France

Eurotunnel plans to install a 500MW transmission line connecting the French and UK grids

UK and France lobby to have safety checks watered down, while Switzerland moves to phase out its nuclear power plants

Industry lobby group warns bureaucracy is derailing country's bid to generate 23 per cent energy from renewable sources

Experiment could see sewers heat 10 per cent of city with President Sarkozy's Elysee Palace already signed up

French president launches tender for right to develop five offshore zones

Projects totaling 3GW of capacity expected to go out to tender

Parliamentary rail group writes to safety body urging speedy resolution to rift with French

Mayor Bertrand Delanoë unveils environmentally friendly Autolib project in latest attempt to reduce Paris traffic

French minister confirms tenders for first offshore wind farms are "imminent"