Beyond Fossil Fuels
@beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social
A coalition of civil society organisations striving for a just transition to a fossil-free, fully renewables-based European power sector by 2035. www.beyondfossilfuels.org
Time for our quarterly update, and we’re starting with good news!
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
November 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Time for our quarterly update, and we’re starting with good news!
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
Coal generation in Spain 🇪🇸 has dropped 97% since the early 2000s, making up just 1% of the country’s power mix so far this year. The payoff? Cleaner air and 95% drop in emissions from coal power in ten years.
"We are price-takers, not price-makers, with wholesale gas costs still 75% higher than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Homegrown clean power is the best route to energy security, lower wholesale costs, & lower bills," writes Ed Miliband.
www.ft.com/content/2453...
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Homegrown clean power is the best route to energy security, lower wholesale costs, & lower bills," writes Ed Miliband.
www.ft.com/content/2453...
@julietphillips.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
"We are price-takers, not price-makers, with wholesale gas costs still 75% higher than before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Homegrown clean power is the best route to energy security, lower wholesale costs, & lower bills," writes Ed Miliband.
www.ft.com/content/2453...
@julietphillips.bsky.social
Homegrown clean power is the best route to energy security, lower wholesale costs, & lower bills," writes Ed Miliband.
www.ft.com/content/2453...
@julietphillips.bsky.social
How can power systems meet rising demand while phasing out fossil fuels?
Join global experts to explore lessons from the Iberian blackout & strategies for modern, renewable-ready, and reliable grids at #COP30.
When? 11 November, 15h45 (Brazil time).
Register via: luma.com/eqsdh9p
@e3g.bsky.social
Join global experts to explore lessons from the Iberian blackout & strategies for modern, renewable-ready, and reliable grids at #COP30.
When? 11 November, 15h45 (Brazil time).
Register via: luma.com/eqsdh9p
@e3g.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
How can power systems meet rising demand while phasing out fossil fuels?
Join global experts to explore lessons from the Iberian blackout & strategies for modern, renewable-ready, and reliable grids at #COP30.
When? 11 November, 15h45 (Brazil time).
Register via: luma.com/eqsdh9p
@e3g.bsky.social
Join global experts to explore lessons from the Iberian blackout & strategies for modern, renewable-ready, and reliable grids at #COP30.
When? 11 November, 15h45 (Brazil time).
Register via: luma.com/eqsdh9p
@e3g.bsky.social
Europe’s municipalities can drive the energy transition — protecting health, cutting bills & boosting local economies.
Our 5-step guides show paths to renewables & climate action.
Italy, Türkiye, Greece & Poland are live, Bosnia and Herzegovina is coming soon!
beyondfossilfuels.org/municipaliti...
Our 5-step guides show paths to renewables & climate action.
Italy, Türkiye, Greece & Poland are live, Bosnia and Herzegovina is coming soon!
beyondfossilfuels.org/municipaliti...
November 7, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Europe’s municipalities can drive the energy transition — protecting health, cutting bills & boosting local economies.
Our 5-step guides show paths to renewables & climate action.
Italy, Türkiye, Greece & Poland are live, Bosnia and Herzegovina is coming soon!
beyondfossilfuels.org/municipaliti...
Our 5-step guides show paths to renewables & climate action.
Italy, Türkiye, Greece & Poland are live, Bosnia and Herzegovina is coming soon!
beyondfossilfuels.org/municipaliti...
Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
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Read more 👇
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Around the world, from Türkiye to China to Greece, former coal mines are being repurposed for solar energy in a growing trend that blends clean electricity with regional development and environmental restoration.
Read more 👇
www.aa.com.tr/en/science-t...
Read more 👇
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🇪🇺 After nearly two years of talks, EU environment ministers have agreed on a #2040Target - but weakened its core.
🗣️ @harmeling.bsky.social: “This deal is far weaker than the 90% headline suggests,”
Our press release 👉 caneurope.org/2040-climate...
#COP30 #ClimateAction
🗣️ @harmeling.bsky.social: “This deal is far weaker than the 90% headline suggests,”
Our press release 👉 caneurope.org/2040-climate...
#COP30 #ClimateAction
2040 Climate Target Agreed: a deal, but not a breakthrough - CAN Europe
While reaching an agreement before COP30 has been critical, today’s decision is certainly a disappointing outcome. After nearly two years of negotiations, ministers have agreed on a deal that weakens ...
caneurope.org
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🇪🇺 After nearly two years of talks, EU environment ministers have agreed on a #2040Target - but weakened its core.
