Energy
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Poland / EU: Pipeline of contention
28 October 2010PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Czech Republic: Temelín project postponed
13 October 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Natural Gas: Moscow scores against Brussels again
12 October 201032PresseuropLa Tribune -
Renewable Energies: Green revolution will cost you
24 September 20101754 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Germany: Nuclear energy wins a reprieve
7 September 2010PresseuropDer Tagesspiegel -
Germany: Power lobby nukes Merkel
17 August 2010PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
Electricity: France is riding the current
11 August 2010PresseuropLe Figaro -
Gas: The Gazprom gamble
13 July 20102PresseuropHandelsblatt -
Bulgaria / Russia: Sofia blows hot and cold on Moscow
7 July 2010PresseuropDnevnik -
Oil industry: BP spill sinks British pensions
10 June 20101PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Oil industry: BP faces the hurricane, financial and real
2 June 2010PresseuropThe Independent -
Romania: White Stream II aims to sideline Nabucco
15 April 2010PresseuropRomânia libera -
Nuclear Energy: The great atomic bluff
13 April 20101785 Internazionale Rome -
Solar energy: Set the electricity grid free
8 April 2010262 La Vanguardia Barcelona -
Gas: Slovakia warms to Gazprom
7 April 2010PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES -
Czech Republic : Speculators reach for the sun
18 March 2010242 Mladá Fronta DNES Prague -
Gas: Energy solidarity not yet on tap
17 March 2010Rzeczpospolita Warsaw -
Slovakia: Nuclear plans put on need-to-know basis
11 March 2010PresseuropSME -
Petrol: Romania's Black Sea, the new Persian Gulf?
23 February 2010562 Adevărul Bucharest -
Atomic energy: Eastern Europe, a nuclear dustbin?
18 February 2010PresseuropPolska The Times -
Czech Republic: Putting green Eldorado on ice
17 February 2010PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
Spain: No-one in rush to host nuclear dump
25 January 2010PresseuropABC -
France: The blackout risk
17 December 2009PresseuropLe Monde -
Renewable Energy: Scam with the wind
16 December 2009301 International Herald Tribune Paris -
Gas: Gazprom makes offers no-one refuses
12 November 200942 Polska The Times Warsaw -
Gas: Green light for Nord Stream
6 November 2009PresseuropDagens Nyheter -
Electricity: Is the nuclear industry in meltdown?
21 October 200944 Der Spiegel Hamburg -
Belgium-France: GDF-Suez: Arrogant and tight-fisted
16 October 2009PresseuropDe Morgen -
Nuclear Energy: Siberia: France’s dustbin
12 October 2009PresseuropLibération -
Nuclear Energy: Belgium sticks with nuclear
2 October 2009PresseuropDe Standaard -
Romania: Torn between two pipelines
2 October 2009PresseuropRomânia libera -
Gas: All pipelines lead to Ankara
30 September 200925 Die Zeit Hamburg -
Ecology: German judges spurn coal
18 September 2009PresseuropDie Tageszeitung -
Nord stream: French companies go to Gazprom’s rescue
16 September 2009PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Human rights: Rangoon junta runs on Total
10 September 2009PresseuropLibération -
Ireland: The People vs Shell
8 September 200923 Village Dublin -
Renewable energy: Will Africa's rivers and sun power Europe?
25 August 200953 The Independent London -
Gas pipeline: Russians pressurise Poland into gas deal
10 August 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
South Stream: Berlusconi's backslapping diplomacy
7 August 2009PresseuropCorriere della Sera -
Poland: Nuclear power hopes on the back burner
3 August 2009PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Gas: Waft of solidarity in EU gas law
17 July 2009PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
ENERGY: Nabucco out to gas up
13 July 2009PresseuropLe Figaro -
Poland: Warsaw turns to nuclear
9 July 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
Germany: A personal fight, through pipelines
3 July 2009PresseuropDie Zeit -
European Union: Brussels begs $4 billion for gas-strapped Ukraine
26 June 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
Poland: Problem in the pipeline
12 June 2009PresseuropPolska The Times -
Nuclear Energy: Austria ballistic over Czech waste
3 June 2009PresseuropDer Standard
Chancellor Angela Merkel's vision of completing Germany's conversion to renewable energy by 2050 is bold and ambitious. But she has remained silent about the risks and the tremendous costs the green revolution will entail -- for Germany and all of Europe. 
Constant hold-ups, skyrocketing costs, faulty construction…Finland’s new Olkiluoto reactor, touted as the great white hope for Europe’s nuclear sector, is looking more and more like a great white elephant – and casting a fat black shadow over the whole industry. 
Current power grid management systems make energy self-sufficiency impossible, even in homes that produce solar power, reports La Vanguardia. However the Catalan daily hopes that artificial restrictions imposed on home energy production by large corporations that run power networks will soon be a thing of the past. 
Buoyed by bountiful state subsidies, the Czech solar sector is booming. Investors the world over are rushing in to snatch up this manna, with little thought to the ecological aims, bemoans Mladá Fronta DNES. 
To avoid natural gas shortages that have marked the past few winters, the EU is studying a mutual assistance plan for member states. But the trigger conditions won't satisfy everyone, and member states aren't ready to play the game, writes Rzeczspospolita.
A year ago the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirmed Romania's sovereignty over part of the Black Sea continental shelf. Ever since the government in Bucharest has been dreaming of lucrative deals with major oil and gas companies, reports Adevărul. 
Renewable energies have been high on the agenda during the Copenhagen climate conference. In Europe, however, with €6 billion in EU subsidies up for grabs, the eco-friendly wind farm industry is fast attracting green swindlers of all sorts. A report by the International Herald Tribune. 
Current or former heads of government, European commissioners, national energy company chiefs — in Brussels, the Russian energy giant has fielded a formidable team of lobbyists to defend its interests and projects, which are not always compatible with European initiatives. 
Politicians and electric company executives the world over are dreaming of a “nuclear renaissance”. But a spate of hitches at Olkiluoto 3, the new flagship reactor in Finland, go to show that this is not on the cards, believes Der Spiegel, which also doubts that modernising old nuclear power stations is a viable alternative. 
Ankara is the neighbour Europeans still won’t let into their club. And yet the country behind the Bosporus is soon to become the communication hub for energy supplies bound for Europe. Die Zeit doubts the EU can go on snubbing the Turks indefinitely.
Shell’s Corrib project, piping gas from the Irish Atlantic to the remote area of Erris, Co. Mayo, has been controversial from the outset, with the Dutch giant suspected of flouting health and safety regulations where the proposed pipeline makes landfall. Michael McCaughan reports from a recent public hearing that pitted the community and activists against Shell experts. 
Two massive power-generating schemes have been launched in recent weeks. One offers to create the world's largest solar farm, the other to create the biggest hydroelectric dam on the planet. While situated in Africa, they both aim to export electricity to Europe. The Independent weighs up the pros and cons of two ambitious projects, which, according to many critics, smacks of a colonial style power grab. - previous
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