Ireland targets 90% plastic bottle recycling
Environment
An Irish deposit and return scheme (DRS) for plastic bottles could be introduced as part of government plans to ensure
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EU backs €1.2bn Lithuania renewable scheme
Production
The European Commission says it is backing renewable energy production and electro-intensive users in Lithuania in a push for energy
Brussels warns of fossil fuel subsidies
Production
The European Commission has warned that the total subsidies for coal, oil and gas across the EU remain at 2008
Russian gas giants begin to clash in Europe
Industry
Russia’s two biggest natural gas producers have previously avoided competing overseas because of Gazprom’s export monopoly but this has changed
Albania to review dam strategy
Production
Albania’s energy minister says she wants to make the environment central to national policy and study whether the government’s small
Germany advised to phase out coal by 2038
Policy
A German government commission after seven months of talks has proposed the phase-out of all 84 of its coal-fired power
Putin: ready to open Akkuyu by 2023
Transmission
Russian President Vladimir Putin says he hopes the Akkuyu nuclear power plant, which is being built in Turkey with Russia’s
Chechen court angers Gazprom by axing debt
Production
A Chechen district court’s decision that the volatile North Caucasus region’s US$135 million in residential gas debts should be written
Hungary chokes on pollution
Environment
Air pollution is seen as the leading cause of premature deaths this century, killing 9 million people because of pollution-related
Scotland-Norway undersea cable approved
Transmission
Plans for a giant energy cable linking northeastern Scotland with Norway have been given approval to proceed, helping to boost
Equinor cuts logistics emissions
Industry
Norway’s oil and gas giant Equinor says that since 2011 it has cut carbon dioxide emissions from its logistical operations
Franco-German treaty removes carbon pricing
Environment
France and Germany are due this week to sign the landmark Treaty of Aachen, consolidating their close economic and security
No chance of blocking Nord Stream: Altmaier
Policy
The German government will not be forced into blocking the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, Berlin’s energy minister,
Germany set to import 45m tonnes of coal
Industry
Germany is forecast to import 45 million tonnes of environmentally damaging hard coal during 2019, an increase of around 1.4
UK told to U-turn on wind subsidies
Industry
The UK, Europe’s leader in offshore wind, has been urged to axe blocks on subsidies for onshore wind farms, as