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UK to fast-track grid connection of clean energy projects
Britain will fast-track the connection of dozens of clean energy projects, including wind and solar power, to its electricity grid and will speed up the construction of new energy infrastructure, the government said on Monday.
read more... 12/03/2025
France's energy plan to allow new fossil-fired plants
A revised version of France's 10-year energy plan, released for final public consultation, cuts a pledge to no longer build any more fossil fuel-fired power plants, while the government is pushing a bill that allows coal-fired plants to be converted to gas firing rather than shut down.
read more... 11/03/2025
The EU’s misguided embrace of electricity capacity markets
Surging use of capacity markets for electricity in some of the EU’s biggest countries could have devastating effects, researchers and internal European Commission documents warn.
read more... 10/03/2025
UK energy regulator opens bidding for electricity transmission links worth $5 billion
British energy regulator Ofgem said on Wednesday it is inviting bids from investors to own and operate electricity transmission links worth 4 billion pounds ($5.06 billion), connecting Great Britain to homegrown North Sea power.
read more... 27/02/2025
Pressure grows on 8 EU countries to slash ‘paradoxical’ power taxes
Continued elevated electricity prices are upping the pressure on the eight holdout EU countries that cling to their high power tax rates.
read more... 25/02/2025