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Claude Turmes: "without LNG ports, we would be completely vulnerable to blackmail"

For Luxembourg's energy minister, the only way out of the current gas price crisis is a package of measures: increasing energy efficiency, expanding renewable energies and diversifying gas sources. He does not see any risk that the current crisis situation will push the climate issue into the background. Demand for gas will continue to fall, says Turmes in the interview.

By Charlotte Wirth

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Despite scandals: gas from Azerbaijan to provide relief

EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson is traveling to Azerbaijan today. Despite political scandals in the country, possibilities for increasing gas supplies to Europe are to be explored in Baku. In the search for alternative energy sources, however, the EU's greatest hopes continue to rest on the United States. However, the industry considers it unrealistic to replace pipeline gas with LNG in the short term.

By Eric Bonse

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Taxonomy: the dispute continues

Yesterday, the EU Commission officially presented its legal act to supplement the taxonomy. Despite ongoing criticism, natural gas and nuclear energy continue to be classified as sustainable. This is causing outrage, and not just among environmentalists. It is unlikely that the taxonomy will be stopped now – but the dispute continues.

By Timo Landenberger

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Gas imports: expensive road to independence

The threat of war in Ukraine makes a possible gas supplies halt from Russia seem possible. The EU Commission is looking into possible alternatives, and Germany is now also discussing an accelerated departure from Russian gas. But at what cost?

By Till Hoppe