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Zelenskyy condemns attack on Zaporizhzhia power plant

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Thursday’s attack on the Zaporizhzhia power plant, which caused a temporary power outage and ‘European continent in danger'.

Climate

US got 40% of its energy from carbon-free sources in 2022

The outlook is even brighter for 2023, with Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act promoting the clean energy transition.

Sweden

Urgent investment in renewables needed, say EU energy ministers

Ministers from the EU27 began a two-day visit to Stockholm on Monday for a two-day event to discuss the future of energy and transport.

Europe Decoded

For the EU, sanctioning Russia's nuclear sector may be too costly

Ukraine has urged the EU to sanction Rosatom and blacklist its managers, but the call has so far gone unheeded.

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Europe News

Nuclear energy included in EU’s new rules on green hydrogen

The implementation of the regulation has been delayed for more than a year now due to a dispute over what is defined as ‘renewable’ hydrogen.

Earth News

Renewable energy to become world's top source of electricity by 2025

Renewables will ‘dominate’ surge in electricity demand over next two years, data show.

Russia

US accuses Russia of endangering nuclear arms control treaty

Russia's refusal to allow on-the-ground inspections to resume is endangering the New START nuclear treaty, says Biden administration.

Belgium

Belgian nuclear power sector given 10-year extension

Two of Belgium's nuclear power reactors are to be run until 2036 under a new deal with French energy giant Engie.

Euronews Witness

Majority of Finns champion nuclear power

As winter approaches and the energy demand increases, Finland hopes to reduce its dependency on Russia. Nuclear power, once a source of public mistrust, has now become an attractive solution.

Finland

Finland grows more and more open to nuclear energy

Up to 70% of Finns say they are in favour of nuclear energy. That's above the EU average and a huge increase compared to 30 years ago. We've travelled to the country to try to understand the reasons behind this

Iran

Iran: UN watchdog says Tehran is enriching up to 60% at facility

The news is another blow to hopes of reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which had capped the country's uranium enrichment.

Tech News

Russia ships giant magnet to France for nuclear fusion project

The Russian-made magnet will be part of the world’s largest ‘tokamak’, a device designed to generate energy through nuclear fusion.

Germany

Scholz extends nuclear power plants' lifespan in 'snub' to Greens

The German chancellor has decided that all three of the country's nuclear power plants will stay open until mid-April 2023.

Climate

Why is Greta arguing that Germany should keep its nuclear plants open?

The German government has re-activated several coal and oil power plants, despite warnings it could default on its climate goals.

Europe News

Austria launches legal case over EU's 'greenwashing' of nuclear & gas

"What I oppose with all my might is the attempt to greenwash nuclear power and gas via the backdoor of a supplementary delegated act," Leonore Gewessler, Austria's Federal Minister for Climate Protection, Environment and Energy, told reporters.

Earth News

UK plans 2040 nuclear fusion plant - but is it realistic?

The UK will build a nuclear fusion plant - which could theoretically provide near-limitless clean energy - in Nottinghamshire.

Ukraine

Zaporizhzhia power plant head released by Russian forces

The director of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, occupied by Russian troops, has been released, according International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Europe News

NGOs launch legal action against EU over 'nuclear & gas greenwashing'

The NGOs argue that the inclusion of gas and nuclear in the EU Taxonomy violates the European Climate Law and the bloc's obligations under the 2015 Paris Agreement.

France

France's EDF plans to restart its entire nuclear fleet by early 2023

According to EDF's projections, 27 nuclear reactors must restart by the end of December, followed by five others between early January and mid-February 2023. However, many question the company's ability to do it, especially for the 12 reactors stopped for stress corrosion.

Austria

UN nuclear watchdog's Zaporizhzhia visit will be its 'toughest ever'

A team from the UN's nuclear watchdog is finally on its way to Ukraine's embattled Zaporizhzhia power plant.