Ukrainian Refugees in Poland (Photo by Omar Marques/Getty Images) Getty Images According to the United Nations, over 11 million Ukrainians have been displaced since the Russian invasion began on Febru...
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The EU’s Energy Dependence On Russia Charted [Infographic]
While the U.S. is moving away fast from Russian energy imports, the EU—one of Russia’s crucial trading partners—is taking more time to ween itself off Russian gas, oil and coal despite heightened scru...
The role of natural gas in the Russia-Ukraine conflict
Natural gas is one of several commodities affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Prices on the Dutch TTF hub, a European benchmark for natural gas trading, more than tripled between February...
WAGMI (We All Going To Make It)
EU Parliament Passes Privacy Laws to Kill Web3 WAGMI is a term used in the crypto community to build confidence, and encourage the community to not lose hope. Yesterday, European Union Members of Parl...
How hackers and geopolitics could derail the planned energy transition
This image shows an onshore wind turbine in the Netherlands. Mischa Keijser | Image Source | Getty Images Discussions about the energy transition, what it means and whether it’s actually underwa...
Ukraine War Sends Inflation Soaring Across Europe
Flags of the European Union flutter in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) … [+] in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, on March 12, 2020. – The ECB’s govern...
5 New Reports Show Wind And Solar Power Can Cripple Putin, Secure Climate Goals
Solar technology in Hemau, Bayern, the world’s biggest aerea for solar energy, Constructed in 2002, … [+] Germany, The total module area amounted to 34, 960qm2. (Photo by plus49/Constructi...
Putin’s War in Ukraine Forces New Energy Reality on Europe
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and US President Joe Biden (not seen) hold a … [+] joint press conference in Brussels, Belgium on March 25, 2022. (Photo by EU Commission/Pool/...
New EU regulation puts crypto wallets at risk
A new cloud is gathering over the cryptocurrency sector in the European Union (EU), with a crypto regulation that this time could affect wallets. The crypto regulation on wallets that the EU is worki...
Biden’s Commitment For US LNG To Supply Europe Faces Strong Headwinds
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listens as President Joe Biden speaks about the … [+] Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the U.S. Mission in Brussels, Friday, March 25, 2022, in ...
Ban on PoW in the EU: all postponed- The Cryptonomist
Is the ban on Proof of Work, and thus Bitcoin, in the European Union simply postponed? The European Economic Commission’s (ECON) vote on the MiCA (Market in Crypto Assets) law states to move forward o...
Ambitious Electric Car Sales Targets May Fall Short And Reprieve ICE Power; Report
Portrait of impatient young woman charging her electric car getty Automakers have over-estimated the market for electric vehicles and will waste millions as they are eventually forced to reinstate pla...
VW and Goldman Sachs-backed Northvolt plans German gigafactory
A lithium-ion prismatic cell battery from Northvolt, photographed on Feb. 17, 2022. Mikael Sjoberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Northvolt said Tuesday it would look to build a gigafactory in Germany, wi...
Europe’s ocean energy installations surge back to pre-Covid levels
An overhead view of a tidal turbine from Orbital Marine Power on September 6, 2021. William Edwards | AFP | Getty Images European installations of tidal and wave energy capacity jumped in 2021, as the...
There should be no new gas supply contracts with Russia: IEA
A Gazprom logo photographed in Russia on Jan. 28, 2021. Andrey Rudakov | Bloomberg | Getty Images The European Union should not enter into any new gas supply contracts with Russia, in order to lower i...
Putin signs decree to prohibit leaving Russia with more than $10,000 in foreign currency
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday signed a decree that prohibits taking more than $10,000 worth of foreign currency in cash and “monetary instruments” out of Russia. The move comes in respon...
Europe’s travel rules are dropping as fast as its Covid cases
Travel restrictions are quickly disappearing in Europe, with new announcements coming by the week — and, more recently, by the day. Changes to eliminate Covid-related travel rules gained momentum in J...
EU Approves ‘Massive’ Sanctions On Russian Banks And Imports Following Ukraine Invasion
Topline The European Union agreed early Friday morning to impose sweeping sanctions on Russia’s banks and energy industry, the latest Western sanctions levied on Russia following its invasion of Ukrai...
Europe installed a record amount of wind power in 2021
New wind turbines being built at a wind farm in Germany on October 12, 2021. Sean Gallup | Getty Images News | Getty Images Europe installed 17.4 gigawatts of wind power capacity in 2021, according to...
EU’s Rebranding Of Natural Gas And Nuclear Power As ‘Green Investments’ Could Not Come At A Better Time
TOPSHOT – Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, … [+] self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town o...
Green hydrogen demo that will use offshore wind planned for North Sea
No-Mad | iStock | Getty Images German power firm RWE has signed an agreement with Neptune Energy to develop a green hydrogen demonstration project in the Dutch North Sea, targeting an electrolyzer cap...
India’s Unusual Rush To Sign Free Trade Deals
Piyush Goyal, commerce and industry minister, gestures during a press conference at the National … [+] Media Centre on February 1, 2019 in New Delhi, India. Vipin Kumar/Hindustan Times via Getty...
European nuclear fusion experiment announces ‘record-breaking’ results
Nuclear fusion powers the Sun. Pierre Longnus | The Image Bank | Getty Images Researchers working on a project centered around fusion energy — the process that powers stars — have hailed “record...
Number of rainy days and intense rainfall can affect economy: Study
A man walks through the floods towards destroyed houses in Schuld near Bad Neuenahr, western Germany, on July 15, 2021. Bernd Lauter | AFP | Getty Images Climate affects the “economic growth sto...
Danish energy fund to lead massive green hydrogen project in Spain
Wind turbines photographed in Aragon, Spain. Pepe Romeo / 500px | 500px | Getty Images Plans for a huge project aiming to produce green hydrogen and ammonia have been announced, with those behind it h...
Wind energy faces tough 2022 as supply chain issues persist: Vestas
Vestas wind turbines photographed in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on 19 September, 2021. Horst Galuschka | picture alliance | Getty Images The wind energy sector faces a rocky road ahead due to a ...
The dust has settled on COP26. Now the hard work begins
The COP26 climate summit, held in the Scottish city of Glasgow last year, made headlines around the world. After days of painstaking and at times fraught negotiations, countries agreed upon a deal whi...
One of world’s biggest offshore wind farms gears up for full operation
One of the turbines at the Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, which is located in waters off England’s east coast. Ian Greenwood Turbine commissioning at one of the world’s biggest offshore ...
‘Green’ fuels more expensive but need to think long term: Maersk CEO
The container ship MORTEN MÆRSK heading to Hamburg on April 22, 2020. eyewave | iStock Editorial | Getty Images The CEO of shipping giant Moller-Maersk admitted to CNBC Thursday that shifting to ̶...
Daimler’s concept car uses bio-based materials, has solar tech on roof
Fred De Noyelle /GODONG | The Image Bank Unreleased | Getty Images Daimler has released details of a concept electric vehicle which uses solar technology and bio-based materials, with the German autom...