It’s time for Cleantech for Europe 2025 Wrapped ✨ From standout moments and inspiring insights to the companies and politicians who shaped this year in cleantech, here’s a look back at our 2025.

BREAKING: COMMISSION INTRODUCES INTEREST-FREE LOANS AND MADE IN EUROPE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE BATTERY SECTOR Yesterday, the @ec.europa.eu unveiled its Battery Booster Strategy as part of the EU Automotive Package, setting the framework ahead for the European automotive industry.

⚡Can cleantech fix Europe’s grids? 🎙Commissioner Jørgensen on the upcoming Grids Package🎙 Tomorrow, the @ec.europa.eu will present its Grids Package to address the severe challenges Europe’s energy system faces.

✨It’s a wrap! Cleantech for Europe Summit ‘25✨

LIVE ON YOUTUBE: CLEANTECH FOR EUROPE SUMMIT 2025 Cleantech for Europe Summit is around the corner! We can’t wait for what promises to be a landmark edition, with a stellar line-up of speakers and energising discussions.✨

Can industry and climate go hand in hand?🤝 Today, we are thrilled to launch the latest episode of Time to Scale, a Cleantech for Europe podcast!

How do we close the cleantech investment gap?💡 Earlier this week, we hosted a roundtable together with MEP @pcanfin.bsky.social at the @europarl.europa.eu to discuss this timely question.

🏷️Providing regulatory stability on the carbon price to scale cleantech🏷️

🔋Strengthening European battery value chains with EU local content requirements🔋

Boosting European cleantech: fresh moves from Brussels As the global race for clean industrial leadership heats up, EU policymakers are rolling out new measures to speed up the deployment and homegrown production of clean technologies.🧵

10 years after the Paris Agreement: What does COP30 mean for cleantech? 🌎Today, #COP30 kicks off in Belém, Brazil, bringing together world leaders to boost climate action.🧵

⏳Countdown to the IAA⏳ Europe has come to a point where it cannot afford hesitation on industrial policy. Squeezed between high energy costs, fragmented markets and fierce foreign competition, our cleantech and industrial base risk falling behind on the global stage.🧵

New job opportunity 👉 electrolyser manufacturing? In the latest episode of Time to Scale, a new Cleantech for Europe podcast, CEO of Sunfire Nils Aldag points to the numerous recent layoffs in the automotive sector as a potential source of talent for electrolyser manufacturing.

💡From innovation leadership to industrial leadership: our latest Quarterly Briefing 💡

🚀A new market-driven Scaleup Europe Fund is coming🚀 Today, Commissioner Zaharieva and the @ec.europa.eu announced the creation of the Scaleup Europe Fund — a landmark initiative to bridge Europe’s late-stage equity gap across deep tech, including cleantech.🧵

🤝Championing partnerships for the clean industrial transformation🤝 Today, we are thrilled to launch a new paper together with BMW Foundation on Rebooting European Competitiveness: The untapped potential of partnerships between Cleantech Innovators and Large Industrials.

BREAKING: THE FUTURE OF CLEANTECH IS MADE IN EUROPE Ahead of the EUCO, President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu addressed the Parliament with a landmark speech today putting the importance of the European cleantech industry for the continent’s competitiveness and decarbonisation front and center!

🥁Green Hydrogen in Europe – a moment of truth? 🥁 Green hydrogen has been touted as a solution to almost every decarbonisation challenge in Europe.🧵

🗞️In the Press: EU considers forced tech transfers for Chinese investments🗞️

⏰Cleantech for Europe Summit is less than 2 months away!⏰ To Lead or Not to Lead? Under this critical question, we will gather the highest levels of policy, cleantech and thought to leaders to chart a common path to clean industrial leadership.🧵

🚀Championing financing instruments for the clean industrial transition🚀 Yesterday, we joined an event organised by the @eib.org to celebrate their leadership in the cleantech space with their new Climate Roadmap together with their President @nadiacalvino.eib.org and EVP @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu

✨ Can energy efficiency become politically shiny? ✨ In the first episode of Time to Scale, a new Cleantech for Europe podcast, @laurencetubiana.bsky.social shares an anecdote of how she once tried to convince Tony Blair to become the champion for energy efficiency – and his reaction to her pitch.🧵

🚀Additional €2.9 billion EU budget guarantee unlocked🚀 Last week, representatives of the @europarl.europa.eu, the @ec.europa.eu and the @consilium.europa.eu reached a trilogue agreement on InvestEU top-up. 🧵

💥10 years after the Paris Agreement – behind the scenes of landmark climate deal with @laurencetubiana.bsky.social💥 Today, we are excited to launch Time to Scale – a podcast by Cleantech for Europe!

