23 Feb, 2024 Political agreement reached on the first EU-level certification framework for carbon removals By Chris Staples Julia Voskoboinikova In the early morning of 20 February 2024, the European Parliament and the Council reached a provisional political agreement on the Carbon...
12 Feb, 2024 EU co-legislators agree on Net-Zero Industry Act By Julia Voskoboinikova In March 2023, the European Commission proposed two main components of the Green Deal Industrial Plan, the Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA)...
30 Jan, 2024 German regulator presents first plans for future remuneration of electricity and gas networks By Ruth Losch Christopher Bremme Julia Sack On 18 January, the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) published a key points paper on the further development of the regulatory framework...
25 Jan, 2024 Germany: The big solar package that became a small wind package By Ruth Losch Thomas Schulz On 19 January 2024, the German legislator passed a significantly shortened spin-off of the so-called Solar Package I. It comes into force...
12 Jan, 2024 District heating, heat pumps and hydrogen - how Germany plans to decarbonise its heating sector By Ruth Losch About a third of the energy consumed in Germany is used to produce heat and hot water for German buildings. At present, most of this...
27 Nov, 2023 Proposal for EU certification framework for carbon removals can now proceed to trilogues By Julia Voskoboinikova On 21 November 2023, the European Parliament agreed its negotiating position on a Commission Proposal for a new EU certification...
22 Nov, 2023 European Parliament and Council reach deal to cut methane emissions in energy sector By Julia Voskoboinikova On 15 November 2023, the European Parliament and Council reached a political agreement on a Regulation that establishes a new EU legal...
17 Nov, 2023 EU: Parliament and Council agree on Critical Raw Materials Act By Julia Voskoboinikova On 13 November 2023, the European Parliament and the Council reached a political agreement on a proposal for a Critical Raw Materials Act...