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Voltalia invests in five new solar power plants in Portugal

Voltalia invests in five new solar power plants in Portugal
09/22/2022 | Environment
PORTUGAL / FRANCE. The French Voltalia will build a new complex of small solar power plants in Portugal on five sites.
AFM, Albania, Alcochete, Antuzede, Aïn Beni Mathar, Cabril, Creadev, Egypt, energy, environment, Europe, France, Glbal Solar Hub, Greece, Guercif, Helexia, Jordan, Lisbon, Morocco, Mulliez, Mulliez family association, Oliveira de Frades, photovoltaic, Pinhal Novo, Porto, Portugal, renewable energy, Sertã, solar power plants, Sébastien Clerc, Vale Serrao, Voltalia

The European Commission gives the green light to state aid in the field of hydrogen

The European Commission gives the green light to state aid in the field of hydrogen
09/22/2022 | Industry
EU. The European Commission has approved the public aid proposed jointly by thirteen Member States for the second major project of common European interest concerning hydrogen.
Air Liquide France, Enel Green Power, energy, Engie, EU, European Commission, European Union, France, Greece, Hy2Tech, Hy2Use, hydrogen, industry, Italy, Margrehte Vestager, PIIEC, Portugal, Shell.Ursula von der Leyen, Spain, state aid, Thierry Breton

Malta to receive € 817 million from the EU to green and digitalize its economy

Malta to receive € 817 million from the EU to green and digitalize its economy
09/20/2022 | Society / Institutions
MALTA. As part of the European Union's cohesion policy for the period 2021-2027, Malta will receive €817M in funding to support a more competitive, inclusive, green and digital economy.
Cohesion Fund, digital, education, employment, energy, ERDF, ESF+, EU, European cohesion policy, European Commission, European Regional Development Fund, European Social Fund plus, European Union, fisheries, FTJ, Grand Harbour, health, Italy, Just Transition Fund, Malta, Malta Freeport, maritime, Marsaxlokk, Mediterranean, Nicolas Schmit, Valletta, Virginijus Sinkevičius

European Commission calls for emergency intervention in energy markets

European Commission calls for emergency intervention in energy markets
09/15/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. In her State of the Union address, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, proposed a new emergency package for European energy markets in response to recent dramatic increases in energy prices.
energy, EU, European Commission, European Union, gas, Kadri Simson, Putin, Russia, Russian gas, state of the union address, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen

European solar electricity production reached a record high during the summer of 2022

European solar electricity production reached a record high during the summer of 2022
09/13/2022 | Environment
EU. Photovoltaic panels installed in the European Union broke their record in the summer of 2022 by producing 12.2% of the EU's electricity.
cyprus, Dries Acke, electricity, Ember, energy, energy mix, environment, EU, European Parliament, European Union, France, Greece, Italy, Paweł Czyżak, photovoltaic panels, Portugal, Slovenia, solar, solar energy, solar panels, SolarPower, Spain

The taxation of inflationary profits is gaining more and more supporters in Southern Europe

The taxation of inflationary profits is gaining more and more supporters in Southern Europe
09/06/2022 | Society / Institutions
MEDITERRANEAN. Italy, Greece and Spain have already taken the step of taxing "superprofits" that benefit from inflation. The French government is hesitating.
CMA CGM, Covid, energy, Engie, Europe, European Commission, France, Greece, inflation, Italy, logistics. TotalEnergies, Mediterranean, oil companies, profits, Spain, superprofits, taxation, Ukraine

EU member states agree on plan to reduce gas consumption

EU member states agree on plan to reduce gas consumption
07/28/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. In order to respond to the decline in Russian gas supplies, the Council of the European Union adopts a European Commission proposal to organise a coordinated reduction in gas consumption in the 27 Member States.
Baltic States, Belgium, Brussels, Budapest, Council of the European Union, Cyprus, Czech Republic, energy, EU, European Commission, European Union, France, gas, Gazprom, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Josef Sikela, Kadri Simon, Malta, Portugal, Putin, Russia, Spain, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen

