In order to offset China’s growing naval presence in the Indo-Pacific area, India is looking to bolster its navy, therefore the South Asian country is competing for a 400 billion rupee ($4.8 billion) deal to build submarines there. According to senior Indian officials aware of the developments who declined to be named since the […]
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According to the Ministry of Mining and Energy, the project is being built by PowerChina and the German company AVR Solar Park. Notably, PowerChina and CWP Europe inked an investment agreement in April for the projected Vetrozelena wind farm, ushering the Chinese corporation into Serbia’s renewable energy market. Large solar power plants are not yet
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In an effort to reduce carbon emissions from its manufacturing-based economy, Germany disclosed plans to connect industrial regions around the Rhine, the south, and the east of the country with hydrogen pipes. The Economy Ministry stated that the preliminary plans unveiled on Wednesday serve as a crucial “starting signal” for the nation’s turn away from
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On May 31, France officially opened its first battery facility for electric vehicles, making significant progress in its effort to OVERTAKE China as the industry leader. President Emmanuel Macron’s “reindustrialization” strategy for France centers on growing the battery sector, with several plants expected to open in the north over the next three years. Automotive Cells
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Germany’s Annalena Baerbock, who arrived in Tianjin, is the most recent prominent European politician to travel to China. As she put it, the “worst-case scenario” for Germany and the EU would be an escalation between China and Taiwan. Foreign Minister of Germany Annalena Baerbock began a three-day trip to China on Thursday by landing in
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A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed in January between the German energy company RWE and the Norwegian oil and gas producer Equinor to create extensive energy value chains between the two countries that encompass natural gas, hydrogen, and renewable energy sources. In addition to developing offshore wind farms for green hydrogen production, the firms
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Annalena Baerbock, the German foreign minister, argued with Chinese diplomats on Thursday, vehemently disputing their assertion that the west was fanning the flames by supplying Ukraine. It’s time, according to Baerbock, for China to tell Russia to quit its belligerence. China intervened to present itself as above the conflict by proposing a list of measures,
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EU energy ministers will discuss planned power market reforms on Monday, 27th February. The energy system will be the subject of a proposal from Brussels next month, but the countries are already divided over how to “repair” it or even if it needs to be fixed at all. As record-high gas prices — brought on
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According to knowledgeable sources who spoke with Reuters, Oman and Germany are in advanced talks to sign a long-term LNG supply agreement that would see the Gulf state furnish Berlin with 500,000 to one million tons annually. RWE, a German energy conglomerate, and the Berlin-nationalized energy companies Uniper and Sefe are apparently involved in the
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As Europe works to lessen its reliance on Asia and the US, US chipmaker Wolfspeed announced in late January that it will construct a plant in Germany to facilitate the automotive industry’s transition to electric vehicles. According to the corporation, the factory will be constructed in the western state of Saarland as part of Wolfspeed’s
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