
Julian Wettengel
Staff Correspondent at Clean Energy Wire
Reports on climate & energy for @cleanenergywire. Usual disclaimer.
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EU 2040 climate target, ending Russian energy imports priorities for Denmark's EU Council presidency
3 weeks ago |
cleanenergywire.org | Julian Wettengel
Climate & CO2 Politics EU The Danish government intends to use its EU Council presidency in the second half of this year to prioritise reaching an agreement among member states on a 2040 climate target for the European Union, said climate and energy minister Lars Aagaard at the annual summit of the energy industry association Eurelectric in Brussels.
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3 weeks ago |
cleanenergywire.org | Julian Wettengel
Increased production and use of electricity across all sectors is key for the European Union’s energy supply security and industrial competitiveness, stakeholders from the power sector said at the annual conference of industry association Eurelectric.
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4 weeks ago |
cleanenergywire.org | Julian Wettengel
Current planning for electricity grid development in Europe and Germany may underestimate infrastructure and flexibility needs as it uses simplified weather assumptions and idealised prosumer behaviour, said a report by transmission network operator TransnetBW. “Planning with weather-averages is no longer enough,” said the company.
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4 weeks ago |
cleanenergywire.org | Julian Wettengel
The new German coalition government has agreed which measures and policies to tackle as priorities in the coming months, including an act to unlock hundreds of billions of euros for investments in infrastructure and climate, and rules that speed up permitting for hydrogen and wind power infrastructure.
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1 month ago |
cleanenergywire.org | Julian Wettengel
EU rules have pushed many investment funds to drop terms like “sustainable” or “climate” from their names if they could not live up to the promise, even though guidelines did not cause fund operators to design their portfolios in a more sustainable way, said NGO Finance Watch Germany (Finanzwende).
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2040 EU #climate target + "freedom bill" to end Russian energy imports priorities for Denmark's Council presidency H2/2025, says @L_Aagaard at #PowerSummit25 @JorgensenJuul adds legal proposals on latter in "the very near future" https://t.co/xDgbPlek8K photo: @Eurelectric https://t.co/dqsJP5wvCv

“The fact that other countries step back in the fight against #climatechange means that we must step forward,” says EU Commissioner for #energy & #housing @DanJoergensen at opening of @Eurelectric’s #PowerSummit25 “There'll be no backtracking, there can only be fast-tracking” https://t.co/AdU65axt49

Intense opening of @Eurelectric's #PowerSummit25 Let's see if the discussions are equally intense. With issues like #energysecurity and industrial #competitiveness there is certainly the potential https://t.co/pg3OOHFEOI