May 30, 2024 International Battery Companies "Choose France" By David Beeston All eyes will be on France this summer as the Olympics come to Paris and it's not only on the sporting scene that France is grabbing the...
May 29, 2024 Inflation Reduction Act - or more of a Marshall Plan 2.0 for the US? By Wolfgang Kick The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was designed in 2022 to accelerate the development of climate friendly green technologies in the US. ...
May 27, 2024 Trump and Big Oil - some interesting background reading By Wolfgang Kick I know that politics aren`t only black and white - at least not in real life. However, this article surprised me in so far as it shows a...
May 22, 2024 AI`s own Cannes - Festival and what it means for Europe By Wolfgang Kick Whilst the film industry has its Cannes Film Festival, the tech scene seems to take to Paris for its “Vivatech” festival. Whilst OpenAI...
May 21, 2024 The new US Tariffs? What does this mean?! By David Beeston Monumental news from the US this past few days. The Biden Administration's dramatic new measure to significantly increase tariffs on EV...
May 15, 2024 Octopus Energy's 1GW boost to the Grid By Stephen Robinson The surge in electric vehicles calls for clever ways to manage the grid. Sure, some naysayers argue the grid can't handle everyone...
May 14, 2024 Grid Connection - a future bottle neck By Wolfgang Kick Keeping the grid going will be one of the biggest challenges when we switch from burning fossil fuels to solar and wind. Historically,...
May 14, 2024 Global module prices are near the bottom, Chinese PV giants say By Ross Hoare Interesting news to come out of China as the leaders of Trina Solar and JinkoSolar predict a stabilisation of global solar modules...
May 10, 2024 First-of-a-kind (FOAK) financing in Germany - finally a break through with Bill Gates on board? By Wolfgang Kick Decarbonising our economy quite often means investing a lot of money - especially when it comes to capital-intensive infrastructure...
May 08, 2024 Autonomous Driving - big money and (I think) still big questions By Wolfgang Kick It is early days in the race for the dominance in the autonomous driving space, but Europe has secured an interesting deal this week. UK...
May 08, 2024 How employers can break down generational echo chambers at work By David Hunt We've always been strong advocates of the multiple benefits of a diverse team and workforce. Typically though most people consider, or...
May 06, 2024 Cleantech and AI - the places to be for investors in Germany! By Wolfgang Kick Intuitively, it makes sense that the two hottest investment spaces in 2023 were cleantech and AI companies - now the latest numbers have...