The EU wants energy security and carbon neutrality. For that, it needs its Mediterranean neighbours

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Laura El-Katiri, Visiting Fellow, European Council for Foreign Relations (ECFR), Jonathan Walters, Senior Advisor, Infrastructure, Castalia Advisors The EU is on a mission to cut emissions by 57% by 2030 — that means easing reliance on fossil fuels.To […]

Joint gas purchasing: The AggregateEU mechanism to increase energy security for Europe

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. 1. What is AggregateEU and how is it linked to the EU Energy Platform? AggregateEU is the new EU mechanism enabling demand aggregation and joint gas purchasing at the European level. It was set up following the adoption of Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2576 (the […]

Energy security doesn’t have to cost us the planet

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Chris Hamill-Stewart, Writer, Forum Agenda In the past year, the global economy — and peoples’ lives — have been convulsed by an energy crisis that shows no signs of abating. Meeting the global demand for energy has never been […]

Eurobarometer: EU citizens remain strongly in favour of Ukraine and of ensuring energy security

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The latest Standard Eurobarometer survey published today, almost one year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, shows continued strong solidarity of Europeans with Ukraine and their support for the actions undertaken to support the country and its people. EU citizens also overwhelmingly support the acceleration of […]

7 ways we can phase out coal without harming economies or energy security

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Ewan Thomson, Senior Writer, Formative Content Coal is both the single biggest source of CO2 emissions from energy and the single biggest source of electricity generation worldwide. That’s a big problem. In order to significantly impact the climate crisis […]

REPowerEU: New industrial Alliance to boost the EU’s solar power and energy security

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Today, the Commission together with industrial actors, research institutes, associations and other relevant parties launched the European Solar PV Industry Alliance. The alliance will help mitigating supply risk by securing diversification of supplies through more diverse imports and scaled up solar PV manufacturing of […]

Europe’s source of ‘energy security’ is facing headwinds. This is why 

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: John Letzing, Digital Editor, Strategic Intelligence, World Economic Forum The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline normally provides much of Europe’s energy but it was recently throttled. This supply cut is seen as Russia’s response to sanctions applied following […]

Energy Security: Commission welcomes swift adoption of new gas storage rules

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. New storage legislation adopted today will strengthen the EU’s security of gas supply in view of the upcoming and next winters. Faced with the threat of supply disruptions by Russia, the EU Gas Storage Regulation requires that Europe’s gas reserves are refilled before the winter, […]

Joint statement by President von der Leyen and President Biden on U.S.-EU cooperation on energy security

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. We are jointly committed to Europe’s energy security and sustainability and to accelerating the global transition to clean energy. We also share the objective of ensuring the energy security of Ukraine and the progressive integration of Ukraine with the EU gas and electricity markets. […]

Energy security: The synchronisation of the Baltic States’ electricity networks – European solidarity in action

This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. On Thursday, President Jean-Claude Juncker signed, accompanied by Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič, the political Roadmap implementing the synchronisation of the Baltic States’ electricity networks with the Continental European Network via Poland together with Dalia Grybauskaitė, President of Lithuania, Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Estonia, Mateusz Morawiecki, Prime Minister […]

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