EU applies ‘resilience criteria’ to bolster domestic cleantech
The European Commission will apply a 25% cap on sourcing electrolyser stacks from China in the next auction of its Hydrogen Bank, but local content requirements remain controversial, participants heard at the EU’s cleantech summit this week.
Read MoreEuropean CO2 storage body could mitigate CCS risks -report
The risks of geological carbon storage could be mitigated by more government involvement, EU-set CO2 purity standards, and third-party verifiers, according to an environmental research institute.
Read MoreEuropean utilities push back on “disruptive” electricity market reforms
Measures to lower electricity prices for European industry to drive their global competitiveness, could severely dampen the business case for investments in clean power, warned European electricity trade association Eurelectric this week.
Read MoreGermany unveils long-awaited tender plans for new gas power plants
The construction of 5 GW and modernisation of 2 GW of “hydrogen-ready” gas power plants could start being put out to tender in Q1 2025, the German government announced with a consultation launched on Wednesday.
Read MoreGermany rejects 215,000 emissions reductions units from eight projects in China
The German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) has rejected 215,000 tonnes of new emissions reduction certificates from eight upstream oil and gas projects in China due to “irregularities”, it announced on Friday.
Read MoreINTERVIEW: Ethanol lobby group pitches ‘fermentation CCS’ as low-cost carbon removal technology
A global bioethanol alliance says biogenic CO2 from fermentation can be stored at a cost of less than €100 per tonne. So why is it not on the IPCC’s list of carbon removal technologies?
Read MoreGermany ‘lagging far behind’ on ETS2 implementation, gas industry warns
The amended Climate Protection Act that was signed into law in Germany on Monday puts pressure on the government to define guidelines for the introduction of the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2), according to the country’s gas industry association.
Read MoreGerman steelmaker pursues renewable hydrogen
Germany’s biggest flat steel manufacturer hopes to sign renewable hydrogen contracts from Q1 2025, for first deliveries in 2028 and 143,000 tonnes a year from 2029, according to its head of energy strategy.
Read MoreCarbon capture is the big potential of biomethane, says trader
The EU’s 35 billion cubic metres (bcm) a year target for biomethane in 2030 could deliver 50 million tonnes of negative emissions through carbon capture at the biogas-to-biomethane conversion stage alone, according to one of Europe’s large traders.
Read MoreEU net zero transition speeds up but still too slow, finds annual assessment
The EU is more on track to reach its climate neutrality goal than it was a year ago, but the pace of progress needs to accelerate to put the target within reach, according to an assessment of 124 net zero indicators unveiled by a consortium of researchers in Brussels on Tuesday.
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