September 7, 2023 Energy Systems, European Union, Hydrogen Production Hydrogen bank fails its mandate to decarbonise European industry The Commission published the final Terms & Conditions for the pilot auction to assign the first 800 million euros under…
July 27, 2023 Cities, Embodied Carbon, European Union, Local Impact Parliament moves to bind cement emissions Cement, a major player in the construction industry, bears the burden of contributing to a staggering 7% of global emissions.…
July 20, 2023 CCS Campaign, European Union, Industry Innovation Fund’s 3rd Large Scale call: Pace gathers for decarbonisation of cement, but handful of wasteful projects pre-selected. In this article, we highlight some key successes, on the deployment of CCS in harder-to-abate sectors, and concerns, with the…
July 19, 2023 Energy Systems, European Union Press release: European Parliament’s electricity market reform shows needed ambition In a significant vote today, the European Parliament's ITRE Committee approved an ambitious and improved Electricity Market Design (EMD).
July 14, 2023 Energy Systems, European Union, Hydrogen Production Open Letter: Importance of the European Network of Operators for Hydrogen Alongside several co-signatories, Bellona Europa signed a letter calling for the creation of an independent hydrogen network development entity. Developing…
July 14, 2023 CCS Campaign, CCS Campaign, European Union Director of CCS Europe, Chris Davies’s take on the reliability of long-term CO2 storage This week, we are excited to feature an op-ed written by Chris Davies, director of CCS Europe, as part of…
July 7, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS Campaign, European Union, Industry Carbon Capture and Storage Ladder: Assessing the Climate Value of CCS Applications in Europe Together with E3G and independent co-authors, our colleagues from Bellona Deutschland have published a “CCS Ladder” for Europe, inspired by the…
July 7, 2023 Energy Systems, European Union, Hydrogen Production, Hydrogen Use, Industry Hydrogen DRI for Steel in a Resource-Constrained Europe: How Much Renewable Electricity is Needed to Decarbonise the Sector with Green Hydrogen The European Union (EU) is the world’s second largest steel producer after China, with an annual production capacity of about…
July 6, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS Campaign, CCS Campaign, European Union, Industry Germany’s path to climate neutrality: The role of Carbon Capture and Storage Germany, as the largest industrialised country in the European Union, faces a significant challenge in transforming its industries, infrastructure, and…
July 5, 2023 European Union Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU: What this means for climate action The Spanish Presidency says it is committed to push for a reindustrialisation of Europe in the name of ‘ecological transition’.…
July 5, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, European Union, Industry Open Letter – Industrial Carbon Management Strategy Alongside several NGOs, Bellona Europa signed a letter calling the European Commission to ensure the publication of an Industrial Carbon…
June 27, 2023 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, European Union Second Carbon Removals Expert Group meeting leaves many questions unanswered The second meeting of the EU Expert Group on Carbon Removals took place last week, on June 21-22, bringing together…
June 22, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS Campaign, CCS Campaign, European Union, Industry Accelerating the CCS momentum in the ARRRA-cluster There is no doubt that this year will be crucial for the development of CO2 transport and storage infrastructure in…
June 16, 2023 Electrification, Energy Systems, European Union, Hydrogen Production Consultation Response: Methodology for Assessing Hydrogen and Electrolyser Candidate PCI/PMI Projects 2022-2023 Exercise Bellona welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the methodology for assessing hydrogen and electrolyser candidate PCI/PMI projects within the…
June 13, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate change, Industry Bellona Europa Consultation Response: Position on Net Zero Industry Act The NZIA aims to promote net zero technologies at climate relevant timelines, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS). The…
June 9, 2023 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change NGO Letter on the functioning of the Expert Group on Carbon Removal and its meetings Bellona, Carbon Market Watch, ECOS, EEB, and Fern in an open letter raised a number of key concerns that the…
June 8, 2023 CCS Campaign, European Union, TEN-T Carbon Capture And Storage: A Crucial Piece Of The Puzzle In Industry’s Path To Net-Zero Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) comprises a range of technologies designed to seize carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions at their origin,…
June 1, 2023 Carbon Capture and Storage, CCS Campaign, CCS Campaign, European Union, Industry Bellona Europa Launches Campaign to Inform on CCS´ Role in a Green and Just Transition What to expect? The CCS campaign will be a channel through which Bellona and other relevant stakeholders inform and raise…
May 5, 2023 Climate change, Electrification, Energy Systems ReFuelEU Aviation Reports show that generating sustainable aviation fuels will require a massive amount of renewable electricity to replace a large portion…
May 2, 2023 Carbon Accounting, Carbon Dioxide Removal, Climate change First European Parliament’s response offers only cosmetic improvements to the Carbon Removal Certification Framework MEP Lidia Pereira, the European Parliament's rapporteur on the Carbon Removal Certification Framework, has released a draft report aimed at…
