Switching to gas reduces emissions in the short term but increases them in the long run
Concessions to support European producers in the face of foreign competition follow calls to ease climate targets
Berlin considers strengthening investment screening powers to stop any future investors reactivating gas pipelines
Further disruptions to global supply highlight urgent need for Europe to diversify energy sources
Steel producer may also shutter flagship Belgium biofuels plant in a blow to Europe’s bid to decarbonise heavy industry
Hungary resists Russian gas phaseout amid wider regional discontent with EU energy policy
Despite subsidies, adoption across Europe remains patchy
Vienna’s olive branch comes as Brussels proposes to completely ban gas imports from Russia by 2028
Proposal aims to circumvent any potential veto from Hungary or Slovakia
Brussels will set out plans to end all Russian fossil fuel imports but it delays measures to wean bloc off uranium products
German start-up Proxima Fusion secures €130mn to develop technology it says ‘changes history’
European Commission presented 18th series of measures against Moscow on Tuesday
German chancellor worried about reigniting domestic row over Russian gas imports
Some large electricity generators were not doing their job to help control voltage, claims parent company’s chair
Paris wins approval from Berlin to remove anti-nuclear bias in EU legislation, say officials
Last month’s outage has revived a decades-long dispute over cross-border electricity connections
Copenhagen will examine pros and cons of using small modular reactors to balance renewables in its energy mix
European Commission will propose rules next month requiring contract details to be shared with energy and security authorities
Also in this newsletter: Germany, France and the Netherlands urged to clear way for new border checks
Plan to be announced by European Commission aimed at forcing member states to end gas imports from Moscow
Also in this newsletter: auditors damp hopes on success of Brussels’ industrial aims
Sweden, Belgium and Czech Republic argue country’s market restructuring could drive prices down
London summit will focus on security of supply and lessons of crisis that followed Russian invasion of Ukraine
Brussels says invoking force majeure clause would allow contract termination without penalties
Bloc may push to buy more LNG from the US if it fits with green goals, says European energy commissioner Dan Jørgensen
