EU — latest ecology news

Projects must support the sustainability of local communities and comply with the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Countries are mainly developing onshore wind farms, as offshore generation remains too expensive and difficult to build

Ukrainian producers have been selling environmentally friendly gas to the EU since 2025

This involves the manufacture of a wide range of equipment and components, from solar panels to energy storage systems

Corporate sustainability checks will now only apply to large companies with a turnover of €1.5 billion

According to leaders of a number of countries, EU ETS standards are leading to deindustrialization in the name of decarbonization

Energy-intensive industries still account for 27% of CO2 emissions in the European Union

At the same time, emissions from industry are lower than emissions from consumption

At the same time, negative prices are increasingly appearing on wholesale markets, with green energy producers forced to pay extra for its sale

Under the new "climate" mechanism, you have to pay for imports of metals, fertilizers, cement, and hydrogen

The state will compensate for lost income and up to 100% of non-profit investment costs

However, some countries have significantly reduced their emissions, notably Estonia, which has cut emissions by 17.4%