Top EU climate official issues ‘wake-up call’ on batteries for EVs
European industry is lagging behind in the manufacturing of batteries that power electric vehicles, warned the top official in charge…
China aims to stop renewable energy being wasted by 2020
China aims to prevent power generated by its renewable energy sector being wasted by 2020, the country’s National Energy Administration…
Energy efficiency and growth, the Chinese way
For years, Beijing has pursued an energy intensity target relative to GDP, allowing China to continue growing at breakneck pace.…
Europe’s e-bike makers rage against Chinese imports
European producers of electric bikes (e-bikes) have filed a complaint with the European Commission against cheap Chinese e-bike imports, saying…
Gazprom unseats ExxonMobil as world’s largest energy company
Russia’s Gazprom has topped the S&P Global Platts 250 rating of the world’s energy companies. The company has ousted US…
Moody’s: Emerging markets to lead pack on renewable energy
Emerging markets are set to eclipse developed nations next year in their capacity to generate wind and solar power as…
China exceeded one million new energy vehicles
The number of new energy vehicles in China has reached 1.01 million, according to the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). A…
US shale boom ends OPEC’s power to crush
For decades, the world’s largest oil shippers lived in fear of OPEC turning off the taps and causing demand for…
Romania approves China Energy bouyout of Rompetrol
KMG International Group (KMGI) announces the recent decisions of the Romanian authorities approving the transaction signed at the end of…
Dragnea resuscitates Tarnita and Rovinari projects amid Chinese discussions
The projects of the Tarniţa-Lăpuşteşti pumping plant, abandoned by the previous government, and of the Rovinari thermal power plant were…
Prime Minister Tudose discussed with a delegation from China about reactors 3 and 4 from Cernavoda
Prime Minister Mihai Tudose discussed on Thursday the investment opportunities in Romania with an official delegation from the Republic of…
China: world’s largest floating solar farm with 166,000 panels
China’s ambitions to dominate new energy technologies are unfolding at the site of an abandoned coal mine about 300 miles…
China-led electric car boom shakes up metals market as cobalt sees 150% surge
Demand for cobalt has soared in the past year as investors expect inexorable growth in the global electric vehicle industry…
