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  • Studie zur Batterielieferkette zeigt Chinas globale Dominanz – und Optionen für Europa

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    Fraun­hofer FFB and the Uni­ver­si­ty of Mün­ster have ana­lyzed China’s dom­i­nance in the bat­tery sup­ply chain in a study. Chi­na con­trols almost the entire val­ue chain of lithi­um-ion bat­ter­ies, from raw mate­r­i­al extrac­tion to pro­duc­tion. Europe is almost entire­ly depen­dent on imports, which makes it vul­ner­a­ble to geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions. Raw mate­ri­als such as lithi­um, cobalt and […]

  • China wants to change world with disruptive technologies, but what are they?

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    Chi­na is mak­ing rapid progress in dis­rup­tive tech­nolo­gies, such as humanoid robots, brain-com­put­er inter­faces, quan­tum com­put­ers, and hyper­son­ic air­craft, blur­ring the bound­aries between sci­ence fic­tion and real­i­ty. These inno­va­tions are cen­tral to Beijing’s strat­e­gy for dom­i­nance in emerg­ing mar­kets, aim­ing to out­pace West­ern nations like the U.S. Pres­i­dent Xi Jin­ping empha­sizes fos­ter­ing orig­i­nal, ground­break­ing advance­ments […]

  • A fresh look at China’s innovation boom

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    China’s 2025 inno­va­tion land­scape show­cas­es diverse region­al strengths. Hangzhou leads in tech, with gam­ing and robot­ics break­throughs. Henan’s retail sec­tor, exem­pli­fied by Pang­donglai, sees explo­sive growth, chal­leng­ing tra­di­tion­al inno­va­tion hubs. Chengdu’s ani­ma­tion, high­light­ed by “Ne Zha 2,” achieves glob­al cin­e­mat­ic suc­cess. This mul­ti­di­men­sion­al growth is fueled by entre­pre­neur­ial spir­it, state-pri­vate col­lab­o­ra­tion, and long-term vision. China’s […]

  • Fusion energy, Eni and UKAEA to build the world’s largest and most advanced tritium fuel cycle facility

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    UKAEA and Eni are col­lab­o­rat­ing to build the world’s largest tri­tium fuel cycle facil­i­ty, the “UKAEA-Eni H3AT Tri­tium Loop Facil­i­ty,” at Cul­ham Cam­pus, set to com­plete in 2028. This part­ner­ship aims to advance fusion ener­gy by devel­op­ing cru­cial tri­tium pro­cess­ing and recy­cling tech­nolo­gies. The project com­bines UKAEA’s fusion exper­tise with Eni’s indus­tri­al-scale capa­bil­i­ties, focus­ing on […]

  • Measures cannot wait for next budget cycle’: Reaction to EU’s new €100 billion-plus clean energy plan

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    The EU’s €100 bil­lion Clean Indus­tri­al Deal and Afford­able Ener­gy Action Plan aim to boost indus­try and renew­ables. The Deal focus­es on man­u­fac­tur­ing, while the Plan tar­gets clean ener­gy. To sup­port local man­u­fac­tur­ing, the EU is con­sid­er­ing non-price pro­cure­ment cri­te­ria, cru­cial for indus­tries like bat­tery pro­duc­tion to stay com­pet­i­tive. Source: https://www.energy-storage.news/measures-cannot-wait-for-next-budget-cycle-reaction-to-eus-new-e100-billion-plus-clean-energy-plan/

  • Commission proposes to cut red tape and simplify business environment

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    The EU Com­mis­sion is sim­pli­fy­ing rules for busi­ness­es and cit­i­zens to boost com­pet­i­tive­ness, fol­low­ing the Draghi report. Ini­tial mea­sures will stream­line sus­tain­abil­i­ty report­ing, focus­ing on large com­pa­nies to reduce bur­dens on small­er ones. Source: https://commission.europa.eu/news/commission-proposes-cut-red-tape-and-simplify-business-environment-2025–02-26_en

  • EU is wasting free energy as industry flatlines

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    The EU faces sig­nif­i­cant chal­lenges with ener­gy waste and high prices due to insuf­fi­cient ener­gy stor­age. Despite rapid growth in renew­able ener­gy, the lack of stor­age means excess ener­gy is often lost, exac­er­bat­ing high ener­gy costs for indus­tries. In 2023, the EU wast­ed the equiv­a­lent of 0.5% of its total pow­er con­sump­tion. The EU’s new […]

  • Digital ‘safety net’ paves way for electric car charging without overloading power grid

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    A new dig­i­tal ‘safe­ty net’ devel­oped in the SmoothEMS project enables effi­cient local charg­ing of elec­tric vehi­cles with­out over­load­ing the grid. Test­ed at three loca­tions, includ­ing a.s.r. in Utrecht, it com­bines a user-friend­ly ener­gy man­age­ment sys­tem with Grid­shield soft­ware, ensur­ing safe elec­tric­i­ty deliv­ery and pre­vent­ing over­load. Source: https://nederlandelektrisch.nl/actueel/nieuwsoverzicht/i2805/digitaal-vangnet-maakt-weg-vrij-voor-elektrische-auto-s-laden-zonder-overbelasting-stroomnet

  • Suddenly Europe mainly invests in Dutch start-ups

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    Euro­pean invest­ments in Dutch start-ups surged in 2024, with 3.1 bil­lion euros in ven­ture cap­i­tal despite broad­er Euro­pean down­turns. How­ev­er, the scale-up ratio remains low, and domes­tic invest­ments fell sharply. Notable high­lights include strong deeptech growth, but con­cerns about stag­na­tion and com­pet­i­tive abil­i­ty per­sist. The ecosystem’s growth chal­lenges require imme­di­ate atten­tion. Source: https://www.engineersonline.nl/ineens-investeert-vooral-europa-in-nl-start-ups/

  • Sellafield nuclear site plans cuts as chief says £2.8bn funding ‘not enough’

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    Sellafield’s £2.8bn fund­ing for the next finan­cial year is deemed insuf­fi­cient, caus­ing plans for bud­get cuts. This rais­es con­cerns over safe­ty and job secu­ri­ty at the nuclear site, which hous­es the world’s largest store of plu­to­ni­um. Despite pri­or­i­tiz­ing safe­ty and secu­ri­ty, some projects may be slowed down, paused, or stopped, impact­ing parts of the sup­ply […]