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EU and Japan step up cooperation on hydrogen
The EU and Japan have today intensified their cooperation on hydrogen with the signature of a Memorandum of Cooperation to spur innovation and develop an international hydrogen market.
Celtic Interconnector between Ireland and France: Next milestone reached
The underwater electricity connection linking the two EU countries will have an approximate length of 600 km and a capacity of 700 MW, enough to power 450,000 households.
Commission sets trajectories for filling gas storage in 2023
The Commission has set out today the intermediate gas storage filling targets that Member States should meet next year in order to reach the 90% gas storage target by 1 November 2023.
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