Robert Hodgson

Robert Hodgson

Energy, Environment and Transport Editor

Robert Hodgson has two decades of experience in print, newswire and multimedia journalism. He began his career covering central European economic, political and social affairs. Alongside regular newspaper and radio work, he spent several years as Budapest correspondent for the international service of the German press agency DPA. Afting moving to the EU's de facto capital in 2013 to specialise in energy, climate and environment policy, he went on to head the Brussels bureau of the environmental news service ENDS Europe. Immediately before joining Euractiv he was a senior EU policy reporter at Euronews.

  • Location: Brussels
  • Languages: English, French, Hungarian
  • Expertise: Environment, energy, and transport
  • Location expertise: Brussels, Central and Eastern Europe.
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Latest posts from this author

Energy, Environment & Transport

The Brief – Ursula von der Leyen is cooking the books on climate funding

17/07/2025

4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Brussels aims to turbocharge Europe’s power grid with budget hike

16/07/2025

3 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

INTERVIEW: Climate commissioner says EU needs to be ‘street smart’ in how it meets green targets

09/07/2025

4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

The Brief – The new climate target will take compromise and cash. In abundance

02/07/2025

4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

The trouble with trilogues – when things start falling apart

30/06/2025

4 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

VOLTAGE: Passenger rights take flight

06/06/2025

7 min. read

Politics

The Brief – If at first you don’t succeed… EU bets again on CCS

22/05/2025

5 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Capacity mechanisms reform – key issues to watch

13/09/2018

10 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Faria MEP: Offshore Safety Directive is ripe for reform

30/03/2018

7 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Offshore oil facing countdown to comply with new EU safety rules

30/03/2018

6 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Europe’s future oil production seen viable at $60 a barrel

08/03/2018

8 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

The great European fuel shift?

26/02/2018

7 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Diesel to petrol shift poses ‘serious challenge’ to CO2 reduction

02/02/2018

5 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Refiners accuse EU lawmakers of ‘bias’ towards electric vehicles

05/12/2017

6 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Think tanker: E-mobility push won’t affect EU oil demand significantly until 2040s

30/11/2017

5 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Oil exploration continues unabated in Europe, despite Paris goals

02/11/2017

6 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Oil refiners warn increased CO2 costs could force them out of Europe

02/10/2017

5 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Is blockchain about to disrupt the electricity sector?

04/07/2017

7 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Death of coal ‘might take longer than we think’, says EU’s new utility boss

21/06/2017

6 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

IEA chief economist: ‘1970s’ power grids need urgent rethink

21/06/2017

8 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Scared of scarcity: Electricity utilities question EU free market plans

08/06/2017

6 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Experts grapple with EU’s ‘labyrinthine’ electricity network codes

10/05/2017

5 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Vattenfall CEO: Decarbonising electricity can boost its use for transport, heating and cooling

20/04/2017

11 min. read

Energy, Environment & Transport

Electricity sector eyes boom with cars set to lead switch from fossil fuel to green power

20/04/2017

6 min. read

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