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BP gets funding for 100 MW electrolyzer at Lingen refinery in Germany

British oil company BP has secured funding for a green hydrogen plant at its Lingen refinery in Germany. The funds, received from the Lower Saxony regional government and Germany's...

EU approves €700 million in hydrogen aid across Italy, Finland and Lithuania

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The European Commission has approved more than €700 million in hydrogen investments from the governments of Italy, Finland and Lithuania. The approval, which came as part of wide r...

What EU tariffs will do to trade with China

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Imports of Chinese electric vehicles to Europe would drop 25 percent if the continent imposed a 20 percent import tariff on vehicles from the Middle Kingdom, according to a report ...

Repono, an EU-backed new player enters the European storage market

EIT InnoEnergy, a leading cleantech investment firm supported by the European Union on Wednesday launched a pan-European company, Repono, to deploy and operate 100GWh of ...

Scania and sennder's new JV looks to drive electric truck adoption in Europe

Swedish heavy-duty transport solutions provider, Scania AB, along with digital road-freight forwarder, sennder, have joined forces to launch a new joint venture to drive large-scal...

Automotive battery provider Clarios to acquire Paragon’s battery unit

Automotive battery solutions provider, Clarios on Wednesday (August 30) announced it will purchase Paragon GmbH & Co. KGaA's power business that produces batteries and bat...

FREYR's Giga Arctic project gets fresh infusion of €100 million

Battery manufacturing company, FREYR Battery (FREYR) on Thursday announced it has been awarded a €100 million grant from the European Union ("EU") to support development of FR...

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...

EU lawmakers back law regulating batteries and waste batteries

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The European Union's (EU) lawmaking body, European Parliament has approved new rules for the design, production, and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU. With...

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....

EU and Norway expand cooperation on raw materials, battery value chains

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The European Commission and Norway have announced a strategic partnership for strengthening and expanding their cooperation in the area of the raw materials and batt...