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Europe News

EU leaders rebuff Spain's pleas for reforms to curb electricity prices

The European Council only gave Spain and Portugal permission to introduce a price cap on electricity.

25/03/2022

Germany

Germany wants to stop using Russian coal by the end of the year

Germany plans to become independent of Russian coal by the fall and nearly independent of Russian oil by the end of the year.

25/03/2022

Europe News

Brussels aims to coordinate gas purchases in bid to lower costs

There are currently 160 storage facilities in the EU that are around 26% full.

23/03/2022

Europe News

Brussels mulls Russian oil embargo in new sanctions round

Russian provides more than a third of EU imports of petroleum products and 40% of all EU imports of natural gas.

21/03/2022

Europe News

EU leaders meet in Versailles to discuss Ukraine war and gas imports

The informal gathering will focus on plans to rapidly slash the EU's gas imports from Russia.

10/03/2022

Europe News

EU will slash imports of Russian gas by two thirds by 2023

Brussels aims to replace the supply with LNG from countries like Qatar and the US.

08/03/2022

Green News

Ireland smashed records for wind power in February, report reveals

Records have been broken but to meet climate targets, more wind power is needed.

07/03/2022

Europe News

EU slowly becoming more powerful, says former WTO chief

Pascal Lamy was speaking to Euronews about the sanctions imposed by Brussels on Russia.

03/03/2022

Europe Decoded

These are the 7 Russian banks banned from SWIFT – and the two exempted

Member states could not reach consensus to sanction Sberbank and Gazprombank, which handle energy payments.

02/03/2022

Green News

EU to urgently link electricity grid with Ukraine's

With Russia supplying 40 per cent of Europe's gas, ministers are now looking for alternatives to increase the independence of the energy grid.

01/03/2022

Europe News

Fighting for democracy is worth higher energy prices, says Timmermans

The war in Ukraine will lead to higher energy bills for Europeans, but they must resist to ensure democracy prevails, the EU Commission's Frans Timmermans tells Euronews

25/02/2022

Green News

Energy prices surge as Ukraine crisis deepens

Oil prices surged nearly 5% and stock prices dropped after Russian President Vladimir Putin recognised the independence of rebel-held regions of Ukraine on Monday evening, raising fears that a full-scale invasion was near.

22/02/2022

Europe Decoded

Europe looks for alternate gas solutions but could it be left in cold?

The continent is largely reliant on imports of gas to meet its energy needs.

15/02/2022

Rethink

Meet the men redesigning the battery to make it more sustainable

Aceleron claims to have designed the world’s "most sustainable" lithium-ion battery; one that is reusable, repairable, and recyclable.

14/02/2022

World News

Five charts to explain Europe's energy price crisis

The price of natural gas is six times higher than last year, with the costs driving up overall inflation in Europe.

11/02/2022

Eco-Innovation

Wooden batteries are hitting the market

The future of the world’s batteries could be hiding among our trees.

10/02/2022

United Kingdom

Energy bills to rise €833 for average UK households

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak says the government will set aside more than €10 billion to support customers.

03/02/2022

Europe Decoded

Why is the EU's green label for nuclear and gas so controversial?

The bloc's taxonomy classification system for sustainable financing is being called into question over fears of greenwashing.

01/02/2022

Green News

This 1989 news clip shows what we thought homes would look like by now

Has modern technology lived up to futuristic predictions?

27/01/2022

Real Economy

Turning up the heat on Europe's fuel poverty crisis

In partnership with The European Commission

In this episode of Real Economy the team focuses on what's being done at EU level to tackle Europe's rising energy poverty crisis.

26/01/2022