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- Hydrogen highway – A Sweden–California research partnership has launched a transatlantic knowledge platform to accelerate heavy-duty hydrogen truck deployment under the SENITH project. Future Mobility reports that the initiative links Chalmers University of Technology and the University of California, Davis to coordinate academia, industry, and public agencies on the conditions required to scale hydrogen-powered vehicles. It said the collaboration aiming to align policy, business models, and R&D across both jurisdictions, with an eye on long-term US-EU cooperation.
- Wed 23:23Scaling SAF – The International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), a global sustainability certification body, has partnered with Austrian oil and gas firm OMV and European aircraft manufacturer Airbus to advance sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) deployment through book and claim chain-of-custody models, Biofuel News reports. ISCC said the collaboration will examine new roles within its credit transfer system, with OMV participating as a fuel producer and Airbus acting as a facilitator between airlines and corporate partners. The partners said the pilot aims to strengthen trust and cohesion across the aviation value chain as SAF markets scale.
- Wed 23:01Major oil and gas companies should be prohibited from positions of influence within the voluntary carbon market's standards-setting bodies, an NGO said in a report published Thursday.
Lanza bonanza - LanzaJet has reached the first close of a planned $135 mln equity raise at a pre-money enterprise valuation of $650 mln, securing $47 mln so far. The round is co-led by International Airlines Group (IAG) and Shell, with additional participation from existing shareholders Groupe ADP, LanzaTech, and Mitsui. The new capital will support expansion of LanzaJet’s operations at its Freedom Pines Fuels alcohol-to-jet facility in the US state of Georgia, as well as development of its Project Speedbird sustainable aviation fuel biorefinery in north-east England, which has also received backing from the UK Department for Transport’s Advanced Fuels Fund. The company said that, at the end of 2025, it fully operated and produced ASTM-compliant fuels at the Freedom Pines plant, describing this as the first commercial-scale production of jet fuel derived from ethanol and the first scalable non-oil-based renewable solution compatible with existing aircraft. Alongside the funding round, LanzaJet has adjusted its ownership and governance structure to streamline decision-making and support future investment. It has also entered into multi-year tolling agreements at the Georgia facility. Under these arrangements, the company will use domestically produced, low-carbon waste-based ethanol and renewable natural gas to produce sustainable aviation fuel and renewable diesel. The tolling model is intended to secure feedstock supply and guarantee offtake, with the company presenting it as a means of reducing project risk and attracting lower-cost capital. (GreenAir)
- Wed 17:55Working the land - Payments to English farmers for delivering environmental benefits will now be capped at £100,000 a year, the British environment secretary, Emma Reynolds, told the National Farmers' Union conference Wednesday. Currently, farmers receive payments for digging ponds, planting trees, and sowing windflower seeds, to ensure they are not out of pocket compared to using the land for intensive farming. (The Guardian)
- Wed 17:29The pace of emissions reductions across the EU's energy-intensive industries has slowed over the last decade, while pollutants are costing the bloc more than €70 billion a year, an EU body said on Wednesday.
- Wed 17:20EU carbon prices rallied to their highest of the week so far after the weekly Commitment of Traders report showed speculative traders cut their net long positions for a fifth week, reducing their bullish bets by nearly half from the record high set in mid-January.
- This is an SRS - The UK published its new sustainability reporting standards on Wednesday, officially endorsing the global corporate baseline set by the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, the Department of Business and Trade announced. The UK SRS 1 and SRS 2 set out a framework for corporate disclosures, including requirements on general sustainability- and climate-related risks and opportunities. Next, the department plans to look at where it could mandate standards, an official said last month.
- Wed 17:09A carbon asset manager with ambitions to become the leading supplier of CORSIA-eligible credits has struck a marketing deal for a cookstove project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Wed 15:59Switzerland is being accused by a group of civil society groups of breaking its commitment to a global clean energy partnership by exporting credit insurance for gas-fired power plants.
- Wed 15:41Space may be the next frontier for the UK’s decarbonisation drive after a report for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero found small-scale space based solar power (SBSP) could become economically viable by 2040.
