Do you have nuclear fusion on your bingo card?
Nuclear fusion is the holy grail for producing energy: virtually limitless clean energy without the waste or meltdown risk of fission. Besides from making reaching climate goals a lot easier, it also provides a solution to the recently more prominent question of energy security and independency. The latest headliness have made updated promises for this […]
Making Peace with the Wind Thief
A few weeks ago, a first-of-its-kind agreement was reached in the offshore wind sector: Ørsted, the Danish renewables giant, struck a deal with JERA Nex-BP and EnBW to compensate for expected production losses due to wake effects from the future Morgan and Mona offshore wind farms in the Irish Sea. These projects, totaling 3 GW […]
Climate Action: The Middle Child in the Political Landscape
In recent years, climate action policies have been on the rise. With record-breaking innovation, newly installed green energy capacity, and structures like the Emissions Trading System pushing companies to go green, it once seemed possible that achieving our climate goals could become a reality. Of course, we still needed to accelerate progress, but at the […]
Negative electricity prices are causing the bad kind of headwinds for the wind industry
In energy markets, few things are as counterintuitive as negative electricity prices. That’s right: a growing number of power producers, especially in renewable-heavy grids, sometimes pay to feed electricity into the system. For investors and policymakers watching the energy transition unfold, it’s a trend worth understanding. According to the Global Wind Report 2025, negative price hours […]
The competitiveness of the European chemical industry
The chemical sector is a cornerstone of our European economy. It generates €655 billion in annual turnover and powers other industries, ranging from pharmaceuticals to automotive manufacturing. Despite its foundational role, the chemical industry faces significant challenges that threaten its competitiveness, like many other industries in this green transition. This month, the European Chemical Industry […]
Why scientific understanding is key to tackling climate-related market inefficiencies
Market failure means the market fails to maximize societal welfare due to the inefficient allocation of goods and services. This can result from insufficient or a complete lack of information. Many argue that climate change is one of the most significant representations of market failure, driven by the misalignment of market incentives with societal and […]
Wakeup call for offshore wind positioning
Europe plans to fill the North Sea with 300 GW worth of wind turbines. To call this is an enormous task is an understatement to say the least. Europe will need to place 20 thousand wind turbines of around 15 MW. These structures are 145m high with an additional 120 m for the blades. They […]
AI projected to consume 3.5% of global electricity by 2030
Artificial intelligence has become more and more a staple in our everyday lives. With the introduction of ChatGPT, the wonders of AI were introduced to the masses. Whether it is your trusted partner at work to boost efficiency or a personal chef that tells you what to cook with those leftover ingredients in the fridge, […]
The societal impact of dropping things
With the demand for green energy rising to enable the climate transition, all efforts go to the deployment of renewable energy. Commissioning of wind and solar energy has never been higher but, although they will undoubtedly carry the energy transition, there are still some concerns that need to be addressed. One of those concerns is […]
Cracking the code of electric steam cracking
Modern economies are enabled by the industrial production of key materials. This industrial production process is often accompanied by high carbon dioxide emissions. In 2020, the industry sector accounted for 36% of the global final energy consumption. Most of this energy consumption is through fossil fuels, making industry responsible for one fourth of the global […]