Etiket: energy
This is how the European Commission wants to tackle the energy crisis this winter: 140 billion euros in excess profit tax and compulsory savings on consumption | Abroad
PoliticsA price ceiling for electricity. An excess profit tax on gas, oil and coal companies. Mandatory use less during peak times. They are measures from the plan that the Commission…
Late but necessary energy reform
After many months of resisting, the reality of the exorbitant electricity prices in the European Union have ended up forcing the European Commission to announce “a comprehensive and profound reform…
Cabinet advocates providing credit to energy suppliers to help poor people
The government is considering loans as a solution to the problems surrounding energy bills. Energy suppliers can draw on this if people can no longer cough up the bill. The…
EU consumers should be relieved by excess profits from energy companies
Ursula von der Leyen’s EU Commission wants to take radical measures to relieve consumers of the high energy prices. According to a legislative proposal presented on Wednesday, energy companies should…
Energy ministers call for solar obligation for new buildings
HANNOVER (dpa-AFX) – The energy ministers of the federal states have jointly spoken out in favor of a discussion about a photovoltaic requirement for all new buildings. “We want there…
German chemical sector cuts production due to high energy prices | News
The chemical and pharmaceutical industry, with more than 473,000 employees, is particularly affected by the energy crisis in Germany, which was caused by Russia’s continued reduction of gas supplies to…
Germany considers nationalizing energy company Uniper | News
Uniper ran into problems when the Russian state gas group Gazprom cut off its supply to Europe. As a result, the company had to source gas from the market at…
Free showers for people who can’t pay energy bills at Zaandam football club ZCFC
The price of gas is skyrocketing, causing many sports clubs to close showers in an effort to save money. But at the Zaandam Christian Football Club (ZCFC) they do just…
Energy, a precious asset for humanity (by Future Energy Argentina)
Energy is one of the scarcest goods in the world, due to the increase in demand. For years, to meet consumption needs, methods were used that generated (and continue to…
More economic unemployment due to energy crisis
More economic unemployment due to energy crisis This is the case, for example, in the metal sector. Also at Vesuvius in Ostend, a company that produces ceramic parts for the…