The recent decision by U.S. President Biden to temporarily pause approvals for upcoming LNG export projects to assess their impacts on human rights and environment has been attacked on both sides of the Atlantic. But the claims that the pause threatens EU energy security are completely unfounded; on the contrary, locking in decades of even more climate-wrecking fracked LNG is a danger for our energy security and our future as a whole.
As the 2024 expiration of the Russian gas transit contract via Ukraine approaches, the EU faces a pivotal choice, writes Sergiy Makogon.
Ukraine’s location and infrastructure can make it a crucial gas trading hub in east Europe. More trade gives Europe a larger and wider choice of gas suppliers, which means more security and lower prices for the continent.
The US administration's decision to suspend the granting of permits for new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals will have major consequences for the energy security of the EU, writes Andrea Di Giuseppe.
Despite new US sanctions against the Arctic LNG 2 project, Russian LNG exports to Europe have reached record levels. Russia continues to make money on LNG by avoiding sanctions through suspicious companies and corrupt links, writes Mykola Kolisnyk.
Russia's aggression against Ukraine produces images of Armageddon-type destruction: Mariupol, Bakhmut, now Avdiivka. But against this background, there is a place in Ukraine that seems heavenly secure.
The US and Saudi Arabia have reduced investment in oil and gas supply, putting consuming countries in front of their responsibilities by forcing them to act and deliver on their COP28 pledges, writes Thierry Bros.
Russia plans to nearly triple its LNG export capacity by 2030, with four new terminals in the Arctic due to bring more revenues for Moscow’s war on Ukraine. Yet, Ukraine’s allies have a strong leverage on Russian LNG exports, writes Andrii Zhupanyn.
Given its limited supply, green hydrogen must be reserved for hard-to-decarbonise sectors such as aviation and shipping, rather than directed towards sectors that can be electrified, writes Aoife O’Leary.
The capture, storage and utilisation of CO2 requires the construction of pipelines and network planning to enable industry to access geological storage areas and synthetic fuel producers to access (renewable) CO2 sources, write Daan Peters and Kees van der Leun.
As Davos deliberates on the world's economic future, the call from Kyiv is resolute: put an end to Russian oil and gas, and you will not only end the war in Ukraine but also slow the spread of autocracy and speed up the global energy transition, write Svitlana Romanko and Oleh Savytskyi.
Green hydrogen projects going online by 2030 may face costs up to twice as high as anticipated until recently. At the same time, recent auction results have demonstrated surprisingly low support requirements. What are the possible explanations?
For many years Poland and Germany have failed to agree on important energy matters. The change of government in Poland and the Russian aggression in Ukraine provide an opportunity for a new opening for Polish-German energy relations, write Agata Łoskot-Strachota and Georg Zachmann.
The EU should create a new, separate entity to ensure more independence from incumbent interests in the crucial task of designing a future-proof hydrogen infrastructure, write Michaela Holl and Megan Anderson.
Anyone who imports or trades Russian gas - whether in gaseous or liquid form - is supporting Putin's criminal actions in Ukraine. If we want peace in Europe, it is crucial to cut off Putin's money supply, write Andrii Zhupanyn and Anton Hofreiter.
Victor Orbán fight against the deployment of solar power in Budapest is a reflection of wider scepticism towards the climate emergency among the populist right in Europe, writes Ada Ámon.
Media investigations have revealed how European companies continued to provide hardware and services to a massive new gas project in Siberia, despite Western sanctions imposed on Moscow for its war in Ukraine. The next round of EU sanctions must put an end to this, write Oleh Stavinsky and Zoe Reiter.
To combat energy poverty, governments should direct funding to energy efficiency options and clean technologies that offer a structural solution to rising energy bills, rather than supporting fossil fuel heating, writes Vlasios Oikonomou.
The expansion of Russian oil and gas, especially in Asian markets, has helped Russia keep its political standing on the global stage - but G20 countries have the antidote by centring on energy efficiency, writes Oleksandr Butenko.
Almost ten years after its launch, the EU’s energy security strategy needs to be rewritten in light of the climate crisis and Russia’s full-scale attack on Ukraine, writes Joanna Mackowiak Pandera.
As someone who has attended several international conferences and witnessed the demands for military support by Ukraine being met with clarity and understanding, Olga Bielkova says she is surprised by the lack of specificity when it comes to strategic foreign investment in the energy field.
Having significantly reduced its dependence on Russian energy, the EU must now instigate a full embargo on Russian gas, rendering transit via Ukraine unnecessary, writes Sergiy Makogon.
The European Commission has recently launched its first call for companies to jointly buy gas on international markets via the EU Energy AggregateEU Platform, and while it offers smaller companies access to new gas suppliers, it raises questions related to EU competition law, writes Ernesto Bonafé and Simina Suciu.
Stricter sanctions and an end to Europe's LNG purchases from Russia can disable funding for the Kremlin's war of aggression against Ukraine and halt its gas infrastructure expansion plans in the Arctic, writes Andrii Zhupanin.
