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New law to protect European energy consumers from market manipulation
On Monday (18 March), the Council of the EU formally adopted a new law to protect energy consumers from wholesale market manipulation, aiming to strengthen surveillance of wholesale markets and guarantee open and fair electricity competition in the EU.
read more... 19/03/2024
Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees preliminary decision on SMR plant in 2025
Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe’s first project using the technology, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.
read more... 19/03/2024
Daily (14.03.2024): European carbon prices resumed their decline on Wednesday as investment funds cut short positions less than anticipated
Oil prices rose sharply on Wednesday, boosted by strikes on Russian refineries and a larger-than-expected drop in US crude and gasoline inventories. As a result, the Brent crude oil stood slightly above $84 a barrel, while WTI crude settled at $79.72 a barrel.
read more... 14/03/2024
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Europe’s high-voltage grid investment gap worse than feared
EU countries systematically underestimate the speed at which renewables will be added to grids in their development plans – making the investment gap larger than thought, new research made available to Euractiv has shown.
read more... 13/03/2024
EU Parliament approves law to make buildings more energy efficient
The European parliament approved a new law on Tuesday that requires member states to push the renovation of buildings to make them more energy-efficient and reduce the EU's carbon emissions.
read more... 13/03/2024