AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoSouthern Europe’s rebound: A new Xinhua read on eurozone slowdown says Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece have shown renewed resilience, helped by service-sector reforms and growing renewable use, even as the IMF urges structural change and open trade. Sludge-to-energy push in Italy: HBI has inaugurated EVA 3 in Treviso, an industrial-scale “urban circular biorefinery” that links sludge hydrothermal carbonisation, gasification, energy recovery and resource recovery into one automated process. Italy power cable politics: France is taking a bigger role in the Great Sea Interconnector, with Macron backing French-flag seabed survey work for Nexans as Greece prepares renewed surveys and Turkey continues objections. Shipping decarbonisation talks: Greece, Italy, Cyprus and Malta back a workable global IMO framework for ship emissions, arguing for realistic alternative-fuel availability and costs after EU divisions stalled progress. Energy-tech and industry signals: Italian-made battery storage and power electronics keep moving—Zhero and Tesla Energy sign for 3 GWh of BESS in Italy, while Modena-based Eggtronic launches a 140W USB-C GaN-based reference design. Renewables and grid demand: A separate report flags solar output in Europe rising on hot days, boosting power supply during heatwave demand spikes.
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