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After months of worry that it would opt for an investment in North America over Europe, Sweden's Northvolt said it is set to pick Heide in northern Germany for its factory as long as subsidies are approved, estimated by one source close to the matter to be over 600 million euros. Taiwan's ProLogium, meanwhile, announced a new plant in the French city of Dunkirk after France offered deal sweeteners and competitive power prices, executives from the company said.

Northvolt confirms it's going to build a battery cell gigafactory in Germany, following the government's commitment to provide state aid.

STOCKHOLM/BERLIN : Two electric vehicle battery makers plan to spend around 10 billion euros ($11 billion) on factories in Europe, they said on Friday, after Europe loosened state aid rules for green industry projects in a bid to win the subsidy race with the U.S.Both plants will start production in 2026,

German Economy Minister Robert Habeck's plans to subsidise electricity for energy-intensive companies to help them with increasing costs have prompted criticism from EU Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager.

China’s headstart complicates the journey to sustainability, says the boss of Northvolt | By Invitation

The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on the proposal for a regulation on the protection of the European Union and its member states from economic coercion by third countries. European Green Deal

The European Commission recently adopted a Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework (TCTF) to provide support opportunities for Net-Zero Industries. With confirmation from the European Commission, the European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) clarifies the time limit of this aid framework, which appears to have been widely misinterpreted.

This regular alert covers key regulatory EU developments related to the COVID-19 situation. It does not purport to provide an exhaustive overview of developments and contains no analysis or opinion.

The European Commission has approved, under State aid rules, the prolongation and amendments of a Spanish and Portuguese measure aimed at reducing the wholesale electricity prices in the Iberian market (‘MIBEL') by lowering the input costs of fossil

The European Commission has approved 450 million euro for Spain, for the compensation of the additional costs of industrial companies with activity in Spain, incurred in 2022, derived from the exceptional increase in natural gas prices. For the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Héctor Gómez, “with this aid we reinforce our commitment to the