Serbia to target emissions cut of 40.3% by 2030 in upcoming NECP
Serbia presented the preliminary goals for its integrated national energy and climate plan as it is about to start a public debate
Germany to reconsider nuclear plant shutdown in following weeks
Faced with the gas supply crunch, German ministers from the Greens are willing to reconsider the scheduled closure of the last nuclear plants
Natural gas, nuclear energy remain part of EU taxonomy – NGOs to file lawsuit
The European Parliament rejected the motion to exclude investments in natural gas and nuclear energy from the sustainable finance taxonomy
Fossil fuels returned as top energy source in EU power generation in 2021
Among renewable sources, the biggest increase in 2021 was seen in electricity produced from solar energy, 13%,
G7 reverses climate policy with support for LNG, gas, nuclear power
The G7 reaffirmed its commitment to climate goals, but it backed the deployment of gas, particularly LNG, and of nuclear power
Gas and nuclear’s green taxonomy prospects divided European institutions
MEPs opposed the European Commission’s plan to include nuclear energy and gas in the list of environmentally sustainable economic activities covered by the so-called EU taxonomy. The two responsible committees consider that the proposal does not respect the sustainability criteria. Unraveling over the financing of gas and nuclear projects is expected in the European Parliament […]
Small modular reactors create far more nuclear waste than conventional units – study
Small modular reactors would create two to 30 times more nuclear waste per unit of energy than conventional nuclear plants, scientists found
Romania picks site of old coal power plant for first small nuclear reactor in Europe
The site was chosen as a result of an agreement between Romania's Nuclearelectrica and US-based NuScale Power
