A news item on the Parke website, the technology centre TECNALIA has launched Revalheat, a start-up capable of reintegrating heat that is currently wasted back into production processes, reducing fossil fuel consumption and CO₂ emissions. Importantly, industrial waste heat, often considered an unavoidable energy loss, can be transformed into a valuable resource that improves energy … Continue reading Unlocking the untapped potential of industrial waste heat
Category: energy transition
Who should pay for the energy transition — consumers or taxpayers?
In an article on The Conversation website, Colin Nolden, Senior Research Fellow, Energy Institute, University of Sheffield, discusses that the challenge is not simply how to make energy cheaper, but how to pay for the energy transition fairly. It raises an important question about whether the costs of supporting renewable energy and vulnerable households should … Continue reading Who should pay for the energy transition — consumers or taxpayers?
COP31 approaches: can the world move from climate promises to implementation?
As world leaders prepare to gather in Antalya, Türkiye, for COP31, attention is turning from setting climate ambitions to delivering concrete results. With energy efficiency, electrification, building renovation and climate finance featuring prominently on the agenda, the conference offers an important opportunity to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable energy system. But amid geopolitical … Continue reading COP31 approaches: can the world move from climate promises to implementation?
The global environmental law organisation, ClientEarth, provides briefing in advance of COP31
At COP31, states must build on the UAE Consensus, the COP30 roadmaps, and the outcomes from Santa Marta. The multilateral system must accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels and help secure a prosperous, healthy and liveable future for all. ClientEarth, a team of lawyers and policy experts dedicated to protecting life on Earth have … Continue reading The global environmental law organisation, ClientEarth, provides briefing in advance of COP31
Energy in Demand News, November 1-2, 2026
The EU has told member states to make plans to cope with 3°C of global warming, the Financial Times reports. The European Commission is proposing new rules requiring EU member states to prepare for a potential 3°C rise in global temperatures by 2100, including clearer responsibilities for managing the growing risks of floods, heatwaves and … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, November 1-2, 2026
EC opens targeted consultation on a renewed hydrogen strategy
The European Commission opened the consultation on October 26th and runs until November 23rd. The target audiences are public authorities (Member States and EEA countries, regional and local authorities), National Regulatory Authorities (NRAs), hydrogen producers and consumers, including users of hydrogen and its derivatives in industrial processes, agriculture, aviation and maritime transport, infrastructure operators, technology … Continue reading EC opens targeted consultation on a renewed hydrogen strategy
Solar power overtakes nuclear: a turning point in the energy transition
Jocelyn Timperley writes on the BBC News website that, after defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here. 'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear The world's … Continue reading Solar power overtakes nuclear: a turning point in the energy transition
The road not taken? Revisiting Amory Lovins’ energy vision after 50 years
In an article on The Conversation website, Daniel Cohan, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rice University, discusses how Amory Lovins' vision of a more efficient, renewable energy system has stood the test of time, even though electrification has become far more important than he originally anticipated. Fifty years later, his fundamental argument — that … Continue reading The road not taken? Revisiting Amory Lovins’ energy vision after 50 years
The climate crisis is now a public health crisis
In an article on the Deutsche Welle website, Josh Axelrod discusses how climate change is no longer simply an environmental crisis — it is an escalating global public health emergency. A new Lancet report reveals the growing toll of climate change on human health, from rising heat deaths and drought to food insecurity and lost … Continue reading The climate crisis is now a public health crisis
Energy in Demand News, October 25-26, 2026
At a stakeholder consultation held on 20 October 2026, the European Commission presented plans for the Investment Booster, the first phase of its proposed €100 billion Industrial Decarbonisation Bank, aimed at accelerating investment in low-carbon technologies and strengthening European industrial competitiveness. The Investment Booster, envisaged for 2027–2030, would mobilise approximately €30 billion through EU Emissions … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, October 25-26, 2026
