Sweden, Finland and Denmark are unlikely to block or slow down the procedures of issuing national approvals for the construction of Nord Stream 2, write Justyna Gotkowska and Piotr Szymaáč ski of OSW, the Centre for Eastern Studies, in Poland. But according to the authors the Nordic countries do expect the European Commission to assess the compliance of Nord Stream 2 with the EUâs Third Energy Package. In addition, Stockholm and Copenhagen in … [Read more...]
Why most âgreenâ electricity in Europe isnât green
Brussels is on course to deliver a big shake-up of the EUâs energy markets this December by trying to put consumers in the driving seat of the energy transition. Millions of consumers have already made the switch to âgreenâ electricity tariffs. Or so they think. But these tariffs are misleading and consumers are, in many cases, actually supporting fossil fuels or nuclear plants which are hidden behind a green façade, writes Jörg MĂŒhlenhoff, … [Read more...]
Demand response can drastically lower energy bills â if suppliers donât get âcompensatedâ
New research commissioned by the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) finds that demand flexibility can save many billions of euros in electricity costs. As the European Commission is pondering the design of a new and interconnected energy market for Europe, it needs to make sure these benefits are realised, writes Phil Baker, Senior Advisor at RAP. Brussels should resist calls to âcompensateâ energy suppliers for perceived losses as a result of … [Read more...]
The energy prescriptions of The Atlantic Council: âThereâs a direction relation between climate change and geopoliticsâ
The implications of climate change targets not being met are massive migration, the potential for resource wars and âa further disintegrating of the international orderâ, according to Richard L. Morningstar, Founding Director and Chairman of the Global Energy Center and David Koranyi, Director of the Eurasian Energy Futures Initiative, both part of the Washington DC based think tank The Atlantic Council. Morningstar and Koranyi see a âdirect … [Read more...]
To keep European offshore wind world-leading, we need an industrial policy
To retain the global lead European companies have in offshore wind, the EU should develop an industrial policy that will guarantee a steady pipeline of projects, writes independent energy expert Mike Parr. This would ensure continued investment by companies in cost reduction and technology improvements. Failure to do so could mean the offshore wind sector would suffer the same fate as the European solar PV industry. … [Read more...]
Interview MaroĆĄ Ć efÄoviÄ, VP Energy Union: âI made the promise 2016 would be year of delivery and I intend to keep itâ
âIf we want a cost-effective transition to a low-carbon economy, we have to create an internal energy market where European rules applyâ, says MaroĆĄ Ć efÄoviÄ, the European Commissionâs Vice President for the Energy Union, in an exclusive interview with Energy Post. According to Ć efÄoviÄ, âbig parts of our energy market are [still] overregulatedâ. To take a decisive leap towards the Energy Union, the Commission has decided to put all its energy … [Read more...]
Europe should look at consumption of renewables not just production
European consumers actively chose to buy more than 550TWh of renewable electricity last year, 20% of all electricity consumption. Yet EU member states are not required to report on consumption of renewables, only  production. This gives a false picture of what is happening in the market, say business representatives involved in purchasing and producing green electricity. Dual reporting - of consumption and production - would show that some … [Read more...]
The new EON, the new Johannes Teyssen: âThe future is state-led renewables, stop dreaming of perfect Energy Union and Emission Trading Systemâ
In one of his first in-depth interviews since the restructuring of EON, CEO Johannes Teyssen sets out a completely new vision of where he sees European energy markets and policies going. The future according to Teyssen is: distribution much more than transmission; state-led renewables auctions and capacity markets, not wholesale energy-only markets; carbon taxes or floor prices, not carbon trading or emission trading; higher energy efficiency … [Read more...]
Brexit: an opportunity to rethink UK carbon pricing
The UKâs exit from the European Union will make changes to UK carbon pricing unavoidable. Steven Sorrell,Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex and member of the Sussex Energy Group (SEG), discusses the options and argues that a broad-based domestic carbon tax could be the best way forward for UK climate policy. … [Read more...]
Energy prices, not capacity mechanisms, are key to ensuring reliability at the lowest cost
Electricity generators often claim that prices cannot fully reflect the value of the reliability they offer the market. Hence they insist they need separate capacity payments to justify investments. But according to Mike Hogan of the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP), the current energy market design is fully able to reflect the value of reliability, even if it doesnât always do so in practice. In a new report, he describes a smarter approach, … [Read more...]
Jean-Paul Chabard, Scientific Director at EDFâs R&D: âElectrical storage is the grail for an electricity producerâ
In this exclusive interview with Energy Post, the man in charge of EDFâs flagship new research centre just outside Paris, Jean-Paul Chabard, explains where the company sees its future opportunities. With an R&D budget of âŹ650 million, EDF has the largest R&D effort of any utility in Europe. The EDF Lab at Paris-Saclay, which opened in March, houses half the companyâs 2,000-strong R&D staff. Chabard says âelectrical storage is the … [Read more...]
Christoph Frei, World Energy Council:Â âGrand transitionâ requires new vision of energy security
The energy sector is going through a âgrand transitionâ that will radically change the way energy security should be approached, says Christoph Frei, Secretary General of the World Energy Council, on the eve of the ONS Summit, a high-level meeting on energy security in Stavangerâ on August 28-29, hosted by the Munich Security Conference and the ONS Foundationâ. In particular, the role of gas in the European energy system will change, says Frei. … [Read more...]
The elusive gas connection between Spain and France
The French energy regulator has recently said that a long-awaited gas interconnector between Spain and France, which the European Commission says would help reduce Europeâs dependence on Russian gas, is not needed and too costly in the current market environment. Juan Vila, President of the Spanish company Gasindustrial, disputes the CREâs assumptions and calls its viewpoint short-sighted. âThe people and industries in Spain and Portugal need to … [Read more...]
Ukrainian crisis can be solved – with an Energiewende
A Ukrainian Energiewende could go a long way to resolving the current geopolitical crisis around the country, writes Oleg Savitsky of the National Ecological Centre of Ukraine in a new report for the Succow Stiftung. According to Savitsky, it would reduce Ukraineâs dependence on Russian gas and uranium as well as on coal from the breakaway regions, while at the same time reducing pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and the risk of a nuclear … [Read more...]
Hinkley Point C delay: how to exploit this attack of common sense in energy policy
Without Hinkley Point C, the potential to have a real and considered debate about the future shape of the electricity system has loomed into view, writes Bridget Woodman, Course Director, MSc Energy Policy, at the University of Exeter. According to Woodman, the UK governmentâs decision to delay a final go-ahead on the project makes it possible to start debating the sorts of options being considered widely around the world, with measures to … [Read more...]
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