EIB finances first three French offshore wind turbines

EIB finances first three French offshore wind turbines
06/28/2022 | Environment
FRANCE. The European Investment Bank announces the conclusion of three financing agreements for the installation and commissioning of the first floating offshore wind turbines deployed in France, all located in the Mediterranean.
Ademe, Aude, Banque des Territoires, CDC, CPP Investments, EDF Renewables, EDP Renewables, EFGL, EIB, Enbridge, Enbridge Eolien France, energy, Engie, environment, Eolmed, European Commission, European Investment Bank, Feder, FEIS, floating wind turbines at sea, Fonds européen pour les investissements stratégiques, Fécamp, Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, IFP Energies Nouvelles, InnovFin, Le Barcarès, Leucate, Marseille, NER 300, Ocean Winds, Port Saint Louis du Rhône, Portugal, Principle Power, Provence Grand Large offshore wind farm, Pyrénées-Orientales, Qair, RTE, Réseau de Transport d'électricité, SBM Offshore, Siemens Gamesa, Vestas, wind turbines, Windfloat, Windfloat Atlantic, Éoliennes flottantes du Golfe du Lion

EU legislates to ensure no gas shortages this winter

EU legislates to ensure no gas shortages this winter
06/28/2022 | Society / Institutions
EU. The European Council definitively adopts a regulation on gas storage aimed at securing the energy supply of Member States in the face of the threat of shortages caused by the war in Ukraine.
Cyprus, energy, EU, European Commission, European Council, European Parliament, European Union, gas, Ireland, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Malta, Ukraine

EU to buy natural gas from Israel via Egypt

EU to buy natural gas from Israel via Egypt
06/16/2022 | Society / Institutions
ISRAEL / EGYPT / EU. Faced with the new geopolitical reality, the European Union signs a tripartite agreement with Israel and Egypt to increase supplies of Israeli natural gas from Egypt after liquefaction there.
Al-Sissi, Cairo, COP27, Egypt, energy, energy dependency, EU, Eurobarometer, European Commission, European Union, hydrogen, Israel, Jerusalem, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Masdar, Middle East Gas Forum, Naftali Bennett, natural gas, Russia, Sharm el-Sheikh, Suez Canal, Ukraine, Ursula von der Leyen

French green hydrogen producer Lhyfe launches IPO

French green hydrogen producer Lhyfe launches IPO
05/10/2022 | Society / Institutions
FRANCE. Lhyfe announces the launch of its initial public offering on Euronext in Paris through a capital increase with the ambition to raise up to €145.5m.
Amundsen Investment Management, Bouin, Caisse des Dépôts, CDC Croissance, EDP Renováveis, energy, Euronext, Europe, France, green hydrogen, hydrogen, IEA, International Energy Agency, Lhyfe, Matthieu Guesné, Mitsui, Nantes, Paris Stock Exchange, Plug power, Portugal, renewable energy, Vendée, Wpd

European Commission and industry join forces to produce more clean hydrogen

European Commission and industry join forces to produce more clean hydrogen
05/10/2022 | Environment
EU. The European Commission and twenty CEOs of electrolyser companies sign an agreement to increase electrolyser production capacity in the European Union by a factor of ten.
Brussels, EIB, electrolysers, energy, environment, European Alliance for Clean Hydrogen, European Commission, European Investment Bank, Frans Timmermans, gas, Green Deal for Europe, Hydrogen Europe, REPowerEu, Russia, Thierry Breton, Ursula von der Leyen

Pierre Loaëc takes over as head of the Marseille regional office of the European Commission

Pierre Loaëc takes over as head of the Marseille regional office of the European Commission
05/05/2022 | People
FRANCE. The European Commission appoints Frenchman Pierre Loaëc as head of the Commission's regional office in Marseille.
Alain Dumort, Brussels, CA CIB, Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, DG COMP, DG ENER, EBRD, energy, ESSEC Business School, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Commission, France, London, Marseille, Paris, Pierre Loaëc, RePowerEU, Sciences po, State, Valérie Drezet-Humez

Algeria to supply more gas to Italy

Algeria to supply more gas to Italy
04/12/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / ITALY. The Italian group ENI and the Algerian state company Sonatrach sign a new gas agreement to strengthen energy cooperation between Algeria and Italy.
Abdelmadjid Tebboune, Al Arabiya, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Ben Atou Ziane, energy, Eni, Enrico Mattei, gas pipeline, Giovanni Pugliese, hydrocarbons, industry, Italy, Libya, Luigi Di Maio, Mario Draghi, Mediterranean, Roberto Cingolani, Sicily, Sonatrach, Toufik Hakkar, Transmed, Tunisia

Larache natural gas field in Morocco shows great promise

Larache natural gas field in Morocco shows great promise
04/05/2022 | Industry
MOROCCO. The latest analyses of the Chariot Oil & Gas field, located off the town of Larache, reveal a natural gas of excellent quality with methane gas present at more than 96% in the seven reservoirs inventoried.
Adonis Pouroulis, Anchovies, carbon dioxide, Chariot Oil & Gas, energy, gas, hydrocarbons, hydrogen sulphide, Larache, Lixus, Morocco, natural gas, Office national des Hydrocarbures et des Mines, ONHYM, Stena Don, Tangiers

