In brief | 23 January '26

IEEFA: Minimal role for carbon capture, utilization, and storage in IEA's World Energy Outlook 2025

Carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) is projected to contribute less than 5 percent to offsetting emissions by 2050.

Reuters: EU court rejects Poland's appeal to annul Turow mine penalties

The EU's top court in 2021 imposed a daily fine, opens new tab of 500,000 euros on Poland for not closing its Turow lignite mine and power plant, situated on the border with the Czech Republic.

Bloomberg: Germany offers South Africa €720 million in climate loans

The loans would fall under the so-called Just Energy Transition Partnership, a climate-finance pact between South Africa and some of the world’s richest nations. 

Bloomberg: RWE weighs Sweden exit after selling most of its wind assets

Growth in renewables has stalled in Sweden amid policy uncertainty and a government push to develop new nuclear reactors.

Bloomberg: Europe taps gas storage at the fastest pace in five years

Europe is leaning more heavily on gas reserves this winter, with this month’s withdrawals running at the fastest pace in five years amid unusually cold weather.

Bloomberg: Europe poised to import more LNG than ever this year, IEA says

The region is expected to buy more than 185 billion cubic meters of LNG. 

Euronews: Which European countries will heatwaves hit hardest by 2100?

France, Russia, and Romania have been ranked as the top European countries that will be most severely impacted by global warming by 2100.