Europe's green tech renaissance: seizing opportunities while guarding against over-reliance on China
In the race to net-zero emissions, China's ambition to transform itself into an ‘electrostate’ – a nation deriving economic and political power from abundant, cheap electricity – presents both a model and a cautionary tale for the European Union. Unlike traditional petrostates like Saudi Arabia, which wield influence through oil exports, an electrostate leverages cheap electricity to fuel its own industrial might, producing everything from green steel to solar panels. As discussed in recent analyses, China is aggressively pursuing this path – especially in the transportation sector – but it's ...