EIB financing for nuclear reactor construction remains off the agenda
Despite a leak of the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) roadmap containing nothing new or concrete on nuclear financing, the industry continues to hold out for…
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The EU’s Green Deal is going out with a whimper
Flushed with their successful defense of the watered-down nature restoration law, progressive lawmakers in the European Parliament would have you believe that the Green Deal…
Green hydrogen is the only viable route for aviation and shipping
Given its limited supply, green hydrogen must be reserved for hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, rather than directed towards sectors that can be…
The 11,200 km plan for Germany’s new ‘hydrogen highways’
A group of gas grid operators presented plans on Wednesday (12 July) to complete the construction of Germany’s main hydrogen transport network by 2032, although…
Southern Europe braces for climate change-fuelled summer of drought
Southern Europe is bracing for a summer of ferocious drought, with some regions already suffering water shortages and farmers expecting their worst yields in decades….
A green regulatory winter is coming – and this may be a good sign
French President Emmanuel Macron unleashed a storm of comments last week when he called for “a European regulatory pause” on environmental rules. Yet, as the…
Nuclear alliance aims for 150 GW of nuclear capacity in EU by 2050
The 16 European countries participating in the “nuclear alliance” will prepare a roadmap to develop an integrated European nuclear industry reaching 150 GW of nuclear…
‘Impossible to keep track’: Spain’s gamble on green hydrogen
Major green energy projects are sprouting up across Spain as it seeks to position itself as a future green energy leader – but experts have…
Consumers shouldn’t have to pick up the bill for expensive hydrogen experiments
Opening the door to hybrid heat pumps and hydrogen boilers will impact consumers, and make it more difficult for them to transition to clean heating…
Is REPowerEU the right energy policy recipe to move away from Russian gas?
The recipe for independence from Russian gas is the acceleration of the clean energy transition; its success depends on the use of the right ingredients,…
EU countries reach tentative deal on landmark energy savings law
The EU’s 27 energy ministers will aim to formalise a tentative deal on the bloc’s energy efficiency directive at their meeting on Monday (27 June),…
“New tech inside“: Europe needs to embrace ground-breaking geothermal technologies
The new REPowerEU Plan presented last week by the European Commission is the latest proposal of measures that would speed up the transformation of Europe’s…
Carbon pricing in buildings? Help renovate and fuel-switch to renewables first
Including buildings in an emissions trading scheme will have a limited impact on emissions and should, at most, complement other measures like substantially increasing renovation…