Data: the missing link for electric vehicles
In one sense, the electric vehicle revolution is about hardware. It requires new kinds of cars to be built, powered…
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Dave Keating
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EU 90% emissions cut for 2040 welcomed amid backsliding concerns
With political pressure on European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to ease up on climate action as she seeks…
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EU electricity market reform: what’s in it
In the spring of 2022, tempers were running high at an EU summit of national leaders in Brussels as they…
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Germany’s COP28 message is undermined by its domestic climate action crisis
On Saturday 2 December, on the third day of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told…
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Heat pumps essential to reaching net-zero goals – IEA report
When it comes to policy signals, the European heat pump industry has not had a good month. In September, as…
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New EU law aims to give Europe the ‘greenest batteries in the world’
The EU is set to overhaul the rules governing batteries following adoption this month of a regulation that covers their…
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Health vs climate? How an EU chemical ban could hinder the energy transition
The European chemicals industry has gone into a near-panic about a draft proposal presented in February to the European Chemicals…
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Ostend summit’s windy words mask deeper divisions
Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and the UK signed the Ostend Declaration at a North Sea…
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Nuclear fusion ‘could be plugged into the grid in ten years’
This month, the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) announced a change in policy that could shape the world’s energy future.…
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North Sea Summit sets course for more offshore wind power
Leaders from North Sea and North Sea-adjacent countries are meeting for a summit at the port of Ostend on the…