Schneider Electric CEO: The clean energy and climate train has 'left the station'

Stuart Stone
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Schneider Electric CEO, Olivier Blum, at the company's 2025 Innovation Summit in Copenhagen - Credit: Schneider Electric
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Schneider Electric CEO, Olivier Blum, at the company's 2025 Innovation Summit in Copenhagen - Credit: Schneider Electric

Olivier Blum touts AI and automation as key drivers of electrification, as fresh research claims clean tech could save Europe €250bn a year by 2040

Despite a well-documented wavering of the political consensus on climate action, the train has very much "left the station" when it comes to the clean energy transition, according to Schneider Electric's...

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