- Wed 15:15Cloudy outlook - A boom in 'green ammonia' produced using green hydrogen has stalled as political shifts dampen the sector's economics and buyers aren't keen to sign long-term contracts. Experts cite doubts about the longevity of US tax credits and proposed exemptions to the EU's carbon border levy on fertilisers as clouding the outlook. Fertiglobe, the fertiliser arm of Abu Dhabi's Adnoc, says the only way to compete with grey ammonia is with CO2 pricing or subsidies, and these have been falling away in Europe and the US. Fertiglobe has paused some of its larger blue ammonia projects (made using carbon capture and storage) because of lack of demand. Buyer demand signals have weakened for green ammonia and hydrogen, including in Asia, influenced by the political agenda that is less focused on climate issues. The EU's carbon border fee may help blue ammonia projects, according to Yara, but likely won't be big enough to justify green ammonia. (FT)
- Wed 15:06The UK's turnover, both direct and indirect, from the low-carbon and renewable energy economy was an estimated £109.2 billion in 2024 - almost double that of 2015, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
- Wed 14:59The European Commission put forward revised EU state aid rules to a public consultation on Wednesday, proposing to lift mandatory EU scrutiny for government support to a range of renewables and energy efficiency projects, like building renovations.
- Wed 14:39Fourteen African governments have committed a combined $400 million to responsible forest management and restoration, in partnership with international non-profit the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
- Wed 14:13Most Sub-Saharan African governments started 2026 by pushing ahead with long-awaited carbon and climate regulations, in a show of the growing policy momentum across the region, even as turbulence in voluntary markets exposed persistent risks around governance, integrity, and investor confidence.
- Wed 14:07A European metals industry association has urged the EU to not further postpone its proposal for boosting the bloc's clean industry, after Monday saw the European Commission delay its announcement to early March because of disagreements over its geographic scope.
- Wed 13:42The EU risks jeopardising future investment in durable capture capture and storage (CCS) projects if it takes strong action to weaken the price of EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allowances in the upcoming review of the carbon pricing scheme, an industry body said this week.
- Wed 13:22Current carbon removal (CDR) accounting methods risk overstating the climate value of temporary carbon storage and misaligning mitigation efforts with long-term temperature goals, according to a study released last week.
- Wed 13:02More opposition to CBAM's Article 27a - A senior European Commission official said at an event last week that an article in the proposed Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) extension, Article 27a, was supposed to be used as "an exceptional emergency break for situations that are truly extraordinary", such as a war or pandemic. Martin Becker, deputy head of the European Commission's CBAM unit, said a rise in carbon prices in the European Emissions Trading (ETS) market was not such an event, but rather "pretty much stated intention" of the ETS. These remarks seem to be at odds with European Commissioner for Trade Maros Sefcovic's move on Jan. 7 to propose that Article 27a could be used as a way to temporarily exempt fertilisers from the mechanism. Think tank Bruegel also warned against proceeding with the fertiliser exemption from CBAM in a report , arguing the exemption would achieve little price reduction for farmers, but harm EU fertilisers producers. It urged the EU to hold the line on CBAM.
- Wed 12:55The German coalition government has agreed to scrap a renewable energy obligation and a ban on new gas and oil boilers in its revised heating law, instead proposing to introduce green gas phase-in quotas from 2028.
- Wed 11:51How and where green hydrogen is made will have a big impact on averting local water shortages in some parts of Europe, according to a new study.
- Wed 11:47Spain’s largest power company plans to push for longer operation of the country’s nuclear fleet, even as its production from the technology slipped 5% year-on-year.
- Wed 11:40Russia's invasion of Ukraine has pushed greenhouse gas emissions up by over 300 million tonnes of CO2e since 2022, driven by warfare, fire, and reconstruction – while the world's five biggest oil companies recorded record profits, according to two studies marking the fourth anniversary of the war.
