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Energy, Climate & Net Zero

The policy, regulatory, and political moves shaping the energy transition.

Forward-looking · What is coming, not what has passed

What it is

Tracks the policy and political environment around energy, climate, and net zero commitments. Covers the UK and the EU, with supporting signals from major international forums. Every issue carries the consultations and calls for evidence that are open, with their closing dates, and where delivery is falling behind the commitments.

Best suited for

Climate and environment NGOs, charities running campaigns, and government policy staff, alongside the energy companies and developers who need the same regulatory picture.

What is in each issue

Structured so you can skim it in five minutes.

  • 01Regulatory and legislative updates
  • 02Where net zero commitments are slipping against their own targets
  • 03Funding, subsidy, and state-aid movements
  • 04Open consultations and calls for evidence, with closing dates

Sample issue

A recent edition, as it lands on Sunday.

The masthead, the TL;DR of the week ahead, and the opening featured story. This is what arrives in your inbox. Structured, forward-looking, five minutes to read.

An InStone Publication
Sun, 26 April 2026
Edition No. 002

The energy transition; distilled

UK · EU · US

Good morning. Clean Industrial Deal state-aid rules enter force as the Commission clarifies definitions of strategic projects for the first time. A new funding environment begins today.

TL;DR · Week ahead

  • European Commission: Clean Industrial Deal state-aid framework activated this morning.

  • UK DESNZ: AR7 contract allocation round closes on 14 March.

  • French MTEE: New hydrogen subsidy targeting 3 GW by 2030 confirmed.

  • US Treasury: IRA guidance on foreign entity of concern tightens again.

European Commission
The Clean Industrial Deal redraws European state-aid doctrine

Today's activation of the CID state-aid framework rewrites the playbook for every project on the strategic technologies list. Member States now have a thicker but faster funding route for qualifying projects...

Why this matters

For green industrial developers, today is the first day of a new funding environment. Projects not yet in planning lose the first-mover window. Projects in planning gain an accelerated state-aid route.

Sample topics

What recent issues have covered.

  • Clean Industrial Deal implementation
  • UK electricity market reform
  • Carbon pricing developments across jurisdictions
  • Green hydrogen subsidy design in France, Germany, UK
  • Climate litigation trends and their political effects

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