Italy’s new green tax aimed at overcoming regional opposition to new renewable projects risks scaring off investors due to higher costs, industry developers and lobbies have warned.
read more... 06/12/2023
The European Parliament has adopted its position on the proposed Net-Zero Industry Act (NZIA), which is intended to bolster Europe's manufacturing output in technologies needed for decarbonisation. MEPs included nuclear fission and fusion among a list of 17 technologies covered by the legislation.
read more... 24/11/2023
German energy experts and industry representatives are sceptical of a government plan to cut industrial power taxes, with the details still ambiguous and some arguing more was needed to ensure competitiveness with other nations.
read more... 21/11/2023
The European Commission is considering using its “trade instruments” as the EU’s wind industry continues to struggle with fierce competition from China, high raw material prices, rising interest rates, and slow permit-granting processes.
read more... 20/11/2023
Mainland Europe's two largest economies have reached key power price deals this month that should set the stage for increased power consumption by industry from 2024 onwards.
read more... 16/11/2023