Kadri Simson @KadriSimson@respublicae.eu

This year’s Schuman Lights Up event is dedicated to #greenenergy & I had the chance to talk on the European #hydrogen eco-system.

For me, 🇧🇪 represents a microcosm of what we want to develop at #EU scale, with bold plans for H2 production & hydrogen pipeline infrastructure etc.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602350879918927872

Meeting with Virgil Popescu, Romanian 🇷🇴 Minister of Energy, ahead of the #TTE Energy Council tomorrow.

We discussed topics like security of gas supplies & acceleration of #renewables. Thank you for the good talk!

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602350220012052480

RT @vonderleyen: We have worked hard to be safe for this winter.

We are now turning our focus to preparing 2023, and the next winter.

@fbirol from the @IAE and I have discussed the energy outlook and how to avoid gas shortages in 2023 ↓
https://n.respublicae.eu/i/broadcasts/1YqJDolYlbwGV

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602282556765966339

Read more here👇
https://energy.ec.europa.eu/news/enhanced-crisis-response-strong-push-consumer-protection-winter-2022-12-12_en

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602277695194275840

Today, the @EU_Commission & stakeholders agreed on a set of common principles to increase the support for consumers struggling to pay their energy bills.

These principles include bill payment deferrals, protection from disconnection, advice on how to optimise energy use & more.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602277690366631942

Many Europeans are struggling to pay their #energy bills & we need to ensure that no one is left in the cold this winter.

This requires more concerted action by energy suppliers, national regulators, system operators & consumer organisations.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1602277686021423105

Good discussions today in Tallinn with my good friend @ratasjuri, the President of the Estonian Parliament @Riigikogu.

Current #energy crisis has hit all member states. National parliaments play a key role in providing the necessary input for finding a common way forward.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1601291159086645249

65 meters underground in an #oilshale mine in 🇪🇪

This mine is known as the largest oil shale mine in the world with 141 km2 of extracting permit area - approximately the same size as Tallinn.

Interesting chance to see & hear more about the process & plans for the future.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600871595182264320

The underlying message is that Russia’s war on #Ukraine 🇺🇦 has brought #EU🇪🇺-🇺🇸#US cooperation to a new level.

Including on key issues such as #energysecurity & clean energy deployment.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600161855497916422

Thank you, @AtlanticCouncil, for a chance to speak at your #CentralEuropeWeek event.

Important opportunity to discuss the implications the Russian aggression has brought to the region, the #EU🇪🇺 response, including the oil embargo on Russia, and the debate over price caps.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600161849156128781

RT @ACEurope: 🌟 SPOTLIGHT: Dec 6, 10:40am ET | @KadriSimson joins Amb. Richard Morningstar @ACGlobalEnergy to discuss the unfolding energy crisis caused by 🇷🇺's war in Ukraine and wider energy diversification efforts.

Register to join: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/event/2022-central-europe-week/#register
#CentralEuropeWeek

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600119722258747392

The @EU_Commission hears the concerns & arguments expressed by the representatives of the European Gas Exchanges.

We are aware of them. This is why the proposal includes strong safeguards.

Thank you for the input. The discussions will continue.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600100597549645825

The debate on the Market Correction Mechanism is ongoing & European energy ministers will soon meet again in the Council format to discuss it further.

Today, I met with the representatives of @Europex_energy & the CEOs of European Gas Exchanges to hear their views on the matter.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600100593216806912

Very good first meeting today with the new Serbian energy minister Dubravka Đedović.

#Serbia 🇷🇸 is an important partner for the #EU 🇪🇺 & energy is a strategic area of our cooperation.

We discussed Serbia’s very ambitious renewables deployment plans & #SecurityofSupply.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1600080489385074689

Today, the EU🇪🇺 sanctions on seaborne crude oil from Russia enter into force. Together with the #oilprice cap agreed within the #G7 coalition, it is a strong signal that we don’t want to sponsor Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Weekly Oil Bulletin for more: https://europa.eu/!nPM7X9

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/i/web/status/1599699387361292288

Last weekend, I had the extraordinary opportunity to visit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake & the following tsunami in 2011.

The reactors behind us are being decommissioned, a process taking 30-40 years.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/KadriSimson/status/1599706170196828160