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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 30/09/2026

Op-ed by Parvathy Sobha (IVL), Brida Mbuwir (VITO) and Bart Overdevest (RWE Generation), in co-operation with EUSEW: revolve.media/opinions/sha...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 30/09/2026

Not every region has the hydropower behind that flexibility. Elsewhere it means smarter combinations of storage, flexible demand and interconnection. Coordination, steady investment and shared market rules can offset geography.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 30/09/2026

Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark run one of the world's most reliable and decarbonised power systems. Dispatchable hydropower balances variable wind, nuclear and bioenergy add seasonal flexibility, and integrated markets turn variability into an asset.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 30/09/2026

Iberia's blackout showed what happens when ambition outpaces grid flexibility. As wind and solar replace the plants that once provided inertia, voltage and frequency stability get more fragile. The Nordics offer a different picture.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 23/09/2026

His argument: weakening it now would raise bills, deepen dependency, and punish the industrial frontrunners already investing billions in clean tech. Read the full Insight: revolve.media/insights/eu-...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 23/09/2026

It has also cut emissions by nearly 50% since 2005, and creates the structural incentive Europe needs to break its dependence on imported fossil fuels.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 23/09/2026

In a new Insight for REVOLVE, Enrico Cipelli Alves of Bellona Europa takes that claim apart. The ETS accounts for 11% of the average EU energy bill.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 23/09/2026

As the Commission unveils its EU ETS reform, the familiar line is back: carbon pricing is driving up energy costs and hurting European competitiveness.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 16/09/2026

The tools already exist. The Fast & Fair Renewables principles developed with ICLEI, and Renewable Energy Communities under RED III. What is missing is the will to open the door. Read the full op-ed, produced in co-operation with EUSEW: revolve.media/opinions/you...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 16/09/2026

Their case is practical, not moral: involve young people in decision-making and momentum builds, innovation follows, and renewable projects move faster from policy to implementation.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 16/09/2026

Anna Cocchi and Meie Kleijburg of the European Youth Energy Network argue that youth are not the "owners of the future" but professional partners in the transition happening now.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 16/09/2026

2050 is usually framed as a distant milestone. For young Europeans it is just their future, and they are already working in the sector meant to deliver it.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 10/09/2026

But Anıl Çağlar Erkan argues local moratoriums aren't enough on their own. He calls for verified environmental disclosure, rules keeping infrastructure costs off household bills, and binding emissions and water thresholds for hyperscale sites. Read the full piece: revolve.media/opinions/the...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 10/09/2026

And it's rare common ground. A 2026 Gallup poll found 75% of Democrats and 63% of Republicans oppose data centre construction in their own communities. The opposition is local, cross-partisan and growing.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 10/09/2026

The scale: US data centre electricity use nearly tripled between 2014 and 2023, and could reach 580 TWh by 2028 (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab). AI's 2025 carbon footprint alone is estimated at up to 79.7m tonnes of CO₂.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 10/09/2026

The US climate movement may have just found its most effective battlefield, and it isn't in Washington. It's the local fight over AI data centres.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 27/08/2026

Backed by the AlVelAl network and the EU-funded GOV4ALL project, this is landscape restoration on a 20-year horizon. Our feature, The Social Tree: revolve.media/features/spain-landscape-restoration

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 27/08/2026

It's also social. As one olive grower told us, the olive tree "is the most social one there is". It keeps 8 to 10 people employed year round in villages that are emptying of youth. Regenerating the soil is also about keeping people on the land.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 27/08/2026

In Andalusia's Altiplano Estepario, farmers are answering with regenerative agriculture: no-till, cover crops, agroforestry, returning organic matter to the ground. The aim is soil that holds water and survives the droughts monocropping can't.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 27/08/2026

Spain grows nearly half the world's olive oil. In 2022/23, drought cut the harvest to a third of normal and prices jumped a record 111%. Desertification now threatens 74% of Spanish land. The climate story here is a soil story.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 26/08/2026

The real test is whether local momentum becomes binding regulation before the next decade of AI expansion locks the demand in. Read the full piece: revolve.media/opinions/the...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 26/08/2026

Coalitions like that are rare enough to be worth watching. Anıl Çağlar Erkan argues local moratoriums are not enough on their own. He wants independently verified environmental disclosure, cost rules that keep infrastructure off household bills, and binding emissions and water thresholds.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 26/08/2026

AI's 2025 carbon footprint is estimated at up to 79.7 million tonnes of CO₂. And it crosses party lines. A 2026 Gallup survey found 75% of Democrats and 63% of Republicans oppose data centre construction in their own communities.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 26/08/2026

At the end of 2025 the Green New Deal Network quietly dissolved. It is in the local planning meetings over AI data centres. The numbers behind the anger: US data centre electricity use nearly tripled between 2014 and 2023, with projections of up to 580 TWh by 2028.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 25/08/2026