🗣️ @harmeling.bsky.social: “This deal is far weaker than the 90% headline suggests,”
Our press release 👉 caneurope.org/2040-climate...
#COP30 #ClimateAction
🗣️ @harmeling.bsky.social: “This deal is far weaker than the 90% headline suggests,”
Our press release 👉 caneurope.org/2040-climate...
#COP30 #ClimateAction
What energy sources are being used to fuel data centres’ insatiable appetite for electricity? Where does it come from? What is their environmental impact?
83% of people want to know in our new poll commissioned partners.
Discover the results in full 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
83% of people want to know in our new poll commissioned partners.
Discover the results in full 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
November 5, 2025 at 9:31 AM
What energy sources are being used to fuel data centres’ insatiable appetite for electricity? Where does it come from? What is their environmental impact?
83% of people want to know in our new poll commissioned partners.
Discover the results in full 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
83% of people want to know in our new poll commissioned partners.
Discover the results in full 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
As world leaders prepare to meet for #COP30, new data from Urgewald's Global Oil & Gas Exit List shows EP Group’s subsidiaries are leading 🇪🇺's gas in power expansion plans and derailing its ability to meet climate targets.
We don't need more fossil fuels, we need investment in renewables.
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We don't need more fossil fuels, we need investment in renewables.
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November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Local grids, run by DSOs, connect people to renewables and clean technologies. But grid bottlenecks and slow permitting are now delaying projects and slowing the energy transition.
We need:
🔎analysis of the scale of the problem.
🎥 a visual storyteller
Apply now: beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor...
We need:
🔎analysis of the scale of the problem.
🎥 a visual storyteller
Apply now: beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor...
October 31, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Local grids, run by DSOs, connect people to renewables and clean technologies. But grid bottlenecks and slow permitting are now delaying projects and slowing the energy transition.
We need:
🔎analysis of the scale of the problem.
🎥 a visual storyteller
Apply now: beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor...
We need:
🔎analysis of the scale of the problem.
🎥 a visual storyteller
Apply now: beyondfossilfuels.org/about-us/wor...
Vampires, zombies and witches are spooky, scary, and fictional. But fossil fuels? Sadly very real, and they’re still haunting our planet every day.
This Halloween, take a read of some frightening examples of how they wreak havoc on communities across Europe…
This Halloween, take a read of some frightening examples of how they wreak havoc on communities across Europe…
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Vampires, zombies and witches are spooky, scary, and fictional. But fossil fuels? Sadly very real, and they’re still haunting our planet every day.
This Halloween, take a read of some frightening examples of how they wreak havoc on communities across Europe…
This Halloween, take a read of some frightening examples of how they wreak havoc on communities across Europe…
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From 1 January 2026 – in just two months’ time – the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will take full effect.
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
October 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
From 1 January 2026 – in just two months’ time – the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) will take full effect.
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
Will it help drive a sustainable and just energy transition in the Western Balkans, or result in a perfect storm?
Find out more: bankwatch.org/wp-content/u...
🇩🇪's 20 GW fossil gas expansion plan is facing pushback from a startup, which filed a complaint with the European Commission.
Why are EU govts still pouring billions into gas when renewables and storage could meet demand?
Our latest briefing explains further beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
Why are EU govts still pouring billions into gas when renewables and storage could meet demand?
Our latest briefing explains further beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
Public money, private interests: EU governments usher through fossil gas subsidies worth billions
Consumers set to pay the price as fossil gas firms cash in on capacity schemes
beyondfossilfuels.org
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
🇩🇪's 20 GW fossil gas expansion plan is facing pushback from a startup, which filed a complaint with the European Commission.
Why are EU govts still pouring billions into gas when renewables and storage could meet demand?
Our latest briefing explains further beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
Why are EU govts still pouring billions into gas when renewables and storage could meet demand?
Our latest briefing explains further beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
🔋In an energy shortage, only 4% of people think data centres should get top priority.
🥇Hospitals, housing, and food come first.
📊 Our new poll developed with partners shows new European attitudes to growing data centre electricity demand 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
🥇Hospitals, housing, and food come first.
📊 Our new poll developed with partners shows new European attitudes to growing data centre electricity demand 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
October 29, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🔋In an energy shortage, only 4% of people think data centres should get top priority.
🥇Hospitals, housing, and food come first.
📊 Our new poll developed with partners shows new European attitudes to growing data centre electricity demand 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
🥇Hospitals, housing, and food come first.
