No looking back: Energy transition in Europe, the UK

In many ways, this year was the tipping point for renewable energy. The world has woken up to the imperative of energy transition, and countries around the world have made progress...

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Germany offers €16 bn for hydrogen-ready gas power plants to future-proof power supply

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Germany's government is offering subsidies for gas power plants that can switch to hydrogen in future, as part of the country's efforts to ensure a transition to clean energy gener...

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BYD confirms NEV production base in Hungary to target European markets

BYD is to become the first Chinese car manufacturer to establish a production facility for new energy vehicles (NEVs) in Europe. The automaker has recently signed a preliminary lan...

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LionVolt acquires AMTE Power's battery production line in Scotland

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Netherlands-based Lionvolt has acquired the battery cell production line of beleaguered company AMTE Power located at Thurso in Scotland. This brings ...

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Lhyfe begins construction of 10 MW green hydrogen plant in Lower Saxony

European green H2 firm Lhyfe has announced the groundbreaking of a yet another hydrogen production plant in Germany, located at Brake (Unterweser) in Lower Saxony re...

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UK startups Monolith, About:Energy partner for next-gen EV batteries

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Artificial intelligence (AI) software startup Monolith and battery tech innovator About:Energy have announced their partnership for more accurate and scalable electric vehicle...

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BASF bags German funding approval for 54 MW electrolyzer

German chemical company BASF has received funding approval for a 54 MW proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer that will have produce up to 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen per ye...

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TotalEnergies acquires German battery storage developer, Kyon Energy

Leading multi-energy producer and marketer, TotalEnergies announced it has acquired Kyon Energy, a leading battery energy storage developer in Germany. The latest acquisition is in...

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H2 Green Steel sews up €4.2 billion in financing for green steel plant

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Swedish steelmaker H2 Green Steel announced the company had signed definitive debt financing agreements for up to €4.2 billion in project financing for the company's upcoming green...

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Fluence milestone: crosses 20 GWh of energy storage systems globally

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Fluence Energy last week announced that the company had surpassed 20 GWh of deployed and contracted energy storage systems globally.  In a release, the company called this an ...

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Decarbonizing healthcare: Envision to supply 200 GWh RE power to Roche, four others

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Chinese greentech company Envision Energy has announced a three-year renewable energy supply with five global leading healthcare companies in a collaboration that helps decarbonize...

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ACC, Circulor tie-up for supply chain, emissions mapping ahead of European battery passport rules

Battery manufacturing company Automotive Cells Co (ACC) and UK startup Circulor announced a partnership to verify the green credentials of raw materials that ACC uses to manufactur...

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Giga Storage announces 'Green Turtle' 600 MW/ 2,400 MWh BESS project in Belgium

Graphical rendition of the 'Green Turtle' BESS project. Source: Giga Storage

Amsterdam-based BESS company Giga Storage has announced the development of the 'Green Turtle' project, an energy storage project with 600 MW of power and 2,400 MWh of cap...

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Mitsubishi plans 80,000 TPA GH2 plant – world’s largest – in Netherlands

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Reports say the Japanese company will invest over $700 million and use the project as a test bed to develop know-how for mass production of green hydrogen. Mitsubishi Corp pla...

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Coal-fired Poland changes stance, plans to set end date for fossil fuels

Belchatow, Poland, is Europe's largest coal power plant. Image: Fotopolska.eu/Flickr

Poland's new government plans to set an end date for generating power from coal, the country's Secretary of State for Climate Urszula Zielinska said on Monday, reversing the previo...

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Stellantis Ventures invests in Tiamat for sodium-ion battery technology

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The corporate venture fund of automaker Stellantis has recently made a strategic investment on a France-based company 'Tiamat' that is developing and commercializing sodi...

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Exagen gets nod for 500 MW / 1 GWh battery in Leicestershire, UK

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UK renewable energy developer Exagen announced it had been granted planning permission for a 500 MW / 1 GWh grid-scale battery energy storage project in Leicestershire by the Blaby...

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Veolia eyes 8 GW of green capacity, top spot in Europe’s district heating, building efficiency

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French water-waste-and-district heating company Veolia has a target to increase its energy production capacity from biofuels and renewables by 50 percent to 8 GW by 2030, the compa...

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Europe's energy mix turns greener as wind surpasses coal

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Wind has surpassed coal in Europe's energy mix, marking a key shift in the continent's energy transition efforts, data from the climate think tank Ember shows. The shift occurred d...

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EU approves €902 mn aid for Northvolt's EV battery plant in Germany

A 3D rendering of Northvolt Drei, the company's upcoming EV battery giga factory in Germany: Northvolt

Decision helps keep the plant in Europe in the face of competing incentives from America The European Union has approved €902 million in aid for Swedish company Northvolt to set up...

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Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor: Pre-feasibility study for H2 pipeline launched

The proposed Nordic-Baltic Hydrogen Corridor project that seeks to establish cross-border hydrogen pipeline infrastructure from Finland to Germany passing through Es...

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Green progress: Germany’s CO2 emissions fall to 1950s levels after RE dominates energy mix

Germany's carbon dioxide emissions fell to their lowest in 70 years in 2023, touching levels last seen in the 1950s, the think tank Agora Energiewende announced. This was largely d...

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Eramet, Vibrantz ink manganese ore supply agreement for Mn-based battery techs

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French mining firm Eramet and American chemical coatings company Vibrantz Technologies announced a 10-year supply agreement for manganese ore late last month, an essentia...

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VW Group's Elli expands to 600,000 EV charging points across Europe

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Volkswagen Group's EV charging infra brand Elli has announced the expansion of its charging network to boast more than 600,000 charge points across 27 countries ...

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ADS-TEC Energy announces private investment from Svelland Capital

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Battery-buffered, ultra-fast EV charging technology firm ADS-TEC Energy has announced the signing of a definitive agreement for a private investment by Svelland Capital, a dis...

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bp pulse claims significant progress in ultra-fast EV charging infra in UK

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EV charging network bp pulse has more than double the number of ultra-fast charge points on its UK public network this year as against last year. The network claims to op...

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Daimler Truck announces customer fleet trials of its hydrogen-powered trucks

Daimler Truck announced it will deploy its hydrogen-powered Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Trucks for their first customer trial from next year. Companies such as Amazon, Air Products, INEOS,...

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Topsoe's secures €94 mn from EU for 500 MW solid oxide electrolyzer factory

Topsoe's SOEC facility under construction in Herning, Denmark. Source: Topsoe

Danish firm Topsoe has signed a grant agreement with EU's Innovation Fund for a total of €94 million, in recognition to the company's solid oxide electrolyzer cells (SOEC...

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LGES to supply NCM li-ion modules for ICPT's e-bus battery system

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South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a supply agreement for NCM lithium-ion battery modules with Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT), a supplier of he...

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US unveils global nuclear fusion plan at COP28, even as Japan-EU reactor comes online

John Kerry speaks at the Atlantic Council Global Energy Forum at Dubai.

"We are edging ever-closer to a fusion-powered reality. And at the same time, yes, significant scientific and engineering challenges exist. Careful thought and thoughtful policy is...

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