Commission to publish draft law on how to deal with nuclear waste by the end of the year.

• 8 March 2010

International agreement on construction of the Caspian-to-Europe pipeline has now been ratified by all five transit countries.

• 5 March 2010

Gas and electricity projects to receive ?2.3bn from the European economic recovery package.

• 5 March 2010

Gas and electricity projects to receive ?2.3bn from the European economic recovery package.

• 4 March 2010

Latest figures from the World Wind Energy Association are out and they show quite positive results for Asia.

• 3 March 2010

Germany's government is set to cut tariffs that electricity companies have to pay for solar power. In the last decade, power firms have been obliged to pay more than the market rate for solar power sources.

• 3 March 2010

A law proposed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government would greatly reduce subsidies for solar energy production, and in some cases eliminate them all together.

• 23 February 2010

Debate is still raging in the German government over the use of nuclear energy. Chancellor Merkel has distanced herself from comments by the environment minister that Germany could phase out its nuclear plants by 2030.

• 21 February 2010