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1 week ago | table.media | Nico Beckert |Markus Grabitz

Home|EEG: Study sees several options for implementing EU requirements.|Germany has various options when it comes to implementing the EU Internal Electricity Market Regulation. However, a study by the Stiftung Umweltenergierecht (Environmental Energy Law Foundation) shows that it is unlikely to be possible to avoid a repayment obligation for new wind and solar power plants in the event of high electricity prices.

1 week ago | table.media | Malte Kreutzfeldt |Nico Beckert |Jörn Petring

China wants to build new coal-fired power plants by at least 2027. They are intended to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies, which is a technical challenge. The new power plants should also capture CO2 and add biomass where possible. Find out more in Table.Briefings. China wants to build new coal-fired power plants until 2027 in order to compensate for fluctuations in renewable energies.

3 weeks ago | table.media | Alexandra Endres |Nico Beckert |Andrzej Rybak

Four years before the legal date for phasing out coal, Finland will no longer use the fossil fuel to generate electricity and heat this spring. Find out which countries also phased out coal-fired power generation last year in Table.Briefings. Four years before the statutory phase-out date, Finland will no longer use coal to generate electricity and heat this spring. This was announced by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Helsinki on Tuesday.

3 weeks ago | table.media | Malte Kreutzfeldt |Nico Beckert |Emily Kossak

Hydropower is generally regarded as a clean source of energy. However, some hydropower plants could also be major emitters of the greenhouse gas methane and thus exacerbate the climate crisis. In Table.Briefings, you can read how a British company wants to capture this potent greenhouse gas from hydropower plants using a new technology and make it usable for biofuels. According to some estimates, hydropower plants release one billion tons of CO₂ equivalent every year.

1 month ago | table.media | Manuel Berkel |Malte Kreutzfeldt |Nico Beckert

The EU Commission may want to integrate biomethane into AggregateEU, the mechanism for pooling demand and joint procurement. At the annual Eurogas conference, an official also commented on the methane regulation. The EU Commission wants to strengthen energy security through more domestically produced biomethane.