Executive Briefs on the global energy issues page 2

28 August 2025

Once insignificant in the European Union’s electricity mix just 20 years ago, solar PV has experienced a remarkable growth. By 2024, this en...

27 August 2025

Hydrogen is a molecule with a multitude of advantages: It serves both as an industrial raw material and a key energy vector capable of repla...

10 July 2025

The blackout that occurred in Spain in April 2025 highlighted the importance of electrical grid stability in our modern societies. With the ...

22 May 2025

Affordable, reliable, and clean electricity: A complex balance to find. There has been a persistent dilemma in Southeast Asia’s energy se...

27 February 2025

Transportation is a significant contributor to global CO₂ emissions, accounting for 25 to 30% of the total emissions in the world...

23 January 2025

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the attacks it carried on Ukrainian energy infrastructure, have put the resilience of the...

12 December 2024

This brief explores the roles of energy sufficiency levers in long-term energy scenarios on the road to net-zero in Europe. It draws on rece...

29 November 2024

This executive brief reviews the status of retrofitting existing heavy transportation vehicles with hydrogen technology allowing the reducti...

31 October 2024

In 2020, the European Commission introduced a dedicated hydrogen strategy aiming to achieve the ambitious target of 10 million tons of renew...

10 October 2024

Climate objectives and reduction of GHG emissions require significant changes in our energy systems, such as the reduction of energy consump...

30 August 2024

Climate change is urging the phase out of fossil fuels. Last December at COP28, a deal to “transition away” from fossil fuels was reached by...

13 August 2024

Electric trucks are still seen by many as non-viable, based on the belief that the performance and cost of batteries remain to the levels of...