The French energy group EDF has raised €3,164m through its latest capital increase,

The new round includes an import ban on coal from Russia worth Eur4 billion/year ($4.38 billion/year) and a ban on Russian vessels and Russian-operated vessels from accessing EU ports, allowing for certain exemptions such as agricultural and food products, humanitarian aid as well as energy.

Norwegian deliveries totaled 9.94 Bcm in March -- or an average of 321 million cu m/d. The total volume is higher than in February, but lower on a daily average basis given February is a shorter month.

Deeply concerned by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the exposure of nuclear facilities to fighting and worrying public rhetoric, the undersigned scientists, engineers and professionals of the nuclear energy sector, represented by the American and European Nuclear Society:

While the US has already banned imports of Russian oil, gas and coal, it could escalate energy pressure through secondary sanctions on other countries that continue to import the supplies.

Portugal aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 and over €25bn should be invested in the energy sector in the next 10 years.

Europe's largest economy is heavily dependent upon Russia for energy, and nations banks echoed concerns over possible energy disruption expressed by big names in industry in recent days.

Владимир Путин подписал Указ «О специальном порядке исполнения иностранными покупателями обязательств перед российскими поставщиками природного газа».

"The change in the procedure for settlements is introduced due to the fact that, in violation of international law, the foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of Russia were frozen by the EU member states," the Kremlin said.

Russian gas deliveries to Europe on three key pipeline routes were broadly steady on Wednesday morning

In the global market, 70% of LNG is exported under long-term contracts. Therefore, the remaining 30% is sold to the country with the highest bid in the spot market.

Croatia and Slovenia have decided to strengthen their energy cooperation, especially in the field of gas and nuclear power.

The sanctions against Russia are the hardest we have seen against any country to date and in particular the decision to freeze $600bn of Russian foreign reserves is a first, which will have huge consequences in the long-term.

The dependence on Russian natural gas in Germany is so great that if supplies from Russia were to be stopped and the remaining quantities of natural gas distributed to Europe, Germany would have to reduce its natural gas consumption in the heating gas sector or in the industrial sector by 100 TWh per year .

Russian gas deliveries to Europe on three main pipeline routes were stable on Monday morning, with the Yamal-Europe pipeline continuing to flow eastwards from Germany into Poland.