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Storage

China dominates lithium-ion battery supply chain, but Europe is on the...

Sep 17, 2020

China dominates the lithium-ion battery supply chain now and over the next five years due to its large domestic demand and control of refining and manufacturing capacity.

Business

E.ON to absorb npower’s business units for UK supply activities

May 8, 2020

German energy giant E.ON has outlined proposals to combine npower's business units with its industrial and commercial supply activities in the UK, following the acquisition of the latter in 2019.

Policy & Regulation

Supply chain under pressure as pandemic creates dearth in manufacturing

Apr 14, 2020

According to a new report from Baker McKenzie and Oxford Economics, Beyond COVID 19: Supply Chain Resilience Holds Key to Recovery, the pandemic has produced an unprecedented global supply chain crisis.

Policy & Regulation

COVID-19: How to avoid supply bottlenecks in the wind turbine market

Apr 8, 2020

With operational wind turbines now a critical part of global energy infrastructure, establishing an immediate approach to reduce escalating parts, labour and supply chain bottlenecks caused by COVID-19 is imperative, says analytics firm ONYX InSight.

Policy & Regulation

Component makers set for long recovery from COVID-19

Mar 31, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) is expected to put incredible strain on the world’s economy, which will be effectively halted for three months or more. Many companies will not survive this initial phase, says GlobalData.

Policy & Regulation

Equinor and Shell partner on purely-digital decarbonisation drive

Mar 6, 2020

Norwegian energy giant Equinor has partnered with European neighbour Shell in a new collaboration to reduce emissions and increase safety – digitally.