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FILE PHOTO: European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to cut its dependency on Chinese and other foreign suppliers in six strategic areas including raw materials, pharmaceutical ingredients and semiconductors, under an industrial action plan to be announced next week. A draft seen by Reuters outlined the urgency of the task ahead, citing Europes reliance on ...

2 minute read European Union flags flutter outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman The European Union aims to cut its dependency on Chinese and other foreign suppliers in six strategic areas including raw materials, pharmaceutical ingredients and semiconductors, under an industrial action plan to be announced next week. A draft seen by Reuters outlined the urgency of the task ahead, citing Europes reliance on China for about half of...

Minister Troy signs EU Joint Declaration on Processors and Semiconductor Technologies   Ireland committed to work together with European Member States to bolster Europe’s processor and semiconductor ecosystem Declaration aims to expand industrial presence across microelectronic supply chain to address key technological, security and societal challenges This week Robert Troy TD, Minister for Trade Promotion, Digital and Company Law signed the Joint Decl...

Executive summary The north-western European region1 is well placed to lead hydrogen adoption as a clean energy vector. Today, this region concentrates around 5% of global hydrogen demand and 60% of European demand. Moreover, the region is home to the largest industrial ports in Europe, where much of this hydrogen demand is located, and presents a well-developed natural gas infrastructure connecting these ports with other industrial hubs. This gas network could be partially repurposed t...

Manz AG Manz AG receives official notification of funding of around 70 million euros from the BMWi and the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs DGAP-News: Manz AG / Key word(s): Miscellaneous Manz AG receives official notification of funding of around 70 million euros from the BMWi and the Baden-Wuerttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs (news with additional features) 27.04.2021 / 15:07 The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Manz AG receives official ...

Hamburg Hydrogen Network established to promote hydrogen and reduce emissions The Hamburg Hydrogen Network has today (26 th April) launched to link hydrogen production, distribution and utilisation across a range of applications in the country – and it’s already submitted an application to the EU-wide Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) funding programme to support such goals. The companies behind such effort are Airbus, ArcelorMittal, Gasnetz Hamburg, GreenPlug, Hambur...

BMW expects to have solid-state battery in a demonstrator vehicle well before 2025; IPCEI grants In March, BMW presented the Neue Klasse generation of vehicles, to be launched by the middle of this decade, which will be clearly focused on all-electric drivetrains. For the Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is developing the next generation of its battery technology. (Earlier post.) With the Neue Klasse, we will make a big leap in technology in electric drive. We want to significantly increase the ener...

20 Apr 2021   |   News Leading CEOs call for €100B technology sovereignty fund The EU wants to become an innovation powerhouse. The heads of 33 ‘unicorn’ tech companies have drawn up an eight step plan for getting there and called for funding to put it into action Leaders of EU unicorns, start-ups worth over €1 billion, have compiled an eight step to-do list for the European Commission on how to get Europe to the forefront of innovation. The list, ‘Next Innovation EU’, handed to ...

04/19/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/19/2021 05:33 New cell technology for Neue Klasse: BMW Group strengthens battery expertise as part of the European Battery Innovation initiative. Munich. The BMW Group is accelerating its development for the battery technology of the future, thereby supporting the ramp-up of a European cell and battery value chain. In this context, Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, today received a grant decision from the Federa...

“We estimate that Romania’s goal of ensuring speeds of at least 30 Mbps for 80% of households by 2027 will require most of the public funding effort, both in supporting increased coverage and in encouraging the ‘adoption’ of new services,” Dragos Preda, Secretary of State, Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure and Communication told The Diplomat-Bucharest. “During the budget years 2021 – 2027, future developments of state-of-the-art (NGN) backbone and backhaul netw...