Volvo Cars and Northvolt have closed a 30 billion-crown ($3.3-billion) deal that the automaker said secures its supply of sustainable, state-of-the-art battery cells for its next-generation full-electric cars.
read more... 10/12/2021
As Olaf Scholz was confirmed as Germany’s new Chancellor on Wednesday (8 December), his second in command Robert Habeck faces a massive challenge: kickstarting a rapid expansion of renewables that touches on the limits of the possible.
read more... 10/12/2021
So far, it has been largely Samsung cell phones or laptops batteries that have caught the media’s attention when devices have caught fire, particularly in contained locations like aircraft or offices.
read more... 25/08/2021
German environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has amended a lawsuit filed last year against Russian state-controlled Gazprom's 55bn m³/yr Nord Stream 2 project to seek a permanent construction freeze that would cancel the project.
read more... 11/05/2021
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday defended her country's ongoing cooperation with Russia on the building of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline amid growing criticism of Moscow's treatment of opposition politician Alexei Navalny and aggression toward Ukraine.
read more... 21/04/2021