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        <title><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson - Editor/Reporter]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sabotage Threats Have Put Europe's Power Networks on Alert]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Grid operators are building new defenses against sabotage and cyberattacks]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 04:00:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[European Gas Futures Fluctuate With US Hormuz Plan in Focus]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 06:44:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stegra Gets €1.4 Billion Rescue from Wallenberg-Led Group]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:16:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stegra Secures Crucial Funding as Wallenbergs Step Up, DI Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jonas Ekblom]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dry Winter Saps Norway’s Hydropower Potential]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The country acts as Europe’s battery, but it doesn’t have enough charge after below-normal snowfall.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:05:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Sarvsfossen dam in Bykle manages water intake for the Skarg Power Plant. Photographer: Dana Ullman/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Winter Without Snow Depletes Europe’s Clean Energy Reservoir]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Hydropower, a key export from Norway, is being tested by the country’s driest winter in years, pushing electricity prices higher.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-02/norway-s-driest-winter-in-years-threatens-europe-s-power-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Aluminum Set For Biggest Monthly Gain Since 2018 on Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 12:33:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Aluminum billets marked &quot;Made in Abu Dhabi UAE&quot; at a factory in Kanie, Japan.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Lawmaker Downplays Stegra Aid as Funding Needs Jump]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 07:18:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Time Is Running Out for Swedish Green Steelmaker Stegra]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The company is in an urgent search for roughly €1 billion in fresh equity]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Mar 2026 16:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The Stegra AB&apos;s green steel factory under construction in Boden, Sweden, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Sweden has embarked on a $100 billion effort to remake some of the world&apos;s dirtiest industries, but troubles at battery maker Northvolt, one of the first movers, are sowing doubt the ambitious plans can succeed. Photographer: Erika Gerdemark/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Equinor Unit to Shrink Asian Power Trading Desk in Singapore]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-27/equinor-unit-to-shrink-asian-power-trading-desk-in-singapore</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Shoko Oda]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 01:26:18 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deep Freeze Ices Finland Wind Turbines, Sending Output Plunging]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-04/deep-freeze-ices-finnish-turbines-sending-wind-output-plunging</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kirsi Heikel]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:30:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Alight Taps £34 Million SEB Financing For UK Solar Projects]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Feb 2026 07:00:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Greta's Home Country Sweden Gets Cold Feet on Climate]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Forgash]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 14:07:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Is Retreating From Its Bold Green Ambitions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Emissions are rising again, and companies are in financial trouble]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Charlie Duxbury]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:00:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nuclear Startup Blykalla Raises $50 Million for Small Reactor]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-18/nuclear-startup-blykalla-raises-50-million-for-small-reactor</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Power Trader Whose Error Crashed Market Will Be Fined]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-15/finland-to-fine-power-trader-over-error-that-crashed-the-market</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Kati Pohjanpalo]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 09:50:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stegra Shareholder Hitachi Energy Rules Out New Cash for Startup]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2025 06:39:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[It’s Hard to Make Steel ‘Green.’ Some Companies Are Trying Anyway]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2025 11:45:38 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>There’s no real difference between green steel and conventional steel. Photographer: Anindito Mukherjee/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Industrial Giants to Join Vattenfall in Swedish Nuclear Push]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2025 10:26:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Swedish Green Steel Venture Found With Illegal Immigrant Workers]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Lars Paulsson]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2025 14:17:46 GMT</pubDate>
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