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Finland's new nuclear reactor pushed back by a month
Starting up electricity production at Finland's new Olkiluoto 3 nuclear reactor has been postponed to late February, operator Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) said in a statement late on Thursday.
read more... 07/02/2022
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Belgium to cut VAT in response to energy price spike
Belgium will cut value added tax on electricity as part of a package to shield consumers from rising energy prices, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
read more... 02/02/2022
EU to invest Eur1 billion in Green Deal cross-border energy infrastructure
EU member states have agreed to invest Eur1.037 billion ($1.16 billion) in cross-border energy infrastructure projects, with two-thirds of funds under the Connecting Europe Facility allocated to a subsea electricity interconnector to Cyprus, the Commission said Jan. 26.
read more... 28/01/2022
Germany mulls scrapping energy bill surcharge early as prices rise
The German government may scrap this year a surcharge on electricity bills used to support renewable power, to ease the strain of rising energy costs on millions of households, Social Democrat (SPD) co-leader Lars Klingbeil said on Saturday.
read more... 24/01/2022
Emissions set to rise with global power demand
Global electricity demand over the next few years is set to slow after a record 2021 but will still result in higher carbon emissions without rapid gains in low-carbon supply and energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday.
read more... 17/01/2022