Tag: RepowerEU

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive adopted

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The Commission welcomes today’s final adoption of the strengthened Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, another milestone of the European Green Deal. This legislation sets the framework for Member States to reduce emissions and energy use in buildings across the EU, from homes and workplaces to schools, hospitals and other public buildings. This will help improve people’s health and quality of Read more about Energy Performance of Buildings Directive adopted[…]

State aid: Commission approves €246 million Dutch scheme to support renewable hydrogen production

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The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €246 million Dutch scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen. The measure aims to contribute to the development of renewable hydrogen in line with the objectives of the EU Hydrogen Strategy and the European Green Deal. The scheme will also contribute to the objectives of the REPowerEU Read more about State aid: Commission approves €246 million Dutch scheme to support renewable hydrogen production[…]

EU invests €62 million in small-scale clean tech projects

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The EU is investing over €62 million in 17 small-scale innovative clean-tech projects with a fourth round of awards under the EU Innovation Fund. Grants disbursed help bring breakthrough technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, renewable energy, hydrogen, and energy storage. This will accelerate Europe’s clean energy transition and decarbonisation, across a large geographic Read more about EU invests €62 million in small-scale clean tech projects[…]

European Solar PV Industry Alliance

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The Commission together with industrial actors, research institutes, associations and other relevant parties launched the European Solar PV Industry Alliance. The alliance will help mitigating supply risk by securing diversification of supplies through more diverse imports and scaled up solar PV manufacturing of innovative and sustainable solar PVs in the EU. In a joint statement, the Read more about European Solar PV Industry Alliance[…]

State aid: Commission approves €500 million Romanian scheme

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The European Commission has approved an approximately €500 million (RON 2,500 million) Romanian scheme to support companies across sectors in the context of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis Framework, adopted by the Commission on 23 March 2022 and amended on 20 July 2022 and on 28 October 2022, based on Article 107(3)(b) Read more about State aid: Commission approves €500 million Romanian scheme[…]

Share of renewable energy to be raised to 45% by 2030

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The Industry, Research and Energy Committee wants to accelerate substantially the deployment of renewable energy, and the reduction of energy consumption, by 2030. On Wednesday 13 July, MEPs voted to raise the share of renewables in the EU’s final energy consumption to 45% by 2030, under the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED) -a Read more about Share of renewable energy to be raised to 45% by 2030[…]