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Saudi ACWA Power, Germany’s SEFE Cooperate on Green Hydrogen Production and Export

Saudi ACWA Power, Germany’s SEFE Cooperate on Green Hydrogen Production and Export
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Saudi ACWA Power, Germany’s SEFE Cooperate on Green Hydrogen Production and Export

Saudi ACWA Power, Germany’s SEFE Cooperate on Green Hydrogen Production and Export

Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman bin Abdulaziz met in Riyadh on Monday with German Minister of Finance Jörg Kukies to discuss key topics of mutual interest in the energy sector, including efforts related to clean hydrogen, building on the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by both sides in 2021.

Following the meeting, the two ministers witnessed the signing of the "Saudi-German Green Hydrogen Bridge" MoU between ACWA Power and SEFE, aimed at producing and exporting green hydrogen and ammonia from Saudi Arabia to Europe.
Under the MoU, ACWA Power and SEFE will jointly develop projects with an initial target of exporting 200,000 tons of green hydrogen annually from Saudi Arabia to Europe by 2030. ACWA Power will serve as the developer, investor, and primary operator of production assets, while SEFE, a major European energy company, will act as a co-investor and primary off-taker, responsible for marketing the hydrogen across Germany and Europe.
This step supports Saudi Arabia's efforts to solidify its position as a leading producer and exporter of green hydrogen and aligns with the goals of the MoU signed under the Saudi-German Energy Dialogue to strengthen cooperation in renewable energy and clean hydrogen technologies.

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Trump’s Trade War Is ‘Wake-up Call’ for Europe, Lagarde Says 

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde looks on as she speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. (Reuters)
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde looks on as she speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. (Reuters)
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Trump’s Trade War Is ‘Wake-up Call’ for Europe, Lagarde Says 

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde looks on as she speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. (Reuters)
European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde looks on as she speaks to the media following the Governing Council's monthly monetary policy meeting in Frankfurt, Germany, March 6, 2025. (Reuters)

A full-scale global trade war would hurt the United States in particular and could re-energize Europe's push towards unity, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Friday.

The US has imposed a raft of tariffs on friends and foes alike and threatened even more measures, prompting retaliation from most and raising concern that global growth could take a major hit.

"If we were to go to a real trade war, where trade would be dampened significantly, that would have severe consequences," Lagarde told BBC's HARDTalk program. "It would have severe consequences for growth around the world and for prices around the world, but particularly in the United States."

However, these tensions could also have the positive side effect of giving European unity another push, Lagarde argued.

"You know what it's doing at the moment? Stirring European energy. It's a big wake-up call for Europe. Maybe this is a European moment, yet again," she said.

The European Commission and Germany, the bloc's biggest economy, have already announced increased spending on defense and infrastructure, ending years of reluctance to spend, Lagarde argued.

This "collective waking up" also appears to include the UK, which left the European Union, as it's taking part in Europe's security effort, Lagarde argued.

Many of the EU's large scale efforts to deepen unity have been stalled for the better part of the last decade and former ECB chief Mario Draghi delivered a scathing report on the European project last year.

Leaders, however, have taken few if any steps to implement Draghi's reform proposals, even as the bloc is barely growing now and Germany suffered two straight years to economic contraction.