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Joint letter to the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida
JOINT LETTER | On the sidelines of the CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, senior executives of our organizations met with representatives of G7 nations to discuss the unique and vital role of natural gas in meeting shared energy security and climate objectives…

Zero-emission buildings: why renewable energy
delivered through the grids is key
Emissions from buildings are much harder to abate than many think. The type of energy efficiency measures that are possible depend on many factors, such as climatic zones, local energy…

Open joint letter to the European Commission concerning the Union Database
In this open joint letter to the European Commission, Eurogas presents the association’s concerns on the Union Database (UDB) for tracing gaseous and liquid transport fuels, under the recast Renewable Energy Directive.

E.U. and U.S. gas sector leaders: Action needed now on climate and costs in energy diversification
Didier Holleaux, President of Eurogas, commented: “While progress has been achieved, there is work to do to deliver an additional …

Eurogas position on CO2 standards for heavy-duty vehicles
Eurogas welcomes the European Commission’s ambition on CO2 emissions reductions from new heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs), in line with the …

Gas sector report calls for new momentum towards a Just Transition
On 26 January, Eurogas was joined by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and industriAll Europe at the final conference of an EU-funded project on a Just Transition for gas workers. Trade unions, gas …

Portugal’s Floene promotes pioneering roadmap for renewable gases in the industrial sector
Eurogas member Floene is the largest gas distribution network operator in Portugal, and at the forefront of the energy transition in the country. With more than 13,500 km of gas network …

5 Questions with Lucia Verardi, Policy Advisor at Eurogas
This month our 5 questions with… interview series continues with our colleague Lucia Verardi from the policy team.

Molecules December 2022: 5 Questions with Sara Attanasio, Eurogas Events
Our 5 questions with… interview series continues this month with our colleague Sara Attanasio.

Eurogas meets in Prague to assess role of gases in Czech Republic and beyond
This annual regional conference welcomed nearly 200 attendees in Prague and online, and didn’t lose focus on the ultimate objective of decarbonising the gas sector through, for example, the deployment of biomethane and hydrogen.

Joint Common Principles for Enhanced Consumer Protection this Winter
The Russian invasion of Ukraine dramatically changed the economic and social situation in Europe, with costs-of-living rising sharply in the Union also due to increasing energy prices. Unprecedented measures have been taken at EU and at national level to support consumers, with energy-specific measures and measures based on the existing consumer protection and social policy framework at Union and national levels.

Joint Statement on the REDII Delegated Act Art. 28 (5): the Importance of Industrial CCU for Reaching Climate Neutrality
The signatories represent a wide range of industrial sectors for which Carbon Capture and Utilisation (CCU) is a core technology to help reach their sustainability and climate neutrality targets. The undersigned fully support the Commission’s ambitious climate targets. But reaching those targets including RFNBOs sub-quotas from the REPowerEU Plan, European Hydrogen Strategy, revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, ReFuelEU Aviation or discussed in FuelEU Maritime will require legal certainty for investments and support for the scale-up of renewable hydrogen, its derivatives such as synthetic fuels, and underlying technologies such as CCU.