The European Commission proposed an EU Action Plan for Grids in late 2023 to deliver on the European Green Deal. They estimate that around โฌ584 billion will be needed for electricity infrastructure investments between 2020 and 2030.
While well-received in Brussels, the question of what exactly the common debt should finance, and how it would foster innovation, has been sidelined.
We arenโt reducing global emissions, just depriving ourselves of jobs, profits, raw material sovereignty and, therefore, security.
The carmaker’s executives are locked in a stalemate with workers as the company’s future hangs in the balance.
Thousands hit the streets in Serbia’s capital Belgrade Saturday to protest the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve as a vital source to power Europe’s green energy transition. Serbia has vast lithium deposits near the western city o…
Controversial mining project is a political fault line in Balkan country over fears about environmental impactsThousands hit the streets in Serbiaโs capital Belgrade Saturday to protest against the rebooting of a controversial lithium mine set to serve…
Extremist and populist parties exploit real fears and frustrations โ they don’t invent them. And far too many feel their grievances have been insufficiently addressed by the political center.
The agreement would benefit carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis, but is deeply unpopular in the country.
The Parliament election is one more shrill alarm bell that needs to be heeded seriously by Europeโs mainstream establishment, and one that should prompt considerable soul-searching.
Biden is right to heed working class voters in Pennsylvania. The Continent, which has even more to lose from a second China shock, better start listening to its workers too.
Whatever the election result, the next generation of carbon capture, BECCS, must be at the heart of the next governmentโs plan for ensuring a secure and decarbonised UK energy system.
With just a week to go until the European election and the campaign in full gear, weโre focusing on how the vote will impact key EU policies such as health, energy, climate, technology and defense. Will they be affected by the shake-up of the blocโs political landscape and the arrival of new MEPs and commissioners [โฆ]
Scotland’s governing coalition has fallen apart โ and a stalled drive to cut carbon emissions played a major role.
Huge dam projects built in Sweden, Austria and France decades ago might not be feasible today, but pumped storage hydropower at sites with existing infrastructure could have major potential to reduce the EUโs emissions.
The least the public should be able to expect is for the worldโs biggest companies to not receive public money without being held to the same standards as a family-run farm.
Rather than leading with data and promoting health, safety and economic โco-benefitsโ as bonus add-ons, climate advocates need to flip the script.
Germany is heading towards the highest number of people employed in renewables-linked jobs since 2010, a trend bolstered by demand for heat pumps and installations of solar panels.
Autocrats, blowhards and bores: The 12 bad boys of the World Economic Forum shindig in the Swiss Alps.
After damage to a Baltic Sea pipeline, Western navies are deploying to the region in an effort to protect vulnerable infrastructure.
The green transition and economic security are complimentary phenomena that can create a positive feedback loop.
In 2023, DSO Entity conducted an online side-campaign to the European Commissionโs Year of Skills, with the objective to inform on the needs of the energy sector related to the problem of upskilling and reskilling the workforce to help achieving…
The industryโs legacy lives on in the culture, the economy and the European Unionโs climate policies.
Australian tycoon Andrew Forrest has made a big bet โ that after building a mining empire, his next fortune will come from the green transition.
Time is running out to make progress on files before the 2024 European election.
The green transition must be sensitive to prevent the emergence of new disputes.
The pledge to build three electric vehicle models in the UK will protect 7,000 direct jobs, the firm said.
Germany is providing fresh money to Africa as part of advancing the continentโs green energy transition, building on a more consistent engagement strategy of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition government.
As the world races to electrify and reduce carbon emissions, demand for the silvery-white alkali metal is skyrocketing.
Ruling comes amid tense budget negotiations for Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
As Europe’s competitiveness lags behind other world regions, the EU should focus on increasing public and private investment in technology and skills as well as push forward on the green energy transition to ensure reliable clean energy supply, a…
The new party would further scramble Germanyโs fracturing political landscape โ and likely peel away support from the far right.
The EU is doing little to prevent the tragic death of global governance.
“An ill wind is blowing against ecology. It is in these conditions that we are approaching the European elections”, warns Marie Toussaint, MEP and head of the list of the French Greens (Europe รcologie – Les Verts, EELV) for the June 2024 elections, in…
As tensions with China grow, Western countries need to do more to finance and build alternative supply chains for critical minerals.
Indigenous leaders say they should be taking part in the International Energy Agency’s summit on critical raw materials and the energy transition.
Recent climate regulations are triggering an unintended backlash that risks undermining Europe’s very own climate agenda from within.
Instead of courting voters with a laundry list of promises, she should place democratic values front and center in her address.
This system was born of a dream of prosperity and peace. And considering the existential threats facing humanity today, it is arguably even more important to resurrect it.
EU has embarked on no less than an industrial revolution. A revolution that โ unlike those of the past โ is set against a tight deadline.
The global landscape is evolving rapidly, and Europe must keep pace, if not lead, that change.
At risk in October is whether Poland is going to be at Europeโs heart, shaping decisions, or on the blocโs periphery, losing important benefits and clout.
The fastest way the UK government can help cut bills, avoid emissions and reduce dependence is by increasing support for energy efficiency to reduce the total amount of natural gas needed.
How can European leaders, with good conscience, see another industry that originated in Europe โ let alone one so vital for the global energy transition โ be lost to China?
At its heart, tackling climate change is a conservative mission to protect our planet and build a more prosperous country.
Xi Jinping’s brand of economic policy is less and less convincing to Western companies. Politicians are waking up, too.
Berlin should borrow money to subsidize energy for companies or risk losing its industry, Robert Habeck cautions.
Kazakhstan is โcompletely dependentโ on Russia when it comes to balancing energy needs and the best solution is to create a transnational electricity grid in Central Asia, similar to the one in Europe, a Kazakh expert told a Brussels audience on Tuesda…
