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Nine European countries have pledged to scale up wind power generation in the North Sea to further climate goals and move away from dependency on Russian fossil fuel supplies.
Solar and wind energy surged to make a record 12% of the world's electricity in 2022, a climate think tank calculated -- though coal remained the leading source globally.
As Germany prepares to shut its last nuclear reactors for good, other countries are turning to nuclear as a means of boosting their energy independence and cutting fossil fuel emissions.
The EU agrees a deal to almost double the share of renewables in the 27-nation bloc's energy consumption by 2030 amid efforts to become carbon neutral and ditch Russian fossil fuels.
Europe has weathered the energy crisis that followed Russia's invasion of Ukraine so far, but businesses and households are already thinking about how to get through the next winter.
The interactive map shows the increase in gas prices in the EU compared to the same month last year (indicates the individual increase in value for each EU country).
EU leaders meeting in Prague wrestled to come up with a plan to tackle soaring energy costs as they struggle with the fallout from Russia's war on Ukraine.
The European Commission has set out proposals to bring down the soaring price of gas and electricity in the EU, notably by taxing excess profits of power producers.
The EU plans a "deep and comprehensive" reform of the electricity market to cope with an energy crisis sparked by Russia's war in Ukraine, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has said.