Renewable energy
Belgium to champion citizen energy at ministerial summit
Green
29.05.2024
Belgium to champion citizen energy at ministerial summit
Energy minister Tinne van der Straeten has told Euronews she hopes to secure inter-governmental recognition of the benefits of local…
Belgium to champion citizen energy at ministerial summit
Green
29.05.2024
Belgium to champion citizen energy at ministerial summit
Energy minister Tinne van der Straeten has told Euronews she hopes to secure inter-governmental recognition of the benefits of local…
Green groups welcome Commission caution on fast-track renewables deployment
Green
14.05.2024
Green groups welcome Commission caution on fast-track renewables deployment
Green groups have welcomed European Commission guidelines underlining the need for thorough environmental impact assessments before governments designate areas for…
Eni looks to draw investors with clean division between projects
Business
13.05.2024
Eni looks to draw investors with clean division between projects
Italian energy giant Eni is considering giving investors a chance to invest in separate stakes in its fossil fuel projects,…
Renewables are meeting 95% of Portugal’s electricity needs. How did it become a European leader?
Green
10.05.2024
Renewables are meeting 95% of Portugal’s electricity needs. How did it become a European leader?
Portugal generated an ‘historic’ 95 per cent of its electricity from renewables in April, according to the network operator REN.…
Fossil fuels are ‘on the way out’ in the EU as they dropped to record low in April
Green
10.05.2024
Fossil fuels are ‘on the way out’ in the EU as they dropped to record low in April
Fossil fuels provided less than a quarter of the EU’s energy for the first time in April. The good news…
World’s largest air capture plant opens in Europe. Is it really a ‘misguided scientific experiment’?
Green
09.05.2024
World’s largest air capture plant opens in Europe. Is it really a ‘misguided scientific experiment’?
A record-sized carbon capture plant has launched in Iceland, in what advocates say is another “proof point” for the climate-change-tackling…
Sweden, Portugal, Luxembourg: Which EU countries use the most — and least — renewable energy?
Green
09.05.2024
Sweden, Portugal, Luxembourg: Which EU countries use the most — and least — renewable energy?
The amount of renewable energy used by EU countries is on the rise, according to a recent report. Eurostat, the…
Munich Re stock rises as company cheers investors with latest earnings
Business
08.05.2024
Munich Re stock rises as company cheers investors with latest earnings
Shares in German reinsurance giant Munich Re rose on Wednesday after the company announced its first-quarter (Q1) 2024 results, clocking…
‘A major turning point’: More than 30% of world’s energy now comes from renewables, report reveals
Green
08.05.2024
‘A major turning point’: More than 30% of world’s energy now comes from renewables, report reveals
More than 30 per cent of the world’s energy is now generated using renewables and the European Union is well…