COP, climate policy and EU carbon
Send us your thoughts! Global leaders at COP29 were under a huge amount of pressure going into talks this week following the UN Secretary General public voicing his concerns over the state of negotiat...
22 Nov 202434min
Criticism mounts as Sweden axes 32 GW offshore wind
Send us your thoughts! At the start of November, the Swedish government announced that it was vetoing plans for 13 offshore wind farms in the Baltic Sea due to security concerns. The announcement was ...
15 Nov 202431min
Trump re-elected, Berlin coalition fails: Energy impact
Send us your thoughts! It has been a big week for global politics. On the same day that the United States voted Donald Trump as their 47th President, the German coalition government broke down after a...
8 Nov 202437min
Budget boost for the UK’s energy sector?
Send us your thoughts! This week, the UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her budget – the first from a Labour government in 14 years. Whilst there were no big surprises for the energy sector, the b...
1 Nov 202431min
Why is oil still trading under USD 100/bbl?
Send us your thoughts! It is over a year since Hamas attacked Israel, which triggered a wider conflict in the Middle East; the territory that produces around a third of the world’s oil. And much of it...
25 Okt 202429min
Nato eyes risks in EU power markets
Send us your thoughts! The last two years of the conflict in Ukraine, and the rise in malicious cyberattacks, has raised concerns security risks over Europe’s plans to be more self-sustainable in ener...
17 Okt 202436min
Ramping up batteries
Send us your thoughts! It's clear for many that Europe needs to ramp up battery energy storage capacity over the next decade to help decarbonise the economy. But where does this leave battery develope...
10 Okt 202434min
BONUS EPISODE: The UK ends 142-years of Coal
Send us your thoughts! This week marked a historic milestone for the UK as it shut down the last remaining coal-fired power station in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire. Once the backbone of the coun...
3 Okt 202411min
