Energy

The EU will maintain its support for the international thermonuclear experimental reactor, energy commissioner Kadri Simson has said as the project entered its tenth year this week with the launch of its machine assembly phase

An alliance of organisations representing the clean energy and electricity sector has urged members of the European Parliament not to direct the resources of the Just Transition Fund towards more fossil fuels, but to instead focus on ‘renewable, smart and electric-based solutions’ to ensure a green recovery post-coronavirus

Only energy projects that further EU climate action should be recognised as projects of common interests, the European Parliament has said, while environmental groups are demanding the EU executive withdraw existing support for gas projects

Europe's 10 largest networks of environmental activists are calling on lawmakers to draw up a list of areas that should not benefit from €560 billion in support from a proposed EU recovery fund

The European Commission envisages meeting 14% of Europe’s energy needs by 2050 with hydrogen produced only from renewable power, but the hydrogen strategy unveiled on Wednesday raised questions about the role of natural gas in the transition phase