TotalEnergies agreed to buy German renewable project developer VSB Group from private equity firm Partners Group Holding for €1.57 billion bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Global insurers are expected to pay more than $135 billion for natural catastrophes in 2024, according to a report by the Swiss Re Institute. trib.al/uEhArm7

BP and Japan’s biggest power producer Jera will merge their offshore wind businesses and invest up to $5.8 billion in the joint venture trib.al/PBJAzKA

Electricite de France raised a target for French nuclear output this year, citing progress in managing plant maintenance outages, as well as checks and repairs of cracked pipes bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg

GE Vernova, the maker of the biggest offshore wind turbines in the Western hemisphere, sees grim prospects for a beleaguered industry that’s facing slowing demand and weak pricing trib.al/C2qRAK4

The collapse of Norway’s government this week brings into focus the hundreds of cables transporting electricity across borders in Europe and how they’re being transformed into political weapons trib.al/2AmBKpO

Many oil majors are retreating from clean-power investments, but France's TotalEnergies is making money on the business, writes francois de beaupuy trib.al/guruQ44

Spain's ambitious 2030 clean energy goals are further inflaming tensions between cities and rural villages trib.al/uhjMOjW

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Europe’s sweeping efforts to regulate for everything from carbon neutrality to social inequity were once hailed as setting the agenda for the rest of the world. Now, some of those efforts are on the chopping block trib.al/9yp8PE9

America First? For Europe, it's America as usual: Lionel Laurent bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

TotalEnergies and Air Liquide plan a €600 million joint venture to produce green hydrogen for the French oil giant’s refinery in the Netherlands bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has raised over €12 billion for its latest green power fund, making it one of the largest ever investment vehicles dedicated to renewable energy trib.al/hxYHASO

Macron ousts EDF CEO as tension rises on French power costs bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via francois de beaupuy

France’s emissions fell at a slower pace in 2024 on transport lag bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via francois de beaupuy

France unveils fresh support for fledgling hydrogen industry bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via francois de beaupuy

From the slow roll-out of heat pumps to missed data center targets, a lack of skilled workers is making it much harder to electrify everything. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

China and India have approved the construction of the largest capacity of new coal-fired power plants in a decade, as the world’s two most populous nations seek to bolster energy security, according to the International Energy Agency. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

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Supersized offshore wind turbines are helping China extend its clean energy lead, even as rising costs and political opposition hold back projects in Europe, the US and Japan. bloomberg.com/news/features/…