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EU, Switzerland to link emissions cap and trade systems

By New Europe Online/KG

Putin nominates German ex-chancellor Schroeder to Rosneft board

Russian deputy minister blacklisted in new EU sanctions over Siemens case

Putin lays first foundation laid for Gazprom’s Amur GPP

By New Europe Online/KG

Russia says US declared “an all-out trade war”

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico ,European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and Energy Union Vice-President Maroš Šefčovič hold a press conference after their meeting at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Jul. 27, 2017. New Europe / Alexandros Michailidis

Juncker: EU will defend economic interests vs US’ new Russia sanctions

By Irene Kostaki

epa05999818 Car drivers queue for gas at an ESSO petrol station in Paris, France, 30 May 2017. Fuel distributions in France are affected by a strike of hazardous materials transporters. EPA/CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

EU clears acquisition of Esso Italiana unit by UK’s Intervias

By New Europe Online/KG

epa04736229 (FILE) The sun sets behind a smoking chimney in Wismar, Germany, 31 October 2015. Global carbon dioxide concentrations surpassed 400 parts per million in March 2015 for the first time since tracking began, a US government agency announced on 06 May 2015. The rise is largely attributed to humans burning fossil fuels, said the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Since pre-industrial times, global carbon dioxide concentrations have risen more than 120 parts per million, with half of that rise occurring since 1980. Carbon dioxide emissions are used as one indicator of climate change. EPA/DANIEL REINHARDT

EU to tackle pollution, review large combustion plants permits

By New Europe Online/KG

epa06096390 (FILE) - Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and US President Donald J. Trump (R) shake hands during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, 07 July 2017. The G20 Summit (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for governments from 20 major economies. The White House on 18 July 2017 confirmed Trump and Putin had a second, previously unknown bilateral encounter 07 July 2017 after the end of G20 leaders' dinner. EPA/MICHAEL KLIMENTYEV / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN POOL / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT

In spite of EU protests, US Senate slaps new sanctions on Russia

BMW chooses UK over Germany to build new electric car

Worker removes excess concrete from the pipe joint ends and the anode, if installed. One of ten pipe joints has a sacrificial anode installed. The aim of the anode is the passive anticorrosion protection.

Big Oil warns new Russia sanctions could deal out US companies

By Kostis Geropoulos

epa05832863 Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry (L) is welcomed by European Union (EU) High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini (R) ahead of a meeting at the European Council in Brussels, Belgium, 06 March 2017. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ

EU-Egypt strengthen cooperation on energy, transport, climate

By New Europe Online/KG

epa04724978 A picture made available on 29 April 2015 shows the converter station 'SylWin alpha' of the Dutch electricity provider Tennet and wind turbines protrude from the North Sea in the offshore wind farm 'DanTysk' operated jointly by the Swedish energy company Vattenfall and the city of Munich, Germany, power utility, some 70 km West of the island of Sylt, Germany, 27 April 2015. On 30 April 2015 the wind farm at the German-Danish border will be officially brought into service. EPA/CHRISTIAN†CHARISIUS

EU concludes Dutch state guarantees on energy loans involve no aid

By New Europe Online/KG

VP Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ, and João Pedro Fernandes, Minister of Environment, , during visit to EFACEC Electric Mobility Oporto, 17 July 2017

In Portugal, Šefčovič pushes renewables, interconnections

By New Europe Online/KG

epa06016473 European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic, speaks at EU booth showing the achievements of EU cooperation funded by Horizon 2020 at Clean Energy Technology Exhibition in Beijing, China, 08 June 2017. Four EU energy projects are presented at the EU booth including Esprit, Nobelgrid, Powerkite and Waveroller, also the model of the Solar Impulse plane on shown at booth. EPA/WU HONG

EU promotes energy security in Georgia

By New Europe Online/KG

epa04327142 A truck is driven past a number of wind turbines in a wind power station in rural Shizuishan city, China's NingXia Hui Autonomous Region, 23 July 2014. China seeks for new clean energy as the serious air pollution in many China's cities recent years. China has became the world?s largest and the fastest-growing wind power generation market that China's installed wind capacity reaches at 91.4 gigawatts at the end of 2013, of which 16.1 gigawatts was newly-added capacity, accounting for 46.1 percent of the world?s newly installed capacity. EPA/WU HONG

IEA: Global energy investment drops in 2017

By New Europe Online/KG

epaselect epa05662430 A worker inspects stacks of pipes weighing several tons each which will be used for the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in the Sassnitz-Mukran harbour in northeastern Germany, 06 December 2016. The first sections of the 1,200 kilometer pipeline were delivered in late October 2016. Around 2,000 of a total 90,000 steal pipe components are currently being stored on the island of Ruegen. According to the Gazprom subsidiary Nord Stream 2 AG, the assembly works will begin in mid-2017. So far the political controversial pipeline, which will have a total capacity of some 55 billion cubic meters, has not recieved building permission. EPA/JENS BUETTNER

Russian companies spend millions on EU lobbyists: Transparency Int.

Visit by Johannes Hahn, Member of the EC, to Moldova

Eastern Partnership strives to boost energy efficiency

By New Europe Online/KG

epa02811868 The LNG ship Arctic Voyager in the port 06 July 2011. The gate terminal, the first LNG terminal in the Netherlands, is running on tria since June. According to the Port of Rotterdam, the start of the commercial operation of Gate Terminal in due September 2011, with installations subjected to extensive testing for a number of months. In the first phase, the tanks and the pipelines will be cooled down to -162 degrees Celsius. This is the temperature at which the gas comes from the tanker and is stored in the three storage tanks at the terminal. EPA/Lex van Lieshout

EU, Japan to ink LNG cooperation deal

By New Europe Online/KG

EU stands united on climate, trade

By Kostis Geropoulos

"Energy Driven Job Creation: A Roadmap towards a Greek Brain Gain" panel in Brussels, 26 June 2017. New Europe / Alexandros Michailidis

Energy Driven Job Creation – A Roadmap towards a Greek “Brain Gain”

By Irene Kostaki

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Cyprus backs East Med pipe, sees normalisation of relations with Turkey

By Kostis Geropoulos

Maroš Šefčovič

In Brussels, US mayors buck Trump, back Paris climate change accord

By Kostis Geropoulos

BUDAPEST (HUNGARY) : Maros Sefcovic, Commission Vice-President for the Energy Union talk of the Budapest Zoo;

EU, Global Mayors to tackle climate, energy challenges

By New Europe Online/KG

epa06020546 Foreign Minister of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed Al Thani (2-R) and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (4-L) discuss current Middle East diplomatic conflict in the Foreign Ministry guest house in Moscow, Russia, 10 June 2017. Qatari Foreign Minister is visiting Russia amid a crisis between Qatar and seven other Arab countries that announced on 05 June they had cut diplomatic relations with Qatar. EPA/SERGEI CHIRIKOV

Russia takes pass on Qatar conflict with Arab neighbours

By Kostis Geropoulos

epa06001521 (FILE) - The Eiffel tower is shrouded in haze as the sun comes up, seen from the suburb of Saint-Cloud, near Paris, France, 08 December 2016 (reissued 31 May 2017). US media report on 31 May 2017 that US President Trump is set to withdraw the USA from the Paris Climate Agreement, citing senior officials. EPA/IAN LANGSDON

The EU rejects Trump’s demands to renegotiate Paris climate pact

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