Britainโs heading for a nuclear power crunch. Blame the French.
A once proud fleet of power plants is about to be reduced to one last, lonely nuke.
A once proud fleet of power plants is about to be reduced to one last, lonely nuke.
The Tories promised to upgrade insulation and heating in millions of U.K. homes. They failed โ and Labour’s plans are already in trouble.
LONDON โ The Conservative Party โgot trounced in the polls,โ ex-Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho admitted earlier this month. After 14 years controlling Westminsterโs levers of power, voters dumped the Tories unceremoniously from office overnight in July. And yet โ the party is already regrouping, jumping on energy bills and cost-of-living as one basis for a [โฆ]
Liz Truss’ grand plan was “undermined by the economic establishment,” argues Liz Truss.
German manufacturers are being strangled. The EU is feeling the pinch. Mario Draghi on Monday warned the EU may be staring at โslow agony.โ
Elected on a landslide two months ago, the new British PM ought to be on top of the world. Instead his glumness is beginning to grate.
A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.
All three blocs running in French parliamentary elections are promising rebates on energy bills, with most of the envisaged measures compatible with European law but subject to certain conditions.
The Greens took a major hit at Sundayโs European elections in Germany and across Europe, according to a first projection provided by the European Union. The Greensโ setback came amid rising energy prices, fuelling an ongoing cost of living crisis in t…
Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.
The prime ministerโs announcement of a July general election has stunned the country โ but what were his reasons for going to the polls now?
Labour leader channels Tony Blair with moody black and white photo โ and six big post-election promises.
The first in a series exploring the myths and realities surrounding heat pumpsEvery year about 130 million households across Europe burn almost 40% of the continentโs total gas consumption to heat their homes. Those boilers contribute more than a fifth…
Governor Andrew Bailey opens the door to a first rate cut in June, but warns it’s โnot a fait accompliโ.
Countries now have abundant gas supplies but years of high costs led to a pervasive economic slowdownEurope is leaving behind the winter months with gas storage facilities brimming at all-time highs. This abundance of gas has allowed wholesale market p…
Ukrainian steel and iron firms need EU buyers more than ever. But a looming EU tax in 2026 will cost them millions if rapid changes aren’t made.
LONDON โ Claire Coutinho has promised to cut your energy bills. But she could end up hiking your neighborโs in the process. The U.K. energy secretary is mulling sweeping reforms to the electricity market which, advocates say, could reduce bills by billions of pounds over the next 15 years. But critics warn the proposals could [โฆ]
Sales fell 5% over 14 countries for which data exists, according to the European Heat Pump AssociationEuropeโs heat pump market has hit a slump, industry data shows, holding up the continentโs efforts to heat its homes without polluting the planet.Manu…
Junts nationalists abstain in vote on government decrees.
The electricity price is set by the most expensive generating asset, but uncoupling the two would be very complicated
Global energy watchdog says Russia cutting supplies has prompted efficiency upgrades and move to heat pumpsThe Ukraine crisis has marked a turning point for Europeโs gas consumption, which is expected to fall again this year as homes and firms embrace …
France has already banned it โย now industry is lobbying hard to ensure the EU doesn’t do the same.
UK prime minister talks up ‘hard decisions and fiscal discipline’ as inflation rate falls to 4.6 percent. Labour say don’t pop the champagne corks yet.
POLITICO combs through Rishi Sunakโs legislative agenda โ as read out by King Charles III โ so you donโt have to.
Tensions mount in Oslo as long-simmering conflict over EU energy rules comes to the fore.
Climate Change Committee said the government’s pivot on green policy has made “net zero considerably harder to achieveโ
To combat energy poverty, governments should direct funding to energy efficiency options and clean technologies that offer a structural solution to rising energy bills, rather than supporting fossil fuel heating, writes Vlasios Oikonomou.
The British prime minister said he had the “courage” to pare back parts of the U.K.โs net zero strategy. Not everyone in his party is happy.
Tory rebels of all stripes are taking matters into their own hands as the government’s flagship energy law returns to the House of Commons.
The energy bill is due to return to the U.K. parliament โ and that means trouble for Rishi Sunak.
The extra pots of cash are used for major spending, but hide a ballooning debt.
The fastest way the UK government can help cut bills, avoid emissions and reduce dependence is by increasing support for energy efficiency to reduce the total amount of natural gas needed.
At its heart, tackling climate change is a conservative mission to protect our planet and build a more prosperous country.
The reliance on Bank of England rate rises alone canโt go on. In other countries, rent caps and excess profit taxes are workingThe government seems to be claiming that itโs winning the fight against inflation. But we are not out of the woods yet. Infla…