- Wed 11:20Smoother sailing - Heidelberg Materials expects its key construction markets, including Europe and North America, to stabilise further this year, with operating profit expected to rise by up to 10.3%. The world's second-largest cement maker expects a result from current operations (RCO) of €3.4 bln - €3.75 bln in 2026, compared with €3.4 bln in 2025. Polled analysts by the company expect RCO of €3.7 bln. CEO Dominik von Achten has said he foresees a slightly better market for building materials this year, with growth driven mainly by increased infrastructure and defense spending. The company said its return on invested capital (ROIC) rose to 10.4% in 2025, up from 9.9% the previous year, and was also expected to be above 10% in 2026. (Reuters)
- Wed 11:15Carbon removals registry Isometric has updated its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (Bio-CCS) protocol to include energy-from-waste (EfW) facilities, it announced Wednesday.
- Wed 10:51Existing EU policies have failed to halt the decline in forest carbon stocks, Danish think tank Concito has warned, urging policymakers to consider a compliance-based carbon pricing regime built around the EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), with strict monitoring rules.
- Wed 10:24Growing in Sizewell - Electricity from the UK's new Sizewell C nuclear reactor will cost about double the normal price, the Telegraph reported on Wednesday, citing a new government report. Estimates suggest the nuclear power will cost £120/MWh in today's prices, compared with a wholesale price of £60-70. The difference between wholesale prices and Sizewell C's 'strike price' will be covered by consumer energy bills. The reactor is now under construction, with an expected capacity of 3.2 GW, and startup in around 13 years.
- Wed 09:54Tempered optimism - Reliance on AI growth and policy to bolster European clean-energy producers is unreliable as European power demand growth remains lacklustre and carbon policy debate could impact valuations and earnings. The prospect of ETS reform has already reduced carbon prices by 20% off their recent highs, and were the EU to scrap carbon cost pass-through to power prices, long-term earnings for renewable developers and pure-play generators could fall by over 30%, according to BoA. Meanwhile, electricity use remains constrained partly due to efficiency gains and slowing EV adoption. (Reuters)
- Wed 09:43The Council of EU member states formally approved a package on Tuesday to ease sustainability reporting and due diligence rules for large companies, scrapping mandatory climate transition plans in the name of competitiveness.
- Softer strategy - The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) has omitted mention of net zero by 2040 in its latest sustainability strategy, stating that it will “accelerate action on the road to reducing GHG emissions by 50% within UEFA and across UEFA events, and advocate action across European football”. The 2021 version of the strategy stated the union would halve its GHG emissions by 2030 and had set out a carbon reduction plan affecting employee travel, waste management, purchased goods and services, and other areas. The new strategy confirms this carbon reduction plan remains in place, but the language has weakened by removing the end point for next zero, which weakens the direction and collective signal, according to one football and climate commentator. (edie.net)
- Wed 08:51Talking the talk - President of European Parliament Roberta Metsola, published Tuesday in British centre-right newspaper The Daily Telegraph, framed the political push for closer UK–EU cooperation as common sense, with climate and trade policy - especially carbon pricing - a central practical area. "Linking carbon markets gives firms clearer rules before they commit to a new factory or upgrade a plant. These decisions show up in pay packets and prices," she wrote. Metsola, a Maltese politician who has served as president of the European Parliament since 2022, urged closer cooperation between the two European jurisdictions ahead of a visit to London this week. The UK and EU are discussing, among other topics, how to link their ETSs, with both sides hoping to strike a deal around a May summit.
- Power plans - Italian energy company Enel announced Monday it will spend about €53 bln ($62.6 bln) through 2028 - €1o bln more than originally planned - in investments in Europe and the US, Bloomberg reported. Most of the money will go to renewables, while the remainder will be invested in the grid. The business plan is aimed at accelerating both greenfield and brownfield renewable projects, including an expansion of the wind portfolio and growth in battery storage.
- Wed 00:01Scotland can still reach net zero emissions by 2045 if ministers act quickly, but the risks of missing proposed carbon budgets between 2031 and 2040 are “significant” and “time is tight”, the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned.
