Q&A: How the EU wants to race to net-zero with ‘Green Deal Industrial Plan’

Mar 22, 2023

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A reform of the EU’s electricity market design aims to help Europeans benefit from the expansion of cheap renewable power. Image: REUTERS/Stephane Mahe

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Extract from the Green Deal Industrial Plan highlighting the line: 'Only production in the US taken into account'

Tax credits for low-carbon energy technologies should only apply to products made within the US. Image: Carbon Brief.

A bar chart showing regional shares of manufacturing capacity for low-carbon technologies in 2021.

Regional shares of manufacturing capacity for low-carbon technologies in 2021. Image: IEA

A bar chart showing global reserves and mining of selected resources by region, 2021.

Global reserves and mining of selected resources by region, 2021. Image: IEA

A bar chart showing regional shares of global production of selected critical materials, 2021.

Regional shares of global production of selected critical materials, 2021. Image: IEA.

Demonstrators protest against lithium mines in downtown Lisbon, Portugal on 21 September, 2019. Image: REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

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Employees work on a rotor blade assembling to the hub of an E-70 wind turbine. Image: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier

Construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory in Grunheide, north of Berlin, Germany. Image: REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

Assembly workers install a battery pack in the rear of a car

Assembly workers install the battery pack in the rear of a 2013 Ford C-MAX hybrid vehicle. Image: REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

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