In 2023, Swedish mining company LKAB announced the discovery of the largest known deposit of rare earth elements (REEs) in Europe. Located in Kiruna, the iron ore deposit contains high levels of phosphorus and rare earth oxides. To talk about the discovery, how the company plans to extract the minerals and the need for more domestic European production, I’m joined by Darren Wilson, CEO of LKAB Minerals.

The European Commission's support, last month, for 47 strategic projects to boost domestic capacity in strategic raw materials, puts mining at the forefront of EU policy. Europe must mine more, faster and responsibly. To talk about the future of mining in Europe – and the innovation needed to shape it – I'm joined by Jenny Greberg, Vice President of Technology at Swedish mining-company LKAB.

Call it the holy grail: producing steel without emitting greenhouse gases. In Sweden, three companies – SSAB, LKAB and Vattenfall – have been working on it for years under the name HYBRITE. With a pilot plant in operation, the proof of concept has been delivered. Is the production of so-called ‘green steel’ ready for scale-up? And if not, what challenges remain? To answer these questions, I'm joined by Mikael Nordlander, Director of Partnerships at Vattenfall and one of the brains behind HYBRITE.

‘The Troubled Energy Transition’ is the title of a recent essay in Foreign Affairs, the influential foreign-policy magazine. Although some important progress is being made in the transition to renewables, fossil fuels are still dominating the energy system.

Rather than replacing conventional energy sources, the growth of renewables is coming on top of that of the conventional ones. What has been unfolding is not so much an ‘energy transition’ as an ‘energy addition’, the authors write.

So how can the world move forward? How should we move forward? And what about Europe? To answer these questions, I'm joined by someone the New York Times calls 'America's most influential energy expert'.

He is a leading authority on energy, geopolitics and the global economy, a best-selling author, Pulitzer Prize-winner for his book The Prize: The Epic Quest For Oil, Money & Power. His latest book is called The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations.

My guest In Search of Europe's Energy Future is Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global.

Alles over wat er op de internationale energiemarkt gebeurt, en waarom. Met Hans van Cleef, senior energie-econoom bij Publieke Zaken – Energy Research & Strategy.

Europe’s steel and metals industry has been hit hard by high energy prices, European regulations and unfair global competition. To help the sector survive, the European Commission last week launched it’s Steel and Metals Action Plan. What measures is the Commission proposing? And will they work? To answer these questions, I'm joined by Nick Bitsios, head of the Brussels office of Metlen Energy & Metals.

In deze aflevering… Vorige week was de CERAWeek, in Houston, de hoogmis van de internationale energiewereld. Iedereen die er een beetje toe doet, was er. Zoals Fatih Birol, Executive Director van het IEA, die al op de eerste dag een opvallende draai maakte: de wereld moet weer meer in olie en gas gaan investeren.

De internationale gas-industrie is bezorgd over de mogelijke terugkeer van Russisch gas op de wereldmarkt. Waarom, en is die angst terecht? Donald Trump ziet ondertussen graag dat de olieprijs flink daalt, maar wil tegelijk dat bedrijven ook méér olie en gas gaan produceren. Kan dat samengaan, en zo ja: hoe? En we hebben het over Brussel, waar alles rozengeur en maneschijn lijkt, als je de Europese Commissie mag geloven.

As part of the European Commission's Affordable Energy Action Plan, Europe's electricity grids need to become more interconnected. But how? What concrete measures is the Commission proposing? And how much will they reduce overall energy costs?

Joining me to answer these questions is Jochen Kreusel, the Global Head of Market Innovation at Hitachi Energy, President of T&D Europe and lecturer Power Economics at Aachen University.

Iedere maand bespreek ik wat er de afgelopen maand in Brussel is gebeurd op het gebied van energie & klimaat, grondstoffen, industrie en natuurlijk de competitiveness van de EU. Ook kijken we iedere aflevering vooruit: wat staat er de komende maand op het programma?

En dat alles doe ik deze aflevering – opgenomen op 27 februari – met de Europarlementariërs Tom Berendsen (EPP) en Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (Renew).

We praten onder meer over de Duitse verkiezingsuitslag en de verslechterende relatie tussen de VS en Europa, en over de afgelopen week gepresenteerde Clean Industrial Deal, het Affordable Energy Action Plan en de Omnibus die de regeldruk aanzienlijk moet gaan verminderen.

In his first month back in the White House, President Trump has been issuing executive orders at a blistering pace. From declaring a National Energy Emergency to unleashing American Energy and suspending the Inflation Reduction Act. To talk about Trump’s energy policies, and their implications, I’m joined by Travis Fisher, Director of Energy and Environmental Policy Studies at the Cato Institute.