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Energy Transition

Amid the crisis of Russia’s war in Ukraine, we analyse efforts to secure clean energy’s supply chain, China’s big lead in electric car making, consequences of an emergency rush back to LNG, France’s nuclear revival and other key themes

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Russia weaponisation of gas spurs clean energy push to secure supply
Crisis thrusts geopolitics back to top of agenda
Europe lags China in race for electric car supply chain
Lithium from hard rock for batteries and rare earths for magnets and motors underscore main Asian competitor’s dominance
Slow growth knocks the wind out of EU renewable energy targets
War and inflation upend traditional thinking on transition to cleaner fuel
Emergency rush into gas prompts question of stranded energy assets
Russian war shifts, for the time being, the direction in which the sector is moving
France sets course for a nuclear renaissance
About-turn raises many challenges after technology’s long wilderness period
‘Fast charging needed’ to drive EV sales — BP future mobility chief
Vast numbers of charge points spread around cities and country are ‘uneconomic’
Support urged for oil and gas workers wanting green reskilling
North-east of Scotland is something of a test case for what could happen elsewhere in the world
India-owned UK refinery aims at carbon capture and storage future
Essar Group targets key role in building market for hydrogen