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OPEN LETTER: FOR AN AMBITIOUS CLEAN(TECH) INDUSTRIAL DEAL – BUILDING MARKETS TO UNLEASH INVESTMENTS
January 22, 2025
102 cleantech start-ups, scale-ups, investors and ecosystems from across Europe are writing to express support for a strong and ambitious Clean Industrial Deal.
Policy Update–Incoming EU Commission Special Edition
November 15, 2024
Welcome to the latest edition of your one-stop-shop for all things cleantech policy. In this Policy Update we focus on the proposed new College of Commissioners, their hearings in the European Parliament and what this new Commission means for clean technologies in Europe.
Unleashing Europe’s Cleantech Potential: What is Needed to Make the Draghi Report a Success
October 14, 2024
We are making this Call to Implementation, endorsed by major European corporations and leading cleantech scale-ups, to demonstrate that the private sector stands ready to help Europe regain competitiveness. We call for the immediate implementation of the Draghi report’s key recommendations:
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32 MEPs launch Cleantech Friendship Group and meet with President Ursula Von der Leyen to champion EU clean technologies
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EU’s net zero plans will fail without more money, warn industry chiefs
March 17, 2023
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MEPs push homegrown technology for green energy
32 MEPs launch Cleantech Friendship Group and meet with President Ursula Von der Leyen to champion EU clean technologies
Made in the EU: Europe insists it can decarbonise and reindustrialise
A business plan for a low-carbon, competitive European economy
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New research finds Europe is off-track in building clean industrial capacity
Looser state aid rules aim to stoke clean tech demand
100 impact investors and founders join forces: EU needs 'bold action'
Scaling Cleantech Requires EU Capital Market Rethink
Bold steps for green industry demanded
Editor’s note: IRA tax credits live on
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Drop in Investments: European Cleantech Companies Alert the Commission
“For an Ambitious Clean(tech) Industrial Deal,” the Climate Startups’ Letter to the EU
"It’s critical to achieve climate neutrality in Europe, but even more important to scale up and export solutions to help decarbonize the rest of the world.” --Luís Rebelo joins Cleantech for Europe
Will the EU use Trump’s victory to go for gold on climate or as an opportunity to go slow?
Editor’s note: all mouth and no trousers
“We can finance the green transition, or keep funding fossil fuels” – Dimitri Colin joins Cleantech for Europe
Cleantech Leaders Call for Swift Action on EU Competitiveness in Brussels
The Draghi EU competitiveness report - the reactions
“The pace of scaling asset-heavy solutions to the sustainability transition has never been faster” - P Capital joins Cleantech for Europe
Building to zero: Cleantech for Europe welcomes noa to our Investor Coalition
Using AI to power the cleantech transition
How teamwork could be Europe’s secret sauce on cleantech
There is no cleantech transition without electrification: An interview with Sven Heiligtag and Tommy Labryga
Lessons learned on navigating the Cleantech Venture Capital Landscape
Levelling Europe’s industry playing field
Clean tech sector and NGOs produce alternative election manifestos
Europe passes cleantech law everyone agrees is not enough
MEPs agree to give European clean tech manufacturing a boost
The economy wide opportunity of Cleantech 2.0 to drive Europe’s growth and competitiveness
Editor’s note: ‘Finance as usual’ is not an option
“Less ‘wishlists’, clear priorities and focus from policymakers” – eCAPITAL joins Cleantech for Europe
Cleantech trailblazers need more EU support
The EU’s plan for critical technologies ends up as a shadow of the promised sovereignty fund
It’s time for a European cleantech investment plan
Boosting clean tech in Europe
EU shifts spending focus from climate to defence
EU faces €50 billion cleantech funding gap, says report
Europe’s cleantech industry grows impatient for more ambitious investment policies
Why cleantech groups want the EU’s public lending arm to prop them up
EU Ambassadors reach negotiating mandate on STEP
Brussels, my love? EU plays good cop at a bad COP?
Decarbonising maritime transportation with green methanol
Decarbonizing Industrial Heat- an important puzzle piece to solving climate change
Uniting the digital and cleantech transition: An interview with Andreea Constantinescu
Removing carbon to reach zero: An interview with 2150
Energy Monitor: The EU is offering as much green funding as the US IRA. So why aren’t innovators getting it?
