Tag: Emissions trading system
Europe Is Finally Admitting Electricity Is Overtaxed
The leaked European Commission recommendation on electricity taxation landed quietly, but it said something that European energy policy has avoided stating plainly for decades. Electricity is still taxed and loaded with levies as if it were a polluting end product rather than the clean energy carrier Europe increasingly depends on … [continued]
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Germany’s Audit Court Calls Time on Hydrogen Inevitability
The October 2025 special report from Germany’s Federal Audit Court, Implementation of the Federal Government’s Hydrogen Strategy, lands with unusual weight because it is not a policy critique or an academic intervention, but a statutory budgetary assessment delivered to Parliament. It evaluates the hydrogen strategy against the legal requirements of … [continued]
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From Riverboats To Global Ports: CATL Is Winning The Shipping Electrification Race
CATL’s batteries and energy management systems are already operating in roughly 900 ships and vessels, a figure that on its own should reframe how maritime decarbonization is discussed. Shipping is conservative for structural reasons tied to safety, long asset lifetimes, and unforgiving certification regimes, so deployment at this scale signals … [continued]
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Tax Fossil Fuel Profits to Reduce Exposure to Energy Price Spikes or End Subsidies
Fossil fuel companies made €180bn in taxable profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Fossil fuel companies made over €180bn in profits in the EU in the two years following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, analysis on behalf of T&E shows¹. T&E calls for excess profits … [continued]
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Carbon Leakage in the Aviation Sector: Is it a problem, and if so, what can be done to address it?
Carbon leakage refers to the risk of emissions shifting outside of areas where there are climate policies in order to avoid paying the extra costs of complying with these policies. For aviation this means passengers choosing transfers at hubs near EU borders, such as Istanbul, Doha and Dubai, to avoid … [continued]
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