Emmanuel Macron, the French Economy Minister, said that France is committed to supporting the £18 billion nuclear power station planned for construction by EDF at Hinkley Point C in the UK, but that no final decision will be made before September.
The Swedish energy producer Vattenfall has signed an agreement to sell its four German coal-fired power plants and its lignite mining assets to the Czech energy company EPH with its financial partner PPF Investments .
According to a new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), global renewable energy capacity recorded the largest ever annual growth rate in 2015