Energy Prices

Opinion: Europe’s energy crisis is not over

Last week, the European Commission took a well-deserved victory lap around Brussels on the occasion of the one-year anniversary of…

Half of EU has no mandatory energy-saving measures for next winter – EEB

Despite the ongoing energy crisis, only half of EU member states have mandatory energy-saving measures in place for next winter,…

Weekly data: European gas price lowest since the start of the energy crisis

The European gas price is the lowest it has been since the beginning of the energy crisis. On 8 May,…

How a “carbon takeback obligation” can ensure net zero

In all the noise surrounding the oil majors’ 2022 earnings announcements, one stat published by Greenpeace cut through everything: if…

Opinion: To lower energy bills, we need a public energy system, not more fossil fuels and climate delay

This week, despite Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s three-month extension of the energy price freeze, the UK's state-funded discount on energy bills…

Opinion: let’s make clean heating a reality for low-income households

The cost of heating leaves many European households feeling burnt. Three-quarters of our heat is still supplied by expensive fossil…

Weekly data: The case for a British state-owned electricity generation company

A state-owned electricity generation company could save Britons £21bn ($24.8bn) a year (or £252 per household) while accelerating the transition…

UK private renters left out in the cold this winter

The UK has been hit with an extended cold snap in December. The Met Office has issued a severe weather…

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…

Weekly data: How India’s appetite for cheap Russian oil could hamper its climate ambitions

Indian government officials have been quick to defend India's decision not to comply with Western sanctions against Russian oil, despite…