Author: Anela Dokso

Europe’s green hydrogen strategy is rapidly becoming a foreign policy instrument, but the emerging network of partnerships with the Middle East, North Africa and Sub Saharan Africa remains far smaller and less institutionalized than the political rhetoric surrounding it suggests.

Europe’s electricity system is facing a temporary but highly visible test of its ability to manage fast changes in renewable generation as Wednesday’s solar eclipse reduces photovoltaic output across parts of the continent.

Stricter carbon accounting for electrolytic hydrogen does not necessarily undermine project economics, but it also does not ensure that subsidized hydrogen is genuinely low carbon, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Mannheim.

India’s green hydrogen auctions have rapidly driven production prices toward globally competitive levels, but a new analysis suggests those economics may depend heavily on access to Chinese electrolyzer technology.

The United States is entering a period of rapidly rising electricity demand at the same time federal policy is becoming less supportive of the lowest cost sources of new power generation.

Global oil markets have retreated from crisis highs as exports through the Strait of Hormuz begin to recover, yet the latest assessments from the International Energy Agency suggest that the apparent stabilization masks structural vulnerabilities that extend well beyond the Middle East and increasingly shape energy policy across Asia.

China aims to source half of its electricity generation from non-fossil fuels by 2030, up from a target of 42.3% in 2025, according to the country’s newly released 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a New Energy System.

The world added renewable energy capacity at a record pace and pushed clean electricity generation above 30 percent of global supply, yet 655 million people still lived without electricity in 2024 and roughly two billion lacked access to clean cooking technologies.

The global hydrogen market exceeded 100 million tonnes in 2025, yet the sector’s vulnerability became increasingly visible as disruptions in the Middle East affected fertilizer, chemicals and refined product supply chains.

The world is on track to invest $3.4 trillion in energy in 2026, yet the most significant shift is not the scale of spending but where the money is flowing. Electricity infrastructure, renewables, nuclear power, storage, and efficiency are attracting nearly twice as much investment as fossil fuels, reflecting how a second major energy crisis within five years is reshaping global perceptions of energy security.