European Green Deal: EU agrees stronger legislation to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council to reinforce the EU Renewable Energy Directive. This deal brings the EU one step closer to completing the “Fit for 55” legislation to deliver the European Green Deal and the REPowerEU […]

Can Europe’s rush for renewables solve its energy crisis?

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Stefan Ellerbeck, Senior Writer, Formative Content Europe has been facing an unprecedented energy crisis. Twenty-seven member states of the European Union (EU) got almost 40% of their natural gas imports from Russia in 2021. However, soon after the EU […]

Commission sets out rules for renewable hydrogen

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission has proposed detailed rules to define what constitutes renewable hydrogen in the EU, with the adoption of two Delegated Acts required under the Renewable Energy Directive. These Acts are part of a broad EU regulatory framework for hydrogen which includes […]

State aid: Commission approves prolongation and modification of German scheme to support electricity production from renewable energy sources

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, the prolongation and modification of a German scheme to support the production of electricity from renewable energy sources and from mine gas, as well as reductions of charges to fund support for electricity from […]