The European Commission recently announced the REPowerEU project which includes doubling the European Union's (EU) hydrogen production target and stresses the need to improve the EU's production capacities of equipment such as electrolysers. In this context, the European Clean Hydrogen Alliance has launched an appeal for project promoters among its members to submit their projects to the EIB. EIB teams will evaluate the information provided and select projects. Presentations

On December 15, 2021 it was published in the Italian Official Gazette no. 297 the ministerial decree of 6 October 2021 by which the Italian Minister of Ecological Transition, the Minister of Economic Development and the Minister of Economy and Finance defined the implementing rules for requesting the tax credit for purchases made during the year 2020, of recycled products. The subsidy consists of a tax credit equal to 25% of the expenses incurred in 2020 for the purchases of

The regional councilor for economic development and work of Emilia Romagna, Vincenzo Colla, announced his intention by next June to relaunch the textile and footwear sectors by focusing on research and development thanks to a platform. The Region currently has more than 7,700 manufacturing companies with about 38,000 employees, an export of 7.7 billion euros, 21% of national exports, to which must be added more than 25,000 companies employing almost 50,000 employees for the t

On September 30, the Italian Ministry of Ecological Transition will publish the decrees with the selection criteria for projects relating to investments in infrastructures to support recycling and recycling plants. These projects will receive one and a half billion investments for "Circular Cities": The measure aims to achieve the recycling targets set by EU legislation, which provides that a maximum of 10% of waste ends up in landfills and that 65% is instead recycled. The i

By 2050, climate change could cause a 20% increase in hunger and malnutrition. Among other factors, air pollution is one of the main causes of climate change and harms plants, animals and people. The United Nations International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies invites everyone to take action to reduce air pollution and bring about a transformative change in our lifestyles. The World Food Program (WFP) declares that small actions can help change the world. For this reason, the

The public and private sectors are investing millions of euros more each year in green technologies, however the steps are still slow and few in number to find and disseminate new products and, furthermore, the prices of green technologies are still too high. EIB President and Bill Gates recently met to discuss ways to accelerate technology growth, lower costs and help sustainable projects reach commercial stage in less time. President Hoyer told Mr. Gates that the EIB is loo