The Flemish public transport authority De Lijn wants to appoint electric buses only in the future. Under the stricter selection criteria of the regional government, the largest Belgian bus company Van Hool with its hydrogen and hybrid vehicles falls out of the selection, according to the report by Alan Hope. The all-electric buses, along with green charging power, could bring Brussels a step closer to carbon neutrality.

Poland took the first big step toward wind energy. Poland's first Offshore Wind Act is expected to put the country, which still has over 70% coal-fired power, on the path to renewables. Poland has plenty of offshore capacity. With the numbers passed in the Act, Poland would represent the largest market for offshore wind in the Baltics by 2050. Find out more here.

Swedish researchers have developed more energy-efficient perovskite light-emitting diodes (Perovskite LEDs). According to projections, 15% of the world's electricity consumption could be saved if the new type of lighting were used everywhere. The Swedish LEDs are not only cheaper and more environmentally friendly, but can also be used in solar cells. However, the technology is still in its infancy.
The technical report on the research results can be found here.

The EU is switching to greener bio-energies - or so they claim. Instead of coal, it is now to be wood pallets. But nature conservation regulations are being loosened for the extraction of the new hip bioenergy source. The wood pallets industry is causing massive deforestation. The concrete, disastrous effects for the climate can already be observed in the Estonian Haanja nature reserve, as the Guardian impressively describes.