Politicians are calling for an electric revolution and preparing action plans. But people, pushed by expensive gas and oil, are already switching to electricity, and the statistics are only catching up with them.

When there is an excess of electricity on the grid, households can get paid for charging an electric car or heating water. By helping balance the grid, a household can earn more than €20 a month, says Jan Hicl.

 

A well-trained AI model can detect problems before a human notices them, says Juraj Kováč, whose research has also received recognition in France.

 

Car manufacturers have already exhausted the cheapest ways to cut emissions. Cement plants are running into the limits of available technologies, while recyclers are being held back by bureaucracy that is slowing investment.