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A new KfW study says Germany must more than double its yearly climate investment, and it leaves the hardest financing problem on the balance sheets of municipal utilities.
The Commission wants network tariffs to reward whoever can shift load away from the peak, and that makes pumping stations and aeration basins, which rarely feature in the debate, part of the argument.
In a single week Westinghouse placed orders with Polish suppliers, ČEZ filed the environmental documentation for its small modular reactor and Slovakia took full control of its Bohunice project, as the region's four nuclear programmes take four different routes.
The Innovation Fund's latest call gave €3.4 billion to 77 projects, and Central and Eastern Europe did well in manufacturing and small projects but won nothing at large scale, ahead of a €1 billion manufacturing topic in December.
Market data from Bavaria's state agricultural research institute show biogas plants earning 3–9 cents more per kilowatt-hour by producing in the most expensive hours instead of running at baseload, provided they invest in gas storage, larger engines and daily trading.
A BloombergNEF comparison of 37 markets shows German industry paying twice the US price per megawatt-hour, while fresh Eurostat data put Hungary near the top of the EU even before taxes.
EU member states have approved a stronger price brake for the carbon market for buildings and road transport due to start in 2028 – and a week later, EU leaders asked the Commission to reassess the whole system, without postponing it.
A study commissioned by the European Biogas Association finds that European industry's demand for biomethane could reach 35 billion cubic metres a year by 2050, led by steelmaking and high-temperature processes.
According to Wood Mackenzie, Europe's annual storage installations exceeded those of the United States for the first time in 2026, and Poland has become the world's top emerging market – while investors move from capacity payments to long-term trading contracts.
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.