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Call for more flexibility, concern at possible costs. Energy ministers meeting in Brussels today expressed dissatisfaction with efficiency targets for energy suppliers and...

Progress report on EU-wide nuclear checks, but green groups are critical of the tests. Stress tests on nuclear power plants are on track and have been conducted in a...

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Commission urged to take account of indirect land-use change when assessing fuel emissions. A group of scientists and economists has called on the EU to recognise the...

Oettinger and Hedegaard reject advice from Commission's scientific experts. The European Commission has rejected the advice of its scientific experts and backed away from...

New approach to energy deals could cause some problems. Much of the media coverage of the European Commission's proposals for a more coherent European approach towards...

Pipeline brings Russian gas to western Europe. The Nord Stream pipeline bringing Russian gas under the Baltic Sea to western Europe is expected to start working in October....

MEPs say European commissioner for energy should retract statement about member states that break budget rules. MEPs have condemned comments Günther Oettinger, the...

Report calls for licences linked to inspections; move follows last year's Gulf of Mexico spill. MEPs are to call for tougher EU rules on the safety of offshore oil and gas...

Commission to review deals with third countries, while Poland pushes for more energy transparency. The European Commission, as part of its efforts to create a common...

Oettinger seeks details of deals with non-EU countries. Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy, is  to propose that  member states share...

Seven schemes to verify credentials of biofuel. The European Commission has announced that seven schemes will be authorised to verify that biofuel produces greenhouse-gas...

Commission to propose emissions calculation, but MEPs want different values for each crop. A cross-party group of MEPs is urging the European Commission to distinguish...