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.
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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