Is Estonia doing enough to reach 100 per cent renewable electricity, and can it do even more with the help of REPowerEU?
November 21, 2022
On 12 October, Estonia’s parliament adopted a new renewable electricity target of 100 per cent by 2030. The strategic use of EU cohesion and recovery funds in Estonia will help reach that goal, and the additional EUR 83.4 million from REPowerEU has the potential to do even more.
Solar, wind industry worried about ‘daft’ EU permitting rules
November 18, 2022
New emergency permitting rules tabled by the European Commission just over a week ago would concern only “new” renewable energy projects …
Renewables automatically of ‘overriding public interest’ – a counterproductive attack on EU nature legislation
November 14, 2022
This briefing analyses the Commission’s proposal to declare renewables as automatically being of ‘overriding public interest’ in the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive under the REPowerEU legislative proposal. New rules would seriously undermin
Reaction to European Parliament vote: Ensnaring the EU in a fossil fuel trap
November 10, 2022
While world leaders are debating how to tackle the climate crisis at COP27 in Egypt, a majority of Members of the European Parliament voted today for the European Commission’s legislative proposal [1] on including REPowerEU chapters in recovery and resilience plans and paved an investment path that will prolong the EU’s dependence on imported fossil gas and cause further lock-in into high-emission and high-cost fossil fuel sources.
Verdes Equo pide que España se sume al recurso de Austria para que el gas fósil y la nuclear no se consideren energías verdes
November 8, 2022
Más País – Verdes Equo ha presentado una Proposición No de Ley en el Congreso, en la que pide al Gobierno que España se sume al recurso …
‘Destructive, undemocratic and possibly illegal’ – green groups slate leaked EU renewables emergency measures
November 8, 2022
EU plans for an emergency regulation to accelerate renewable energy deployment are highly destructive for biodiversity, undemocratic and possibly illegal, CEE Bankwatch Network and EuroNatur warned today, after a leaked text of the proposal was published by Context Energie.
ԵՄ-ն հերթական բռնապետի գիրկն է նետվում. Fortune
November 6, 2022
Մի քանի այլ երկրների հետ միասին ԵՄ-ն այժմ հույս ունի, որ Ադրբեջանը՝ համեմատաբար փոքր մի երկիր, որը գտնվում է Կովկասյան լեռների եւ Կասպից …
In an effort to wean itself off Russia’s energy, the EU is running into the arms of another dictator
November 5, 2022
Europe is in a tough spot.For years, the European Union (EU) has relied on Russia to supply the oil and gas it needs to power industries …
Energiorganisationer i EU vil have handling på opvarmningsstrategi
November 4, 2022
… 10 energiorganisationer i EU – herunder Euroheat & Power – opfordrer EU-Kommissionen til en revision af den nuværende strategi for …
Europe cannot be “REPowered” if citizens are not at the centre of the transition
November 4, 2022
The REPowerEU plan aims to protect EU citizens from the heavy consequences of the energy crisis, but such a goal cannot be achieved unless civil society has a voice in the discussions. With this in mind, REPowerEU does not look very promising.
