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Daily updatesPolicyNorth Sea transition risks workforce losses without faster action
A taskforce warns that emerging energy industries are not scaling fast enough to absorb workers leaving fossil-fuel roles in the North Sea.
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Daily updatesPolicyEDF targets 10 small nuclear plants across Europe by 2035
The French utility is pushing SMR deployment continent-wide as nuclear policy momentum builds in several European zones.
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Daily updatesPolicyItaly moves to protect national ownership of hydro assets
Rome signals it will resist foreign acquisition of hydropower plants as concession renewal debates intensify across Europe.
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Daily updatesPolicyRomania puts €650 million behind solar-plus-storage at public buildings
New subsidy schemes cover up to 100% of installation costs; calls for proposals open 11 September 2026.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU's Russian energy exit is faltering, auditors warn
European Court of Auditors says the bloc's plan to end Russian energy dependence is off track.
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Daily updatesPolicyLatvia raises battery floor to 10 kWh in expanded €85 m rebate scheme
Riga lifts minimum supported battery capacity and increases grant levels after 15,700 projects were approved under the existing programme.
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Daily updatesPolicyBNetzA clears German grid without coal-fired operation ban
Germany's network regulator confirmed coal plants need not be barred from running, signalling the grid remains adequately covered.
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Daily updatesPolicyBelgium must scale renewables even under high nuclear scenario, Aurora finds
A 33% demand increase by 2040 means renewables are not optional, regardless of Belgium's nuclear build-out path.
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Daily updatesPolicyPolish nuclear policy back in focus as Aurora weighs plant prospects
Aurora Energy Research examines the outlook for Polish nuclear power in a new report.
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Daily updatesPolicyNorthern Ireland renewable price guarantee gets green light
Aurora Energy Research flags approval of the Renewable Electricity Price Guarantee for Northern Ireland.
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Daily updatesPolicyAustria to redirect solar subsidies toward storage from 2027
Vienna targets up to 8 GW of market-oriented storage capacity by 2030 as it overhauls its PV support framework.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU proposes regulation to phase out Russian gas imports
The European Commission has tabled a draft regulation to end Russian gas purchases and tighten monitoring of energy supply dependencies.
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Daily updatesPolicyNetherlands opens consultation on new nuclear power plants
Dutch government moves toward new nuclear capacity, framing it as cheaper and safer than wind or solar.
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Daily updatesPolicySpain extends Almaraz nuclear plant life through 2030
Madrid grants a new operating licence to Almaraz, reversing its prior phase-out timeline for the Spanish zone's largest nuclear station.
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Daily updatesPolicyFrance extends C3IV cleantech tax credit by three years
The C3IV scheme covering batteries, wind, solar and heat pumps gets a three-year extension, targeting around 40 projects by 2030.
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Daily updatesPolicySpain and Netherlands unlock over $1 billion for renewable hydrogen
Madrid allocates €274.2 million across four projects; the European Commission clears a €780 million Dutch production scheme.
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Daily updatesPolicyFrance awards €260m to upgrade five floating wind ports
Cherbourg, Brest, Nantes-Saint Nazaire, Port-la-Nouvelle and Marseille-Fos will share the funding.
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Daily updatesPolicyBNetzA rules on distributed generation tariff phaseout, 2026–2028
Germany's regulator has set the path for winding down grid tariff exemptions for distributed generators over three years.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU renewable consumption rose in 2025, nordics lead member zones
Renewable energy's share of EU consumption grew across 2025, with Nordic zones topping usage rankings, per Renews.biz.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU Electrification Action Plan targets 46% electricity share by 2040
COM(2026) 595 sets a doubling of electricity's share in Europe's energy mix, with WindEurope flagging ETS robustness as a prerequisite.
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