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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
Lithuania to push Russian LNG ban to EU ministers on Monday
Lithuania will call for urgent legal actions to stop Russian LNG imports to the EU at an energy ministers' council meeting on Monday, a senior EU diplomatic source said on Thursday.
read more... 01/03/2024
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Clock ticking as EU tries to unblock energy taxation directive
The French electricity sector fears that the revision of the EU’s energy taxation directive will fail before the June European elections, despite a last push by the Belgian EU presidency, which is seeking to break the deadlock in the Council of the EU.
read more... 20/02/2024
Multi-billion offshore wind project receives green light
The Orkney Islands Council’s Development and Infrastructure committee has endorsed the offshore plans for the West of Orkney Windfarm, situated 30 kilometres west of the Orkney Mainland and 25km north of the Sutherland coast.
read more... 12/02/2024
France and Sweden strengthen nuclear ties
France plans to build several nuclear reactors in Sweden, according to an agreement signed on the sidelines of the EU’s Energy Council meeting in Brussels on Tuesday.
read more... 21/12/2023