Posts Tagged: security of energy supply

Cyprus: rising tensions as gas bids gain a further international dimension

Along with the newly incumbent Cypriot presidency of the Council of the European Union, Cyprus is also coping with the impacts of a second round of licensing (February – April 2012) for the gas discovered in its Exclusive Economic Zone

Cyprus: rising tensions as gas bids gain a further international dimension

Along with the newly incumbent Cypriot presidency of the Council of the European Union, Cyprus is also coping with the impacts of a second round of licensing (February – April 2012) for the gas discovered in its Exclusive Economic Zone

Will Durban deliver? There is much indecision

The Durban Conference of Parties is over. There may be a signed document to show for the conference, however this document, laying the way for the Durban Platform, merely saved the negotiations. Potentially irreversible and catastrophic climate change is still

Will Durban deliver? There is much indecision

The Durban Conference of Parties is over. There may be a signed document to show for the conference, however this document, laying the way for the Durban Platform, merely saved the negotiations. Potentially irreversible and catastrophic climate change is still

Slower than certainly possible: developments in Energy Roadmap and Energy Efficiency Directive

A low carbon society is achievable. This was the message given many times over at coinciding workshops of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), and the Coalition of Energy Savings on 4 October 2011. Not only can

Slower than certainly possible: developments in Energy Roadmap and Energy Efficiency Directive

A low carbon society is achievable. This was the message given many times over at coinciding workshops of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), and the Coalition of Energy Savings on 4 October 2011. Not only can

No smart networking without smart consumers

Increasing inter-connection between networks is likely to be an important feature of the electricity industry in Europe as the drive to maximise supplies of secure, low-carbon sources of energy increases over the coming decades. “Intelligent” networking can help us make

No smart networking without smart consumers

Increasing inter-connection between networks is likely to be an important feature of the electricity industry in Europe as the drive to maximise supplies of secure, low-carbon sources of energy increases over the coming decades. “Intelligent” networking can help us make

Pipeline Politics: Nabucco, TAPI and Friends

There has been a proliferation of gas pipeline proposals surrounding the so-called Southern Gas corridor – an attempt to bring gas from Central Asia to Europe, by-passing Russia and therefore diversifying Europe’s supply by breaking Russia’s monopoly on the market,

Pipeline Politics: Nabucco, TAPI and Friends

There has been a proliferation of gas pipeline proposals surrounding the so-called Southern Gas corridor – an attempt to bring gas from Central Asia to Europe, by-passing Russia and therefore diversifying Europe’s supply by breaking Russia’s monopoly on the market,