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F-gas Regulation: Industry welcomes agreement as a positive move towards F-gas phase-out in switchgear.

F-gas Regulation: Industry welcomes agreement as a positive move towards F-gas phase-out in switchgear.

Today, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have announced an agreement on the F-gas Regulation. This important milestone puts an end to months of negotiations and paves the way towards green grids and a manufacturing capacity at the service of the energy transition. Nuventura, Schneider Electric,

F-gas Regulation: Industry welcomes Council general approach

Siemens, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Schneider Electric, and Nuventura welcome the Council of the EU´s general approach on the F-gas Regulation. The Council of the European Union thus sends a strong message to industry and governments worldwide that Europe is ready to lead the transition to natural-origin gas

F-gas Regulation: Leading European industry players welcome landmark vote to green energy grids

Siemens, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, Schneider Electric, and Nuventura welcome today's vote in plenary, which effectively phases out harmful fluorinated gases in switchgear for all voltage levels. This development is a historic step in the direction of more energy security, greener electricity grids, and a better protected

Joint letter: Europe's major industry players call for phase-out of F-gases in switchgear

Siemens, Nuventura, Iljin, Schneider Electric, Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba, GreenAlp, and Siemens Gamesa, call on the European Parliament to vote in favor of the report from the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Joint letter on F-Gas Regulation March 2023 2401 Joint letter on F-Gas Regulation_

Op-ed: The EU needs to crack down on climate-damaging F-gases

Op-ed: The EU needs to crack down on climate-damaging F-gases

As Europe moves toward climate neutrality by 2050, ensuring the technologies powering our economies contribute to decarbonization is key — this includes ensuring electrical grids are free of fluorinated greenhouse gases. [This op-ed was originally published in Politico on 8 March 2023] Man-made fluorinated greenhouse gases (F-gases) have a super-global warming

Switchgear manufacturers call on European Parliament to support Environment Committee’s demand to phase out environmentally harmful F-gases used in electricity grids

In the wake of today’s adoption of the report on the F-Gas Regulation in the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), the Switching Gears for Net Zero Alliance welcomes this first step towards a positive impact on the environment as well as Europe’

The Switching Gears for Net Zero Alliance warns the current ITRE opinion on F-Gas Regulation will have an adverse impact on the environment and Europe’s energy security

In the wake of today’s vote on the F-Gas Regulation in the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE), the Switching Gears for Net Zero Alliance expresses its deep concern and calls on MEPs to phase out switchgear relying on F-gases for all voltage levels where