European Commission – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Mon, 17 Jan 2022 16:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 Get Eastern Europe In On the Green Deal https://energytransition.org/2022/01/get-eastern-europe-in-on-the-green-deal/ https://energytransition.org/2022/01/get-eastern-europe-in-on-the-green-deal/#respond Tue, 25 Jan 2022 10:00:12 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25877 Until now, non-EU Eastern Europe has been largely left out of the Green Deal. But advocates in Ukraine and elsewhere want that to change – in the very near future. Civil society should take the initiative, they argue. Paul Hockenos has the story. The EU must work proactively with its eastern neighbors to help attain climate-neutrality. (Photo by Aksonsat, CC BY-NC 4.0) The EU’s Eastern Partnership...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2022/01/get-eastern-europe-in-on-the-green-deal/feed/ 0 Carbon fighting tool or economic bomb: Reviewing the EU’s new CBAM https://energytransition.org/2021/11/carbon-fighting-tool-or-economic-bomb-reviewing-the-eus-new-cbam/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/carbon-fighting-tool-or-economic-bomb-reviewing-the-eus-new-cbam/#respond Wed, 24 Nov 2021 06:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25321 In July the European Commission unveiled its Fit for 55 package aimed at pushing EU member states to reduce emissions by at least net 55% (compared to 1990 levels) by 2030. One of the most widely anticipated parts of the package – at least among policy wonks – is the introduction of the world’s first carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM). Intended to level the playing field between domestic...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/carbon-fighting-tool-or-economic-bomb-reviewing-the-eus-new-cbam/feed/ 0 Lesson learned: To blunt energy price spikes, the EU needs more renewables, faster https://energytransition.org/2021/11/lesson-learned-to-blunt-energy-price-spikes-the-eu-needs-more-renewables-faster/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/lesson-learned-to-blunt-energy-price-spikes-the-eu-needs-more-renewables-faster/#respond Tue, 23 Nov 2021 10:00:48 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25243 With energy prices soaring across Europe, more gas and coal plants are firing up. Ahead of COP26 in Glasgow, emissions – along with bills – were skyrocketing. Though fossil energy dependent countries like Poland and other allies of dirty fuels are using the crisis to push back on Brussels, putting more scrutiny on the bloc’s overall decarbonization strategies, leadership is standing firm.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/lesson-learned-to-blunt-energy-price-spikes-the-eu-needs-more-renewables-faster/feed/ 0 Entrenched advantage: Fossil fuels-produced hydrogen dominates the EU’s Fit for 55 package https://energytransition.org/2021/11/entrenched-advantage-fossil-fuels-produced-hydrogen-dominates-the-eus-fit-for-55-package/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/entrenched-advantage-fossil-fuels-produced-hydrogen-dominates-the-eus-fit-for-55-package/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2021 10:00:09 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25227 The hydrogen transition – a crucial political, economic and climate initiative for the European Commission – got a massive boost from their newly released Fit for 55 strategy. But despite growing concerns about how dangerous the expanded carbon footprint of H2 produced from fossil gas will be, many policymakers like EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson remain firm on backing both “blue” and “grey”...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/entrenched-advantage-fossil-fuels-produced-hydrogen-dominates-the-eus-fit-for-55-package/feed/ 0 Fit for 55: The EU launches ambitious plan to cut emissions by net 55% by 2030 https://energytransition.org/2021/11/fit-for-55-the-eu-launches-ambitious-plan-to-cut-emissions-by-net-55-by-2030/ https://energytransition.org/2021/11/fit-for-55-the-eu-launches-ambitious-plan-to-cut-emissions-by-net-55-by-2030/#respond Wed, 10 Nov 2021 10:00:35 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=25259 In mid-July, the EU published sweeping cross-sector plans intended to cut emissions by 55% compared to 1990 by the end of the decade. Using rising carbon prices under the Emissions Trading System (ETS) to literally fuel the clean energy transition, the proposed legislation covers a lot of ground: it increases renewable energy targets, sets in place the phase-in of hydrogen...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/11/fit-for-55-the-eu-launches-ambitious-plan-to-cut-emissions-by-net-55-by-2030/feed/ 0 Time for a rethink: unveiling the Heinrich Böll Foundation’s European Mobility Atlas https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/#respond Wed, 24 Feb 2021 14:00:25 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23885 Achieving the goals of the European Green Deal and striking climate neutrality by 2050 means transforming the entire mobility sector, which currently makes up nearly 30 percent of the bloc’s CO2 emissions. To help steer readers in the right direction, the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung’s (hbs) new 2021 European Mobility Atlas provides a host of fact-based recommendations from sector experts.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/23885/feed/ 0 Explosive finale: energising EU-UK nuclear relations post-Brexit https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/ https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/#respond Mon, 22 Feb 2021 15:00:44 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23877 When the UK finalized a trade and security agreement with the European Commission on 24 December last year, it left with a set of arrangements governing future energy cooperation. Here, Dr David Lowry looks at the background and reveals one extraordinary condition that could terminate the nuclear component of the deal. (CC BY 2.0, John Fielding) Background An expert briefing by the House of...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/02/explosive-finale-energising-eu-uk-nuclear-relations-post-brexit/feed/ 0 Europe to hit decarbonation target but has its energy rules changed much in Member States https://energytransition.org/2020/12/europe-to-hit-decarbonation-target-but-has-its-energy-rules-changed-much-in-member-states/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/europe-to-hit-decarbonation-target-but-has-its-energy-rules-changed-much-in-member-states/#respond Fri, 25 Dec 2020 14:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23745 Ten years after implementing EU rules to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent, improve energy efficiency equally so and consume renewable energy by that same number, the European Commission will now look at the results from Member States (MS) implementing its 2009 Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The RED was supposed to establish “a common framework” to promote and use renewable energy.

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/europe-to-hit-decarbonation-target-but-has-its-energy-rules-changed-much-in-member-states/feed/ 0 Coal collapse in Western Europe: Nations accelerate closure plans https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23519/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23519/#respond Wed, 23 Dec 2020 14:00:53 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23519 We are all looking for some good news. Here’s some: coal is tanking globally, nowhere faster than in the EU including the UK. With over 8.3GW of generation capacity coming offline during the first half of the year, coal-fired energy has fallen by almost a third across Europe. Even better: at least another 6 GW of capacity is scheduled to shutter during the second half of 2020 as Spain and Portugal...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23519/feed/ 0 EU Climate Law: business as usual or blueprint for climate action? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23613/#respond Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:00:58 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23613 In what may seem a last ditch effort, the European Union has turned to the slow churning wheels of the law to stimulate climate action in 27 Member States (MS) towards a single goal: a carbon neutral Europe by 2050. European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen puts on a warm smile to say the text of the proposed European Union Climate Law is “actually rather short and it is rather...

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