Energy

Where and when it pays: the economic value of solar and wind power placement in Europe

The efficient placement of solar and wind power capacity is as important as increasing the quantity of deployment in Europe

Marie Jugé, Alexander Roth and Georg Zachmann

Europe’s electrification and industrial competitiveness

Bruegel Deputy Director Simone Tagliapietra spoke at the informal meeting of EU energy ministers, in a session on innovation and market design

Simone Tagliapietra

European clean tech tracker

This tracker provides an overview of the main innovation, manufacturing and deployment trends in clean tech in Europe

Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Roberto Rossini and Simone Tagliapietra

European natural gas imports

This dataset aggregates daily data on European natural gas import flows and storage levels.

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Giovanni Sgaravatti and Georg Zachmann

European Clean Tech Atlas

The Atlas tracks Europe's clean-tech transformation, showing how adoption, investment and industrial change are unfolding across the continent

Hèctor Badenes Rodríguez, Benjamin Bjerkan-Wade, Marie Jugé, Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams and Simone Tagliapietra

European natural gas demand tracker

Tracking monthly natural gas demand by country and the EU as a whole, with a breakdown of the power, industry and household sectors where possible

Marie Jugé, Ben McWilliams and Georg Zachmann

International carbon trading: a strategic lever to boost global decarbonisation

International carbon credits can support the EU’s 2040 target if buyers’ club rules and leverage ensure real mitigation gains abroad

Georg Zachmann and Annabelle Weisser

Energy Security amid Geopolitical Instability: Lessons from the 2026 Strait of Hormuz Shock

Ugnė Keliauskaitė, Ben McWilliams, Thomas Mramor, Alexander Roth, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

What will shape the debate on ETS reform?

Flora Marchioro

ETS Tracker

This tracker maps the EU ETS through data on emissions, compliance, allowances, auction revenues, prices and installations

Jan Abrell, Marie Jugé, Flora Marchioro, Ben McWilliams, Thomas Mramor, Roberto Rossini, Simone Tagliapietra and Georg Zachmann

The EU emissions trading system works but most industrial decarbonisation is still to come

Survey evidence shows regulated manufacturers respond to the EU carbon price, but want reassurance on policy direction and stringency

Debora Revoltella and Fotios Kalantzis

How much has the Russian budget gained from Iran-war related higher oil prices?

Russia has gained some fiscal headroom from higher oil prices, though not enough to fully offset budgetary difficulties from the Ukraine war

Marek Dabrowski

To what extent can green infrastructure investment mitigate China’s clean-energy overcapacity?

China’s green industrial strategy has outpaced demand, leaving renewables firms under strain and grid expansion as the key test of market rebalancing

Alicia García-Herrero and Haoxin Mu

The energy shock for which there is no playbook

The US-Iran conflict may be ending but coping with its inflation and fiscal consequences will be challenging for months ahead

Gene Frieda