Outlook 2025: Europe must take new approach to transition
The EU should turn the page on its prescriptive approach and encourage innovation and competition, with biofuels and biogas being an essential part of the conversation
Energy has been an agent of prosperity and growth for society since time immemorial. It has fuelled every societal revolution, and its history is that of the advancement of civilisation. Yet today in Europe we find ourselves in the sobering situation where energy has become a barrier to prosperity and wellbeing. In 2025, a new European Commission will kick off its legislative cycle, an opportunity that we should not squander if we want Europe to remain a leading economic player. Europe must be smarter about its energy transformation and recalibrate some of the complexities of the previous legislature, whose unprecedented lawmaking spree was rushed through with more ambition than realism, mor
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