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We will keep following data on heat pumps in our European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/technology/h...
🚨 New heat pump data: Sales in the European market are up 11% in 2025, says the European Heat Pump Association.
2022 saw a surge in heat pump sales following the energy crisis that year. Last week again, natural gas prices have doubled.
📊Updated: EU renewables value tracker, summarised by Marie Jugé
☀️🍃Explore highlights of the average market value for solar and wind energy in the EU!
🔗Check the full dataset update: buff.ly/sc1THH8
✒️@mariejuge.bsky.social, @aroth.bsky.social and @gzachmann.bsky.social
In its final version, the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act has abandoned the pure "Made in Europe" approach, opening it up to third countries (what we like to call "Made with Europe"). This is a welcome step, aligning EU industrial and trade policies as it should
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🗺️ The making of a French battery belt: Battery manufacturing investment has been concentrating in the Hauts-de-France region.
Find out more about the geography of European clean tech and stay tuned for updates in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
🎙️ NEW PODCAST: Europe and the Iran war 🪖
@rebeccawire.bsky.social, @eribakova.bsky.social, @tagliapietra.bsky.social and @guntramwolff.bsky.social discuss what the conflict means for inflation, oil prices, the economy and Ukraine. #EconSky
🔗 Listen to the podcast: www.bruegel.org/podcast/euro...
The shutdown of the plant “marks an abrupt acceleration in the energy implications of the situation,” said Simone Tagliapietra, an analyst at Bruegel. “The threat to security of supply is here and now. The extent of it will depend on the duration of the shutdown.”
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NEW 🚨 How will the Iran conflict hit European energy markets? And how should we react? In this piece, I argue that EU policymakers should plan for a potentially prolonged standoff in the Middle East, while doubling down – not backtracking – on the energy transition.
www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
Explore the power mix of European countries in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/overview/dep...
⚡ The Italian government plans to reimburse the EU carbon price paid by gas power plants. Italy relies on gas more than other EU countries while lagging for renewables deployment.
Subsidising gas may deter investment in renewables.
This week, @aroth.bsky.social , @tagliapietra.bsky.social, and I prepared a new policy brief for the ongoing discussions regarding EU electricity governance. As it covers extensive ground, I would like to highlight a few points:
Qianjiadong Reservoir in southern Hunan, China, produces a double harvest: solar energy and yellow carp. The solar farm produces up to 80 megawatts of power while the fish forage beneath the panels. With a massive scale-up of solar and wind at home and cheap exports of the technology, China is driving a worldwide surge of renewable energy—Science’s 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Science has named the seemingly unstoppable growth of renewable energy worldwide as the 2025 Breakthrough of the Year.
Learn more about this year's #BOTY and other big advances in science: https://scim.ag/493Tpgx
ETS: the priority for EU leaders should be to turn it from a cap-and-trade system into a cap-and-invest framework.
ETS revenues are among the most powerful tools to finance Europe’s clean industrial transformation. All eyes should be on making the best use of them.
www.bruegel.org/analysis/eur...
Link to the interactive chart: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/investments/...
💶 Hungary and Spain are investment hubs for clean technology manufacturing. France comes in third with almost €12B in investments since 2022.
But some investments have been cancelled or paused. In Germany that is more than half the volume.
💡 Find out more in Bruegel's European Clean Tech Tracker.
Timely paper…the benefits of a more integrated European energy system.
That’s our duty!! 🇪🇺💡
NEW🚨EU energy markets will be high on the agenda of EU leaders at the upcoming European Council in March. In this new paper, we propose 3 steps to improve the efficiency of the EU energy system:
🖥️ Open data
🔌 Integrate network planning
📚Alignment of national plans
www.bruegel.org/policy-brief...
Find the dataset here: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org/geography/ov...
💪 One million Europeans work in clean tech jobs. That is 2 jobs per 1,000 people and twice the level of 2010.
But clean tech employment varies across countries - Lithuania leads with 5.4 jobs per 1,000 people.
Find out more in our European Clean Tech Tracker (link in the comments).
NEW🚨The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation. ‘Made with Europe’ is a smarter way forward than ‘Made in Europe’. www.bruegel.org/first-glance...
🚨 European EV registrations end 2025 with a bang.
22.6% of new cars in the EU were pure battery electric vehicles in December. With plug-in hybrid vehicles included, the share rises to 33.3%.
Discover the latest data in Bruegel's European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
☀️ Good news! Renewables keep pushing fossil fuels out of the EU electricity mix.
In 2025, wind and solar power was 291 TWh higher than in 2021. The fossil fuel share went down by 257 TWh.
You can explore the data in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
🏭 Europe’s emissions trading system is an ally, not an enemy, of industrial competitiveness
✒️ Read the Analysis by Thomas Mramor & @tagliapietra.bsky.social
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NEW🚨The EU main climate policy tool, the ETS, will be revised this year. A lobbying push to weaken key elements is already underway. But the review must be anchored in facts and focus on the potential benefits of the system to EU competitiveness.
www.bruegel.org/analysis/eur...
📉 EU exports to the US have fallen to €1 billion monthly, and imports from the US are down to €0.5 billion.
Transatlantic clean tech trade has slowed over the past months as tensions have gone up.
Find out more in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
🌎 EU-Mercosur clean tech trade is gaining momentum, with monthly net exports of around €50 million to Brazil alone. The trade deal would remove tariffs, like up to 35% for vehicles.
You can navigate trade flows in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
🚘New record! Over 30% of all new cars registered in the EU were electric last November.
The trend is supported by steady growth in German and French markets and a sharp jump in Italy.
You can navigate the dataset in our Bruegel European Clean Tech Tracker: european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
NEW🚨 Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity. Since 2017, companies have invested €38 billion in battery manufacturing facilities and €34 billion in EVs facilities.
You can navigate our European Clean Tech Tracker here:
european-clean-tech-tracker.bruegel.org
🔋 Europe has a solid basis for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing growth
💡 Read the Analysis by @mariejuge.bsky.social, @keliauskaite.bsky.social, @bmcwilliams.bsky.social and @tagliapietra.bsky.social
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📊 Clean tech tracker: buff.ly/9BdFXDI
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NEW🚨Our new analysis based on the European Clean Tech Tracker illustrates how Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity, though mainly thanks to foreign investment.
www.bruegel.org/analysis/eur...