LIVE – RTE: “No risk of blackout this winter”

“Under no circumstances does France run the risk of a ‘blackout’,
that is, total loss of control of the electrical system”, assures RTE.

The EU will accumulate “strategic reserves” to avoid interruptions in the supply of “critical” raw materials for its industry, in particular rare earths and lithium, the global supply of which is controlled by China, the EU announced on Wednesday. Commission.

The EU will launch a new public bank dedicated to the development of hydrogen, capable of investing 3,000 million euros “to build the future market” of this booming energy, the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, announced on Wednesday. .

The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, marked this Wednesday that the sanctions imposed on Russia due to the war in Ukraine should be maintained and judged that the time for appeasement had not come.

The EU will undertake “a complete and profound reform” of its electricity market, where prices have soared in the wake of gas prices, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

Capping revenue from renewable and nuclear power generators would raise “more than €140 billion” for EU states, which could redistribute it to vulnerable households and businesses, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday.

Thanks to the rise in electricity prices after gas prices, these companies are reselling their production well above their production costs, super-profits that Brussels intends to recover: “At this time, it is not right to make extraordinary profits thanks to the behind the backs of consumers,” said Mrs von der Leyen outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg.