AGP Executive Report
Last update: 19 minutes agoWindfall tax push: Finance ministers from Germany, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Italy and Poland renewed calls for an EU-wide excess profit tax on oil companies, arguing crisis costs are hitting households while oil firms benefit from supply shocks. Gas market squeeze: European gas prices jumped above $800 per thousand cubic meters as LNG cargoes shift to Asia and storage refill faces disruption; EU storage is still far from the 90% target. Nuclear momentum: France’s EDF has been authorised to start site preparation for two new EPR2 reactors at Gravelines, moving the project into the next phase. Grid and storage planning: The EU is racing to refill gas storage before winter as Strait of Hormuz constraints keep LNG flows tight, with some countries allowed to fall below the 90% goal. Oil supply deal: Poland’s Orlen signed a three-year crude supply agreement with Equinor tied to Norway’s Johan Sverdrup field. Renewables for self-sufficiency: The Vatican and Italy plan a €100m agrivoltaic solar project near Rome to help power Vatican needs.
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