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EU Approves Support for Renewable Energy in Denmark

EU Approves Support for Renewable Energy in Denmark

The European Commission said the EC has approved under EU State aid rules three schemes to support electricity production from wind and solar in Denmark in 2018 and 2019.

Erdoğan’s Authoritarian Quackery

Erdoğan’s Authoritarian Quackery

Why do conspiracy theories and general charlatanism so often receive their strongest support from the world’s dictators? Sure, dictators are almost always oddballs themselves, but that cannot be all there is to it. In fact, it is worth asking whether quackery is a necessary feature of authoritarian rule.

EIB Finances Electricity Link Between Norway and Germany

EIB Finances Electricity Link Between Norway and Germany

In order to support the construction of an electricity interconnector between Norway and Germany, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €100 million financing agreement with TenneT, a leading European electricity transmission system operator, the European Commission said on August 14.

EU Supports Polish Support for Heat and Power Plant in Plock

EU Supports Polish Support for Heat and Power Plant in Plock

The European Commission said on August 13 that it had approved, under EU State aid rules, Poland’s plans to include a 600-megawatt gas-fired combined heat and power plant located in Płock in its existing scheme to support high-efficiency co-generation of heat and electricity, which the Commission said increases energy efficiency by recycling the heat from power generation for other uses, to the overall benefit of the environment.

Russia’s Gazprom to Supply China Via Power of Siberia Pipeline

Russia’s Gazprom to Supply China Via Power of Siberia Pipeline

Russian gas supplies to Europe are not under threat, as Power of Siberia will be using gas from new fields closer to China and the Pacific, UralSib analyst tells NE. In an effort to strengthen Russia’s foothold in the Asia-Pacific region, Gazprom is advancing plans to supply China with gas via the Power of Siberia, a pipeline that is over 90% completed, the Russian gas giant said

Turkey’s Relations With the West Enters New Crisis

Turkey’s Relations With the West Enters New Crisis

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has set himself up for a collision course with Washington that could have serious political and economic implications for the relationship between Ankara and the West. Turkey’s allegiance to NATO can no longer be seen as unconditional as Ankara has become increasingly vocal and open about exploring options that go beyond its Euro-Atlantic partners, and would include deepening its relations with Russia, Iran, and China. Such choices can no longer be treated as populist outbursts of little significance

EU Welcomes Completion of Belarus NPP Risk and Safety Assessments

EU Welcomes Completion of Belarus NPP Risk and Safety Assessments

The European Commission welcomed on July 3 the completion of the Peer Review Report of the EU Stress Test in Belarus, which was carried out by the European Nuclear Safety Regulators Group (ENSREG). The Commission said that the EC looks forward to the next phase of the process and continue working on the proper implementation of the findings

Global Energy is Shifting from West to East, and Europe Needs to Pay Attention

Global Energy is Shifting from West to East, and Europe Needs to Pay Attention

With a free trade agreement between the EU and the GCC moving ever closer, the UAE is taking advantage of its position in the region to capitalize on rapidly evolving industry changes. The oil and gas industry is entering its newest period of rapid change and uncertainty. This week crude posted the biggest monthly loss since July 2016 amid a surprise jump in U.S. crude inventories

EU Approves German Renewable Energy Surcharges Cuts

EU Approves German Renewable Energy Surcharges Cuts

Plans to reduce renewable energy surcharges for electricity users producing their own electricity using highly efficient cogeneration plants. Citing EU state aid rules, the European Commission has endorsed German plans to reduce renewable energy surcharges for electricity users producing their own electricity using highly efficient cogeneration plants, the EC said on August 1

Mercedes Benz Reaches Automotive PPA with Polish Wind Farm

Mercedes Benz Reaches Automotive PPA with Polish Wind Farm

Mercedes Benz has announced Europe’s first automotive Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with a Polish wind farm, WindEurope said on August 1, adding that it is also the first such deal signed in Poland.

We Are All Climate Refugees Now

We Are All Climate Refugees Now

Modern humans, born into one climate era, called the Holocene, have crossed the border into another, the Anthropocene. But instead of a Moses guiding humanity in this new and dangerous wilderness, a gang of science deniers and polluters currently misguides humanity to ever-greater danger. We are all climate refugees now and must chart a path to safety.