Tuesday, 25 February 2025

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German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck speaks during his visit to carmaker BMW's research and development (R&D) centre in Shanghai, China June 23, 2024. REUTERS/Maria Martinez
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German minister says China indispensable to achieve climate goals

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck has met with officials in China.

Workers aboard a small boat check lines of seaweed and mussels crops at Kriegers Flak offshore wind farm, about 15 kilometers off the Danish coast, Baltic Sea, Denmark, Tuesday June 18, 2024. (AP Photo/James Brooks)
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Beneath offshore wind turbines, researchers grow seafood and seaweed

Offshore wind farms provide researchers with the ideal location to grow seaweed and mussels crops

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are pictured at a solar energy park in Saelices, Spain, May 11, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Guillermo Martinez/File Photo
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Europe’s solar power surge hits prices, exposing storage needs

Mismatch between demand and supply as solar power generation soars could shift investment to much needed storage solutions

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in merger and acquisition activity in the renewable energy sector, a new report says. Power transmission lines and wind turbines as seen with the Rocky Mountains in the background near Pincher Creek, Alta., Thursday, June 6, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Net-zero grid could spark flurry of deal-making in renewables sector: report

Decarbonizing Canada's electricity grid could lead to a significant uptick in mergers and acquisitions in the renewable energy sector, a new report says

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2017 file photo high power cables hang from a pole on a field in Hattersheim, Germany. A state-owned Dutch company that is the biggest electricity grid operator in Germany said Thursday, June 20, 2024 that talks on selling its German business to the government in Berlin have been terminated due to the administration's budget constraints. TenneT, one of four transmission network operators in Germany, announced plans for the talks in February 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)
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Germany and Dutch-owned operator end talks on grid sale because of budget constraints

Biggest electricity grid operator in Germany said Thursday that talks on selling its German business to the government in Berlin have been terminated.

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US lawmakers seek to reduce China’s dominance of critical mineral supplies

The new working group will help propose policies to lower U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals used in a variety of products...

FILE PHOTO: Construction workers Tekovin Miller and Darien Bailey install actuators for tilting panels at the Duette solar site which is being developed on previously agricultural land in Bowling Green, Florida, U.S., March 24, 2021. Picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Dane Rhys/File Photo
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US unveils rules for subsidies to boost clean energy wages

U.S. President Joe Biden wants to make jobs and wages in green industries such as solar competitive with those in oil and gas.

FILE PHOTO: A survey vessel sails past wind turbines at the Burbo Bank offshore wind farm near New Brighton, Britain, January 23, 2023. REUTERS/Phil Noble/FILE PHOTO
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Analysis-Industry fears EU carbon border tax will penalise British green energy

Wind farms like this one in New Brighton could face CO2 fees from 2026 even though they don't produce emissions.

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Japan could be energy-independent by 2060 thanks to renewables, says Rystad Energy CEO

Japan, a major coal and LNG buyer, could be energy-independent by 2060 thanks to expansion of solar and wind power, CEO of Rystad...

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Natural gas opposition ‘ideological,’ new Ontario energy minister says

Ontario's new energy minister is unapologetic about the use of natural gas to partly fuel growing energy needs in Canada's largest province, calling...

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