Norway and Germany have renewed a commitment to the idea of a hydrogen pipeline, but Norwegian state-owned Equinor expects the link will come in a secondary stage of development as it is focused on hydrogen production in mainland Europe as a first step.
read more... 25/04/2024
The ongoing cuts, which French TSO RTE said it had been forced to carry out to ensure the safety of the grid, were weighing on already low French prices in an oversupplied market, helping to keep them well below those in Belgium and Germany, analysts said.
read more... 22/04/2024
The European Commission is expected to sue Germany for charging its neighbours an extra fee for buying gas from its storage, seen as flouting the EU's single market rules, two sources familiar with the matter said.
read more... 18/04/2024
Germany's ruling coalition on Friday agreed a financing mechanism for the country's future hydrogen network, extending a deadline for it to be built by five years to 2037 and offering protection for investors in case of bankruptcy.
read more... 08/04/2024
Germany shut down 15 coal-fired power plants over Easter to ensure that the country would meet its climate neutrality targets, with Economy Minister Robert Habeck saying that the plants were “neither necessary nor economical”.
read more... 02/04/2024