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According to the latest map from EBA and GIE, the continent's biomethane production grew by 17% in a year, but 95% of capacity is still concentrated in just five countries.
The European Commission has confirmed that 200 GW of storage capacity is needed by 2030, while EU power markets have already seen twice as many negative-price hours this year as before.
Citing cybersecurity, the European Commission is excluding solar inverters from high-risk countries – mainly China – from EU funding; according to Fluence's head of regulatory affairs, the decision is already actively shaping buyer behaviour.
The TITAN project, funded by the EU's Horizon Europe programme, has shown that a microwave-heated fluidised reactor can produce hydrogen from raw biogas almost three times more efficiently than electrolysis – while the solid carbon by-product can be locked away in soil for the long term.
Aeration in activated sludge tanks accounts for 50–65% of the total energy use of conventional biological treatment plants, the most common type worldwide. The efficiency of membrane diffusers is directly linked to a plant's operating costs.
The two main goals of the EU's Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive seem to contradict each other, but with the right strategy both can be met.