The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX advanced 0.9%,

A little over 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains to be laid in Danish and German waters, but with the political debate becoming ever more frenzied, it remains unclear how and when the pipeline will be completed.

A little over 150 km of Nord Stream 2 remains to be laid in Danish and German waters after an initial threat of US sanctions last December forced principal pipe-layer Allseas to halt work.

In May 2020, as Europe was waking up from the first lockdown in response to COVID-19, the European Union (EU) announced earmarking funding up to €30 billion to produce 1 million metric tons (t) of green hydrogen per year,

The European economy is projected to contract by 7 percent in 2020 and rebound by 4.7 percent in 2021.

The EU-27 is projected to reach a share of renewable energy between 22.8% and 23.1% in gross final energy consumption in 2020.

The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX rose 0.8% about an hour after the open.

In the third quarter of 2020, the Government Pension Fund Global returned 4.3 percent, equivalent to 412 billion kroner.

Russia's gas supplies to Germany rose by 10.4% in annual terms in this August.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX was down 1.7%

The EU will have to reduce buildings' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 60%

In December 2019, Turkey and Azerbaijan formally inaugurated the US$6.5bn Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) gas interconnector.

U.S. Secretary of Energy Dan Brouillette and Romania’s Minister of Economy, Energy and Business Development Virgil Popescu initialed a draft Intergovernmental Agreement to cooperate on the expansion and modernization of Romania’s civil nuclear power program.

The European Parlament has approved a law to make climate neutrality mandatory by 2050 in both EU and member states and to achieve "negative emissions" after 2050.

The demand for renewable energy documented with Guarantees of Origin shows record growth during the first half of 2020, despite the negative effect COVID-19 is having on global and local economies.