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The journey from a coal union to the energy transition
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The European Union in its present-day form is the result of various associations of individual states such as the ECSC and the EEC. These organisations were founded in the 1950s, in part to enable the production and trading of energy under common sets of rules. However, a truly coherent energy policy did not emerge until 2007 when the European Energy Strategy was first adopted. Current challenges include issues such as climate change and energy efficiency, the dependence on fossil fuel imports, the energy transition or the return of the US to fossil fuels.
View of the concrete structure housing Unit 6 of the former Greifswald nuclear power plant in Lubmin, east Germany. Photo: John MacDougall / AFP
View of the concrete structure housing U... […]

The ups and downs of the global nuclear industry

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.
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