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A floating solar energy farm on the Cottbuser Ostsee lake in eastern Germany -- the EU hopes to strengthen supply lines for green technologies, like solar and wind power, chips and pharmaceutical ingredients (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessCritical MineralsEconomyPoliticsTrade

Red tape and rare earths: EU ‘compass’ charts economic future

Promising a “simplification shock”, the EU will unveil a much-anticipated blueprint to revamp Europe’s economic model on Wednesday, as the bloc struggles to...

Windmills make up about 10 percent of US energy production, with the largest output in the Republican-led states of Texas, Iowa and Oklahoma (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
AnalysisBusinessOffshore WindPoliticsWind

Trump casts chill over US wind energy sector

Trump has long ranted against wind energy with him threatening to upend decades of industry progress just a few hours after resuming power.

FILE PHOTO: An L.A. Department of Water and Power electrical worker installs hardware to support power lines following the Palisades Fire, in Pacific Palisades, California, U.S., January 17, 2025. REUTERS/Fred Greaves/File Photo
AnalysisElectricityInfrastructurePolitics

Analysis: Trump’s high-wire act to transform US power grid won’t be easy

Trump’s push to fix the U.S. power grid’s transmission lines faces state resistance, supply snags and rising AI and data center demand.

People follow a virtual speech of U.S. president Donald Trump at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Markus Schreiber
AnalysisBusinessOilPolitics

Trump’s call for OPEC to bring down cost of oil conflicts with his agenda: experts

WASHINGTON — Experts say U.S. President Donald Trump’s push for the OPEC+ alliance of oil exporting countries to bring down the cost of...

FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Minister of Environment Marina Silva and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva greet Brazil's Ambassador Andre Correa do Lago while he's announced as President of the UN climate conference COP30, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil, January 21, 2025. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/File Photo
AnalysisClimateClimate FinanceEmissionsPolitics

COP30 in Brazil set to spotlight developing countries’ climate finance needs

COP30 host Brazil urges rich nations to boost climate funds amid U.S. Paris exit; $300B pledged falls short of $1.3T needed.

US President Donald Trump seeks to increase US oil production under his administration -- such as at this refinery in Detroit, Michigan -- but he may face challenges outside of his control (AFP)
AnalysisBusinessNatural GasOil

Trump push to ‘drill, baby, drill’ may hit industry roadblock

President Donald Trump wants to boost US oil production, pledging to bring costs down as he returned to office this week — but...

A view of an oil pump jack on the prairies near Claresholm, Alberta, Canada January 18, 2025.  REUTERS/Todd Korol
AnalysisOilPolitics

Trump’s climate withdrawal creates rare discord with Big Oil

U.S. oil and gas producers welcome Trump's push for domestic energy but fear exiting climate deals could hurt global clean energy investments.

FILE PHOTO: Workers monitor the nickel melting process at a nickel smelter of PT Vale Tbk in Sorowako, South Sulawesi province, Indonesia, March 30, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
AnalysisCritical MineralsOpinion

Column: Only Indonesia can help nickel recover from price bust

By Andy Home LONDON (Reuters) -Nickel ended 2024 trading at four-year lows, a spectacular reversal of fortune for a metal that soared so...

FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen ID. Buzz electric vehicles are lined up at the company's plant in Hanover, Germany, December 17, 2024. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
AnalysisAutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)Manufacturing

Analysis: Volkswagen seeks new era in Germany with old methods

Volkswagen's cost-cutting deal in Germany relies heavily on the automaker's tradition of cooperation.

FILE - President Donald Trump talks about the Endurance all-electric pickup truck, made in Lordstown, Ohio, at the White House, Sept. 28, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
AnalysisElectric Vehicles (EVs)Politics

What’s next for EVs under President Trump?

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to eliminate what he incorrectly labels “the electric vehicle mandate” imposed under...

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