London, 16 January 2020. Today Eurogas joins the Methane Guiding Principles initiative – a voluntary partnership of industry and civil society organisations aimed at reducing methane emissions across the natural gas supply chain, from production to end consumer.  This development stresses the gas industry’s commitment to reducing methane emissions in relation to natural gas.

The Swiss national vending Association has announced a name change, becoming the Vending & Coffeeservice Association Switzerland (VCAS).

On the 1^st January 2020 Croatia took over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union for the first time. During the next six months, the aim of Croatia is foster the EU’s unity and consensus, ensuring that it is fit to meet the many challenges Europe is currently facing, acting for the benefit of its Member States and citizens.

Onshore wind had a strong end of the decade with a number of auctions taking place in December. Poland held the largest European dedicated onshore wind auction ever with a total volume of 2.2GW. The average bid of €49/MWh was lower than the wholesale electricity price.