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This week’s 10 biggest climate innovation stories — 27 April

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Energy efficiency in the French election | Europe tops zero-emissions transport table | Could waste from steel production capture CO2? This, and more, in the week’s ten biggest climate innovation stories. 1. Energy efficiency becomes breakthrough issue in French election Macron, who proposes a €4bn a year renovation programme, would scrap a one-year stay on […].

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Electric jet makes first successful test flight

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The world’s first electric jet, which takes off and lands vertically, successfully completed test flights in Germany last week. Start-up Lilium’s two-seater prototype, billed the Eagle, carried out complex maneuvers, including its unique mid-air transition from hover mode to wing-borne forward flight. “We have solved some of the toughest engineering challenges in aviation to get […].