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IEA sees electric car boom displacing up to 12 million b/d of oil by 2035
The International Energy Agency raised April 23 its estimates for global oil demand displacement from booming sales of electric vehicles citing growing policy impetus in key markets.
read more... 24/04/2024
EU’s 2050 net zero goals at risk as EV rollout faces setbacks
The EU needs to rethink its policies to make a 2035 ban on new petrol car sales feasible as electric vehicles (EVs) remain unaffordable and alternative fuel options are not credible, the EU’s external auditor said, jeopardising its 2050 climate goals.
read more... 23/04/2024
New law to protect European energy consumers from market manipulation
On Monday (18 March), the Council of the EU formally adopted a new law to protect energy consumers from wholesale market manipulation, aiming to strengthen surveillance of wholesale markets and guarantee open and fair electricity competition in the EU.
read more... 19/03/2024
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France stalling over EDF wholesale tax
The government was mulling scrapping any reference to the tax from its draft energy sovereignty bill, which it had initially planned to table at the beginning of the month but had now postponed, said the MPs from the government’s ruling Renaissance party, confirming a report in French daily La Tribune.
read more... 13/02/2024
Italy plans car-sales incentives worth $1.1B in 2024
Italy will provide subsidies worth almost 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) this year to support car purchases and the transition to less polluting vehicles, an industry ministry official said on Thursday.
read more... 02/02/2024