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©  D.R.

EU: 47.5% of electricity consumed from renewable sources in 2024 (Eurostat)

Renewable energy sources accounted for 47.5% of gross electricity consumption in the EU in 2024, according to data published by Eurostat on 14/01/2026. This share has more than tripled since the start of the statistical series in 2004, when it stood at 15.9%. The main sources of renewable…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): European bodies, Decarbonisation , Electricity
• Article # 426614
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©  CG Mobilité

€600 M investment to deploy 24.000 zero-emission vehicles in Europe (Leasys/EIB deal)

"Leasys, the joint venture between French-American-Italian carmaker Stellantis and Crédit Agricole Personal Finance & Mobility (subsidiary of the French bank Crédit Agricole), and the European Investment Bank, signed a €600 M financing agreement to support the Pan-European Clean Fleet Transport…
Domain(s): Mobilities
• Category(ies): Banking & insurance, Service providers
• Article # 426559
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©  PIK

"89% of the heat caused by our fossil fuels is in the ocean, only 1% in the atmosphere"(J.Röckstrom, PIK)

"The scientific drama around the need to truly address planetary health comes from recent science, which is that we are currently at a point where we are risking the health of the planet, the very stability, the resilience, and life support on Earth, explains Prof. Johan Röckstrom, Director at…
Domain(s): Agrifood, Environment
• Category(ies): Academic, Climate adaptation & resilience, Public health & nutrition, …
• Article # 426526
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©  Gaetano Maccri

Ice Memory Foundation: opening of the first-ever sanctuary storing ice cores in Antarctica

The Ice memory Foundation has officially opened the first-ever sanctuary for mountain ice cores at Concordia Station in Antarctica, on 14/01/2026. These climate archives are "safely stored in an ice cave at a temperature close to -52°C, designed to preserve ice for future generations of…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): International bodies, Research & innovation, Climate / carbon
• Article # 426316
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©  D.R.

Offshore wind: 8.4 GW awarded at the latest UK auction (AR7), a record outcome

A record 8.4 GW offshore wind capacity was awarded in the latest UK auction (AR7), announced the UK government on 14/01/2026. The tender awarded six onshore wind projects (8.2 GW) and two floating projects (200 MW). "The results represent the largest single award of offshore wind capacity in…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): National bodies, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 426518
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©  Anastasiia Nurullina de corelens

EU/New genomic techniques: "We are going to vote against a bad agreement" (C. Clergeau, S&D)

Two weeks before the second reading vote in the ENVI Committee on 28/01/2026, Christophe Clergeau, shadow rapporteur for the S&D on the rules concerning new genomic techniques, has announced that his group will vote against the agreement reached in trilogue on NGTs on 04/12/2025. "The…
Domain(s): Agrifood
• Category(ies): European bodies, Public health & nutrition, Research & innovation, …
• Article # 426410
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©  Cefic

"Simplification can be achieved without opening the REACH legal text" (Cefic)

Simplification, entry into force of the One Substance, One Assessment framework, launch of the Critical Chemicals Alliance, eventual revision of REACH: on 14/01/2025, Cefic (the European Chemical Industry Council) highlighted some of the most important developments at the beginning of the year for…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): Trade unions & federations, Policies & Regulation, Chemicals / plastics
• Article # 426437
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©  Uniper

Uniper and AM Green: long-term offtake agreement for up to 500,000 tons per year of renewable ammonia

Uniper Global Commodities, from Germany, and AM Green Ammonia India announced the signing of a long-term binding offtake agreement for renewable ammonia certified as a Renewable Fuel of Non-Biological Origin (RFNBO), on 13/01/2025. The agreement was exchanged between Michael Lewis, and CEO of…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 426446
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©  ATOSCA

FR / A69 motorway: immediate suspension of work on several sites (Toulouse judicial court)

The Toulouse Magistrates' Court has ordered Atosca, the main contractor for the A69 motorway (linking Castres and Toulouse in the Occitanie region), to "immediately suspend work in progress and planned" on several identified sites along the route of the future motorway, according to an order…
Domain(s): Environment
• Category(ies): National bodies, Justice, Policies & Regulation, …
• Article # 426423
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©  D.R.

Vattenfall takes full FID for Nordlicht project, Germany's largest offshore wind project with 1,6 GW

Thanks to the issuance of Nordlicht II offshore wind farm construction permit by the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency(BSH), on 13/01/2026, Vattenfall has taken the full Final Investment Decision (FID), for the Nordlicht offshore wind cluster, comprising Nordlicht I and Nordlicht  II…
Domain(s): Energies
• Category(ies): Producers, Production / Construction, Renewable energies
• Article # 426402
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