The boom of photovoltaic in Europe
The 2025 objective of the European Solar Energy Strategy requires to double the installed capacities in 2020. What were the direct impacts o...
Geothermal Energy
To limit the use of electricity and gas, for heating and cooling buildings, geothermal heat pumps appear as one of the most efficient techno...
Transport emissions trends in the EU
The European Union has set ambitious decarbonisation targets for 2030 and 2050. Considering that transportation is the only sector to have i...
Energy crisis: opportunity or threat for EU's energy transition?
The consequences of recent crises (Covid-19, surge in gas and electricity prices in 2021, Ukrainian situation in 2022) on the EU’s energy tr...
Capturing business opportunities in emerging power system flexibility services
The shift to a low-carbon energy mix will require the electrification of our economy, the development of variable renewable energies, and th...
The geostrategic challenges of hydrogen
Hydrogen is viewed as the most promising vector for storing electrical energy and decarbonising energy systems. Countries are competing in t...
The dynamics of offshore wind power
The climate emergency forces governments to strengthen their energy policy ambitions. To this end, offshore wind is a key technology in RES ...
Evolution of households energy consumption patterns across the EU
Two-thirds of buildings are dedicated to residential use, representing 43% of final energy consumption in the EU. The latter decreased betw...
The various hydrogen storage technologies
This analyst brief specially focuses on Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers.
The growing energy needs and the climate challenge call for a m...
Power storage and green H2, new pillars for decarbonisation
With the incorporation of renewables into the power grids at a larger scale and the phasing out of some fossil fuel power plants, electricit...
Biofuel evolution perspectives
Biofuel production increased 9-fold between 2000 and 2020 but could slow down significantly by 2029, due to the expected drop in fuel demand...
The European Battery Alliance
The global demand for batteries will increase tenfold by 2030 compared to 2020, driven by the growing needs of electromobility. While it was...