Every Sunday, Laurent and Gerard discuss last week’s news in the Energy Transition.
On the menu:

• Number of the week: 1 million EV produced in China in November
• COP 28: great success or “nothingburger”?
• Lithium crash (-80% YTD)
• EDF alone to finance the UK nuclear plant Hinkley Point C
• Masdar scoopers prized offshore wind farm assets in the North Sea

And our short list for “Book of the Year”, winner to be revealed for Boxing Day

• Monetising Energy Storage (Oliver Schmidt)
• Material World (Ed Conway)
• The Edge (Jonathan Maxwell)
• How Big Things Get Done (Bent Flyvberg)