The changes to the CAATSA guidance is the latest move by the US to put pressure on companies involved in building both Nord Stream 2 and the TurkStream extension in Bulgaria and Serbia into Hungary.

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Gas consumption in Q1 fell by more than 20% year on year in a number of EU countries, including Romania, Latvia, Finland and Slovakia.

Ukraine's total gas import capacity has expanded to 170 million cu m/d in 2020, up from the maximum capacity of 66 million cu m/d in 2019,

The Modernisation Fund will allocate around €14bn from the auctioning of allowances from the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)

UK's entire nuclear industry could contribute GBP9.6 billion per annum to the economy and support 130,000 jobs by 2050

"Russia and Germany should take advantage of years of their successful partnership in the oil and gas industry to closely cooperate in the development of hydrogen, climate-friendly technologies for the future," the proposal sent to relevant ministries of both countries said.

In early June, Nord Stream 2 asked -- as a precautionary measure -- for an amendment to its Danish pipelaying permit to allow the potential use of pipelay ships that use anchors for positioning.

Germany has put the worst of the impact of the coronavirus lockdown behind it: orders for industrial goods rose 10.4% in May

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Russia's gas flows remain well down on last year, with supplies in June down 20% year on year.

Renewable energies accounted for 55.8 percent of Germany’s net electricity generation

Equinor intends to take a final investment decision (FID) in 2023, conditional to supportive UK policy, with potential first production by 2026.

Just 160 km (99 miles) of Nord Stream 2 is left to lay in Danish waters out of the total 2,460 km length after the US first implemented sanctions in December.

the security of electricity supply in Europe becoming more and more precarious