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Brussels readies ‘trade instruments’ to protect EU’s struggling wind industry
The European Commission is considering using its “trade instruments” as the EU’s wind industry continues to struggle with fierce competition from China, high raw material prices, rising interest rates, and slow permit-granting processes.
read more... 20/11/2023
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EC sues Poland over cross-border gas trading restrictions
The European Commission has decided to bring a lawsuit against Poland to the European Court of Justice over its legislation imposing additional costs on cross-border gas trading, the former said on Thursday.
read more... 17/11/2023
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EC allows Italy to extend EUR 1.7bn in state aid to agrivoltaics
The European Commission (EC) has given the go-ahead to Italy for its EUR-1.7-billion (USD 1.82bn) state aid scheme targeting dual-use projects combining solar power generation and agricultural activities, better known as agrivoltaic plants.
read more... 13/11/2023
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EC mulls extending emergency measures due to Middle East crisis
The EU may need to prolong emergency energy measures as the conflict in the Middle East has heightened the risk of new energy shocks, EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said late on Wednesday.
read more... 10/11/2023
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European Commission to create SMR Industrial Alliance
In response to calls from the nuclear industry, research community and nuclear safety regulators, the European Commission will establish an Industrial Alliance dedicated to small modular reactors (SMRs) in early 2024, European Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson has announced.
read more... 08/11/2023