Beyond Fossil Fuels

🤖 The EU will release its data centre package, but where are the safeguards? As AI drives a surge in data centres & electricity demand, what SHOULD policymakers prioritise to ensure 🇪🇺's digital ambitions don't come at the expense of the energy transition? 🎥 We asked former Greens MEP Claude Turmes.

BREAKING 🚨Over €100B worth of renewable & storage projects are stuck in queues to connect to the grid across Europe! But, what does that mean in practise for different countries, for different people? What are the blockers? The solutions? Watch👇 & read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/06/02/g...

We joined thousands in 🇩🇪 Hamm to oppose RWE's new gas plant in the first mass anti-gas plant protest in Europe! Why should public money fund more fossil fuel dependence when renewables and clean flexibility are ready to deliver? Germany can't lead us down a gas dead end.

#COP31 will be a staging ground for a global electrification push. The current climate of fear, energy shocks, and volatility leaves govts with no excuse not to turn to renewables and clean electrification to guarantee future economic stability and energy autonomy. www.politico.eu/article/mant...

TotalEnergies and EPH's joint venture in the name of “flexgen” for 🇪🇺 is pure spin. Most of the gas fleet relies on CCGT plants built for baseload power, a poor choice when clean alternatives like batteries and storage exist to support renewables & grid flexibility. www.euronews.com/2026/05/20/m...

Big news from 🇵🇹! It plans to halve its fossil fuel dependence over the next decade. Already at ~80% renewables in its power mix, the next steps are: 1️⃣ electrifying transport, industry & heating. 2️⃣ backing a windfall tax on companies profiting from fossil fuel price spikes due to the Iran conflict!

"From soaring prices at gas stations to flight cancellations over jet fuel shortages, we're learning the hard way – again – that dependence on fossil fuel imports has a price." 👏 Read more in @theeuropeancorreua.bsky.social 📖 👀 europeancorrespondent.com/en/r/the-ene...

Gas is Europe’s most critical vulnerability, and countries that rely on it for electricity production, like 🇮🇹, 🇬🇷, or 🇮🇪, could see a big increase in bills. Meanwhile, countries using more renewable energy, like 🇪🇸 & 🇵🇹 are more resilient against the price shocks. Read more @eurcorrespond.bsky.social 👇

Ever been to a public AGM? This is your chance! Yesterday we went to Siemens Energy’s first-ever public AGM to ask them directly how they plan to clean up their fossil gas business. Come with us and see how it went. 🎥👇 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/26/s...

While Siemens Energy is celebrating record revenues in its first ever public AGM and continuing to promote its ‘green’ credentials, we can't forget that it's also the 2nd largest global supplier of gas turbines for gas-fired plants under development around the world. So we came by to protest.

PSA: Clean flexibility can cut Europe’s gas dependence and save up to €300bn/year by 2030. Batteries, heat pumps, EV smart charging & demand response can keep the lights on without fossil gas. Our new report is out now 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/23/c...

We all know renewables cut emissions & boost energy security, but they can go even further with a helping hand. Meet clean flexibility: storage, demand response, smarter grids. Having one without the other is like leaving the house half dressed. You need both. Watch the video break it down 👇

Big Tech frames AI as a climate solution. But a new report takes off the rose-tinted smart glasses and shows a harsher reality: plenty of evidence that power-hungry generative AI is harming our planet, and little solid proof it can fight climate change. 📄 beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/02/17/t...

Do you remember 2016? We do. Pokémon Go, Beyonce’s Lemonade, Snapchat. More importantly, since 2016: 💪 25 🇪🇺 countries have announced coal phaseouts❗ 💪 61% of coal plants across the continent have shut down❗ Geopolitical tensions might be high, but it's important to remember how far we've come.

Rising temps provoke extreme weather events around the world. 🗣️And, finally, fossil fuel companies could be forced to pay some of the price of their damage to the climate, and the ultra-rich subjected to a global wealth tax, if new rules are agreed under the UN. www.theguardian.com/environment/...