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©  Harmony Energy
Storage: Harmony Energy inaugurates France's largest BESS plant at the port of Nantes (Loire-Atlantique)

100 MW/200 MWh: this is the capacity of the battery storage plant inaugurated by Harmony Energy at the port of Nantes Saint-Nazaire (Loire-Atlantique) on 16/12/2025. This is the largest French storage plant to date, and the first plant with the capacity to store two hours of energy. "This…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Essentials, Manufacturers , Production / Construction, …
• Article # 423764
• Published on 17/12/25 at 17:46
©  De Sangosse
Biosolutions: "The main obstacle is the lack of agronomic experience" (N. Fillon, De Sangosse)

"I'd be delighted if we could speed up the overall approval process. But our current portfolio and the potential it offers for growth are already sufficient. We need to work on these solutions first. There have been several examples of compounds being withdrawn, leaving farmers in great disarray…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): Producers, Bioeconomy, Production / Construction, …
• Article # 422019
• Published on 17/12/25 at 17:45
Spanish renewable company Solarig to invest € 350 M in Poland to produce 1TWh/year of biomethane

The Spanish renewable energy group Solarig will invest €350 M (PLN 1.5bn) in the Polish biomethane market through its green gases subsidiary Biorig, the company announced on 17/12/2025. The project aims to create a biomethane platform with a production capacity of 1 TWh/year, generated by 20…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Manufacturers , Producers, Financing & funding, …
• Article # 423776
• Published on 17/12/25 at 17:31
©  Daniele La Rosa Messina
EIB : €1.8 Bn to support 45 clean energy-related investments in 12 different Member States

€1.8 Bn will be disbursed from the Modernisation Fund to support 45 clean energy-related investments in 12 different Member States, announced the European Commission and the European Investment Bank on 17/12/2025. "This includes the first ever investments in Portugal, which became a beneficiary…
Domain(s): Energies, Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 423830
• Published on 17/12/25 at 17:04
©  Alexandros Michailidis/Council of the EU
Environment Council: "Climate risks reached critical levels and could become catastrophic without action"

The Environment Council stressed "the urgent need to accelerate action to meet the EU's long-term environmental and climate goals, particularly the six 2030 priority objectives of the 8th Environment Action Programme", in its conclusions on 16/12/2025. "Many of the climate risks have reached…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Bioeconomy, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423759
• Published on 17/12/25 at 16:30
©  News Tank
Omnibus 1: Parliament to formally adopt the postponement and reduction of scope of CSRD/CS3D (vote)

The Parliament formally adopted the provisional agreement on the simplification of the regulations on Corporate Sustainability Reporting and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence in Strasbourg, on 16/12/2025. 428 MEPs voted for, 218 against, and 17 abstained. The demand to vote on further…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Policies & Regulation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 423792
• Published on 17/12/25 at 15:06
©  UNEA
UN Environmental Assembly: 11 resolutions and 3 decisions adopted; $1,113Bn proposed budget for 2026-2027

The United Nations Environmental Assembly approved UNEP’s Medium-Term Strategy (MTS) for 2026-2029, as well as the associated Programme of Work 2026-2027. These decisions took place during the conclusion of the seventh session in Nairobi on 12/12/2025. The proposed budget for the next two years…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, National bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, …
• Article # 423663
• Published on 17/12/25 at 14:43
©  Pixabay
EU: 1202 Mtoe primary energy consumption in 2024 (-0.74%); lowest level since 1990

1202 Mtoe (Million tonnes of oil equivalent): this is the total primary energy consumption of the 27 EU countries in 2024, according to Eurostat on 15/12/2025. The figure is 0.74% lower than in 2023 (1211 Mtoe). "Our data show that in 2024, the EU continued to move closer to the target of 992.5…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): European bodies, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 423761
• Published on 17/12/25 at 12:00
©  D.R.
Automotive package: 2035 tailpipe emissions target revised from 100% to 90%, with new flexibilities

“Europe has reaffirmed its objective of decarbonising the automotive industry by 2035. The direction is clear and unchanged. What is evolving are the calculation methods. The flexibilities we are introducing do not undermine this objective. Any additional emissions resulting from these…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Essentials, European bodies, Decarbonisation , …
• Article # 423753
• Published on 17/12/25 at 11:18
©  Thomas VIGNAUD/CNRS Photothèque
EU Seas Protection Rules: Have Your Say and call for evidence in view of the revision of the Directive

The European Commission launched a public consultation and a call for evidence on 15/12/2025, in view of the upcoming revision of the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). The evaluation of this directive, published in March 2025, showed that "while it formed an ambitious framework, the…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): European bodies, Climate adaptation & resilience, Biodiversity, …
• Article # 423643
• Published on 16/12/25 at 17:24