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The aviation sector, the fastest-growing contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions, is confronting a structural decarbonization challenge. Sustainable aviation fuels now account for less than one percent of global jet fuel demand, yet the UK has set a target of 22 percent SAF use by 2040.

Volkswagen AG is expanding beyond vehicle electrification into grid scale energy storage and electricity trading, signaling a shift toward integrating mobility, energy infrastructure, and power market participation.

In January 2026, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a public admission that would have been politically unthinkable a decade earlier:…

Two major Greek energy companies, PPC Group and METLEN, are expanding their presence in the regional storage market through a cross border partnership focused on large scale battery energy storage systems.

Brussels is proposing new legislation that would tie public subsidies for renewable hydrogen projects to equipment manufactured within the bloc.

Every 15 minutes, across dozens of European power markets, a financial settlement mechanism reconciles the gap between what energy participants planned to produce or consume and what actually happened. The imbalance price, applied to each Balance Responsible Party’s deviation from its scheduled position, is one of the least visible and most consequential pricing signals in the European electricity system.

UK electricity prices remain among the highest in Europe, with domestic consumers paying more than in all but one EU country during the first half of 2025, according to the House of Commons Library.

A new study led by researchers at the University of Sheffield suggests that without rapid power sector decarbonization and tighter oversight of supply chains, the global push toward green hydrogen could fall short of its climate objectives.

Germany’s ambition to anchor a hydrogen based industrial transition is colliding with hard infrastructure timelines and unresolved cost pressures. That tension is visible in the decision by transmission system operator Ontras Gastransport to commission nearly 110 kilometers of hydrogen pipelines to supply steelmaker Salzgitter, even as large parts of Europe’s green steel pipeline remain exposed to market uncertainty.

London has unveiled what is believed to be the UK’s first large-scale circular economy hub for construction materials, designed to keep resources in circulation rather than sending them to landfill.