In brief | 10 February '25
Reuters:
The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania completed a switch from Russia's electricity grid to the EU's system, severing Soviet-era ties amid heightened security after the suspected sabotage of several subsea cables and pipelines.
FT: 听
Tej Parikh about the long-term optimistic case for the German economy.
Electrive:
A new project aims to evaluate the suitability of sodium-ion battery technology for the European energy and mobility transition and to achieve rapid industrial implementation.
Bloomberg:
A last-minute agreement to resolve a dispute that cut Russian gas supplies to the Moldovan breakaway region of Transnistria could be finalised this weekend.听
Bloomberg:
The nation鈥檚 ambitious 2030 clean energy goals mean more renewable installations in rural regions, and it is further inflaming tensions between cities and agrarian villages.
BloombergNEF:
The cost of clean power technologies, such as wind, solar and battery technologies, is expected to fall further by 2-11 percent in 2025, breaking last year鈥檚 record.
Carbon Brief:
Around 95 percent of countries have missed a UN deadline to submit new climate pledges for 2035, Carbon Brief analysis shows.
Reuters:
U.S. president Donald Trump said he will introduce new 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminium imports into the U.S. on top of existing metals duties, in another major escalation of his trade policy overhaul.
FT:
Sports car maker takes hit to margins after disappointing reaction to electric models.
Electrive:
German air taxi startups Lilium and Volocopter both had to file for insolvency and are now trying to reorganise themselves. Now the major aviation group Airbus is also putting its air taxi project on hold.
