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Today's signal: Brussels is doubling down on electrification—targeting 200 GW of storage by 2030, clearing €63bn for French offshore wind, and readying an ETS revision—while hydrogen momentum splits, with ex-Ilva abandoning its DRI conversion even as OMV lands a €450m EIB loan. The battery paradox underscores the strategic tension: EU tariffs trimmed Chinese-brand EV share but Chinese battery imports jumped sevenfold, exposing how far upstream dependency runs beneath the clean-tech buildout.
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Industrial Policy
· EU · Energy Storage News
A leaked draft of the Commission's forthcoming Electrification Action Plan states the bloc must deploy 200 GW of energy storage by 2030 to meet system flexibility needs. The document frames storage as a core enabler of higher electrification rates across industry and buildings.
Grids Package · Batteries · Industrial Policy
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ETS
· EU · Staffetta Quotidiana
The European Commission's agenda for the week of 13-17 July includes the presentation of a new Energy Package and a revision of the ETS mechanism. The bundle is expected to touch flexibility, electrification and carbon market design ahead of the 2030 milestones.
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Industrial Policy
· FR · Recharge News
The European Commission approved up to €63 billion in French public support underpinning a massive offshore wind tender. The aid backs long-term contracts intended to de-risk large-scale capacity additions off the French coast.
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Hydrogen
· IT · Staffetta Quotidiana
Italy's Ex-Ilva steelworks has dropped its planned conversion to hydrogen-based production, according to Staffetta Quotidiana. The decision removes one of the flagship hydrogen-DRI decarbonisation projects from Europe's steel roadmap.
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Batteries
· EU · CleanTechnica
A T&E analysis finds EU tariffs succeeded in reducing the market share of EVs built in China by Western brands, but imports of Chinese-made batteries — which face virtually no tariffs — increased sevenfold. Chinese brands' overall share continued to grow despite the trade measures.
Batteries · Industrial Policy · CBAM
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Batteries
· DE · batterynews.de
Chinese automaker Dongfeng plans to deliver 50,000 vehicles with its in-house solid-state batteries by 2027, preceded by ~100 demonstration vehicles by end-2026. The announcement sets concrete interim volumes but dates true series maturity vaguely.
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Hydrogen
· EU · Hydrogen Insight
OMV has landed a €450 million European Investment Bank loan for a green hydrogen project already under construction. The financing signals continued public-bank appetite for electrolysis at scale even as private hydrogen projects stall.
Hydrogen · RFNBO · Industrial Policy
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Market Snapshot
NH₃ Fossil ("Grey")
$688.25
/t Dlvd NWE
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NH₃ Low-Carbon ("Blue")
$738.92
/t Dlvd NWE
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NH₃ RFNBO ("Green")
$909.81
/t Dlvd NWE
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EUA (EU ETS)
€80.15
/tCO₂
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DE Baseload DA
€123.97
/MWh
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