The European Union is investing billions of euros in biorefineries that can develop products based on organic materials and help decrease the bloc’s reliance on oil and gas.

Berlin and The Hague have tabled joint proposals for EU countries to tackle the energy crisis as a bloc and secure gas supplies for next year’s winter.

Tenders for onshore wind capacity in Germany, which determine the number of windmills that will feed electricity into the grid, were again undersubscribed in spite of record energy prices.

Over the coming weeks and months, we’ll see just how far the European Commission is willing to go – or be pushed – when it comes to intervening on the EU’s energy market.

The European Union’s energy commissioner hailed a “long-term strategic partnership” with Algeria Tuesday (11 October) as the bloc turns to Africa’s biggest gas exporter to fill a gap left by Russian supplies.

The government is set to exempt from VAT imported machinery and other equipment used to make green energy.

The government approved the country’s Energy Contingency Plan on Tuesday to reduce energy consumption for the winter and protect vulnerable consumers under EU energy solidarity commitments.

…The committee also urged the government to “co-ordinate a national drive to improve the energy efficiency of our homes”….

Romanian power grid operator Transelectrica will benefit from energy investments worth more than €420 million funded by the EU’s Modernisation Fund.

Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death three men who refused to have their tribe evicted from its homeland to make way for the Neom smart city project, a rights group has reported.