Solar and co. generated 74.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. BDEW calls for further acceleration of expansion.
Energy supplier Vattenfall has opened a power plant in the Netherlands that combines photovoltaics, wind energy and battery storage.
Australian company American Rare Earths is looking into mining rare earths in Arizona, USA. Geological surveys are said to indicate great potential.
Important transhipment centers for rare earths in the border region with Myanmar are closed. Processing plants in China are operating at reduced capacity.
Compared with last year, the export of permanent magnets increased by 18 percent.
New platform founded for the exchange of ideas and coordination of measures.