Romania’s energy minister Virgil Popescu said: "I thank our American partners for supporting Romania's nuclear programmes, a bilateral strategic partnership started in the 1980s.

The auction is set to support the Irish ambition of reaching 80% of power generation from renewables and a 51% reduction in its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030,

REPowerEU is about rapidly reducing our dependence on Russian fossil fuels by fast forwarding the clean transition and joining forces to achieve a more resilient energy system and a true Energy Union.

The new pact, inked during a Qatari state visit to Germany, comes as Berlin looks to fast-track a number of new LNG import terminals to reduce its dependence on Russian gas imports.

The invasion of Ukraine by Russia has made it clear for all actors in Germany: diversification of gas imports is urgently needed.

Preliminary production figures for April 2022 show an average daily production of 1 871 000 barrels of oil, NGL and condensate.

В перспективе отказ ЕС от российской нефти приведёт лишь к перераспределению на рынке, а Россия направит свою нефть туда, откуда уйдёт сырьё для Европы.

German industry is particularly anxious about energy-intensive factories, such as glass, steel, food or drug manufacturing, as well as the chemicals sector, that provide many of the building blocks for industry.

Currently, the Paks NPP, built according to the Soviet design, operates four power units with VVER-440 reactors. The Hungarian Parliament in 2009 approved the construction of two new units.

Saying no to Russian energy means that Europe will systemically and for the long term become the world’s most costly region for energy resources.

Germany will phase out nuclear energy by 2022.

The Finnish transmission system operator (TSO) Fingrid estimates that there is no threat to the sufficiency of electricity in the country since electricity imports from Russia covered about 10% of Finland’s total consumption before the suspension.

Gazprom produced 193.8 billion cubic meters of gas from January 1 through May 15, 2022. This is a decrease of 3.7 per cent (or 7.5 billion cubic meters) versus the same period of 2021.

Engie and Gazprom have agreed on a solution in line with both companies' expectations in terms of currencies and with European sanctions.

Due to the ongoing geopolitical crisis, the EU member states have set up a purchasing platform for gas, LNG and hydrogen. In this way, one wants to become more independent of Russian energy imports and react against the strong price fluctuations of natural gas.