Policy and Affairs

Rinnovabili • EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive industry through transition
Environmental policies
EU strategy aims to steer energy-intensive industry through transition

The EU backs a plan to support energy-intensive industry with reforms to cut costs, emissions, and boost strategic autonomy

Rinnovabili • EU hydrogen targets at risk: cost, dependency, and delays raise doubts
Environmental policies
EU hydrogen targets at risk: cost,…

EU hydrogen targets face major challenges in cost, dependency, and project delays,…

Rinnovabili • Carbon border tax: Italy, France, Slovakia seek CBAM overhaul
Policy and Affairs
Italy, France, and Slovakia push to…

Carbon border tax under pressure: Italy, France, and Slovakia call for fewer…


Rinnovabili • COP29 Negotiations
Finance
COP29 Negotiations: A Climate Finance Deadlock Persists

Reaching an agreement on climate finance is becoming increasingly difficult at the COP29 negotiations. The latest…

Rinnovabili • EU Competitiveness Report
Environmental policies
Draghi, EU Competitiveness Report: The Decarbonization Chapter

More coordinated policies that connect ambitious climate goals with coherent plans to achieve them. This is…

Rinnovabili • Draghi Report: The Energy Chapter
Policy and Affairs
Draghi Report: The Energy Chapter

The report on the future of EU competitiveness, presented this morning by Mario Draghi, offers a…

Rinnovabili • State of the Energy Union
Environmental policies
State of the Energy Union: Challenges Remain, a Change of Pace is…

State of the Energy Union: The Commission Publishes the 2024 Energy Union Report Highlighting Progress and…

Rinnovabili • Hydrogen Auction
Policy and Affairs
EU to Introduce New Protectionist Criteria for Upcoming Hydrogen Auction

The announcement comes from newly appointed Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra, who stated that the goal in…

Rinnovabili • Hidden Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Environmental policies
Hidden Fossil Fuel Subsidies Cost $30 Billion: A Growing Burden

Between CO2 capture and hydrogen production from fossil sources, North America and Europe have spent tens…

Rinnovabili • Air quality
Environmental policies
Air quality improves in the EU, but in cities, pollutants exceed the…

The air quality in the EU is improving. Yet, despite the gradual reduction of emissions, the…

Rinnovabili • offshore wind sector
Policy and Affairs
The offshore wind sector will install 11 GW in 2024

Rystad Energy's forecasts rely on strong growth in the global offshore wind sector, supported by increased…

Rinnovabili • Nature Restoration Law
Environmental policies
The EU Nature Restoration Law has entered into force

On 18 August 2024 the “Nature Restoration law” came into force, the EU law that for…

Rinnovabili • lithium mine in Serbia
Environmental policies
Protests widen against lithium mine in Serbia

Concerns about the use of arsenic and sulfuric acid in the lithium mine in Serbia. Health…

Rinnovabili • wind and photovoltaic capacity
Policy and Affairs
Historic surpass, in China wind and photovoltaic capacity exceeds coal

According to consulting company Rystad Energy, photovoltaic will become the main source of electricity in China…

Rinnovabili • fossil emissions
Policy and Affairs
International treaties “protect” 2 billion tons of fossil emissions

The G7 countries together, thus protect half of the fossil emissions protected by these treaties, which…