non-governmental organizations in Europe, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and CEE Bankwatch Network, have prepared…
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Strategic Materials and Energy Transition: Nickel
Widespread in our modern societies, nickel is essential to many industrial sectors, as well as for the construction industry. At…
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FORATOM Proposes Improvements to Taxonomy Complementary Delegated Act
FORATOM welcomes the decision of the European Commission to include nuclear within the sustainable finance taxonomy under certain conditions. FORATOM…
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EUR 24mln Hungarian Investment Aid to Volta Energy Solutions’ Battery Copper Foil Plant
The European Commission has found Hungary’s EUR 24 million investment aid to Volta Energy Solutions for the extension of a…
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Industrial Emissions: Re-endorsement of Rules for Large Combustion Plants to Reduce Air Pollution
The European Commission published on 30 December 2021 an implementing decision to reduce emissions from large combustion plants. Large combustion…
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EU Taxonomy: Natural Gas and Nuclear Energy, Transition Energy Label?
Europe has decided to obtain carbon neutrality by 2050 and reliance on Russian gas and increased energy prices are a…
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