The European Commission moved closer to being able to hold back 400 million EU Emissions Trading System allowances from planned auctions this year after the European Parliament approved the move in a vote Thursday. ›

The UK will import more power from neighbouring countries in the future as the country’s electricity margin continues to tighten, according to National Grid. ›

Europe is slowly emerging from the crisis and economic growth is picking up however the sluggish nature of the recovery means governments cannot ease up in the pursuit of reforms that boost investment and jobs. ›

An apparent U-turn by VVD parliamentarians means a majority of MPs now support reducing the amount of gas being pumped from under Groningen. ›

The 2013 average was by far the highest in any of the years when the UK NBP spot gas market has been active, beating the averages for all the years from 1997 to 2012. ›

UK prompt power prices were bearish on the first working day of the New Year, moving lower in line with surging wind generation and lower demand with the festive season demand slump expected to last until Monday. ›

Brussels has launched a full investigation into whether Britain is providing up to £17bn of potentially illegal public guarantees for the first nuclear power plant in a generation. ›

Npower chief warns over blackouts as second supplier says carbon tax worsening situation by forcing coal-fired power plants to close ›

The European Commission is close to concluding that Britain’s nuclear programme at Hinkley Point breaches EU state aid rules and may have to be revised, a move that could lead to long delays and even cause the deal to collapse. ›

Low storage stocks could limit supply flexibility at the end of the winter, particularly in central and southeast Europe, the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Gas (Entso-G) said. ›