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France announces simplification measures for geothermal permitting
France’s Ministry of the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty has announced measures to simplify the mining procedures related to geothermal energy, CO2 storage, and critical minerals. Among other improvement, the new measures aim to cut the permitting time by half for exclusive research permits related to geothermal projects.
read more... 16/04/2024
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Europe is not meeting its cross-border grid connection goals
As EU energy ministers meet in Brussels to discuss grid expansion, the EU electricity market watchdog ACER warned on Friday (12 April) that Europe’s key grid connections are not sufficiently dedicated to electricity trading between neighbouring countries.
read more... 16/04/2024
Contested EU green buildings law adopted
The EU’s buildings directive has been adopted by member states on Friday (12 April), paving the way for national renovation plans amid cheers from the wider energy efficiency industry.
read more... 15/04/2024
Final Zaporizhzhia unit being switched to cold shutdown
International Atomic Energy Agency staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant report that they have been told unit 4 is being transferred to cold shutdown - making it the sixth and last unit to do so.
read more... 15/04/2024
European Parliament adopts ‘patchwork’ power market reform
The EU’s overhaul of the power market design, sparked by the 2022 energy crisis, was approved by Parliament, paving the way for new price stablisation rules to become law.
read more... 12/04/2024