Finland's much-delayed Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor started test production on Saturday, operator TVO said, delivering power to the national grid which over time is expected to reduce the need for...
Germany halts Nord Stream 2
Germany has put a halt to the certification of the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline in response to Russia’s recognition of the two breakaway regions in the Ukrainian Donbas and announced that it...
LEAK: Energy prices will ‘remain high and volatile until at least 2023’, EU Commission says
Gas and electricity prices will “remain high and volatile until at least 2023” according to long term forecasts quoted in a draft of the European Commission’s communication on energy prices due to...
Europe Is Losing Nuclear Power Just When It Really Needs Energy
As the Fukushima disaster unfolded in Japan in 2011, then-German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a dramatic decision that delighted her country’s anti-nuclear movement: all reactors would be ditched.
Czech support for nuclear rises in energy crisis
Support for nuclear energy has jumped to 65% in the Czech Republic with some 93% of people in the country wanting it to remain self-sufficient in electricity generation, according to a recent poll...
EU leaders quit without compromise on energy price hikes
The EU leaders' summit ended early this morning with a failure to agree on common language on energy issues, forcing the topic to be dropped from the Council conclusions. The two key differences...
EU avoiding ‘rash decisions’ on energy price rises
The impact of surging gas and electricity prices globally threatens the EU’s energy market, but the bloc will not react hastily, officials said on Tuesday (26 October). An emergency meeting of EU...
Nine EU countries reject Franco-Spanish push for electricity reforms
Nine EU states, including Germany, on Monday (25 October) rejected a French-led bid to reform Europe’s wholesale energy markets as prices soar.