📊 Our new poll developed with partners shows new European attitudes to growing data centre electricity demand 👇
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
€50 bn in capacity markets for fossil fuel plants across 🇪🇺, £104 bn saved by wind in the 🇬🇧 alone.
The maths is clear.
Why are countries like 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇵🇱 still pushing through new gas subsidies?
We know that clean, cheap energy works.
Our new briefing explains further:
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
The maths is clear.
Why are countries like 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇵🇱 still pushing through new gas subsidies?
We know that clean, cheap energy works.
Our new briefing explains further:
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
€50 bn in capacity markets for fossil fuel plants across 🇪🇺, £104 bn saved by wind in the 🇬🇧 alone.
The maths is clear.
Why are countries like 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇵🇱 still pushing through new gas subsidies?
We know that clean, cheap energy works.
Our new briefing explains further:
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
The maths is clear.
Why are countries like 🇩🇪🇬🇷🇵🇱 still pushing through new gas subsidies?
We know that clean, cheap energy works.
Our new briefing explains further:
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/28/e...
New polling on data centres finds 72% of Europeans want a measure requiring new data centres be built only if they’re powered by new and additional renewable energy.
⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth.
Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth.
Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
New polling on data centres finds 72% of Europeans want a measure requiring new data centres be built only if they’re powered by new and additional renewable energy.
⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth.
Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
⚠️ People aren’t willing to trade the climate for unsustainable data centre growth.
Read more 👉 beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
👇 @ketanjoshi.co’s take on data centres and our new poll on European attitudes towards their expansion, in collaboration with @algorithmwatch.org @algorithmwatchch.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social and more!
🗣️ 73% of respondents say we need clear, fair rules for who gets priority access to energy.
🗣️ 73% of respondents say we need clear, fair rules for who gets priority access to energy.
YO: new partnership vid w. the GREAT people at @beyondfossilfuels.bsky.social, on their new data centre survey
The story is this: you are not alone when you worry that data centre growth is being prioritised over health, power costs and resilience
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
The story is this: you are not alone when you worry that data centre growth is being prioritised over health, power costs and resilience
beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/m...
October 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
👇 @ketanjoshi.co’s take on data centres and our new poll on European attitudes towards their expansion, in collaboration with @algorithmwatch.org @algorithmwatchch.bsky.social @foeireland.bsky.social and more!
🗣️ 73% of respondents say we need clear, fair rules for who gets priority access to energy.
🗣️ 73% of respondents say we need clear, fair rules for who gets priority access to energy.
🚨New polling across 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇨🇭, 🇩🇪 finds:
👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy.
👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution.
Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres.
More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy.
👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution.
Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres.
More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
October 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
🚨New polling across 🇮🇪, 🇬🇧, 🇪🇸, 🇨🇭, 🇩🇪 finds:
👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy.
👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution.
Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres.
More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
👉 76% of people believe new data centres should be powered with renewable energy.
👉73% want governments to set clear criteria for energy distribution.
Renewables, transparency, & fairness are key for data centres.
More: beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/27/e...
🤔 How can art play a role in bringing just transition communities together?
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvS0...
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvS0...
Just Transition Culture - Art and activism in transitioning regions
YouTube video by Bankwatch
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October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🤔 How can art play a role in bringing just transition communities together?
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvS0...
In June, activists and artists from just transition regions in Poland, Greece & Romania assembled in Konin to find out! This is their story.
@ceebankwatch.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvS0...
Although 🇹🇷 has made progress in electricity generation from solar energy, there's still a long way to go.
It must focus its efforts, not on supporting coal, but on removing bureaucratic barriers to renewable energy investments and strengthening grid infrastructure.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
It must focus its efforts, not on supporting coal, but on removing bureaucratic barriers to renewable energy investments and strengthening grid infrastructure.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Although 🇹🇷 has made progress in electricity generation from solar energy, there's still a long way to go.
It must focus its efforts, not on supporting coal, but on removing bureaucratic barriers to renewable energy investments and strengthening grid infrastructure.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
It must focus its efforts, not on supporting coal, but on removing bureaucratic barriers to renewable energy investments and strengthening grid infrastructure.
ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
Back in July, two towns in Poland unveiled two wind energy murals to show the growing shift towards a renewable future.
youtu.be/BIBbqiH0b4s?...
Just transition has the power to bring together communities all across Europe through art!
Check out @ceebankwatch.bsky.social 's video below for more 👇
youtu.be/BIBbqiH0b4s?...
