From oil markets to reconstruction, the fallout from the conflict will unfold over years

Investor sentiment also helped by SpaceX’s historic initial public offering

UK firm’s SMR unit beats competition from GE Vernova Hitachi for its third major contract

Also in this newsletter: Kallas fronts up amid EEAS reform talk

Investment in both fission and fusion suggests attitudes are changing

Technology is tackling complexities that have held back progress in cutting energy waste

Companies are pressing ahead with emissions cuts to boost efficiency and competitiveness

Opportunity to transform materials discovery could outweigh risks of high energy consumption

Companies that acted early to decarbonise now face uncertainty as Brussels waters down climate targets

Regulatory changes could threaten $50bn of investment, embassy warns

Security and cost concerns elevate business push for overhaul of power systems

Congolese minister met Belgian officials to discuss records mapping former colony’s mineral wealth

Groups eye windfall as technology’s potential to deliver abundant power attracts investors

Lionheart Capital and Keo Energy create Nasdaq-listed company to pursue assets in Latin American nation.

Winston Soosaipillai accused of creating a ‘web of deceit’ before energy group collapsed

Revised Corporate Net-zero Standard faces criticism over renewable energy rules

Also in this newsletter: Revolt against deficit spending to temper energy prices

Group took $176mn hit and parted ways with its head electricity and gas trader as winter volatility battered positions

PM Jonas Gahr Støre tells FT that Europe should seek energy security as he presses bloc to scrap drilling ban in High North

Orion CMC looking at Duval family’s stake in group where the French state is a shareholder