Algeria ready to increase its gas deliveries to Europe

Algeria ready to increase its gas deliveries to Europe
03/01/2022 | Industry
ALGERIA / EU. Sonatrach's CEO has pledged to deliver more gas to the European Union to replace, in part, Russian gas exports threatened by the conflict in Ukraine.
Abdelmadjid Attar, Algeria, Algiers, Baltic Sea, Berkine Sud, Brussels, Claudio Descalzi, energy, Engie, Eni, EU, European Union, gas, Gas Infrastructure Europe, Germany, green hydrogen, GZ4, Hassi Bi Rekaiz, hydrocarbons, industry, Isarene, Liberty, liquefied natural gas, LNG, Luigi Di Maio, Maghreb Europe Pipeline, Medgaz, Mediterranean Sea, Morocco, NATO, Nord-Stream 1, Nord-Stream 2, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, Olaf Scholz, OMV, Portugal, Russia, Shell, Slovenia, Sonatrach, Spain, State, TFT, TotalEnergies, Toufik Hakkar, Touggourt, TurkStream, Ukraine, Uniper, Wintershall Dea

The EU releases €1.6 billion to support the green and digital transition in Morocco

The EU releases €1.6 billion to support the green and digital transition in Morocco
02/10/2022 | Environment
MOROCCO / EU. As part of its new Global Gateway strategy launched in December 2021, the European Union will invest €1.6 billion in the green and digital transition in Morocco.
Africa, Aziz Akhannouch, Belt and Road, climate, digital, EBRD, education, EIB, energy, environment, EU, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, European Investment Bank, European Union, Global Gateway, green transition, health, Morocco, renewable energy, research, Silk Road, sustainable development, transport, Ursula von der Leyen

Spain replaces Algeria to deliver gas to Morocco

Spain replaces Algeria to deliver gas to Morocco
02/08/2022 | Society / Institutions
SPAIN / MOROCCO / ALGERIA. The Spanish and Moroccan governments signed an agreement on gas on Thursday 3 February 2022. Following its decision to unilaterally break off all relations with Morocco at the end of August 2021, Algeria decided on 31 October 2021 not to renew its contract (running for 25...
Algeria, Algerian gas, Atlantic Ocean, Bilbao, Casablanca, Enagàs, energy, gas, Gibraltar, GME, Huelva, Leila Benali, Liquefied Natural Gas, LNG, LNG tankers, Madrid, Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline, Medgaz, Mediterranean Sea, Mohammedia, Morocco, National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water, Onee, Portugal, Rabat, Russia, Sagunto, Sound Energy, Spain, Ukraine, Valencia

Green light for floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Lion

Green light for floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Lion
01/27/2022 | Environment
FRANCE. Ocean WInds and the Banque des Territoires announce their final investment decision for the construction of three 10 MW floating wind turbines some fifteen kilometres off Leucate and Le Barcarès.
Ademe, Agence de l'environnement et de la maîtrise de l'énergie, Amidéole, Arec, Aude, Banque des Territoires, Barcarès, BW-ideol, Calen, China's CGN Europe Energy and Banque des Territoires) with three wind turbines with a capacity of 9, DFI, EDF Renouvelables, EDP Renewables, EFGL Eoliennes flottantes du golfe du Lion (floating wind turbines in the Gulf of Lion), Emmanuel Legrand, Enbridge, energy, Engie, environnement, Eolink, EolMed, Floatgen, France, Groix Island in Brittany (developed by Eolfi, Gruissan, Grzegorz Gorski, La Ciotat, Le Grand Narbonne, Leucate, Narbonne, Ocean WInds, PGL, Port-La Nouvelle, Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Principle Power, Provence Grand Large, Pyrénées Orientales, Qair, Sainte-Anne-du-Portzic, Semper, Total, wind turbines, Windfloat Atlantic

Jordan to deliver electricity to Lebanon via Syria

Jordan to deliver electricity to Lebanon via Syria
01/20/2022 | Society / Institutions
LEBANON / JORDAN / SYRIA. The Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has announced the forthcoming signing of an electricity supply agreement with Lebanon and a transit agreement with Syria.
Banque du Liban, EDL Electricité du Liban, Egypt, electricity, energy, Jordan, Lebanon, Saleh Al-Kharabsheh, Syria

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