EU braces for ‘crucial’ revision of 27 national energy and climate plans
The EU’s 27 member states are due to submit updated plans on how they intend to contribute to EU renewable…
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Anna Gumbau
Anna Gumbau is a freelance energy and climate journalist based in Brussels. She mainly covers the European Green Deal and its impact on central and eastern Europe. Prior to going freelance, she was Carbon Pulse’s Brussels correspondent, and an energy reporter with Interfax Global Energy Services in London.
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What Spain’s latest cinema hits say about its energy transition
“Wind energy, yes – but not like this.” One could expect these words from local activists at a protest against…
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Is the EU bracing for an electricity market design revolution, or evolution?
Last week the European Commission got the ball rolling on what is going to be one of the ‘hottest’ topics…
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The ‘Iberian exception’: A success story?
Thursday 15 December marked six months since the introduction of a mechanism to cap wholesale gas prices in Spain and…
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The French-Spanish ‘BarMar’ pipeline will do little to address the energy crisis in the short-term
After several months of deadlock, the leaders of Spain, France and Portugal agreed on 20 October to move ahead with…
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Ukraine sets plans for ambitious ‘green’ reconstruction
Even as Russian hostilities against Ukraine continue, Kyiv has kickstarted its plans for a green reconstruction after the war. Ukrainian…
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This is the EU Parliament’s last chance to raise carbon market ambition
A new deal to reform the EU’s carbon market, struck late at night on 14 June between the centre-right European…
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Energy price crisis: Is the EU’s power market design to blame?
Ever since gas prices in Europe began to rise last autumn, with a spillover effect on EU power prices, the…
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What Europe can learn from Portugal’s accelerated coal exit
At the end of 2021, Portugal became coal-free after shutting down its 628MW Pego coal-fired power plant, privately owned by…
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Russia’s war on Ukraine spotlights critical energy infrastructure
On 25 February, Russian troops blew up a gas pipeline near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Russia claims to have control…