Amazon inducts custom-built EVs into European fleet

Amazon's electric van, custom built for Europe, is smaller and slimmer than its US version so drivers can steer better on Europe's narrower, winding streets. Image: BusinessWire

Retail giant Amazon has started adding its custom-built electric vehicles to its European delivery fleet, the company announced on Tuesday. In a statement, Amazon said it would add...

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Italy increases RE targets, says 65 percent of power from clean sources by 2030

Italy's energy ministry said the country would generate 65 percent of its electricity from renewable energy sources by 2030, up from the earlier target of 55 percent. Image: Pexels

Italy has increased renewable energy targets for the decade, adding to the targets the country made public three years ago, although the statement issued did not explain how the hi...

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Imerys, British Lithium joint venture to develop UK's largest lithium deposit

British Lithium's pilot plant in Cornwall, UK. The world’s first end-to-end lithium pilot plant treating the lithium mica granites that are extensive in Cornwall, beneficiating the mica and producing high-purity, battery-grade lithium carbonate.

Imerys S.A. the French multinational company specializing in the production and processing of industrial minerals on Thursday announced that it has acquired an 80% s...

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Dutch pour more money into hydrogen subsidy

The Netherlands will increase subsidy for the production of green hydrogen, which is hydrogen made from renewable sources of energy by €1 billion euros from next year and an additi...

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Maersk orders six more green fuel ships, taking total to 25

Maersk, which ordered its first methanol-powered ship in 2021, now has 25 such vessels on order. Image courtesy: Maersk

Shipping company AP Moller-Maersk has ordered six mid-size dual-fuel container vessels from China's Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group. The ships, which can operate on fuel oil and gre...

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Coal plays spoiler in EU clean power deal

Chart courtesy: International Energy Agency

Chart Europe's plans for a clean energy pact appeared to stall on Monday after a late proposal to allow governments to extend subsidies to coal-fired power plants. Energy ministers...

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Chinese EV makers could storm West amid domestic slowdown

The price war in electric vehicles, currently underway in the West, could see powerful new entrants soon: Chinese firms. Saddled with capacity and slowing domestic demand, Chinese ...

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Renewables will save Europe €100 billion in energy costs, says International Energy Agency

Europe is saving almost €100 billion thanks to its renewables capacity, and could have saved even more had the bloc pursued clean sources more aggressively, according to analysis f...

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In Europe, a turbine maker's appeal for direct cash transfer

Siemens Gamesa COO Tim Dawidowsky said that although wind power is a critical component of renewable energy, turbine makers “losing billions”. Image: Pexels

The chief operating officer of Siemens Gamesa has pitched for direct financial assistance to turbine manufactures to support their investments, pointing out that they are a critica...

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Europe bags €10 billion in giga factory investments

Europe has bagged around 10 billion euros in investment for two giga factories that will supply batteries to car manufacturers from 2026. The deals come after the bloc loosened rul...

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Inside Europe's hydrogen game plan: 10 MT production + 10 MT imports by 2030

Europe is firming up ambitious plans to build scale in the Hydrogen economy as part of the continent's attempts to decarbonise energy supply and move away from Russian oil and gas....

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Battery cell manufacturing: Trailing the Giga factory trend

Taking a look at the mushrooming of mega-sized battery cell manufacturing plants: why JVs between auto OEMs and cell makers can secure steady demand, but also why it makes sense fo...

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Europe gears for a competitive battery value chain

Europe's battery demand is skyrocketing year on year, with applications in the e-mobility and stationary storage domains taking a stark lead over consumer electronic goods' applica...

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AMTE Power inks production contract with UKBIC for ultra-high power cells

AMTE Power, the Scottish developer and manufacturer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells, has recently signed a contract with UK Battery Industrialization Center&n...

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