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Energy Council: 'Russian gas is a dangerous choice'

Energierat: „Russisches Gas ist eine gefährliche Wahl“

Disputes over nuclear energy and Russian gas dominate the first regular meeting of energy ministers under the Hungarian Presidency. The outgoing Energy Commissioner makes an emotional appeal to the member states.

Von Manuel Berkel

News

Regulation on gas saving: EU ministers discuss extension

Verordnung zum Gassparen: EU-Minister beraten Verlängerung

At the next Energy Council at the beginning of March, EU energy ministers may decide on the extension of an emergency regulation on gas conservation from 2022. Despite the relaxed situation, experts advise saving for another reason.

Von Manuel Berkel

News

EU states may pay energy aid for longer

The EU Commission is allowing member states to pay certain aid for the sharp rise in energy prices until the end of June 2024. The governments would otherwise have had to discontinue aid such as the German energy price brake at the end of the year.

Von Till Hoppe

News

Energy consumption in Germany fell as sharply as during the oil crisis

In the first three months of the current year, energy consumption in Germany was down 6.8 percent compared to the first quarter of 2022, according to preliminary calculations by the Arbeitsgemeinschaft (AG) Energiebilanzen, which includes industry associations and energy industry research institutes. "This is one of the largest intra-year changes since the oil price crises of the 1970s and 1980s," the working group informs.

Von Alexandra Endres

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Florian Rothenberg – emissions trading expert

During the phone call, Florian Rothenberg is wrapped in a wool blanket. The energy crisis does not only concern him in his profession – he is an emissions trading analyst at the information service Independent Commodity Intelligence Services (ICIS) in Karlsruhe.

Feature

EU remains careful with oil price caps

The EU has expanded its embargo on Russian crude oil to all oil products as planned and introduced an additional price cap – albeit with a long transition period. An exception has been made for Croatia.

Von Eric Bonse

News

EU auditors: little progress on common electricity market

According to the European Court of Auditors, the EU has recently made little progress in creating a common electricity market. "Despite some significant achievements over the past decade, there has been slow progress in integrating electricity markets," says a report by the EU's top auditors published Tuesday.

Von Newsdesk

Feature

Electricity market: Commission considers expansion of revenue limitation

The reform of the electricity market will apparently also include rates regulation for consumers and improved market supervision. This is revealed by a document accompanying the Commission's consultation, which continues to be delayed.

Von Manuel Berkel

Opinion

What's cooking in Brussels and Strasbourg?

Chefs in Brussels and Strasbourg: Next week, EU parliamentarians will meet in Alsace, while EU energy ministers and then heads of state and government will meet in the Belgian capital. Energy policy and the climate package are in focus: an unprecedented challenge for all EU actors.

Von Claire Stam

Opinion

What's cooking in Brussels

Against the backdrop of rising energy prices in Belgium, more and more employees prefer to work in cafés instead of their home offices. This annoys some café owners, who are trying to stop it. A situation that provides a political reality check against the backdrop of profound and persistent disagreements between member states and the EU institutions.

Von Claire Stam

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Fatih Birol – economist at the helm of the IEA

Fatih Birol doesn't beat around the bush. In his speech last week at COP27, the Head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) stressed that if all countries fully met their pledged climate targets, the global temperature increase could be limited to 1.7 degrees Celsius.

Von Redaktion