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Wind and solar generated a combined 30 percent of the European Union’s electricity in 2025, surpassing fossil fuels at 29 percent for the first time and marking a structural shift in the bloc’s power system. This milestone reflects both accelerated renewable deployment and a policy-driven effort to reduce dependence on imported energy following recent supply disruptions.

Before the Hormuz closure, approximately 20 million barrels of oil transited the strait every day. By the time Fatih Birol…

The global green hydrogen industry is confronting a resource allocation problem that grows more acute as deployment ambitions scale upward.…

Gray hydrogen, produced from unabated fossil fuels, currently accounts for approximately two percent of global CO₂ emissions. That figure alone…

Austria has committed €275 million to four national flagship hydrogen projects and is actively developing the diplomatic groundwork for a…

Global renewable power capacity reached 5,149 gigawatts (GW) by end-2025, following a record 692 GW addition that marked a 15.5% annual increase, with renewables capturing 85.6% of all new capacity expansions.

Global LNG markets are operating under an extreme stress test as tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz collapses from an average of 94 vessels per day to just over five in early March 2026, with LNG and oil tanker flows falling from more than 53 per day to roughly two.

Fusion energy systems have spent decades operating under a persistent commercial constraint: even advanced experimental reactors still struggle with net energy stability once internal power demands are fully accounted for.

Tensions around the Strait of Hormuz continue to expose a structural weakness in global logistics: a freight system still overwhelmingly dependent on diesel.

A projected €24 billion windfall for oil companies linked to rising fuel prices across Europe has reignited debate over windfall taxation, with Transport & Environment calling for a temporary levy on excess profits.