U.S. President Joe Biden’s global energy security adviser said on Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting close to using natural gas as a political tool if Russia is Continue Reading
Germany, Denmark, Ireland and six other European countries said on Monday they would not support a reform of the EU electricity market, ahead of an emergency meeting of energy ministers Continue Reading
The German government is topping up the funding for private charging stations for electric cars in residential buildings by a further €300 million (US$349 million). The purchase and installation of Continue Reading
Jacques Kadio has already cut his grocery bill, refuels his car less and turns the heating off when his children are at school, but still the spiralling cost of electricity Continue Reading
After years of publicly dismissing climate change, President Vladimir Putin is finally prodding officials to take the threat it poses to Russia’s economy more seriously. The shift in thinking means Continue Reading
Coal from mines around this northeastern English port town made the U.K. an industrial and imperial superpower in the 19th century. In the 21st, the country has all but ditched Continue Reading
RTE, France’s power grid operator, said on Monday that the country could get to carbon-neutral status by 2050 at a cost that would be manageable. The RTE added in a Continue Reading
Gazprom’s (GAZP.MM) natural gas exports to Europe and Turkey could reach 183 billion cubic meters by the end of the year, the head of the Russian gas giant’s export branch Continue Reading
Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here . German business confidence took another hit in October as global supply logjams Continue Reading
The yawning black-brown scar in the earth that is Germany’s Garzweiler coal mine has already swallowed more than a dozen villages. Centuries-old churches and family homes have been razed and Continue Reading
Putin: “Currently, the OPEC+ countries are increasing production volumes, even slightly more than they agreed to do, but not everyone can do it,” Some OPEC+ members—including OPEC’s Angola and Nigeria Continue Reading
Russia could immediately increase natural gas deliveries to Europe as soon as German authorities approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, the Financial Times reports , citing President Vladimir Putin as Continue Reading
The U.K’s natural gas production is soon expected to increase, as two new projects come online. Two new projects in the North Sea have recently started to flow gas, according Continue Reading
Surging sales of hybrid and fully electric vehicles in Europe remained strong in the third quarter of 2021, helping to shrink the market share of conventional gasoline and diesel cars Continue Reading
Moldova and Russia remain divided over price and other details of a new gas deal, Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita said on Friday, after expiry of their former pact prompted Chisinau Continue Reading
As ambulances carrying coronavirus patients queue outside Romania’s emergency units, hospitals are running out of beds, morgues are overflowing and doctors are becoming exasperated as well as exhausted. Most of Continue Reading
Polish Oil and Gas Company (PGNiG) doesn’t expect it would be “forced” to buy gas from Russia after its supply deal with Gazprom expires at the end of next year, Continue Reading
With Russia enduring its worst wave of the coronavirus pandemic, setting grim records in daily cases and deaths, Moscow announced a lockdown Thursday — a move the Kremlin had previously Continue Reading
Russia can start supplies of natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as soon as it gets the green light from Germany, President Vladimir Putin said on Continue Reading
Want the lowdown on European markets? In your inbox before the open, every day. Sign up here . Euro-area businesses are reporting a sharp slowdown in activity caused by an Continue Reading
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered most Russians to stay off work for a week later this month amid rising COVID-19 infections and deaths, and he strongly urged reluctant citizens Continue Reading
The European gas crisis can yet bite Russia, President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday, should soaring prices feed into inflation, further boosting the cost of essentials such as food, or Continue Reading
Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered people to stay off work for at least a week while Latvia has introduced a monthlong Covid-19 lockdown as deaths climb, driving renewed fears of another wave Continue Reading
Britain’s energy market faces an absolute massacre that could claim another 20 suppliers unless the government urgently reviews the energy price cap, Scottish Power Chief Executive Keith Anderson told the Continue Reading
EU leaders on Thursday will debate their response to soaring energy prices, which have exposed familiar rifts over the bloc’s climate change goals and divided countries on whether the price Continue Reading