🤝Businesses and policymakers join forces for a competitive and net zero future🤝 Today, in collaboration with #SustainablePublicAffairs we kick off the Business for CBAM coalition. 🧵

📢Cleantech for Europe Summit 2025: To Lead or Not to Lead📢 Cleantech for Europe Summit is coming back to Brussels in December!🧵

THE FUTURE OF EUROPE IS CLEANTECH This morning, European Commission President @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu reasserted her commitment for the future of cleantech to be made in Europe, announcing massive investments in clean technologies in her State of the Union Speech.🧵

🔎Zooming in on Cleantech Q2 2025 Debt Funding🔎 In our latest Quarterly Briefing, we saw a slight upwards trend in EU cleantech debt investment, reaching €1.7 billion in Q2 2025. Also deal volume increased, climbing from 12 to 20 deals in the last quarter.🧵

🚀Scaling up European cleantech will require bold choices🚀 Last Friday, Mario Draghi delivered an impactful speech at the Rimini Meeting in Italy, reflecting on Europe’s trajectory ahead.🧵

⚡Advancing decarbonisation of industrial heat through electrification⚡ Industrial process heat is the single largest source of energy consumption in Europe’s industrial sector – mostly powered by fossil fuels. It accounts for around 75% of industry’s overall GHG emissions.🧵

🔎Zooming in on Cleantech Q2 2025 Investments🔎 Our latest QB paints a contrasting picture of cleantech investment in Europe. In Q2 2025, EU cleantech and venture growth investment rebounded to €2.5 billion, with bigger deals in size but an overall decline in deal volume.🧵

🎧Tuned In: Trade pressures play on Europe’s energy transition🎧 This political summer is all about trade – and for Europe’s energy transition, the bloc’s future trade doctrine will be crucial. 🧵

🗞️In the Press: Data shows the $750bn EU-US energy deal is out of touch with reality🗞️ Following the recent announcement of an EU-US trade deal, with an upcoming 15% of tariffs on EU products, the question as to what Europe’s future trade doctrine will look like is looming. 🧵

⏰Time for action – Europe’s make or break moment in clean industrial leadership: our latest Quarterly Briefing⏰ A thread unpacking key insights from our 2025 Q2 Briefing 🧵 🔗Full briefing: cleantechforeurope.webflow.io/publications...

How can the next EU budget support climate, nature & a resilient economy? Join @transenv.bsky.social,@wwf.eu & @cleantechforeu.bsky.social for a debate on how a reformed MFF can fund the green transition, energy security & industrial transformation. 🗓️ 10 Apr Details 👉 wwf.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📢 Can the Savings & Investments Union unlock the much-needed capital for cleantech? Following the Clean Industrial Deal, the @ec.europa.eu has reached another milestone with today’s Savings & Investments Union—announced alongside the €150bn SAFE loan instrument. What does it mean for cleantech? 🧵👇

CCMI experts hearing on strengthening Europe’s manufacturing base in cleantech welcomed @strategiceu.bsky.social @bruegel.bsky.social @e3g.bsky.social @cleantechforeu.bsky.social & DG GROW They provided valuable inputs on how to make Europe a clean tech powerhouse⚙️💡 More info➡️europa.eu/!gJ3HdJ

Cleantech for Europe Director Victor Van Hoorn responds to the @ec.europa.eu's Clean Industrial Deal (CID): "[The CID] instils a significant dose of pragmatism into the Green Deal, by recognising that private companies will have to do it and implement it to transform our economy."

Cleantech for Europe Director Victor Van Hoorn reacts to the @ec.europa.eu's Clean Industrial Deal in @financialtimes.com: “a strong investment signal for European cleantech" that "gives a demand boost and unlocks de-risking tools to mobilise private capital"

🏦 Greater use of the EU Innovation Fund & the creation of an Industrial Decarbonisation Bank to support the transition. 🎯 Commitment to mobilizing private capital 🏗️ The upcoming Savings & Investment Union will focus on financing decarbonization & cleantech growth.

6/ 💶 A top-up of InvestEU 📢 Calls for an increase in the EU guarantee facility 💵 Could unlock up to €50B in private capital for cleantech scale-up 🚀 Prioritizes innovative companies, especially start-ups & scale-ups

5/ 📃 New State Aid rules 🏭 Targeting cleantech manufacturing, renewables & storage ⏩ More speed & predictability for authorized aid 🛡️ Faster de-risking tools by Member States, like cleantech guarantees

💡 New de-risking instruments 🏦 3 new @eib.org guarantee products: 🔹 💸 Cleantech Guarantee Facility 🔹 ⚡ Counter Guarantee for SMEs to contract PPAs 🔹 🔌 Grid Manufacturing Counter Guarantee

Here’s what the #CID delivers: 📈 Boosting demand for EU cleantech 🏗️ Stronger demand signals via sustainability, resilience & EU preference criteria in public procurement 💰 Incentives for national & private procurement to use the same criteria

Many measures advocated by 100+ cleantech leaders in an open letter from @cleantechforeu.bsky.social and its regional partners partners have been adopted by the @ec.europa.eu into the Clean Industrial Deal

Earlier today, the @ec.europa.eu unveiled the Clean Industrial Deal (CID)—a landmark initiative to scale up and accelerate cleantech manufacturing in Europe. The CID sets out a strategy to boost demand, de-risk investments, and attract private capital to European cleantech.