Denmark rethinking 40-year nuclear power ban amid Europe-wide shift
Government to analyse potential benefits of new generation of reactors Denmark is reconsidering its 40-year ban on nuclear power in a major policy shift for...
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Equinor may take legal action after Trump administration halted US windfarm plan
Norway’s state energy company’s $2.5bn project off coast of New York was almost a third finished Norway’s state energy company may take Donald Trump’s administration...
Electricity restored to 90% of Spain and most of Portugal after massive power outage
The outage, blamed by operators on temperature variations, left tens of millions without electricity Lights flickered back to life across most of Spain and Portugal...
US ‘demands control’ from Ukraine of key pipeline carrying Russian gas
Senior Kyiv economist describes latest postion of Trump administration in talks as ‘colonial-type’ bullying The US has demanded control of a crucial pipeline in Ukraine...
Northern Ireland faces court case over £300m north-south power pylon plan
Campaigners claim NI is being used as a ‘whipping boy’ to feed Irish republic’s energy-hungry datacentres An ambitious €350m (£300m) plan to connect electricity grids...
Eurozone economy stagnated ahead of European Central Bank interest rate decision – business live
Live coverage of business, economics and financial news as ECB expected to cut interest rates by 0.25 percentage points in effort to support growth It...
Ukraine halts supply of Russian gas to Europe
Ukraine ends agreement to allow gas to flow through its pipelines, with European supplies set to be tested as cold weather forecast later this week...
Russia winds down gas supply to Europe via Ukraine as transit deal expires
Exports to cease on New Year’s Day as Europe faces cold snap and higher than usual fall in reserves since September Europe will receive the...
Sanctioned Russian oligarchs allowed to invest in UK North Sea oil producer
Critics say Labour ‘should have run a mile’ from LetterOne after it is acquires 15% of Aberdeen-based Harbour Energy The government faces growing criticism after...
Cop29 host Azerbaijan seeks $1bn from fossil fuel producers for climate fund
Countries and companies involved in oil and gas extraction to be asked to join scheme aimed at tackling global heating Fossil-fuel producing countries and companies...