Driving to net zero: An interview with Max ter Horst
Politico EU Influence Newsletter
“Decentralise, decarbonise, electrify” – Vireo Ventures joining Cleantech for Europe
Funding the cleantech transition: An interview with Isabelle Canu
US green technology investment leaves Europe in the shade
“The Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) survival game: decarbonization as a catalyst for longevity and purpose” – Aster Fab’s Hélène Maxwell shares her views
“The Italian cleantech space has great potential!” MITO Technology joins Cleantech for Europe’s Investor Coalition
Chasing Positive Impact on Climate: Zach Sporn Joins Cleantech for Europe as Communications Director
Europe races for energy competitiveness as global ‘Green Wars’ intensify
Not ambitious enough? EU’s climate tech bill gets mixed reaction
EU’s net zero plans will fail without more money, warn industry chiefs
EU’s Net-Zero Industry Act aims to bring home clean tech production
Net Zero Industry Act sets ambitious permitting rules, but stronger market signals for cleantech are needed
Rishi Sunak & Bill Gates attend Cleantech for UK launch event with leading cleantech start-ups, accelerators and investors
"Innovation is our best bet to solve the climate crisis!" - Suzana Carp joins Cleantech for Europe
In green subsidy race with US, EU lacks focus
Tough love: Europe needs to ’level the playing field’ after US Inflation Reduction Act
EU Prepares to Offer Clean Tech Tax Breaks to Compete With U.S. Green Subsidy Push
Getting Europe's Cleantech Act Together
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EU to Seek 'Firm But Proportionate' Response to US Inflation Reduction Act
Eurocommissaris Vestager over EU-antwoord op Amerikaans klimaatprotectionisme: “We zullen de interne markt niet opofferen”
EU to seek firm but proportionate response to US Inflation Reduction Act
Vestager (Commissione Ue): all’Inflation Reduction Act Usa risponderemo in modo fermo ma proporzionato
EU-Kommissarin: Werden Binnenmarkt nicht für grüne Subventionen opfern
‘We will not sacrifice the single market’ in global race for green subsidies, EU’s Vestager says
Usa e Ue in trattative per l’accesso all’Inflation Reduction Act
Industria green, la sfida dell'Europa per risolvere la competitività delle nostre imprese
Can the EU keep up with the US on green subsidies?
Cleantech for Europe Summit Opened by Margrethe Vestager: Scale-up Coalition Grows; Partnership with EIC Launched
Open Letter: Speed, Scale & Simplicity to Compete in the Global Cleantech Race
Survey: Cleantech Innovators deem EU Funding applications too costly
“Cleantech promises both mitigation and adaptation to climate change” - Olivier Bordelanne shares his views
Info Session on Third Innovation Fund Call with DG CLIMA
MEPs launch cross-party Friendship Group to promote cleantech
Bill Gates throws support behind new European cleantech scale-up coalition
Cleantech Scale-Ups Join Forces to Accelerate European Climate and Industrial Leadership, Supported by Bill Gates and Kadri Simson
“Cleantech innovation is an opportunity for the EU” - Ruben Davis joins Cleantech for Europe as Policy Officer
EU Investors and Thought-Leaders Join to defend Innovation Fund
The big hydrogen debate: super fuel or decoy solution?
Green-tech investors want to team up with Brussels
As Europe seeks to move away from Russian gas, which renewables will benefit?
Planet A and Cleantech for Europe’s joint deep-dive on novel opportunities for renewable baseload energy in Europe
"EU startups can afford to think bigger": Paris-based Aster on France's innovation surge
Rubio Impact Ventures - Early stage investing for impact
Cleantech for Europe leaders: now 20 Venture and Growth Funds
Long-Duration Storage: the key to a decarbonised energy sector
Cleantech for Europe Summit - a first step towards Europe seizing its man on the moon moment
New Team Member: Tristan Beucler
Germany’s €200 billion cleantech investment opportunity
Joel Boehme Joins Cleantech for Europe
