Business Series
How Azerbaijan’s industrial zones are driving investment and exports
In partnership with Azpromo
In this episode of Azerbaijan Diary, Emil Hajiyev discusses how Azerbaijan’s industrial zones are attracting investment, fostering non-oil industries, and contributing to economic diversification and job creation.
Europe News
Deregulation row could overshadow EU’s flagship clean tech plan
A massive document drop from the European Commission on Wednesday will be the clearest signal yet of how far the EU is prepared to change course on environmental protection, climate action and workers’ rights in pursuit of competitiveness.
Europe News
EU sticks to 90% emissions cut, aims to be clean tech ‘world leader’
The new European Commission promised a transformational Clean Industrial Deal within its first hundred days, but a leaked draft of the eagerly awaited policy agenda is largely a patchwork of previously announced initiatives.
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Europe News
Nuclear sidelined in leaked rules on state aid for clean tech
A draft of updated rules on permissible state aid within the forthcoming Clean Industrial Deal has no explicit mention of nuclear power, despite recent signals from the European Commission executive that it was beginning to see the technology as integral to the EU’s transition to net-zero.
Climate
CO2 purity rules could sink Europe’s CCS ambitions, industry warns
The EU is pinning its climate ambition on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to prevent billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions in the coming years, but a technical hitch could delay the deployment of a technology that even its cheerleaders recognise has barely got off the ground.
