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...In July, the European Investment Bank increased financing by 50 per cent to help mobilise more than €150bn in new green investments....
...The EU’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson wrote an op-ed in the FT this week, which quite rightly pointed out that Europe’s green future depends on a much more powerful and intelligent electricity grid....
...Industry concerns that the EU has become too dependent on Chinese green technologies have risen in recent years....
...The renewables directive is part of the EU’s Green Deal climate law, which aims to position the bloc as a leader in environmental regulations....
...Now read these Grid idea: There is no green future for Europe without an upgraded power grid, writes energy commissioner Kadri Simson. Under the influence?...
...Madeleine King told journalists in Brussels on Tuesday that European carmakers and other manufacturers dependent on critical minerals for the green transition risked falling behind competitors if they were...
...Kadri Simson, the EU’s energy commissioner, said in March that the bloc “should get rid of Russian gas completely as soon as possible, still keeping in mind our security of supply”....
...Simson said that Brussels “remains neutral with regard to member states’ energy mix choices”....
...Kadri Simson, EU energy commissioner, lamented in October that the bloc had four times more wind capacity waiting for permits than under construction....
...Vestager, has complained in an interview with the FT about recent US legislation that would incentivise the production of electric vehicles on American soil, to the detriment of transatlantic co-operation in green...
...That country, China, is a critical supplier for Europe’s green transition....
...Terry Reintke was elected co-president of the Green group this week....
...What to watch today European Central Bank governing council meets in Frankfurt EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen visits Kosovo and Albania Energy commissioner Kadri Simson takes part in EU-Norway...
...During the summit, the EU’s energy commissioner Kadri Simson met her US counterpart to discuss the bloc’s plan to start purchasing gas as a group, and had dinner with the Egyptian energy minister....
...Evaporating Green Deal EU negotiators at the UN’s climate conference are feeling the heat not just from the Egyptian sun but also when defending the bloc’s Green Deal, as policymakers at home seek to postpone...
...“I can’t think of many other presidencies that have had such challenges thrown at them,” said EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson following Monday’s council....
...The deal comes only months after they agreed to establish an EU-Norwegian Green Alliance covering a range of areas....
...investment in green technologies....
...Some 15 member states wrote to the EU energy commissioner, Kadri Simson, this week demanding an EU-wide ceiling on wholesale gas prices as businesses buckle under the weight of costs that remain around five...
...Energy commissioner Kadri Simson had favoured an earlier deadline, by September 30 this year. From 2023 onwards, member states will have to agree individual refilling trajectories with the commission....
...As part of its plans to decarbonise gas, Brussels will introduce rules to increase production of biogas and green hydrogen....
...Brussels' new green taxonomy faces an uncertain future in European Parliament, as some members plan to reject the labelling of nuclear and gas as “green.”...
...Kadri Simson, EU energy commissioner, has defended the system for paving the way for market liberalisation and encouraging investment in green technologies. Why is the price of electricity rising?...
...Speaking after the meeting, EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson said the bloc needed to “end our dependence on foreign volatile fossil fuels as soon as possible”....
...Europe’s energy crisis had shown that the transition to green energy had been too slow, said Jason Bordoff, co-founding dean of the Columbia Climate School....
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