The European Union needs to offer more support for nuclear power with the bloc facing the largest fleet decline across advanced economies and the possibility that the share of nuclear in the...
Poland Minister Writes To EC Expressing Surprise Over Nuclear Stance
Poland’s climate minister Michal Kurtyka has written to senior officials at the European Commission highlighting the role of nuclear energy in achieving climate neutrality and expressing his...
Green finance: Parliament adopts criteria for sustainable investments
New rules to determine whether an economic activity is environmentally sustainable are ready to be implemented. Parliament has adopted new legislation on sustainable investments. It lays down six...
European Nuclear Industry Open Letter: EU nuclear industry is ready to play an important part in supporting national and EU clean economic revival
Today the EU and the world are confronted by an unprecedented health and economic crisis and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic is rightly the immediate priority for everyone. The energy sector...
Green Recovery Plan / Nuclear Has Once Again Been Ignored, Says Foratom
The Brussels-based nuclear industry group Foratom said it regrets that the European Commission has ignored the need for clean, dispatchable and European sources of energy in a green recovery plan...
EU Magistrate Rejects Challenge to Funding for UK Nuclear Plant
Austria’s attempt to stop a nuclear power plant in the United Kingdom should be thrown out, a magistrate for the European Union’s top court said Thursday. The nonbinding advisory opinion from...
Energy Council discussion confirms key position for energy sector in economic recovery
EU ministers responsible for energy policy, together with EU Commissioner for Energy Kadri Simson, held today a videoconference to discuss the state of play and challenges of energy policy and the...
Timmermans promises green recovery to EU lawmakers
The European Commission’s Green Deal chief, Frans Timmermans, assured EU lawmakers on Tuesday (21 April) that “every euro” spent on economic recovery measures after the COVID-19 crisis would be...