France and Sweden are pushing back against a European Commission proposal that would require EU member states to share more of the financial burden for upgrading the continent’s power infrastructure. At the center of the dispute is a broader effort to modernize and expand the EU electricity grid, a critical pillar of the bloc’s strategy …
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Battery markets are expanding at an extraordinary pace as the clean energy transition accelerates and artificial intelligence reshapes global electricity consumption. The rapid buildout of electric vehicles, renewable power systems, data centers, and AI infrastructure has made energy storage indispensable. As a result, global battery demand is surging, transforming batteries from a niche clean-tech component …
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A new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) delivers a clear message: Europe does not lack ideas—it lacks scale. While the continent remains a global leader in research, pilot projects, and early-stage breakthroughs, it consistently struggles to translate those advances into large-scale industrial deployment. This imbalance risks turning Europe into a testing ground for …
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Space-Based Solar Power (SBSP) is emerging as a transformative solution to two of renewable energy’s greatest constraints: land use and intermittency. As countries accelerate the buildout of solar and wind power, they face mounting land competition with agriculture, biodiversity protection, and local communities. Large utility-scale renewable projects often require vast tracts of land and can …
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Professor Doyne Farmer of University of Oxford is leading an ambitious effort to build a Global economic simulation that models every company in the world as a digital agent making realistic, adaptive decisions. The goal is nothing less than a living, evolving model of the entire economy—capable of producing forecasts with unprecedented clarity. Farmer compares …
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Automakers are increasingly betting on humanoid robots as a cornerstone of future factory automation, even though today’s machines remain slower and less productive than human workers. Companies such as Tesla and Hyundai Motor Group are prioritizing long-term efficiency and cost savings over short-term performance limits, signaling a major shift in how vehicle manufacturing could evolve …
Artificial intelligence took centre stage alongside geopolitics at this year’s Davos gathering, underscoring how deeply AI is now tied to national power, economic competitiveness, and global influence. According to Cathy Li, head of the Centre for AI Excellence at the World Economic Forum, countries are increasingly racing to secure AI sovereignty—their ability to govern and …
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A new study published in Nature Climate Change examines how carbon dioxide removal (CDR)—the process of extracting carbon from the atmosphere and storing it—could shape the future of global biodiversity. Led by scientists at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), the research combines projections from five large-scale climate models with data on 135,000 …
