Europe
Concerns about over-investment in European regasification capacity in recent years are misplaced, conference delegates heard on Tuesday.
Europe eyes a “simplification” of its Methane Regulation to speed up LNG imports. But experts say U.S. LNG dependency would not enhance energy security, and weakening rules would only lead to higher emissions.
Grid operator Red Electrica has shifted the blame from renewables to power generation for the Spanish blackout that occurred last month.
Poland’s Gdańsk LNG — the country’s second LNG import terminal — looks on track for completion in 2028, but opinions are divided as to what extent it is needed in the long-term as Polish gas demand is expected to peak in around 2030.
Experts point to a need to ramp up batteries and improve grid resilience in the wake of the Iberian Peninsula’s massive power outage this week.
Clean energy has a central role to play in energy security as the world enters the age of electrification, but supply chain risks remain, global leaders heard on Friday.
The EU Commission will unveil plans to phase out fossil fuels imports from Russia next month, its president Ursula von Der Leyen said at an IEA Summit on Thursday.
International cooperation is key to strengthening energy security despite the differing paths and strategies of individual countries, the IEA said at a summit in London on Thursday.
The Trump administration trade war and hostile geopolitics means LNG is increasingly seen not as a source of energy security, but one of growing risk.
Partly due to the Ukraine war, Greece has became a net exporter of power to North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania and Italy, pushing up domestic gas demand.
Trump said the EU could avoid higher tariffs if it buys high amounts of oil and gas — but the numbers show this is unrealistic. The EU is negotiating, but is speeding up the deployment of renewables and readying trade retaliation.
Indoor air pollution from gas stoves was measured to be worse than levels detected outdoors in a dense urban area of London, according to a new study.
The climate crisis is worsening and yet fossil fuel subsidies remain at an all-time high, according to a report released during COP29.
The news this week that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not be present at COP29 in Baku is an unsettling development just days before the talks open.
For more than 50 years, the health and safety hazards of a petrochemicals complex in northern Spain have been worrying locals. Despite that, and the unease of such communities globally, UN talks this week failed to clinch a plastics treaty.
A landmark EU deal this week to impose methane emissions limits on oil and gas imports into Europe should spur global action at COP28.