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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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Daily updatesPolicyEU drafts plan to double electrification rate, cut oil and gas use
A new EU draft targets a doubled electrification rate as part of a structural shift away from fossil fuels.
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Daily updatesPolicyUK industry urges new PM to cut power taxes and shift renewables levies
Employers and energy sector call on incoming prime minister to reduce electricity costs weighing on business competitiveness.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU approves 45 GW energy storage target to cut gas exposure
A tripartite agreement puts binding storage obligations on 22 member states for the first time.
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Daily updatesPolicyWindEurope pushes to redirect ETS revenues toward electrification
The trade body wants the upcoming ETS review to lock funding instruments onto sectors where commercial electrification tech already exists.
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Daily updatesPolicyOfgem gives provisional green light to long-duration storage scheme
The GB regulator's minded-to decision moves selected projects into the next phase of its long-duration storage support programme.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU data centre push strains path to 2050 climate neutrality
Tripling Europe's data centre market by the mid-2030s requires demand flexibility and cross-border trading, per pv magazine.
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Daily updatesPolicyNordic Baseload Power seeks Swedish state support for nuclear plant near Denmark
The developer wants government backing to site a new nuclear facility in southern Sweden, close to the Danish border.
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Daily updatesPolicyItaly business lobby demands emergency renewables push
Confindustria calls for urgent regulatory action to unblock Italy's stalled renewables pipeline.
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Daily updatesPolicyEurope projects 20% power demand rise as electrification accelerates
EU planning scenarios show electricity demand climbing sharply to 2050, with battery storage and hydrogen as key flexibility pillars.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU could exit Russian gas within a year, US energy chief says
Washington's top energy official tells Reuters the bloc is close enough to full Russian gas independence to achieve it in under 12 months.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU launches T-MED scheme with €5 bn in guarantees for 15 GW of renewables
The Mediterranean-focused facility aims to mobilise €25 billion in public and private investment for new renewable capacity.
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Daily updatesPolicyEEX launches CBAM reference price and wins national ETS auction mandate
EEX added a CBAM reference price to its suite in August 2025 and secured a national emissions-certificate auction mandate by October 2025.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU awards €400 million to 65 industrial heat projects in first auction
The European Commission's inaugural Innovation Fund heat auction backs electrification and renewable heat across 10 countries.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU member states agree to exempt most firms from CBAM
A Council-level deal carves out the majority of importers from the carbon border adjustment mechanism, narrowing its near-term reach.
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Daily updatesPolicyNew Danish government pledges offshore wind ramp-up
Denmark's incoming coalition commits to accelerating offshore capacity, per Renews.biz.
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Daily updatesPolicyIndustry presses EU on energy prices as member states eye supply shifts
European industry is intensifying lobbying to reduce energy costs while Austria moves to diversify away from US LNG.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU drafts tax changes to cut household electricity bills
A leaked European Commission draft proposes tax reforms targeting electricity costs for consumers across member states.
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Daily updatesPolicyEU plans 'made in Europe' rules for green tech public procurement
The European Commission is drafting local-content requirements for public purchases of renewable and clean-tech equipment.
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Daily updatesPolicyEEX to launch ETS2 futures in July as EU carbon market expands
EEX will list EU ETS2 futures contracts in July 2025 and simultaneously delist legacy EUAA products.
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Daily updatesPolicyFrance to announce targeted measures on energy prices
Paris is preparing specific interventions on energy costs, according to a minister statement on 26 March.
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