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‘Golden era’ lying ahead for EU’s energy efficiency industries, IEA says on 20/10/23 European companies are among world leaders in energy saving solutions and are ideally positioned to reap the benefits of climate action, but they feel ignored by Brussels, which left aside the EU’s multi-billion energy efficiency sector in its recent Net-Zero Industry Act.
Next EU sanctions on Russia must target Putin’s strategic energy projects on 20/10/23 Media investigations have revealed how European companies continued to provide hardware and services to a massive new gas project in Siberia, despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The next round of EU sanctions must put an end to this, write Oleh Stavinsky and Zoe Reiter.
Bulgarian government: ‘Interest’ in buying Lukoil refinery on 20/10/23 Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov confirmed on Thursday that there is interest in the sale of Lukoil Neftochim Burgas, which is the largest refinery in the Balkans and is managed by the Russian company Lukoil through its company in Switzerland – Litasco.
Slovakia’s Fico to miss out on October EU summit if he sticks with a climate denier on 20/10/23 President Zuzana Čaputová refused Robert Fico’s nominee for the position of environment minister, meaning he will have to come up with an alternative if he wants to meet his goal of attending the European Council Summit on 26-27 October.
Industrial energy users push for subsidies ahead of German government meeting on 20/10/23 Representatives of energy-intensive industries have urged the government to decide on subsidies for electricity prices, which, while strongly discouraged by economists, will be the point of discussion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s discussions with government leaders.
Green investors warn EU against rollback of climate policies on 19/10/23 Despite the transition to climate neutrality creating frictions in the short-term, politicians should not change course, investors in green technologies said, asking for clear signals that the transition will be followed through.
LEAK: Brussels finalises ‘wind power package’ to help beleaguered EU industry on 19/10/23 The European Commission is planning to table a European Wind Power Package on Tuesday (24 October), aiming to strengthen the EU’s wind industry by solving the challenges it is facing, according to leaked drafts seen by Euractiv.
Future of reuse systems at stake in key packaging waste law vote on 19/10/23 Europe needs to shift towards reusable packaging to help bring it back within planetary boundaries. This requires structural change, underpinned by an ambitious packaging waste law, and lawmakers in the European Parliament need to back this, writes Aline Maigret.
Deal on EU electricity market reform: What did Paris and Berlin obtain? on 19/10/23 Both Germany and France claimed victory after an agreement was reached among EU countries on Tuesday (17 October) to reform the EU's electricity market. Euractiv looks at what Paris and Berlin got out of the deal.
BarMar hydrogen pipeline project ‘dead on arrival’, French experts say on 19/10/23 Hopes were high for the BarMar hydrogen pipeline project linking Spain and France when it was announced almost a year ago. But with no news since then, French experts say the project was in fact always a non-starter.
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