In an article on the Euronews website, Liam Gilliver discusses the important role renewable energy is playing in Europe. Renewables are no longer only a climate policy: they are becoming a form of insurance against fossil-fuel price shocks and geopolitical disruption. 'A powerful buffer': How solar saved the EU €37.4 billion since the war … Continue reading Solar is becoming Europe’s energy security shield
Category: sustainable energy
Energy in Demand News, September 27-28, 2026
If we do not move away from this dependency on fossil fuels, then I can promise everybody it will be a permanent crisis Dan Jørgensen, EU Energy Commissioner, speaking to Financial Times A federal judge in New York ruled that the state’s new climate “superfund” law, which would force fossil fuel companies to pay $75 … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, September 27-28, 2026
UN Secretary-General launches Global Grids Accelerator to power growth and clean energy in Africa and South-East Asia
UN Secretary-General António Guterres this week launched the Global Grids Accelerator, a new initiative to help accelerate investment in electricity infrastructure across Africa and South-East Asia and help turn government and regional priorities into investable, operational projects. Announced ahead of the UN Climate Summit 2026, the Accelerator will focus on grid priorities identified by governments, … Continue reading UN Secretary-General launches Global Grids Accelerator to power growth and clean energy in Africa and South-East Asia
Europe’s renewable energy transition needs more than solar
In an article on the Euronews website, Liam Gilliver writes that renewables are supplying more than half of EU electricity, yet gas remains stubbornly important. The weakness of hydro and wind during certain periods shows why simply adding renewable capacity is not enough; Europe also needs diversity, storage and flexibility. Is the EU's electricity … Continue reading Europe’s renewable energy transition needs more than solar
Local heat, lower bills, stronger Europe
Simona Aronica writes on the Renewable Matter website that Europe has many solutions to reach climate neutrality and become energy independent, but none will succeed without active citizen participation to ensure a just and effective transition. Warm homes, lower bills, stronger EU: the power of citizen-led energy networks How can we all enjoy comfortable … Continue reading Local heat, lower bills, stronger Europe
When solar becomes the more productive crop
Harry Parkhill writes on the BBC News website about the tension between food, farming, energy and the economic survival of farmers. 'Growing food here isn't profitable, solar is' Despite promising clean energy, solar has become a dirty word in Lincolnshire, with at least 10 large projects currently in the pipeline. Critics point to a … Continue reading When solar becomes the more productive crop
Energy in Demand News, August 16-17, 2026
The Financial Times, a newspaper of record for business and politics, has become almost passionate about climate change. “Even now, when weather records are being broken, when climate change is demonstrably here, not in the future, we seem frozen. We still go about our carbon-greedy lives: snapping up the last air-conditioning unit, booking another flight, … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 16-17, 2026
Batteries: a threat to the grid or the key to its future?
On the Euronews website, Liam Gilliver discusses about a new report that claims that the battery boom could trigger power outages, but experts say the risk is ‘tiny’. Warnings about batteries causing blackouts are overstated, while batteries are becoming essential to making much larger amounts of wind and solar usable. Batteries can save Europe’s … Continue reading Batteries: a threat to the grid or the key to its future?
Can solar farms feed both AI and us?
In an article on The Conversation website, Joshua M. Pearce, John M. Thompson Chair in Information Technology and Innovation and Professor, Western University, discusses the apparent conflict between AI’s huge electricity appetite and protecting farmland, with agrivoltaics offering a way to solve both problems. ‘Agrivoltaics’ can both power AI data centres and increase food … Continue reading Can solar farms feed both AI and us?
Energy in Demand News, August 2-3, 2026
Frank Elderson, a member of the European Central Bank’s executive board, told the Guardian that the climate emergency and the breakdown of nature poses a dramatically growing risk to the global economy. He said it was clear the rising frequency of natural disasters linked to global heating poses a threat to financial stability. “Nature-related risks … Continue reading Energy in Demand News, August 2-3, 2026
