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How Eurobonds can raise trillions for recovery and the Green Deal

April 29, 2020 by Luca Bonaccorsi

EU nations have lined up for and against any form of Eurobonds, including Coronabonds, that would mutualise vast amounts of debt across all the member states. Yet vast amounts are needed to recover from this unexpected and unprecedented global slump caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Where will it come from? Luca Bonaccorsi at Transport & Environment explains EC president Ursula von der Leyen’s proposal for how the EU budget (on its own, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy, Investment, Policies Tagged With: coronabonds, Coronavirus, EU, Eurobonds, GreenDeal, Macron, Merkel, vonderLeyen

Opposition to Nord Stream 2 ignores market fundamentals [Energy Post Weekly]

December 14, 2018 by Gaurav Sharma

Criticism of the Nord Stream 2 project routinely misses the bigger picture of EU’s lower carbon targets, Groningen’s impending switch-off and Russia’s own dependence on natural gas exports to Europe. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Debates, Energy, EU Policy, Oil, Gas & Coal, Renewables Tagged With: Engie, EU gas debate, gas, gas debate, Gas market, Gazprom, Germany, Merkel, Naftogaz, Nord Stream 2, OMV, Shell, Uniper, Wintershall

Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019

February 8, 2018 by Kerstine Appunn, Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel

Germany’s  coalition partners have concluded a treaty that may set a final deadline for coal-fired power production in Germany, Clean Energy Wire reports. A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between the social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives.  … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Climate policy, Energy, News, Policies, Renewables Tagged With: coal power, Energiewende, energy transition, Germany, Merkel, renewables

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