Climate Macron summons ministers to get French climate action back on track After a sluggish 2024, France is “mobilising” to meet its 2030 climate goal. 01/04/2025
Climate Where does Germany’s election result leave its climate ambitions? What will Europe’s biggest emitter do next? Politicians, energy experts and campaigners share their hopes and fears. 26/02/2025
Earth News Why climate change has taken a back seat in the German election After becoming a deciding issue for many in 2021, climate change has now dropped down the list of voter priorities in Germany. 16/02/2025
Earth News $20 billion for heat pumps and EV chargers may be revoked under Trump The move has been called a political stunt and "a blatant violation of the Constitution". 15/02/2025
Ecotech Could heat pumps help cut EU emissions from manufacturing? More than 60 per cent of the energy used by European industry is used for heat needed for manufacturing. 31/01/2025
Earth News UK scraps plans to ban sale of gas boilers by 2035 The UK is lagging behind the rest of Europe with around two heat pumps per 1000 households. 07/01/2025
Earth News Spotify, Netflix…Heat pumps? How to get eco-heating on subscription Buying and installing a heat pump comes to an eye-watering €11,500 – but this company aims to change that. 19/12/2024
Earth News Heat pumps: Experts on why some European countries are lagging behind It's a myth that the buildings in some countries are more suited to heat pumps than others. 07/12/2024
Ecotech 100-year-old London flats seek to bust a big heat pump myth The UK has some of the worst-insulated homes in Europe making them very expensive to heat. 20/11/2024
Tech News How a supermarket in Denmark became 'heat self-sufficient' Excess heat from the cooling systems is processed in the tanks to provide space heating for the entire shop. 09/11/2024
Europe News Heat pump makers seek help from Brussels amid sales slump Heat pumps are set to play at least as important a role in Europe’s energy transition as electric cars, but a drop in demand following record sales during the 2022 energy crisis has manufacturers looking to Brussels to address what they see as a taxes and subsidies that favour gas. 23/10/2024
Ecotech Finland is building a giant heat pump to cut CO2 from warming homes The heat pump will be part of a plant that will warm around 30,000 homes in Finland’s capital city. 29/08/2024
Earth News Where do the UK’s political parties stand on 6 key climate issues? Here’s what Britain’s biggest political parties said they would do on issues ranging from sewage pollution to net zero and cutting emissions from home heating. 14/06/2024
Ecotech These window-mounted heat pumps can be fitted in 15 minutes Heat pump tech has been downsized into something that looks a bit like a window air conditioner. 12/03/2024
Earth News New anti-emissions rules risk spread of PFAS, claims NGO Alternatives to toxic chemicals are already available but need to see a greater market uptake. 11/03/2024
Euronews Tech Talks Q&A: What's with all the hype about hydrogen in Europe? Will hydrogen become the new petrol? Does it pollute? How much does it cost? To answer these questions, we talk to Rosalinde van der Vlies, the Director of Clean Planet in DG Research and Innovation at the European Commission. 06/03/2024