An interesting debate is brewing in the EU regarding e-fuels proposed as the unlimited alternative to limited biomass-based solutions…
Over the past several months, the shift in U.S. EV policy has attracted increasing attention. But there is a deeper story unfolding: making room for AI on the grid. Lots of room.
The Green Gospel says biofuels are bad, period. Let us just hope our democracies will prove to be more balanced…
Over the last several years, governments around the world have made bold announcements about phasing out internal combustion engine vehicles and transitioning to electric vehicles. The headlines have been big. The ambitions, high. But how much of this is translating into real, enforceable policy?
The 2025 geopolitical turmoil and focus on defense spending in Europe may eventually be the trigger for a serious revision in green and grand plans…
With a new administration in place and a sharp turn in climate and energy policy underway, some are eager to dismantle the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)—piece by piece, credit by credit. The argument? The market will sort it out. Government should get out of the way.
In the EU mobility transition, 2035 has been circled in red on the calendar. In the original version of the Green Deal, a de facto sales ban of Internal Combustion Engines Vehicles (ICEV) in 2035 would pave the way to zero emissions for individual road transport in 2050. Soon, German car manufacturers advocated to also allow ICEVs running on e-fuels, deemed as CO2 efficient as Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV).
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is evolving rapidly, moving from pilot projects to large-scale infrastructure as governments and industries ramp up their decarbonization efforts. And
BRUSSELS — European leaders laid out on Wednesday a much-awaited plan that seeks to resuscitate its ailing industrial base by boosting domestic cleantech manufacturing and
In media and politics, using massive figures is a well-known rhetorical trick. But does it still hold sway in an increasingly skeptical 21st-century audience? Every
With President Donald Trump’s return to the White House, U.S. transport and energy policy has undergone a dramatic 180 degree shift, to say the least.
The West is increasingly concerned about China’s dominance in green electricity production and electric vehicle (EV) technologies. Could this signal the return of geopolitics and
2024 has been a challenging year for car manufacturing in Europe. New car sales have decreased by 3.2% in France; except for the post-pandemic years
Jeanne du Barry’s famous words in 1793, as she faced the guillotine during the French Revolution, seem fitting for some EU car manufacturers today, confronted
In 2023, most carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) capacity came from only two countries, which captured 33 million metric tons combined. However, according to
Electric vehicle (EV) sales continue to grow, yet EVs still struggle to displace internal combustion engine vehicles (ICEVs). Across the entire value chain, fossil fuel-based
The second decade of the 21st century can be described in one word: unexpected. From economic challenges (the resurgence of inflation), health crises (the COVID-19
With Donald Trump victory, here are his energy and climate positions Nov 6, 2024 Donald Trump has won the U.S. presidential election, injecting uncertainty into
In recent years, hydrogen was hailed as the next miracle energy solution, especially in the heavy transport sector. Advocates of hydrogen-powered fuel cells predicted they
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) may be starting to slow in the US and Europe, but the Chinese market is having no such problem. In July, EVs surpassed 50%
