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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️But next-gen geothermal lacks the political focus and will needed to enable it to scale across Europe. VP @martinhojsik.bsky.social just launched a new Working Group for the Cleantech Friendship in the European Parliament, with the goal of making Europe a powerhouse for next-generation geothermal.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️In the EU alone, next-generation geothermal energy could cost-effectively replace 42% of coal- and gas-fired generation according to think tank Ember. This represents a major opportunity for building Europe’s clean industry.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️While until recently geothermal energy could only be accessed under specific geographical circumstances, innovative next-generation technologies have unlocked massive potential across the planet.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️Next-generation geothermal provides baseload power independently of weather conditions and other external factors. It also offers a major security advantage, as it’s located underground and hard to attack.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️Europe must reinforce its security by transitioning to an electrified, decentralised system that is based on clean homegrown energy and ready to deal with disruption.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

Its centralised energy infrastructure is ageing and easy to target. And fragmented energy markets mean technologies struggle to scale across the continent.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

🎙️Europe’s energy system is under severe threat. Highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, the EU has paid tens of billions of added costs since the start of the US-Iran war.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

For the new episode of our podcast Time to Scale, we headed to the European Parliament to explore the potential of next-generation geothermal in this context. Thank you to Vice-President @martinhojsik.bsky.social and @tkolind.bsky.social from Underground Ventures for the great conversation!

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 15m

One Big Beautiful EU Geothermal Act? 🌋

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The Innovation Fund can be one of Europe’s most powerful tools for bringing clean technologies from demonstration to early commercial scale. The ETS review is the moment to start making it fit for that task.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💶 Match financing to the risk. Complement grants with loans, guarantees and output-based support, while using active milestones to adapt support or redeploy capital when projects stall.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

💬 Move from applications on paper to structured dialogue. Introduce rolling, two-stage applications and engage directly with project developers, investors and lenders to test commercial assumptions, bankability and what is preventing FID.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🏗️ Focus on commercial scale-up. Continue supporting high-risk demonstration, while putting greater emphasis on commercial FOAKs and early follow-on projects that can unlock deployment at scale.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📄 Today, we are launching our new paper Unlocking the EU Innovation Fund: Speed, Scale and Strategic Focus. We propose six pillars for reform, built around three fundamental shifts.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Parliament and Council should preserve that flexibility rather than hard-code a new overly prescriptive operating model into primary legislation.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The 2026 EU ETS review is rewriting the Innovation Fund’s legal framework for the post-2030 period. The Commission proposal removes several constraints currently hard-coded in the ETS Directive and gives much greater flexibility over how the Fund selects and supports projects.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

👉Europe doesn’t just need to commit capital to cleantech. It needs to turn that capital into projects that are financed, built and scaled. And there is a rare opportunity to fix this.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Europe’s flagship Innovation Fund has committed €11.6 billion to cleantech projects. Yet by mid-2025, only €332 million – 2.7% – had reached project promoters. This is unsustainable and must change.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tune in to hear about: 🎖️The link between climate and security, from the military perspective 🛡️How cleantech can be our first line of defense ⚡Why we should start assuming disruption

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

🎙️Our first guest is General Tom Middendorp, former Chief of Defense of the Netherlands and Chair of the International Military Council on Climate and Security.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Today, we're excited to launch the new season of Time to Scale, the podcast by Cleantech for Europe! Get ready for in-depth conversations with the innovators, investors and policymakers who are championing clean technologies to build a stronger Europe.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

In this new era of insecurity, we urgently need to acknowledge the scale of the challenge and to do all it takes to take back control of our destiny. And in this quest for a stronger Europe, we believe clean technologies are our first line of defense.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

From the invasion of Ukraine to heat waves, from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to the new China shock, the EU seems to time and again suffer through world events that it cannot control.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

What Can Cleantech Do for Europe’s Security?

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔹Deploy support at speed. Make the financing instruments faster and open them to frontrunners already building, tying each instrument to clear local content requirements so public money strengthens Europe's industrial base.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔹Make ETS revenues work. Direct half of Member States' revenues to the decarbonisation of ETS sectors and half to the supporting infrastructure and clean manufacturing capacity the transition depends on, made in Europe.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

🔹Turn free allocation into a genuine investment signal.Proceed with the phase-out on schedule for CBAM sectors, and make free allocation conditional on real decarbonisation investment in Europe.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our recommendations: 🔹Keep the price strong enough to drive investment. Retain the linear reduction factor at 4.4% through 2035 and set it at 2.7% from 2036, keep international credits out of the system, and hold the intake rate and thresholds of the Market Stability Reserve.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Two key elements of the review matter above all: ✅Maintaining a credible carbon price that is predictable and meaningful enough for companies to invest ✅Adopting a far more strategic approach to how ETS revenues are used, both by Member States and at EU level

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today, we are launching our new paper "The EU ETS review: Protecting and strengthening Europe’s Cleantech engine". It reflects the position of Europe’s leading cleantech companies and investors, who make business decisions based on the strength of this system’s credibility.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Will the ETS remain an engine for cleantech investment in Europe? Or become a weaker signal when industry frontrunners need certainty the most?

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Can Europe’s industry still be saved? Few files this mandate will do more to shape Europe’s industrial future than the EU ETS review, published by the European Commission on 17 July.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🔹Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation 🔹Jigar Shah, Board Member at Constructive and many more!

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🔹General Tom Middendorp, Former Chief of Defense of the Netherlands 🔹Philippe Lamberts, Principal Adviser to President Ursula von der Leyen 🔹Anne-Laure de Chammard, Executive Board Member & EVP for Industries Business Division at Siemens Energy

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Join us to hear from: 🔹Wopke Hoekstra, Commissioner for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth 🔹Dan Jørgensen, Commissioner for Energy and Housing 🔹Lídia Pereira, Vice-Chair of the European People’s Party 🔹Christophe Grudler, Member of the European Parliament

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

In this moment of truth, Cleantech for Europe Summit 2026 will gather the EU’s top business, policy and thought leaders to chart a common path to a stronger, cleaner European industry.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A homegrown cleantech industry can protect us from future energy crises. It can decentralize our energy system, making it harder to attack. And it can provide the industrial leadership jobs needed for our society to prosper.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We urgently need to acknowledge the scale of the challenge, and to do all it takes to take back control of our destiny. In this quest for a stronger Europe, clean technologies are our first line of defense.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

But this apparent lack of control hides decades of under-investing in Europe: under-investing in our technological sovereignty, in our defense, and of course in climate mitigation and adaptation.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Our Summit is coming back to Brussels on December 1st. After a summer of wildfires and droughts, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the new China shock, Europe’s fate seems to be increasingly dictated by world events outside of its control.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🛡️Cleantech for Europe Summit 2026: First Line of Defense🛡️

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

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Is Europe on Track to Meet its Clean Industry Targets?

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

➡️To work as a powerful lever, the new EU budget and financial instruments must be deployed as part of an integrated Cleantech Industrial Strategy which focuses on select strategic cleantech value chains and on manufacturing and projects located in Europe.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

MFF negotiations: The next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), covering 2028-2034, comes at a time when public budgets are constrained, both at EU and Member State level. It must act as a strategic catalyst, not a substitute, for private investment.

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Cleantech for Europe @cleantechforeu.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

➡️But the current proposal adopts a too broad definition of “Made in Europe”, risking neutralising its industrial impact before it even enters into force. To deliver on its promise, the IAA must tighten the geographic scope of Union-origin to EU+EEA.

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