EU agrees 2040 fossil boiler ban in revamped green buildings law on 08/12/23
Fossil fuel boilers will need to be completely phased out by 2040 and subsidies cut from 2025 as part of a political agreement reached by EU legislators on Thursday evening (7 December) to revamp the bloc’s Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD). The growing role of non-price criteria in offshore wind auctions on 08/12/23
An increasing number of EU member states are adopting non-price criteria in their offshore wind auction designs, write Vasilios Anatolitis, Julia Panny, Malte Gephart, and Pia Weckenbrock. But while non-price criteria can support a wide range of policy objectives, their design and implementation come with challenges, they caution. EU countries want to continue using green tech from China on 07/12/23
Concerned that excluding Chinese manufacturers of solar panels and other green technologies could slow down the energy transition and raise costs, EU countries on Thursday (7 December) agreed to continue allowing Chinese products for most subsidy programmes for renewable energy. EU’s contested green buildings law limps towards the finishing line on 07/12/23
Negotiations on the EU's Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) are expected to conclude on Thursday evening (7 December), with EU countries set to dilute a proposed mandate to make renovations mandatory. EU’s critical minerals act welcome but falling short, say green groups and industry on 07/12/23
The EU’s Critical Raw Materials Act, adopted on Thursday (7 December), aims to reduce permitting times for domestic mining and recycling projects, but fails to create the broader conditions necessary for companies to make those investments, the industry says – a warning echoed by green activists. Why Europe needs a new body to design its hydrogen infrastructure on 07/12/23
The EU should create a new, separate entity to ensure more independence from incumbent interests in the crucial task of designing a future-proof hydrogen infrastructure, write Michaela Holl and Megan Anderson. It’s official: 2023 will be the warmest year on record, EU scientists say on 07/12/23
European Union scientists said on Wednesday (6 December) that 2023 would be the warmest year on record, as global mean temperature for the first 11 months of the year hit the highest level on record, 1.46°C above the 1850-1900 average. World divided at COP28 over whether to end fossil fuel era on 07/12/23
It's the issue at the core of COP28: will this year's UN climate talks, held in major oil producer the United Arab Emirates, produce the first global agreement to phase out fossil fuel use? COP28 in Dubai: Climate action and fossil fuel phase-out urgent on 07/12/23
This week, the Beyond the Byline podcast takes stock of what’s been happening at the UN’s Climate Summit COP28, currently taking place in Dubai. What can we expect from the negotiations? What’s the world’s reaction been to the summit, and... Slovakia to allocate more funding to avoid rising prices of household energy on 07/12/23
The Slovak government will give €1.25 billion to energy aid next year in an effort to prevent a 20% increase in household electricity charges, Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Saková said on Wednesday.
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