Reports: EU eyeing 40 per cent homegrown clean tech target for 2030

Michael Holder
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Leaked draft of EU Net Zero Industry Act suggests EU is planning stringent domestic content rules in response green subsidy blitz

The European Commission reportedly wants to set a target for 40 per cent of the EU's clean technologies to be produced within the bloc by the end of the decade, as part of its response to the global green...

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