After 19 months spent attempting to ward off Covid-19 while safeguarding jobs and businesses, the U.K. is heading into winter with a growing problem: The coronavirus is spreading rapidly, just Continue Reading
Strikes by workers over social and employment issues cut nuclear power generation by about 5.4 gigawatts (GW) by 1420 GMT on Tuesday and by 1.4 GW at hydropower stations, EDF Continue Reading
Russia’s representative to the European Union urged the German authorities on Tuesday to certify the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline ahead of the Jan. 8 deadline, the RIA news agency Continue Reading
Medics wearing special suits to protect against coronavirus treat a patient with coronavirus, left, as others prepare a patent to move at an ICU at the Moscow City Clinical Hospital Continue Reading
The global upswing in trade is leaving the U.K. behind, an early sign of the challenge Brexit is presenting its economy. The U.K. formally began its new relationship with the European Continue Reading
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says she is “deeply concerned” about Poland’s court ruling Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki has accused the EU of blackmail in a heated Continue Reading
Officials are keeping a close watch on a new descendant of the Delta variant of Covid that is causing a growing number of infections. Delta is the UK’s dominant variant, Continue Reading
China’s power shortages hit growth in the world’s second biggest economy, threatening more pain for global supply chains, while Europe’s gas squeeze looked set to continue as Russia’s Gazprom showed Continue Reading
Russian gas giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) has booked about a third of offered additional gas transit capacity via the Yamal-Europe pipeline via Poland for November and has not booked any volumes Continue Reading
Poland on Monday called for the European Union to cancel or delay parts of its plan to tackle climate change ahead of a summit at which EU leaders will wrangle Continue Reading
Widespread public mistrust of the Russian government has translated into skepticism about coronavirus vaccines, experts say, leaving the country vulnerable to a surge in new Covid-19 cases that is now Continue Reading
Ahead of COP26, the UK National Grid showed that fossil fuels were generating 62 percent of its energy, while renewables chipped in just 6.3 percent. By far, natural gas is Continue Reading
The center will utilize the offshore expertise that TotalEnergies has built in Aberdeen, Scotland, over the last 50 years. TotalEnergies SE opened an offshore wind hub within its existing center Continue Reading
Britain faces a fossil fuel dilemma: it can burnish its green credentials by halting new oil and gas development in the North Sea, yet doing so will leave it more Continue Reading
Turkey, Egypt remains largest buyers of Russian wheat Wheat export tax raised to $61.3/mt for Oct. 20-26 Wheat harvest down 12% on year to 77.1 mil mt The pace of Continue Reading
Russian gas consumption is running at a record high but Moscow is still ready to increase supplies to Europe should it receive such requests, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Continue Reading
Unshaven and puffy faced, with tubes in his nose, a patient in a hospital’s coronavirus “red zone” recorded a desperate message for Russians. “I turned my life and my health Continue Reading
Unshaven and puffy-faced, with tubes in his nose, a patient in a hospital’s coronavirus “red zone” recorded a desperate message for Russians. “I turned my life and my health into Continue Reading
Natural gas and coal prices are soaring in Europe, and it’s beginning to impact some of the region’s biggest metals producers. Many metal producers in the region have announced cutbacks, Continue Reading
Coal met some 3 percent of the UK’s electricity demand on Friday morning, reaching its highest level of Britain’s power generation in one month, amid lower wind speeds this week Continue Reading
The operator of the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline on the bed of the Baltic Sea said the first of the project’s two lines has been filled with so-called Continue Reading
Germany will cut a power surcharge levied on consumers to support renewable energy by 42.7% to help households cope with soaring energy prices, network operators said on Friday. Germany and Continue Reading
The coalition that will form the government to succeed Germany’s Angela Merkel has agreed to phase out coal by 2030, eight years than currently planned, Reuters reported on Friday. The Continue Reading
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom could increase production capacity if it sees higher demand for volumes under long-term supply contracts from Europe, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday. Continue Reading
Turning bales of straw into ethanol is about to become a highly profitable venture in Europe, according to a firm that just opened a production site in the continent. Clariant Continue Reading
