Majority of Europeans polled want rules to limit new data centres’ impacts on energy, water and economy
October 27, 2025 10:02 amPeople see untethered data centre growth as a threat to Europe’s energy and water security, and want Big Tech to […]
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Iberian blackout casts light on a deeper issue: energy security relies on renewable energy and stronger grids
April 30, 2025 7:52 amIberian blackout exposes a deeper issue: energy security relies on renewable energy and stronger grids
PLUGGING IN AND MAXING OUT: how data centres could drain Europe’s power supplies and threaten climate action
December 4, 2024 12:01 amBerlin, 27 November 2024 — As the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Global Conference on Energy and AI approaches (December 4-5, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Europe’s grid operators unprepared for renewables surge, warns energy watchdog
October 7, 2024 2:17 pmLjubljana, 7 October 2024 — Europe’s energy watchdog has issued a sharp critique of the continent’s grid operators, declaring them […]
The UK Exits Coal Power, Ushering in Era of Renewables
September 29, 2024 8:00 pmLONDON, 30 SEPTEMBER, 2024 – Today, the UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, will close, marking the end of coal-generated […]