Fears over the reliability of the electricity supply in Europe were validated last week, with a second stretch of cool, overcast, and near-windless weather following a less severe episode in November.

Germany's wind farms are producing a fraction of their normal electricity levels. A weather phenomenon dubbed “Dunkelflaute” that causes chilly, low-wind conditions is sweeping across Europe and ...

Ever increasing interconnection between nations has for years been seen as a recipe for a smoother energy transition – but that position faced a stern test among Germany's northern neighbours last ...

How Far Will Experimenting on the Unborn Go? The War on Christmas (Eating, Drinking, Fun) There is, it sometimes seems, a German compound noun for everything. And so, Dunkelflaute, which can be ...

Christine Lagarde launched a thinly veiled attack on France and Germany for causing “self-inflicted uncertainty” in the eurozone as the bloc cut interest rates for the fourth time this year. The ...

The climate crisis and the associated energy transition to renewables has brought about a new vocabulary for many. An early term was the abbreviation F.U.D., or Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt. Some ...

Will Europe be able to supply affordable, reliable electricity this winter? The answer depends on, among other factors, the whims of Russian natural gas exporters and maintenance work on nuclear power ...

A weather phenomenon dubbed “Dunkelflaute” that causes chilly, low-wind conditions is sweeping across Europe and causing fresh havoc to Germany’s embattled economy, where energy prices have risen to a ...