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First Minister John Swinney was shown a hydrogen gas cooker during the visit (Jane Barlow/PA)
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Swinney: Hydrogen-powered home is ‘exciting’ development in climate change fight

John Swinney says the opening of the first hydrogen-powered homes at a demonstration facility in Fife is an “exciting project” which can help...

FILE PHOTO: A general view of a Tesla store in Porsgrunn, Norway, December 24, 2021. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo
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Tesla loses market share in Sweden, Norway as Musk looms large

OSLO (Reuters) – Tesla lost market share in Sweden and Norway in January, car registration data showed on Monday as the U.S. electric...

Norway aims for all new cars sold to be 'zero emission' starting in 2025, which is 10 years ahead of the goal set by the European Union (AFP)
Electric Vehicles (EVs)News

Norway nears 100% goal of all-electric cars

Almost 96 per cent of new cars registered in Norway in January were electric, close to the country's goal of selling only zero-emission...

FILE PHOTO: Mads Nipper prictured at a news conference in Bjerringbro, Denmark, March 13, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Henning Bagger via REUTERS/File Photo
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Renewables group Orsted replaces CEO to arrest share price slump

Orsted's shares were down 0.2% at 1010 GMT, slightly underperforming Europe's blue-chip stock index.

FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of the Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, Sweden, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Marie Mannes/File Photo
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Scania tries to breathe life into troubled EV battery maker Northvolt

Four Northvolt workers told Reuters they had seen Scania employees inside the factory in recent months.

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks during the Prime Minister's Questions at the House of Commons in London, Britain, January 29, 2025. ©House of Commons/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
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Britain submits plans to hit emissions-cutting target

Starmer raised Britain's climate targets at COP29, pledging to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 81% by 2035.

Electric vehicles (EVs) are becoming ‘normalised’ as nearly half of consumers know an owner, a new study found (Danny Lawson/PA)
Electric Vehicles (EVs)NewsTransport

EVs becoming ‘normalised’ as almost half of UK consumers know an owner – survey

Some 49% of 4,000 people surveyed in Britain either own an EV or know someone who does, according to new research.

FILE PHOTO: View of entrance to Norway's central bank in Oslo, April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo
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Norway’s wealth fund sticks to investments in renewables despite market setbacks

The fund sees offshore wind as still the best strategic target, as it is Europe-based and offers a large series of partners.

The two North Sea oil and gas fields were originally approved by the previous Conservative government (AFP)
BusinessCourtsFuelNatural GasNewsOilPolitics

Scottish court rules against two new North Sea oil and gas fields

Environmental campaigners called the court's decision a "historic win".

Shell's net profit reached $16.1 billion last year (GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)
BusinessFinanceFuelNatural GasNewsOil

Shell annual profit drops to $16 bn as oil prices fall

In late 2024, Shell announced it was cutting hundreds of jobs from its oil and gas exploration division to reduce costs.

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