Just transition has the power to bring together communities all across Europe through art!
Check out @ceebankwatch.bsky.social 's video below for more 👇
October 20, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Back in July, two towns in Poland unveiled two wind energy murals to show the growing shift towards a renewable future.
youtu.be/BIBbqiH0b4s?...
Just transition has the power to bring together communities all across Europe through art!
Check out @ceebankwatch.bsky.social 's video below for more 👇
youtu.be/BIBbqiH0b4s?...
Just transition has the power to bring together communities all across Europe through art!
Check out @ceebankwatch.bsky.social 's video below for more 👇
🇳🇱 is replacing gas reserves with ☀️ and 💨, but failure to modernise its electricity grid is creating costly bottlenecks, ultimately holding back clean power’s potential.
Phasing out #fossilfuels from energy systems needs two elements:
✅ more renewables
✅ clean flexibility
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Phasing out #fossilfuels from energy systems needs two elements:
✅ more renewables
✅ clean flexibility
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Netherlands' renewables drive putting pressure on its power grid
Homes asked to use less electricity as network is overloaded by the rush to wind and solar power.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🇳🇱 is replacing gas reserves with ☀️ and 💨, but failure to modernise its electricity grid is creating costly bottlenecks, ultimately holding back clean power’s potential.
Phasing out #fossilfuels from energy systems needs two elements:
✅ more renewables
✅ clean flexibility
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Phasing out #fossilfuels from energy systems needs two elements:
✅ more renewables
✅ clean flexibility
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Do fossil fuel companies invest in renewables as much as they say they do? Are they part of the solution yet?
No.
They might pledge to do better, but new @globalenergymon.bsky.social research shows just 1.8% of renewable assets in 🇪🇺 are owned by these companies.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
No.
They might pledge to do better, but new @globalenergymon.bsky.social research shows just 1.8% of renewable assets in 🇪🇺 are owned by these companies.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Do fossil fuel companies invest in renewables as much as they say they do? Are they part of the solution yet?
No.
They might pledge to do better, but new @globalenergymon.bsky.social research shows just 1.8% of renewable assets in 🇪🇺 are owned by these companies.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
No.
They might pledge to do better, but new @globalenergymon.bsky.social research shows just 1.8% of renewable assets in 🇪🇺 are owned by these companies.
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Data centres already account for at least 21% of electricity usage in Ireland, and are largely fuelled by fossil fuels.
Now, a new data centre complex is posing a legal threat to the country's climate obligations and possibly undermining international & EU law.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Now, a new data centre complex is posing a legal threat to the country's climate obligations and possibly undermining international & EU law.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Data centres already account for at least 21% of electricity usage in Ireland, and are largely fuelled by fossil fuels.
Now, a new data centre complex is posing a legal threat to the country's climate obligations and possibly undermining international & EU law.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Now, a new data centre complex is posing a legal threat to the country's climate obligations and possibly undermining international & EU law.
www.clientearth.org/latest/press...
Building out Europe's grids = better energy security and competitiveness.
Miss our briefing written with @regassistproj.bsky.social last week? Read our quick summary below on how to improve grid governance across 🇪🇺 and check out the guidance in full:
↗️ beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/08/e...
Miss our briefing written with @regassistproj.bsky.social last week? Read our quick summary below on how to improve grid governance across 🇪🇺 and check out the guidance in full:
↗️ beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/08/e...
October 15, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Building out Europe's grids = better energy security and competitiveness.
Miss our briefing written with @regassistproj.bsky.social last week? Read our quick summary below on how to improve grid governance across 🇪🇺 and check out the guidance in full:
↗️ beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/08/e...
Miss our briefing written with @regassistproj.bsky.social last week? Read our quick summary below on how to improve grid governance across 🇪🇺 and check out the guidance in full:
↗️ beyondfossilfuels.org/2025/10/08/e...
Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the century, and growth fuelled by fossil fuels ends in self-destruction, says economist Nicholas Stern.
Why? The falling costs of clean technology enable healthier and more productive societies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why? The falling costs of clean technology enable healthier and more productive societies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist
Lord Stern says fossil-fuelled growth is futile as the damage it causes ends in economic self-destruction
www.theguardian.com
October 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Investment in climate action is the economic growth story of the century, and growth fuelled by fossil fuels ends in self-destruction, says economist Nicholas Stern.
Why? The falling costs of clean technology enable healthier and more productive societies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why? The falling costs of clean technology enable healthier and more productive societies.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...