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Demand for AI could see the tech consume as much energy as Ireland

An academic has crunched the numbers to show how the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) could be equivalent to those of an entire country.

Business

Exxon in advanced talks for $60 billion acquisition of Pioneer

Exxon Mobil is in advanced talks to acquire Pioneer Natural Resources. With this deal, the American oil and gas producer would be valued at about $60 billion (€57 billion), as reported by Reuters.

Europe News

EU 'willing to consider' subsidies for nuclear reactors: von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed the idea of industrial subsidies in the field of nuclear energy, a highly divisive topic in the European Union.

Europe News

EU slashed second-quarter imports of Russian energy - Eurostat

The EU's imports of Russian oil and gas continued to decrease steeply in the second quarter of this year, according to new data released by the EU's statistical office Eurostat.

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Markets

Uncertainty in Europe as oil prices keep climbing

Oil prices have climbed further after they hit a ten-month record on Thursday and gas prices are also inching towards their highest level of the year.

Europe News

EU recalls envoy who said buying Russian gas was 'blood money'

The European Commission has issued a stern rebuke against its top representative in Vienna, Martin Selmayr, after he said Austria's continued purchases of Russian gas amounted to "blood money".

Europe News

EU purchases of Russian LNG up 40% compared to pre-war levels: study

The European Union vowed to drastically cut imports of gas from Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine but data shows the bloc's purchases of Russian-made liquefied natural gas (LNG) have soared.

Europe News

How Europe's gas prices fell from €300 to €35 MWh in one year

One year ago, European politicians were in a state of panic watching wholesale gas prices break all-time records.

Poland

Euroviews. Poland is becoming Washington's gateway for regional energy diplomacy

US energy diplomacy has the unique potential to foster a diversified energy market but also the development of clean and renewable energy not just in Poland but in CEE as a whole, Nathan Alan-Lee writes.

Earth News

Where in the world is running out of water?

More than two dozen countries are using a majority of their renewable water supply every year making them vulnerable to drought.

Earth News

Europeans reluctantly turn on the AC as heatwaves bite

As the summer breezes fade, sweltering Europeans are giving air conditioning a sceptical embrace.

Focus

Why Uzbekistan is hoping gravity will help solve its irrigation issues

In partnership with the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Uzbekistan

In the episode of Focus, we hear about the steps Uzbekistan is taking to modernise its irrigation system, as the country looks to improve water supply to its agriculture sector and slash carbon emissions.

Ukraine

French energy giant 'funding Russia's war machine' - NGO

"The EU must act by cutting off... Russian LNG whilst the people of Ukraine suffer an immeasurable toll," said a campaigner at Global Witness.

Earth News

Which European countries are not prepared to cope with hot days?

Researchers say buildings in places like Northern Europe "act like greenhouses" and aren't designed to cope with hot days.

Earth News

Heatwave forces French nuclear power plants to limit energy output

The high temperature warning has come early this year but will affect fewer nuclear power plants.

Economy

Europeans much less concerned about energy prices, new poll shows

Europeans seem to have moved on from the worst of the energy crisis.

Austria

OPEC members meet in Vienna to help stabilise world oil prices

Members of the oil producers group OPEC have met in Vienna to discuss future production of energy but reject pressure to invest less in fossil fuels

Europe News

Brussels tables EU-wide exit from controversial Energy Charter Treaty

The European Commission has formally proposed a "coordinated and orderly" withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty.

Netherlands

Gas production in Groningen field to end in October, Dutch gov't says

The gas wells will remain open for a further year, however, in case of a particularly cold winter. After that, 60 years of gas extraction in the province of Groningen will cease altogether.

Egypt

EU allocates €20 million to help Egypt manage influx of Sudan refugees

During a two-day visit to Cairo, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell expressed support for Egypt's efforts to end the hostilities in Sudan.

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