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December 16, 2024
Electrification: A crucial step towards industrial decarbonisation
Europe is at a crossroads in its quest to meet ambitious climate goals. Industrial emissions, which contribute 20% of the continent’s greenhouse gases, must be drastically reduced — by 90% by 2040 — to align with the European Union’s net-zero… View Summary +

December 3, 2024
RAP Names Katherine Dixon as its New CEO
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After a global search, the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)® has named a new CEO to strengthen and grow the organization as it continues to bring thought leadership and clarity to the energy transition. RAP has appointed former British diplomat and… View Summary +

October 21, 2024
Network charges: Paving the way for industrial electrification and competitiveness
The Commission and others have identified renewable electricity as the main lever to reduce gas imports and reduce industrial carbon emissions. Yet electricity prices are often significantly higher than fossil fuel prices, so the business case does not always stack… View Summary +

July 26, 2024
How to drive industrial electrification for climate and strategic independence
Electrification is the name of the game Heat is a crucial element in almost every manufacturing process, whether it is in the heavy stuff of melting glass and steel or firing ceramics at scorching temperatures (800°C-1,500°C), producing chemicals (100°C-500 °C),… View Summary +

May 24, 2024
Heat pumps gained European market share in 2023 despite falling sales
Following several years of strong growth, heat pump markets slowed in Europe in 2023. In previous articles for Carbon Brief, we discussed this initial surge in 2021 and explored the impact of the energy crisis in 2022. Yet, despite… View Summary +

March 25, 2024
Fact check: 18 misleading myths about heat pumps
Heat pumps are an alternative to gas boilers and wood stoves for indoor heating. They now feature in most proposals for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by mid-century in order to meet the globally agreed… View Summary +

March 21, 2023
How the energy crisis is boosting heat pumps in Europe
Heat pumps are widely seen as the most important technology when it comes to decarbonising heating. Organisations including the International Energy Agency and McKinsey see heat pumps providing most of our heating… View Summary +

February 23, 2023
How to solve the UK’s heat pump problem
With fossil fuel prices skyrocketing, emissions from homes in the UK stubbornly high and the price of clean electricity from renewables tumbling, it’s clear that we are not taking the right approach to heating our buildings. Heating, which is dominated… View Summary +

February 7, 2023
‘Hydrogen-ready’ boilers – a lifeline for fossil fuel heating in Europe
The heating industry is in turmoil. The need to decarbonise energy demand as well as the gas crisis caused by the war in Ukraine have led to governments around Europe setting phase-out dates for the installation of fossil fuel heating… View Summary +

April 14, 2022
From laggard to leader: How Poland became Europe’s fastest-growing heat pump market
With the war in Ukraine compelling everyone to rethink their energy strategies and focus on getting rid of Russian fossil fuel imports, while maintaining what is left from the affordability of energy supply, the go-to tactics are achieving several energy… View Summary +
