Rolls-Royce SMR was selected as the UK government's preferred technology for the country's first small modular reactor (SMR) project in June last year, and GBP2.6 billion was allocated in the 2025 Spending Review to enable this contract and wider programme delivery.

Russia will not supply oil to the countries that maintain a price ceiling, according to the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister, Andrey Rudenko.

Qatar, the world's second-largest LNG exporter after the US, shipped 82.44 million metric tons of LNG in 2025, with 8.9% of this total directed towards European terminals

That’s the price of the region’s benchmark diesel futures, known as ICE Gasoil, which rose as high as $1,509.50 a ton earlier today, the equivalent of $202.3 a barrel.

The European Union’s energy chief told member states last week to start injecting into gas storage early in order to avoid supply competition that could push prices up over summer.

"For more than 70 years, nuclear has delivered stable, clean power across Europe,"

Germany, like other countries, wanted to keep its industrial base, and it needed to have competitive energy prices to help that happen,

Dutch front-month futures, Europe’s gas benchmark, traded 4.7% higher at €62.02 a megawatt-hour by 8:33 a.m. in Amsterdam.

Benchmark futures jumped as much as 35% on Thursday, pushing prices to more than double their pre-war levels, as the market braces for a drawn out halt at the critical LNG hub that provides about a fifth of the world’s supply.

World first policy: The UK will be the first country in the world to offer a market framework for fusion electricity to de-risk and incentivise private investment and enable fusion to power homes and businesses.

"Finland will always need carbon-free, affordable and reliable energy, such as nuclear energy," Minister of the Environment and Climate Sari Multala said.

Russia is now aiming to capitalize on supply concerns as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, where energy infrastructure and supply routes have been attacked.

Особое внимание уделили вопросам переориентации поставок российского газа с европейского направления на более надёжные и выгодные рынки в связи с принятым Евросоюзом поэтапным ограничением поставок газа из России.

Dutch front-month futures, Europe’s gas benchmark, traded 15% lower at €47.99 a megawatt-hour by 8:41 a.m. in Amsterdam.

Benchmark futures jumped as much as 25% — the biggest increase since August 2023 — after tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz largely halted over the weekend.