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FILE PHOTO: A staff member cleans the Geely Galaxy E8 electric vehicle at the Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, or Auto China 2024, in Beijing, China, April 25, 2024. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
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China’s Geely scouting locations for Europe plant

Geely is exploring locations for a potential EV plant in Europe but hasn't fully committed, with talks ongoing in Poland.

FILE PHOTO: A dried lake is seen at Azienda Agricola organic farm following a drought on the Italian island of Sicily, in Caltanissetta, Italy, August 25, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi/File Photo
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EU likely exaggerating climate-friendly spending, auditors say

Auditors of EU finances say that €700bn Covid fund has not exceeded climate goals because green spending has been overestimated.

Tata Steel’s Port Talbot steelworks in south Wales (Ben Birchall/PA)
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New deal to help transition of steel production at Port Talbot

UK Government strikes deal over workers as thousands of jobs set to go as Port Talbot embraces electric arc production for steel.

FILE PHOTO: A Volta Zero electric truck is seen during the 2023 Munich Auto Show IAA Mobility, in Munich, Germany, September 6, 2023. REUTERS/Angelika Warmuth/File Photo
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Emissions-free truck prices need to drop by 50% to compete with diesel, study says

Electric trucks should cost no more than 30% than diesel models, says McKinsey, as zero-emissions vehicles struggle to crack the freight market.

Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has given the green light to a number of large-scale solar farms (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Individual solar farms do not threaten national food security – farming leader

British farming union president says there are more demands competing for land use than just solar farms as he pushes for government to...

Dalibor Arbutina, director of Public Company Nuclear Facilities of Serbia (NFS), stands in the control room of a decommissioned nuclear reactor (AFP)
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Power struggle: Serbia eyes nuclear energy to fuel future

Facing a 2050 EU deadline to transition away from coal, Serbian officials are now considering whether to lift the long-standing ban on building...

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen next to wind turbines in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Ember report: EU wind and solar growth displaces fossil fuel generation

New Ember report: Wind and solar power generation in the European Union increased by 46% from 2019, when the current European Commission took...

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German government signs off on hydrogen import strategy

Germany adopted a strategy for the import of hydrogen to help secure sustainable energy supply.

Reaching net zero involves reducing greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible before ‘offsetting’ any remaining hard-to-abate emissions (Gareth Fuller/PA)
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Some businesses still misunderstanding what net zero means, research finds

Survey of British businesses shows that non-experts might be setting net zero goals with a lack of understanding.

Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Wednesday the European Union should 'reconsider' a plan to impose tariffs of up to 36 percent on Chinese electric cars (AFP)
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Spain PM urges EU to ‘reconsider’ China EV tariffs plan

Spanish leader Pedro Sanchez calls for 'compromise' on EV tariffs between Brussels and Beijing to avert trade war.

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