TAG: Energy security
The UK’s great disappearing energy summit
LONDON — It was billed as the summit that would “rewire the global energy system” — a chance for Bre...
8 months ago
UK Labour’s secret love: The oil and gas industry
LONDON — It was an unlikely stage for a political love-in.Labour Party Leader Keir Starmer and Ed Mi...
8 months ago
Former Tory energy minister quits as MP over Sunak’s ‘harmful’ push for new oil and gas
The former energy minister who signed the U.K.’s 2050 net-zero target into law has quit the Conserva...
8 months ago
EU heavyweights urge ‘ambitious’ 2040 climate targets — breaking silence
Several of Europe's most powerful countries implored Brussels to set "an ambitious climate target fo...
8 months ago
Czech industry minister vies to become EU’s next energy chief
Czech Industry and Trade Minister Jozef Síkela, who played a key role in coordinating Europe’s respo...
8 months ago
Europe’s new energy risk: Trading Russia for America
On cloudy days, from his house John Beard can see the fireballs lighting up the dark sky, flares from the distant fossil fuel plants where he once made his living as a technician.The fiery discharge of excess gas is a constant reminder of the industry tha...
6 months ago
UK strikes energy deal with firm linked to Putin’s gas exports
LONDON — U.K. hospitals, town halls and government departments will be heated via a massive energy deal with a subsidiary of a firm still importing Russian gas to Europe — just days after U.K. ministers boasted they were “driving Putin out of the market.”...
6 months ago
UK vows to avoid Europe’s ‘clumsy’ green policies as protests rage
LONDON — Britain will not repeat the kind of “clumsy” climate policies which have caused social unrest elsewhere in Europe, the country’s energy secretary declared.Claire Coutinho told POLITICO in an interview that “riots and protest happening across Euro...
6 months ago
France talks tough on Ukraine while gobbling up more Russian gas
BRUSSELS — Put your money where your mouth is.Such grumbling is percolating across Europe as new data reveals France quietly ramping up gas payments to Russia just as President Emmanuel Macron loudly positions himself as one of Ukraine’s staunchest defend...
6 months ago
EU gears up to sue Germany if it doesn’t change divisive gas tax
BRUSSELS — The EU will haul Germany to court unless the country revises a controversial gas law that neighboring countries say is harming their efforts to diversify away from Russian energy, a senior European Commission official told POLITICO.Germany adop...
6 months ago
UK Energy Minister Graham Stuart quits government ahead of election
LONDON — Energy Minister Graham Stuart has stepped down from his role at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.Stuart announced his decision to return to the backbenches on Friday afternoon, ending a ministerial career that spanned eight years.H...
6 months ago
Russia is bombing Ukraine into darkness — and leaving Europe short of power
Just outside Kyiv is a smoking crater where one of Ukraine's largest power plants used to be.The bombed-out ruin of the Trypilska Thermal Power Plant — the main electricity producer for millions of people — is a symbol of a devastating shift underway in U...
5 months ago
Oil prices subdued, energy security concerns escalate on West Asia tensions
Global crude oil prices ticked lower on Monday as traders assessed the extent of damage and associated risks following Iran’s attack on Israel's military facilities. Iran launched a barrage of missiles and drones at Israeli military facilities over the...
5 months ago
Industry bosses to EU: Help us level up in the global green tech race
HANNOVER, Germany — Europe’s industry is ready to take on state-subsidized Chinese and American rivals in the global green tech race — but Brussels must create the right conditions for it to do so.Failure to act will condemn Europe to deindustrialization:...
5 months ago