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2024, May, 22, 06:50:00
EUROPEAN RENEWABLES CUTTING
There is a growing political focus on the need to develop renewables, with countries agreeing at the COP28 climate summit in December to work towards tripling capacity to 11,000GW by 2030.
2024, May, 22, 06:45:00
NORWAY'S NUCLEAR SMR
The company noted that estimates of future energy demand in Norway vary from 50 TWh to 233 TWh.
2024, May, 17, 06:50:00
GERMAN INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION DOWN
Production decreased 0.4% in March, led by drops in consumer and intermediate goods, and energy, the statistics office said Wednesday.
2024, May, 17, 06:45:00
NORWAY NEED OIL & GAS
The annual predefined areas (APA) rounds of exploration acreage are central to Norway's strategy of extending its oil and gas production, a policy fiercely opposed by environmentalists.
2024, May, 15, 06:45:00
RUSSIAN ARCTIC COOPERATION
Relations between Russia and Western nations have been in the deep freeze since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but Norway has been keen to keep some limited cooperation alive through the Arctic Council.
2024, May, 15, 06:40:00
FRANCE'S NUCLEAR INVESTMENT $6.3 BLN
In July 2022, the European Parliament voted to include certain nuclear and gas activities within the European Union's list of officially approved "green" investments.
2024, May, 15, 06:35:00
HUNGARY, CHINA NUCLEAR COOPERATION
"Our plan is that by the beginning of the next decade the share of Hungary's energy provided by nuclear power will be between 60 and 70 per cent."
2024, May, 15, 06:25:00
CHINA, FRANCE NUCLEAR COOPERATION
China and France are two of the world's biggest generators of nuclear energy, with both having large-scale plans to expand capacity in the coming years.
2024, May, 8, 06:45:00
RUSSIAN, FRANCE'S NUCLEAR COOPERATION
The lawmakers said exempting EDF from U.S. sanctions would allow it to purchase a subsidiary of a U.S. company that had been engaged in nuclear power projects with Rosatom in Hungary, Turkey and Egypt, projects that have been suspended for years due to sanctions.
2024, May, 7, 06:20:00
BRITAIN HYDROGEN FOR GERMANY
The study will be developed as one of the deliverables under the Joint Declaration of Intent (JDoI) of the UK-Germany Hydrogen Partnership, signed on September 26, 2023, between the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK).
2024, May, 6, 06:50:00
BRITAIN UNLAWFUL CLIMATE PLAN
The plan sets out how the UK is going to meet its strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero in order to achieve its own legally binding commitments to curb global warming.
2024, May, 6, 06:45:00
ITALIAN CLEAN NUCLEAR POWER
Nuclear energy is a controversial issue in Italy where nuclear-fired power plants were banned after Italians voted in a 2011 referendum against a law for a national nuclear programme.
2024, May, 3, 06:50:00
EUROPEAN ENERGY MISTAKES
It trails China and the US in areas such as manufacturing of clean technologies thanks to a mix of burdensome regulations and higher energy prices. Electricity prices in the EU are typically twice to three times higher than in the US.
2024, May, 3, 06:40:00
NUCLEAR FOR G7
"This is something that is not binding. Obviously, we are aware that in the G7 there is a country that currently does not want to pursue the development of nuclear energy."
2024, April, 26, 06:40:00
EUROPEAN ENERGY UNCERTAINTY
Worries include uncertainty over remaining Russian flows through Ukraine and rebounding gas demand in Asia. A colder-than-normal winter spurring consumption at home is also seen as more likely after two consecutive mild ones.