EU Pre-COP27 deal: petrol and diesel free cars and vans by 2035
EU Commission, EU Member States and EU Parliament concluded talks on October 26, 2022 to set up a zero-emissions sales mandate for new cars and vans…
Million Euro Hydrogen Days are over: EU keeps shoving billions to (part of) hydrogen value chain
EU Commission vice president Frans Timmermans spurred the hydrogen community, gathered in the vintage halls of the Brussels World Expo during the Hydrogen Days 2022 from…
German State Aid approved for Green Steel
On October 4, 2022 the EU Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1 billion German measure to help Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH (‘Salzgitter') decarbonise…
State Aid put to (Hy2)Use
The EU Commission on September 21, 2022 approved “IPCEI Hy2Use”, the second Important Project of Common European Interest in the hydrogen value chain. The project involves…
Banking on Hydrogen
At the last EU State of the Union on September 14, 2022, EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, to the surprise of many, announced the…
Riding the Waves: first H2 IPCEI H2Tech approved
On July 15, 2022 the EU Commission approved a total of 5.4 bln of State Aid funding to 41 hydrogen tech projects, in the first ever…
HyExchange with Dutch Climate Minister: green hydrogen certificate trading platform kicks off.
On April 11, 2022 Rob Jetten, Dutch Minister of Climate and Energy, received the first certificate for green hydrogen during a visit to North Sea Port…
REPowerEU>REPowerRussia>REPowerUkraine
As a first green and peaceful response to the evolving human and political tragedy at its Eastern borders the EU Commission on March 8, 2022 issued…