What many aren’t aware of is that Russia remains one of the continent’s most important energy suppliers, and the European Union’s goal to end its dependence on Russian fossil fuels by 2027 will be hard to achieve.

The Sizewell C Devex Scheme has a total value of GBP5.5bn (€7.2bn) and it is expected to provide the greater flexibility to cover development expenditure costs up to and including FID, subject to appropriate Value for Money (VfM) assessments and approvals at the relevant time.

Europe's fire season typically peaks in June to September, but climate change increases hot and dry conditions that have contributed to the fire season starting earlier and burning more land.

Russian gas is delivered to Turkey via the Blue Stream and TurkStream pipelines, while a number of countries in southeast and central Europe still import Russian gas via TurkStream and onshore pipeline infrastructure.

Switzerland currently has four nuclear reactors generating about one-third of its electricity. They all have an unlimited operating licence and can be operated as long as they are safe.

The Czech SMR roadmap, published and approved in 2023, sets out options for technology suppliers and identifies 45 potential sites as well as investor models. Its vision is for SMRs to complement large nuclear units from 2030s-40s onwards.

Benchmark futures rose as much as 2.4% on Monday. The market has been sensitive to geopolitical events and outages this summer, even with storage sites exceeding targets ahead of Europe’s heating season.

European natural gas prices posted a double-digit advance for a second consecutive week after fears of possible disruptions to Russian fuel supplies crossing Ukraine.

The Paks II project was launched in 2014 by an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors (units 5&6) to be supplied by Rosatom. The contract was supported by a Russian state loan to finance the majority of the project.

Benchmark futures settled 2.2% higher at €32.48 a megawatt-hour Friday after slumping a day earlier. The contract also posted a second straight weekly gain.

The reactor and the nuclear health centre will also be used to conduct research, development and innovation activities both in the field of nuclear medicine and nuclear power technology.

The Paks II project was launched in 2014 by an inter-governmental agreement between Hungary and Russia for two VVER-1200 reactors (units 5&6) to be supplied by Rosatom.

With piped gas supplies cut off after the war, imports of LNG from Moscow increased to around 18 billion cubic meters in 2023 from less than 14 billion cubic meters before the attack, according to EU data.

The NATO Energy Security Centre of Excellence - located in Vilnius, Lithuania - is one of 28 NATO-accredited expert bodies that advise member militaries on strategy and technologies in particular fields.

WEST’s latest campaign, which started in mid-January set a new plasma duration record of 6 minutes and 4 seconds, with an injected energy of 1.15 GJ, along with a steady-state central electron temperature of 4 keV (50m degrees Celsius), and an electron density twice that of discharges obtained in the tokamak’s previous configuration, Tore Supra.