Energy and Climate Law

On 1 July the rotating presidency of the European Council is moving for one and a half years to Germany (1/July/2020), Portugal (1/January/2021) and Slovenia (1/July/2021). The European Council defines the EU's overall political direction and consits of heads of state or government of the 27 EU member states, the European Council President and the President of the European Commission. The three countries that will take over the presidency from 1 July 2020 drew up a unified action programme for the coming years. We take a look at their agenda and critically assess whether or not it can bring about a boost for the energy transition in times of COVID-19.

On 10 June 2020 the German government finally released its long-anticipated national hydrogen strategy. We take a look at the most important provisions, provide an overview and flag issues. The blog entry also discusses particular legal amendments to the energy market design in Germany. The aim of the  national hydrogen strategy is to boost hydrogen in Germany further and ultimately create a hydrogen economy, with Germany as `hydrogen world leader´. The national hydrogen strategy is available here.