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Latest energy news

Record wind and solar output signals ‘collapse’ in fossil fuel generation

Sweden urged to break RED deadlock over role of nuclear power

Commission unlocks €2.4bn for Modernisation Fund projects

Member states grow impatient with French obstruction of RED deal

Questions raised over growing use of animal fats in ‘sustainable’ transport fuel

Rapporteur for Net Zero Industry Act unveils draft

Latest energy analysis

Case study: How an EU-funded project cut CO2 emissions in vehicle manufacturing processes

Why the backers of net-zero cement projects are calling for new policy and funding

Who will pay the price for Europe’s rush for lithium?

Analysis: Inside the topsy-turvy world of the Energy Efficiency Directive

Latest energy web picks

Italy could abandon coal by 2024, environment minister says - Reuters

Network congestion in EU gas markets tripled in 2022 - ACER

Decarbonizing aviation: European Commission to support development of sustainable aviation fuels around the world - ICAO

Clean energy investment is extending its lead over fossil fuels, boosted by energy security strengths - IEA

UN urged to stop the fossil fuel industry sabotaging new Global Plastic Treaty - Greenpeace

Land: A crucial resource for the energy transition - McKinsey & Company

France Leads EU Push to Cement Nuclear’s Role in Green Shift - Bloomberg

How Germany's Hydrogen Boom Stalled - Der Spiegel

German foreign minister calls for global renewables and efficiency targets - Clean Energy Wire

Implementation key' for EU wind permitting boost – Vattenfall - WindPower Monthly




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Latest energy Document Watch

Climate change and EU defence: new report analysing the links between climate, energy and defence - European Commission Joint Research Centre

Energy Efficiency: The Decade for Action - International Energy Agency (IEA)

Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA): An Industrial Plan for Sustainable Fuels for European Aviation - Airlines for Europe

Electric Aviation Outlook in the Nordics - Nordic Council

IOGP Europe views on the EU corporate sustainability reporting framework - IOGP

WindEurope’s position paper on the EU Green Deal Industrial Plan - WindEurope

Transatlantic alliance of 130+ EU and US decision makers call to end fossil fuel influence at climate talks - Friends of the Earth Europe

Time to pay the piper: Fossil fuel companies’ reparations for climate damages - One Earth

Joint Letter Power Sector on Nature Restoration Regulation - Eurelectric et al.

Mid-term review of the EIB Energy Lending Policy - EIB

Interviews

Brazilian environmental campaigner warns against Green Deal ‘incoherence’

Outgoing EEA director on ten years at the helm and why the Green Deal must not be derailed

‘Absolutely political’: EFSA scientist on new bee guidance thresholds

ECHA’s new director on reform of EU chemicals regulations

CropLife director on pesticide targets and gene-edited crops

New EU sustainable finance chief on the challenges of taxonomy implementation

MEP Christophe Hansen on the new EU deforestation law

BusinessEurope deputy director on EU green investment plans

Carbon capture advocate on a new dawn for the sector

IPCC author on key lessons from the sixth synthesis report

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Intelligence

Case Study: How an EU-funded project helped to reintroduce vulture species in Bulgaria

An EU LIFE-backed project is reintroducing black vultures to Bulgaria via a cross-border network of conservation groups, after the birds were declared locally extinct almost 40 years ago. Here’s how they did it and what lessons it offers large species reintroduction.

Legal comment: How a pesticides ruling highlights the power of green groups to influence policy change

Case study: How an EU project is demonstrating new regenerative farming techniques

Legal comment: Why green groups are taking Danone to court over plastic pollution

Legal comment: Why six NGOs are accusing FIFA of greenwashing

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The member states that met 2020 recycling targets - and those that generated the most packaging waste