Energy Transitions podcast: The hope and hype of Europe's Clean Industrial Deal
Pamela Largue
Posted on: 18 March 2025
In this Energy Transitions podcast, Faustine Delasalle unpacks whether Europe's Clean Industrial Deal is enough to revitalise industry and whether it has come in time.
The European Commission's much anticipated Clean Industrial Deal has provided some clarity on the way forward to achieving greater industrial competitiveness. But is it enough to revitalise industry and has it come in time?
In this episode of the Energy Transitions podcast, Pamela Largue speaks to Faustine Delasalle, Executive Director Industrial Transition Accelerator and CEO of Mission Possible Partnership, to highlight the pros and cons of Europe's Clean Industrial Deal and to understand whether the policies it contains will address the fragility of European industry.
According to Delasalle, the policy package is a critical piece of the puzzle but can't be considered in isolation. Europe will certainly need new allies on its mission to increase competitiveness and to implement the Clean Industrial Deal in a unified manner and at pace to ensure a meaningful outcome.
In this episode you will learn more about:
- The current fragile state of Europe's industries in light of the energy crisis and the need for rapid decarbonisation;
- The main pillars of the Clean Industrial Deal, designed to reshore and revitalise industrial activities;
- Potential policy pitfalls and gaps still to be addressed;
- The importance of reducing energy costs for energy-intensive industries;
- Why Europe might not be best placed to produce large amounts of clean energy and will need to look abroad to the likes of India, North Africa and the Middle East;
- The importance of creating markets for made-in-Europe clean commodities;
- Why industrial decarbonisation doesn't necessarily equal greater competitiveness for European industry;
- Why there is optimism about reaching a point where clean industry will be the new normal for Europe.
Read more:
ITA/MPP Green Demand Policy Playbook
Mission Possible: Tracking Europe’s industrial decarbonisation
"...Are there other models where you accept that some pieces of your industry, the most energy intensive processes do go offshore...and you keep in Europe the pieces that are less energy intensive...That reflection on what are the pros and cons from a political perspective hasn't really been thought through by policy makers..."
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Listen to previous episodes:
Trump 2.0 – Navigating the energy policy puzzle
Bringing industrial flexibility to market
Siemens experts reveal how to modernise the grid for maximum resilience
More about the Clean Industrial Deal:
Clean Industrial Deal: a plan to accelerate Europe’s industrial decarbonisation
Clean Industrial Deal gets reality check at European decarbonisation summit
EU Energy Projects Podcast: The €100 billion question: Is the Clean Industrial Deal enough?
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