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Terna to invest €16.5bn to strengthen electricity network in Italy
Italian power grid company Terna has announced plans to invest €16.5bn over the next five years to support Italy’s integration of renewable energy sources.
read more... 21/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
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EU countries split over support for nuclear energy
European Union member states showed their divisions on nuclear energy policy on Monday, with one camp led by France promoting the technology and another, led by Austria and Germany, pushing to prioritise renewable energy sources instead.
read more... 05/03/2024
Lithuania to push Russian LNG ban to EU ministers on Monday
Lithuania will call for urgent legal actions to stop Russian LNG imports to the EU at an energy ministers' council meeting on Monday, a senior EU diplomatic source said on Thursday.
read more... 01/03/2024
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EU act “not enough” to save solar sector
Draft EU legislation aimed at boosting the share of solar energy built in the EU is “insufficient”, a French government source told Montel.
read more... 21/02/2024