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FILE PHOTO: Panasonic Holdings Group CEO Yuki Kusumi talks about the company's strategy in Tokyo, Japan, January 19, 2024. REUTERS/Miho Uranaka/File Photo
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Slowing EV uptake may delay Panasonic’s EV battery expansion, CEO says

A slowdown in the take-up of electric vehicles in the U.S. may prompt Tesla-supplier Panasonic to delay investing in additional plants to boost...

The switch to electric vehicles means platinum -- used in the manufacture of catalytic converters for high-polluting petrol engines -- faces a dim long-term future (AFP)
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Platinum loses shine amid BHP’s vast Anglo bid

Platinum is used in the manufacture of catalytic converters for high-polluting petrol engines — but demand has long been forecast to slump as...

FILE PHOTO: CenterPoint Energy crew members work to repair damaged lines as residents remained without power after a severe storm caused widespread damage in Houston, Texas, U.S., May 18, 2024.   REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal
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Texas heat wave sends power demand to all-time high for May

Texas power demand reaches a record for May – but supplier projects demand will rise even higher before the month is over.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to reporters, alongside Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, at the sidelines of IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings at the World Bank in Washington, U.S., April 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Yellen says US, Europe must respond jointly to China’s industrial overcapacity

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US and Europe needed to respond to China's industrial policies in a "strategic and united way"

FILE PHOTO: The Foxconn logo is seen in this illustration taken, May 2, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
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Apple supplier Foxconn asked to cut power use in Vietnam

Vietnamese officials have called on Foxconn to voluntarily reduce power use by 30% at its assembly plants in the north of the country.

The sun sets near pylons as an electric vehicle passes a dirt road in the rural outskirts of Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024. Chinese battery companies, EV manufacturers and utilities are all racing to develop more advanced batteries to store the electricity from solar panels. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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From corn to solar – one Chinese farm family’s newest crop

Chinese solar power push is working at industrial levels and rooftop installations as families embrace getting paid to feed electricity back to the...

The report said offshore turbine installation would need to increase (Ben Birchall/PA)
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UK running out of options for offshore energy ‘just transition’

UK offshore industry needs political alignment to ensure 'just and fair' energy transition, concludes report.

Campaigners fear the impact the Batang Toru dam will have on critically-endangered orangutans (Michael Holmes/PA)
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Call for orangutan row firm to be barred from renewable leases

Opposition grows towards wind farm bid by Red Rock Power over parent company's Indonesian dam project that could threaten rare orangutan.

FILE PHOTO: White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 9, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Saudi crown prince, US national security adviser meet on civilian Nuclear deal

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and US National Security Adviser met to discuss draft deal between Washington and Riyadh

FILE PHOTO: Houston Fire Department Wildland District 14 crews assess a downed tree blocking a street after a severe storm caused widespread damage in Spring Branch, Texas, U.S., May 17, 2024. REUTERS/Kaylee Greenlee Beal/File Photo
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Houston area grapples with heat, power cuts after major storms

Thousands of people in the Houston area faced sweltering heat without power on Saturday following severe storms

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