Eiffel Tower to go dark earlier as Paris saves energy

Other landmarks operated by the city, such as Saint-Jacques Tower and City Hall, will be turned off at 10pm.

(AP Photo/Rafael Yaghobzadeh, File)

Lights on the Eiffel Tower will soon be turned off more than an hour earlier at night to save electricity, the mayor of Paris has announced, as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepens an energy crisis across Europe.

Mayor Anne Hidalgo said the famous tower, which is normally illuminated until 1am, is among the city’s monuments and municipal buildings that will be plunged into darkness earlier in the evening as the French capital — like the rest of France and Europe — faces risks of power shortages, rationing and blackouts when energy demand surges this winter.