Based on research by Founder’s Pledge, Vox released its yearly list of organizations where the donations are “likely to have an exceptionally positive impact”, naming FCA in their top list for a second year in a row.
“According to Founders Pledge, [Future Cleantech Architects has] already exceeded expectations at improving the European climate policy response. Most notably, it has helped shape key legislation at the EU level and advised policymakers on how to get the most bang for their buck when supporting research and development for clean energy tech”.
Hot topic Hydrogen: Hydrogen Guardrails report picked up by media globally
11. March 2025“The future of hydrogen lies in industry, not transportation or heating,” read the headline in China’s New Energy Network, china-negyuan.com. “Will hydrogen in transport turn out to be a dead end?,” asked the Logistics Observer in Poland. Media around the...
Hydrogen Guardrails report referenced in The Herald of Scotland
7. March 2025Currently, most hydrogen production is based on fossil fuels, and only 1% is being produced from renewable electricity or with carbon capture and storage (CCS). However, hydrogen demand is expected to increase at least 4 times by 2050.That is why...
FCA highlighted by Vox as a Top Organizations to Support for Third Year in a Row!
3. December 2024We are proud to be recommended by U.S. independent journalism portal Vox as one of the top three climate organizations to support, based on their criteria for effectiveness: importance, tractability, and neglectedness.Future Cleantech Architects is mentioned as one “of the...
Germany and Natural Gas | FCA at ntv Nachrichten!
2. December 2024In recent years, European countries, such as Germany, that depend heavily on gas for their industry have sought new suppliers. Germany has historically relied on gas as a bridging technology because it was affordable, abundant, and initially considered cleaner than...
Positive Tipping Points, COP29, Fossil Fuels, and the Future of Electric Vehicles | FCA on Euronews
28. November 2024Our Founder & CEO, Peter Schniering, took part in Euronews’ show “Brussels, my love?“, discussing COP29 (and the future of the Framework Convention Process), the current state of the transition away from fossil fuels, and the future of electric mobility....
First Live-Podcast-Show with n-tv Klima-Labor Completed in Berlin!
8. November 2024Our team was busy yesterday November 7th, hosting two major events in Berlin’s political center. Upon completing the first-ever technical briefing in the German parliament – our format Coffee & Cleantech– we teamed up with Clara Pfeffer and Christian Herrmann...
FCA Featured in FORESIGHT Climate & Energy’s The Jolt Podcast on Decarbonizing High-Temperature Heat
18. October 2024As a preview of our newly released technical report, our Cleantech Analyst Antoine Koen was interviewed by Kira Taylor for last week’s edition of The Jolt podcast on decarbonizing high-temperature heat in industry.In most cases, the best solution will be...
Future Cleantech Festival and Peter Schniering Featured in Handelsblatt Podcast!
1. July 2024It was a pleasure to have Handelsblatt’s Kathrin Witsch interview not only our CEO Peter Schniering, but also different start ups present at the Future Cleantech Festival! The interview with Peter focused on neglected technologies for the energy transition, the...
Future Cleantech Architects Featured in FORESIGHT Climate & Energy’s The Jolt Podcast on Decarbonizing Aviation
25. June 2024During the Future Cleantech Festival, our Cleantech Analyst Ingrid El Helou was interviewed by Kira Taylor for last week’s edition of The Jolt podcast on decarbonizing aviation, Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAFs), and Book and Claim. You can find an excerpt...
Future Cleantech Architects featured in German newsmagazine “Der Spiegel” article about a realistic view on ramping up the Hydrogen Economy
20. June 2024Our team had provided a comprehensive briefing to the journalist’s questions and Peter Schniering was featured in DER SPIEGEL newsmagazine in an article titled in the print version “Stoff der Geplatzten Träume” (Substance of Burst Dreams), which focuses on the...
WDR Lokalzeit on Future Cleantech Festival with Live Interview
29. May 2024We are thrilled to share with you WDR’s TV news segment, Lokalzeit, featuring an interview with our R&D Coordinator, Leonie Brand, about our Future Cleantech Festival in Remscheid, Germany. You can see the complete interview (in German) here! All rights reserved: Westdeutscher...
Cleantech & Climate Change on German Radio | Peter Schniering on Radio RSG Series “Thorsten Trifft”
8. May 2024Our Founder & CEO, Peter Schniering, was invited to join German radio and podcast host Thorsten Kabitz on his podcast series to discuss our work at Future Cleantech Architects and a range of current topics related to climate change and...
Future Cleantech Architects featured in popular German TV series on science, “Leschs Kosmos”
23. December 2023Our team provided a comprehensive briefing to the series’ producers on transforming coal-fired power plants into thermal energy storage, and we are thrilled to be quoted in the episode “2023 – Das Jahr der Zukunftsfragen” (2023 – The Year of...
Peter Schniering interviewed at COP28 UAE for German news!
11. December 2023We are thrilled to share with you WDR’s TV news segment, Lokalzeit, featuring an interview with our Founder & CEO, Peter Schniering, about COP28. Read a snippet of the discussion below! Question: You’ve had two events today [at COP28]; do you feel...
Peter Schniering’s Op-ed on Tagesspiegel Background | The role of public servants
1. September 2023“Public servants are crucial to ensure that political concepts for accelerating innovation are turned into efficient instruments and that the subsidies paid for by taxes are steered in the right direction,” explains Peter Schniering. “Hence, public servants, especially in the federal ministries,...
Aviation and The ARC Future Cleantech Festival on TV during prime time
1. September 2023We were very pleased to see our esteemed colleague Maximilian Held during ntvNachrichten’s evening special on decarbonizing aviation last night. The report was also broadcast later that night on RTL Deutschland, Germany’s largest private TV station. You can watch the report (in German) here.
New Energy Monitor report on decarbonizing the cement industry
28. July 2023New report by Oliver Gordon of UK magazine Energy Monitor on decarbonizing the cement industry features interviews with Future Cleantech Architects’ experts Peter Schniering and Ingrid El Helou! Cement is the most used man-made building material and poses a real challenge for decarbonization. As global demand is projected to...
BloombergNEF Article on The ARC23
15. June 2023See BloombergNEF’s article “Clean-Tech Innovation Is a Marathon Not a Sprint at ARC2023” on Future Cleantech Architects’ Cleantech Innovation Festival. Read the full article here.
Tagesspiegel Background Energie & Klima reports on our work on climate-neutral public procurement
4. May 2023Green public procurement can be a game changer in scaling cleantech innovation and decarbonizing industries, such as cement or other building materials. Not only can green public procurement stimulate demand for climate-neutral production, it can also create lead markets, spur...
Our Founder Peter Schniering has been portrayed by German newspaper Tagesspiegel
17. April 2023Our founder Peter Schniering has been portrayed by the German newspaper Tagesspiegel Background, in the section Energy and Climate. You can see the complete portrait (in German) here.
Listen to Peter Schniering at N-TV Klima-Labor podcast about cement decarbonization
3. February 2023“There are four possibilities [to reduce emissions in the cement sector], but all of them only partially help:– You can reduce the demand by using alternative building materials.– A second point is Carbon Capture and Storage: the CO2 is cut...