The ageing reactor fleet across Europe is reaching its 40th year in many countries and decommissioning of these plants is inevitable.

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

The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX rose 0.7% by 0805 GMT, with banks .SX7P and travel stocks .SXTP gaining the most.

Gazprom and Germany say Nord Stream 2 is purely a commercial project. Gas demand in Germany is growing as it cuts dependence on nuclear and coal power.

President Xi Jinping said China's carbon emission will peak by 2030 and it will attain carbon neutrality by 2060, and thus make a huge contribution to the global fight against climate change.

The government in the summer earmarked 7 billion euros ($8.25 billion) for the build-up of green hydrogen in Germany, plus a further 2 billion euros to set up partnerships with other countries.

UOKiK on Oct. 7 imposed a fine of more than Zloty 29 billion ($7.62 billion, Eur6.48 billion) on Russian gas giant Gazprom for building Nord Stream 2 without its approval, as well as a fine totaling Zloty 234 million on five European companies that helped finance the project.

The almost complete Nord Stream 2 was meant to come online at the end of 2019, but the threat of US sanctions against companies working on laying the pipeline saw main contractor Allseas halt work in December last year.

The pan-European STOXX 600 .STOXX was up 1.3% by 0805 GMT, with trade-reliant German shares .GDAXI adding 1.6% as data also showed exports in Europe's largest economy rose more than expected in September.

Pursuing the opportunities created by the “energy revolution” facing the world’s major economies should help to boost net profit by more than 40% from 2019 to 5 billion euros in 2025, Iberdrola said.

"In just two weeks, a new piece of infrastructure will be ready," Nassirov said, referring to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline.

the pan-European STOXX 600 index rose 1.0% to hit its highest level since Oct. 20,

NextDecade is currently developing the 27 Mt/year LNG export project, which is facing opposition over environmental concerns.

The pan-European STOXX 600 index .STOXX rose 1.3% on a second day of robust gains

Eurostat said gross domestic product in the 19 countries sharing the euro surged 12.7% quarter-on-quarter in the July-September period after a 11.8% contraction in the previous three months.