The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €5 billion German scheme to help companies subject to the EU Emission Trading Scheme (‘ETS’) decarbonise their production processes. The scheme contributes to the achievement of Germany’s energy and climate targets as well as of the EU’s sustainable prosperity and competitiveness objectives. The German scheme The scheme […]
Continuous interoperability and data exchange in the energy sector
The INTERSTORE team presents a new framework to accelerate the integration of data spaces in the energy industry. A framework for energy data spaces developed within the EU-funded INTERSTORE project is expected to play a key role in accelerating the integration of data spaces within the energy sector. The framework is described in a recent […]
European Comission approves Spanish state aid scheme for energy storage and the transition to a zero-emission econom
The European Commission has approved a €699 million Spanish scheme to support investments in energy storage facilities to foster the transition to a net zero emission economy. The scheme contributes to achieving the European Commission’s priorities for 2024-2029, as set out in the policy guidelines calling for investments in clean energy and clean technologies. The […]
European Commission and World Bank Group Join Forces to Expand Energy Access in Africa
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and World Bank Group President Ajay Banga announced today following a meeting in Brussels their intent to align the European Commission’s ‘Scaling Up Renewables in Africa’ initiative with ‘Mission 300′, which aims to provide electricity to 300 million people in Africa by 2030. With some 600 million people in Africa […]
Commission steps up support for Ukraine’s energy security
In Kyiv today, the European Commission has offered a new support package to Ukraine to secure its energy system and enable its full integration within the European energy market. This package will allow for the full coupling of Ukraine’s electricity market with the EU by early 2027, together with Moldova, as well as further integration in the EU […]
Baltic States join the European continental electricity
As of today, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are fully independent from Russia’s and Belarus’s electricity systems. They successfully integrated into the EU internal energy market by joining the European continental network via Poland. This allows the Baltic States to operate their own energy systems under common and transparent European rules. The synchronisation of the Baltics not only contributes […]
EU invests over 1.2 billion EUR in cross-border energy infrastructure to strengthen the Energy Union
The Commission will allocate almost €1.25 billion in grants from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) to 41 cross-border energy infrastructure projects, which have obtained the status of Projects of Common Interest and Projects of Mutual Interest (PCIs and PMIs) in 2024 under the Trans-European Networks for Energy (TEN-E) policy framework. This is the largest call for proposals under the current CEF Energy programme, both in terms of […]
Europe teams up with partners and launches global forum to accelerate the clean energy transition
A new Global Energy Transition Forum was launched today in the margins of the World Economic Forum, in Davos, by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen along with international partners. The forum will bring around the table partners across the world, from Brazil to Canada, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Peru, South Africa, the United […]
Biorefinery advances waste treatment in Zaragoza
In October 2024, the EU-funded CIRCULAR BIOCARBON project inaugurated its flagship biorefinery in Zaragoza. The biorefinery will be used to transform sewage sludge and the organic fraction of urban solid waste, such as food residues and garden waste, into high added value products such as biopolymers, biofertilisers and green graphene. Biodegradable waste is a key […]