Ireland’s capacity market renewal
March 26, 2026 11:07 amOne of Ireland’s key electricity supply mechanisms – the capacity market – is coming up for its 10-year renewal with […]
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The Middle East war and Europe’s new energy price shock
March 9, 2026 2:00 pmOverview As conflict in the Middle East escalates, the humanitarian toll continues to grow. The civil society community condemns the […]
Public money, private interests: EU governments usher through fossil gas subsidies worth billions
October 28, 2025 12:06 pmA growing risk is that billions of euros in energy subsidies are being handed to fossil fuel companies, including EP Group, ENEL and RWE [6], paid for through levies on household and industrial energy bills, while proven clean and flexible technologies are pushed out of the market.
Europe’s Gas Power Plant Overbuild Undermines Climate Credibility
November 15, 2024 12:01 amAs European countries position themselves as global climate leaders at COP29, a new briefing from Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals a […]
Driving the energy transition: 5 actions for Italian municipalities
June 5, 2025 9:00 am5 steps, 5 benefits for Italian municipalities Italy’s reliance on fossil fuels has increased energy costs, worsened health and environmental […]
Europeans agree: Time to Put Limits on Big Tech Data Centres
October 27, 2025 10:00 amA staggering majority of respondents in a polling commissioned by Beyond Fossil Fuels and conducted by Savanta in five European […]
Fossil Gas Freeloaders: Beyond Fossil Fuels exposes the utilities benefiting from European “capacity market” subsidies
June 26, 2025 12:01 amAnalysis by Beyond Fossil Fuels reveals the energy companies that have received the highest value of European “capacity market” contracts […]
24/7 renewable electricity matching is a far more credible approach for the GHG Protocol and the SBTi than the Emissions First Partnership proposal
October 10, 2024 1:52 pmWith the Science Based Targets initiative and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol)‘s revisions in full swing, many actors are […]
Why carbon offsetting undermines climate targets
July 2, 2024 1:04 pmMore than 80 leading civil society organisations, including Beyond Fossil Fuels, have issued a joint statement rejecting the use of carbon offsets to meet corporate climate targets. We call on accounting bodies like the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to continue excluding offsets and stick to scientifically-sound methodologies for tracking corporate climate efforts.