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Europe was around seven per cent wetter than average in 2023 - during the world’s hottest year on record. Hot air retains more moisture, which increases precipitation and can cause widespread flooding. One third of rivers across Europe breached a ‘high’ flood threshold last year, according to the EU climate agency’s latest report. In some areas, fuller rivers strengthened the hand of one renewable: hydropower. Potential for run-of-river hydropower generation was above average across much of Europe for the year as a whole, Copernicus says. With this form of hydropower, a portion of the river is...
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Energy minister Tinne van der Straeten has told Euronews she hopes to secure inter-governmental recognition of the benefits of local energy cooperatives this week, at the last energy summit of Belgium’s six-month EU Council presidency. Van der Straeten, a Green in Belgium’s diverse coalition government, was speaking on Tuesday (28 May) after signing an NGO manifesto calling on the next European Parliament and EU executive to promote energy communities, arguing that potential ‘energy citizens’ could invest up to €240bn in the energy transition by 2030. Energy communities are voluntary, cooperat...
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The European Commission today (28 May) announced it has forged its 13th trade partnership designed to source critical raw materials from outside the bloc, with Australia. Valdis Dombrovskis and Thierry Breton, respectively commissioners for trade and the internal market, appeared alongside signatory Australian trade minister Don Farrell, claiming the deal was “based on mutual benefits” — enabling the EU to diversify supply, and the development of Canberra’s domestic critical minerals sector. Australia is one of the world's leading producers of aluminium ore, cobalt, copper, iron ore, lithium, ...
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Governments have signed off on new legislation they hope will prevent the EU from falling behind the US and China in the race to corner the market for clean energy technology, and finally see carbon capture and storage (CCS) deployed at scale after decades of false starts. The Net Zero Industry Act (NZIA), formally adopted today (27 May) at a summit of agriculture ministers in Brussels, redirects EU funding, eases permitting delays, and dovetails with the new Critical Raw Materials Act intended to secure access to elements like lithium and rare earths. The law is a response to fears of investm...
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Greenhouse gas emissions dropped by an “unprecedented” 5.8 per cent in France last year, President Emmanuel Macron wrote on X this week. The official figures from CITEPA, which provides the data for the French Environment Ministry, are undoubtedly good news. If the country continues along this trajectory, it would be able to meet its national and internationally agreed decarbonisation targets. “It’s historic,” French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal announced on Wednesday, praising “the French way” of excelling at the energy transition. But environmental experts have been equally quick to keep the...
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A joint call for action issued by France and Germany on the eve of today's Competitiveness Council (24 May) proposes measures to boost industry competitiveness for the next five years, targeting cross-border energy infrastructure, critical raw materials and discussions on the 2040 climate target. The joint-paper signed by German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for the Economy and Climate Protection, and Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for the Economy, Finance and Recovery, calls on the next European Commission's work programme to focus on specific priorities including si...
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The geopolitical upheaval caused by the Russia-Ukraine conflict has reshaped Europe’s energy strategy. The EU's REPowerEU Plan, worth nearly €300 billion, aims to eliminate reliance on Russian fossil fuels by 2027. Central to this strategy is the role of nuclear power in securing energy supplies and supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy. This ambitious strategy places nuclear energy at the forefront of ensuring energy security and meeting climate targets. Notably, fossil-free hydrogen, derived from nuclear power, is set to play a critical role in substituting natural gas. Nuclear p...
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Ahead of June's vote, Euronews asks voters to name one proposal they would make if they were elected to the European Parliament, and asks candidates what they pledge to do if elected or re-elected. Stay tuned as Euronews will publish more statements every day. Watch the video above to find out more.
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Europe is working at breakneck speed to achieve the 2030 climate goal to cut emissions by 55% and increase the share of renewable energy to as much as 45%. This week, in time for the second anniversary of REPowerEU, the European Commission published a package of guidelines to help EU countries identify where and how renewables will be deployed in support of the 2030 targets. The package, including detailed guidance for the designation of Renewable Acceleration Areas, as well as updated guidance on permitting and non-price criteria in auction design, comes at a critical time: Europe must go sma...
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Portugal generated an ‘historic’ 95 per cent of its electricity from renewables in April, according to the network operator REN. Renewable energy generation averaged just below that for the first four months of the year, covering 91 per cent of the nation’s power needs. It’s one national good news story within a great continental shift: fossil fuels provided less than a quarter of the EU’s energy for the first time ever last month. Ember, the clean think tank behind that assessment, also found that more than 30 per cent of the world’s electricity is now generated using renewables. “Solar in pa...
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