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Daily (29.03.2023): Escalating concerns about French nuclear availability lent support to British forward gas prices on Tuesday
Oil prices gained ground on Tuesday, supported by renewed risk appetite among investors and the halt of oil imports from Iraqi Kurdistan by Turkey (around 450,000 barrels per day). Thus, Brent crude edged 0.7% higher to settle at $78.65 a barrel, while WTI crude added 0.5% to end at $73.20 a barrel.
read more... 29/03/2023
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Nuclear row threatens EU deal on renewable energy goals
European Union countries are split over whether to allow nuclear energy to contribute to meeting their renewable energy targets, a dispute threatening to delay one of the EU's main climate policies.
read more... 29/03/2023
Nuclear not ‘strategic’ for EU decarbonisation
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen outlined limits to EU backing for nuclear power under the bloc’s Net-Zero Industry Act, which seeks to support home-made production of clean technologies like batteries and solar panels.
read more... 27/03/2023
French parliament votes nuclear plan with large majority
France's parliament voted in favour of the government's nuclear investment plan with a large majority on Tuesday, a day after the government narrowly survived a no-confidence vote over its pension reform plan.
read more... 22/03/2023
Seven countries reject nuclear-derived hydrogen from EU renewables law
A group of seven EU countries led by Germany have rejected calls to incorporate nuclear-made hydrogen into the bloc’s green transport targets, reigniting a dispute with France that has held back an agreement on the bloc’s renewable energy directive.
read more... 22/03/2023