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Today, the Commission has adopted all five Polish Operational Programmes with Territorial Just Transition Plans (TJTPs).

The cap has been set at a maximum price of 60 USD per barrel for crude oil and is adjustable in the future in order to respond to market developments.

In 2020, the industry sector accounted for 26% of final energy consumption, which makes it the third largest energy end-user in the EU, after transport and households.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and RLB NÖ-Wien will support investments in small and medium-sized renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Austria.

On Monday, Executive Vice-President Timmermans will be in Silesia in Poland to meet with local leaders, representatives of coal regions and cities with carbon-intensive industries, civil society and citizens.

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.

The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a French scheme to partially compensate energy-intensive companies for higher electricity prices resulting from indirect emission costs under the EU Emission Trading System (‘ETS').

Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson will be in Japan this Friday and Saturday, 2 and 3 December, to strengthen energy cooperation.

In November 2013, the Commission approved a Lithuanian measure to support the construction and operation of an LNG terminal.