Solid-state transformers can transform Europe’s power grids into intelligent systems able to manage higher voltages, integrate renewables and reduce the risk of large-scale blackouts.

Europe’s dependence on imported nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is both a strategic risk and a climate burden. In Spain, microalgae are being used to extract these nutrients directly from food-industry wastewater.

Behind the scenes of Europe’s energy transition, researchers are reinventing how hydrogen can be stored and moved. Their compact ceramic reactor cracks ammonia, separates and compresses hydrogen in one go.

Europe’s electric vehicle boom is colliding with an electricity grid under growing pressure from electrification and renewable variability.

Abundantly exposed to the wind and sun, Europe’s islands long neglected their clean natural resources and depended on costly fossil fuels.

From Lyon’s futuristic riverside district to Évora’s UNESCO-protected historic centre, cities are rewriting the rules of urban energy.

As the climate clock accelerates, disenchantment with participation risks stalling the green transition. Cities like Paris are testing new co-creation methods to mobilise residents and drive meaningful regeneration.

Europe discards nearly 60 million tonnes of food every year — a loss worth over €130 billion and responsible for almost 10% of global emissions.

As new genomic techniques blur the line between natural and engineered plants, detecting tiny DNA edits has become a scientific puzzle. Researchers are developing tools capable of spotting even single-letter changes in crops.