Ben McWilliams

Europe’s electric vehicle conundrum

What to do about Chinese overcapacity, EU subsidies and the electric transition

European natural gas imports

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

How Europe should respond to the Iran gas shock – and how it shouldn’t

The European Union should act now to head off growing impacts from the Iran conflict on gas prices and availability

Dependence on fossil fuels, not on the United States, is Europe’s worry

The US has replaced Russia to a great extent as an energy supplier to the European Union, but this has not so far created a new vulnerability

A new European energy policy paradigm revealed by changes in hydrogen strategies

‘Made with Europe’ not ‘Made in Europe’ should guide EU industrial policy

The European Union should not go down the path of local-content requirements to protect industry but should remain open to international cooperation

How can Europe make CBAM a decarbonisation success story?

All about CBAM, the cross-border carbon levy

The EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism is live! What happens next?

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

European clean tech tracker

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

Europe has a solid basis for battery and electric vehicle manufacturing growth

Europe is successfully building up battery and EV manufacturing capacity, though mainly thanks to foreign investment

The case for delaying the application of the EU’s carbon border levy to electricity

The inclusion of electricity in CBAM creates more problems than it solves; ways should be found to exempt it

Europe’s Clean Industrial Deal: four priorities to fulfil its promise

The Clean Industrial Deal presents an opportunity for Europe, but quick action is needed on four priorities to deliver its goals

China’s race to electrification

Is China turning into an “electrostate” — and how will that change the balance of global energy?

How is Europe's green energy transition going?

Greening global industry: clean energy, trade and development

How to accelerate European green transition while cooperating with the Global South

Reconciling the European Union’s clean industrialisation goals with those of the Global South

Importing energy-intensive goods would be more efficient for EU clean industry goals than importing clean energy itself

How do Europe and the US compare on clean tech?

Transatlantic clean investment monitor 4: electric vehicles

A clear move to electric vehicles is underway, but the US is creating more obstacles than Europe

Ending European Union imports of Russian uranium

Continuing to do business with Rosatom, the company responsible for the commercial relationship on uranium with the EU, raises four issues