New safety and pollution targets for shipping

The package includes three proposals focused on improving maritime safety rules, emphasizing port state control and maritime accident investigations to reduce incidents, safeguard human lives, and prevent environmental pollution.

EC gives nod to renewable hydrogen production

The European Commission has approved a €450m Italian scheme to support renewable hydrogen production. The European Commission is supporting renewable hydrogen production through the approval of a €450m Italian scheme. This will foster the transition to green energy, as part of the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary

NetZero Industry Act launched in Europe

The European Commission launched its NetZero Industry Act legislation that could see carbon capture technology rolled out more rapidly to ships. With the NetZero Industry Act, the European Commission will reduce the administrative burden and simplify permit-granting processes for renewable energy projects, accelerate the use of CO2 capture and storage and improve conditions for investment

EU prioritizes five clean sectors for energy shift

The European Union plans to prioritize the growth of five clean technologies – from solar energy to hydrogen – to meet its emissions-reduction goals and stave off competition from the US and China in the race toward a climate-neutral economy. The European Commission, the bloc’s regulatory arm, wants to accelerate permitting procedures for key projects

Europe has adopted rules for green hydrogen

The European Commission has adopted long-awaited rules for how and when hydrogen can count towards the EU’s climate targets. The new rules envisage that the electrolysers to produce hydrogen will have to be connected to new renewable electricity production to count as renewable. To make sure hydrogen production is not diverting renewable energy away from

European Commission endorses fossil gas as ‘transition’ fuel for private investment

The European Commission endorsed fossil gas as a “transition” fuel under its sustainable finance taxonomy released on Wednesday, in move campaigners called “the biggest greenwashing exercise of all time”. Private investment in gas power generation will be classed as “transitional” provided the plants use an increasing share of cleaner fuels like biogas or hydrogen, under