US to impose steep anti-dumping duty on battery material from China by AFP Staff Writers Washington (AFP) July 18, 2025 The United States unveiled on Thursday preliminary anti-dumping duties of 93.5 percent on imports of a key battery component from China, after looking into a petition on the matter. Final determinations regarding duties […]
China tightens export curbs on some battery technologies by AFP Staff Writers Beijing (AFP) July 15, 2025 China tightened export restrictions on certain battery materials technologies on Tuesday, as Beijing pulls ahead in the emergent sector despite its trade war with the United States. The two economic superpowers have traded barbs this year […]
EU climate VP seeks ‘fair competition’ with China on green energy By Oliver HOTHAM Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2025 The European Union is seeking “fair competition” with China and not a race to the bottom in wages and environmental standards, the bloc’s vice president for the clean transition told AFP in Beijing on […]
NASA completes solar panel installation for Roman Space Telescope by Clarence Oxford Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 14, 2025 Technicians completed the installation of solar panels on NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on June 14 and 16, marking one of the final stages of observatory assembly. The six-panel system, known as the […]
Solar becomes Europe’s main energy source in June: consultants by AFP Staff Writers Paris (AFP) July 10, 2025 Solar power became the European Union’s biggest single energy source for the first time in June, an energy think tank said Thursday. The Ember group that researches the clean energy transition said that 22.1 percent […]
Shanghai (AFP) July 9, 2025 China is accelerating its record-breaking renewable energy drive, installing 1.5 times more wind and solar this year than last – three-quarters of global capacity under construction, a report said Wednesday. China emits more than twice as much planet-warming greenhouse gas than the world’s next biggest polluter, the United States, though […]
