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Centrica said gas storage supplies are running lower than usual (Andrew Matthews/PA)
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Why are UK gas stores lower than usual, and how is the overall supply looking?

UK gas storage dangerously low amid freezing snap, but diverse supply sources ease immediate shortage fears.

FILE PHOTO: Power-generating windmill turbines and power lines are seen in a rapeseed field in Nauen, Germany, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo
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EU’s 2024 new wind capacity less than half amount needed for climate goal, industry group says

Wind power provided 20% of the electricity consumed in Europe last year.

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump attends a news conference after his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at the JW Marriott Hotel in Hanoi, Vietnam February 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jorge Silva/File Photo
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European wind stocks take beating after Trump calls turbines ‘garbage’

Wind power stocks drop as Trump vows to block new turbines, raising fears over U.S. renewable energy market shifts.

A view of the retired Agios Georgios power station in Keratsini suburb, near Athens, Greece, January 3, 2025. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
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Europe’s power price divide hits southeastern economies

Greek businesses and households face soaring energy costs, as uneven investment deepens Southeast Europe's energy crisis.

Eighty percent of the fall in Germany's emissions for 2024 is thanks to record high production of renewable energy and the continued closure of coal-fired power stations (AFP)
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Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: study

Germany’s 2024 emissions fell three per cent, a slower drop than 2023, hindered by stalled green investments in industry and households.

A general view of an offshore wind farm in the North Sea, August 23, 2023. NTB/Ole Berg-Rusten via REUTERS
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Trump demands end to North Sea ‘windmills’ in swipe at UK energy policy

North Sea production has declined from a peak of 4.4 million barrels of oil per day to around 1.3 million today.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Equinor is set up at the entrance of a building at Western Europe's largest liquefied natural gas plant Hammerfest LNG in Hammerfest, Norway, March 14, 2024. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File Photo
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Equinor secures $3 billion financing for U.S. Empire Wind 1 project

The company expects the total capital investments to be around $5 billion.

Land-based wind turbines spin in Atlantic City, N.J. on Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)
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Still unable to find equipment makers, New Jersey offshore wind project seeks 2nd delay

New Jersey's offshore wind project seeks a second delay due to ongoing challenges in securing turbine equipment amid market volatility.

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