The closing point is the sharp one: this is no longer only a climate question, it is a question of industrial sovereignty. Read Hillig's full op-ed: revolve.media/opinions/gre...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 25/08/2026

Market forces alone will not align production, transport, storage and offtake quickly enough. Pipelines alone can take five to seven years.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 25/08/2026

The framework already exists, through the European Hydrogen Strategy and the Hydrogen and Decarbonised Gas Market Package. Implementation across Member States is where it falls apart.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 25/08/2026

Dr Thomas Hillig's argument: green hydrogen is not only a climate instrument, it is a future industrial market. If Europe wants a share of that value creation, it has to build the industry now.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 25/08/2026

Europe has a hydrogen strategy. What it does not have is the industry to match it. China now holds more than half of the world's installed electrolyser capacity.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 13/08/2026

Full op-ed on REVOLVE: revolve.media/opinions/mic...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 13/08/2026

"Examples of successful projects could spontaneously motivate microgrid deployment in other communities."

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 13/08/2026

Dr Maham Furqan (World Bank Group) theorises a "Policy Hourglass Model" to map how national, state, regional and local policy blueprints interact in microgrid rollouts, building on recent US policy trend research.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 13/08/2026

Microgrid deployment across the US doesn't follow one blueprint. The trajectory depends entirely on who initiates it.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 12/08/2026

Restoration is the way forward. As REVOLVE's Tom Lovett puts it: "Restoring saltmarshes is key to protecting our coastlines and coastal communities." We break down how it works in our latest Beyond the Basics explainer. Read it here: revolve.media/beyond/how-d...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 12/08/2026

The catch? Coastlines are crowded, multi-use spaces, and saltmarshes are vanishing fast. As they go, so does a natural, cost-effective line of defence that engineering alone can't easily replace.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 12/08/2026

Saltmarshes are green infrastructure: a living buffer that soaks up wave energy, softens storm impact and shelters biodiversity, all at once. Their power to reduce disaster risk is well documented.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 12/08/2026

Rising seas and fiercer storms are closing in on coastal communities. 15% of the world's population lives on a coastline. What if the best storm defence isn't a concrete wall, but a marsh?

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 05/08/2026

This photo essay, adapted from an investigation by Revista Late, follows the rose from greenhouse to auction house. See it in full: revolve.media/views/the-price-of-roses

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 05/08/2026

In Tabacundo, Ecuador, workers handle up to 5 million stems a day and earn less than the cost of a basic food basket. "It's a hidden slavery," says Marcia, a former supervisor turned labour organiser.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 05/08/2026

The Netherlands sells the world's roses but no longer grows them. Cultivation moved to Kenya, Ecuador and Colombia, where low wages, toxic agrochemicals and temporary contracts sustain the trade. Over 65% of workers are women.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 05/08/2026

A bouquet sold for €300 in Paris may cost less than €3 to produce in Colombia. The difference is absorbed by the workers. 🌹 A thread on the hidden cost of roses

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 29/07/2026

Enrico Cipelli Alves (Bellona Europa) makes the full case in his Insight for REVOLVE: revolve.media/insights/eu-ets-reform

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 29/07/2026

The ETS has cut emissions nearly 50% since 2005 without denting GDP. Over 150 companies warned EU leaders that weakening it would "erode investment certainty and damage Europe's industrial future."

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 29/07/2026

Spain and Italy pay the same carbon price, yet Italy's electricity costs more than double Spain's. Why? Renewables. Carbon costs are just 11% of the average EU bill, but they carry most of the blame.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 29/07/2026

On 17 July, the European Commission unveiled its EU ETS reform, with lobbies claiming carbon pricing drives up energy costs. The evidence shows the opposite.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 22/07/2026

The takeaway: this is a question of industrial sovereignty, not climate alone. Europe has to build the hydrogen industry now, in a coordinated way. Read the full op-ed, produced in co-operation with the European Sustainable Energy Week (EUSEW): revolve.media/opinions/gre...

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 22/07/2026

His nuance matters too. Direct electrification is often the faster, cheaper way to cut emissions today. Green hydrogen's real role is in hard-to-abate sectors: steel, chemicals, cement and heavy transport. The framework exists, but momentum is missing.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 22/07/2026

The numbers behind the argument: China already holds more than half of the world's installed electrolyser capacity, built through long-term, coordinated industrial policy. Individual Member States are not big enough to counterbalance that scale on their own.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 22/07/2026

Europe has the hydrogen strategy. It does not yet have the industry to match it. A new op-ed by Dr. Thomas Hillig argues green hydrogen is a future industrial market, not just a climate tool.

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REVOLVE @revolve.media · 15/07/2026

Are AI and clean energy really incompatible, or is that just a story we've been sold? REVOLVE makes the case they could be a match made in heaven. Read the full opinion 👉 revolve.media/opinions/a-match-made-in-heaven #AI #RenewableEnergy #EnergyTransition #CleanEnergy

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