In brief | 8 December '25

Eurostat: Number of air passengers in EU up 8% to 1.1 billion in 2024
 

All EU countries registered increase in passengers compared with 2023, led by Hungary (+19.2%), Czechia (+18.9%) and Estonia (+17.8%).

Allianz Trade: High hopes, heavy footprint: Aviation’s quest for climate-neutral skies
 

Decarbonisation efforts will require around USD 5.1 trn in investment by 2050.

European Commission: €5.2 bln of EU Emissions Trading revenues earmarked for clean transition technologies
 

Funding for Net-Zero Technologies call, 3rd auction for H2 production, and first-ever auction for industrial process heat decarbonisation.

Euractiv: How Brussels hopes to fast-track eight ‘urgent’ energy projects
 

EU Commission expected to ramp up pressure on France over resistance to Spanish power links.

S&P Global: Germany may miss target start date for implementation of EU’s Renewable Energy Directive III
 

Lack of consensus among ministries means retroactive implementation now likely. 

Wall Street Journal: A geothermal company wants to use new technology to heat an old German town
 

Project in Bavaria is harnessing high temperatures from deep beneath the earth to provide a community with warmth in the winter and to power the local grid in the summer.

Wind Europe: Renewables-based energy system will save Europe trillions 
 

Even when accounting for grids, storage and back-up, a system running on high shares of renewables is the cheapest by far.