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US and Germany spar over Nord Stream-2
By Kostis Geropoulos
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EU energy policy to boost security of supply in the Balkans
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Investors press Brussels to abandon coal-generated electricity
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EU electricity market rules deal wraps up Clean Energy package
By New Europe Online/KG
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Greece, Cyprus, Israel to discuss gas exports to Europe
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epa07204338 A Ukrainian servicemen stands atop the deck of Ukrainian Gyurza-M class armored artillery patrol boats P178 Lubny mooring in the seaport in Mariupol, Ukraine, 02 December 2018. Germany, France, Ukraine and Russia will hold further talks at the advisor level about a shipping standoff in the Kerch Strait, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, urging Moscow to let Ukrainian vessels enter the Sea of Azov. EPA-EFE/GLEB GARANICH / POOL
Kerch Strait closure calls Russian projects in Europe into question
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epa02996108 The logo of the company Nord Stream is fixed to the landing station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream in Lubmin near Greifswald, Germany, 08 November 2011. The Baltic Sea pipeline between Germany and Russia goes into operation today. In an symbolic act Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and the German Chancellor Angela Merkel will open the gas tap. EPA/STEFAN SAUER
US calls on Germany to drop Nord Stream-2, warns companies of sanctions risk
By Kostis Geropoulos
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European and East Med energy regulators sign cooperation arrangement
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Climate Change Conference COP 24 Katowice Maros Sefcovic EU Commissioner friendship meeting with Arnold Schwarzenegger .
In Katowice, EU wants to finalise Paris Agreement rules
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Crete-Peloponnese interconnector to end energy isolation of Greek island
By Kostis Geropoulos
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epa07194674 European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Canete speaks during a press conference with European Commission Vice-President for Energy Union Maros Sefcovic (not seen), on the long term strategic vision for 'A Clean Planet for All' in Brussels, Belgium, 28 November 2018. The Commission calls for a climate neutral Europe by 2050. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
EU wants a climate neutral Europe by 2050
By Kostis Geropoulos
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epa01358155 (FILE) A file picture dated 15 May 2008 of a view of the Wind Power Plant near the town of Kavarna some 500km from Sofia, Bulgaria. Greek energy company Alpha Grissin Infotech has unveiled plans to build a 400MW wind park in Bulgaria in what would be a 400 million euro investment, Greek media quoted the company's CEO Vassilis Grissin as saying. Last year Alpha Grissin Infotech and Germany's Deutsche Bank formed a joint venture named Deutsche Aeolia. The new company, which focuses on renewable energy resources, currently develops three projects with total installed capacity of 52 MW, worth 65 million euro. EPA/KRASIMIR DELCHEV BULGARIA OUT
Bulgaria to increase investment in renewables step by step
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Morocco’s renewable resources connect Europe and Africa
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epa04340673 A photo dated 23 July 2014 shows a KLM E190 City Hopper aircraft, as it takes off from Schiphol Airport and flies past wind generators along the Dutch coastline on it's way to Norway EPA/BARBARA WALTON
Ahead of EU’s climate strategy, corporates call for direct investment in renewables
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epa07138440 Iranians walk past a mural depicting Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (L, top) and late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (R, top) in a street of Tehran, Iran, 03 November 2018. US President Donald J. Trump's administration announced on 02 November 2018, that it will reimpose sanctions against Iran that had been waived under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, JCPOA). The US sanctions will take effect on 05 November 2018, covering Iran's shipping, financial and energy sectors. In 2015, five nations, including the United States, worked out a deal with the Middle Eastern country that withdrew the sanctions, one of former US President Barack Obama's biggest diplomatic achievements. EPA-EFE/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
US warns EU of harsh consequences if Iran sanctions are circumvented
By Nicholas Waller
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epa07162758 A Gulf visitors walks in front of a big poster for Total company at Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 13 November 2018. ADIPEC, a meeting place of the international oil and gas community, runs between 12 and 15 November 2018. EPA-EFE/ALI HAIDER
Why “data is the new oil” and what happens when energy meets Industry 4.0
By Nicholas Waller
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EU Commissioner calls for more prevention to deal with climate change
By Kostis Geropoulos
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epa06278346 Tourists walk through the port in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, 20 October 2017. More than 8,700 tourists, most of them from Germany, arrived to Tenerife together with some 2,800 crew members on board the cruise ships Ventura, TUI Discovery 2 and Mein Schiff 4. EPA-EFE/Cristobal Garcia
EU supports clean energy transition in island communities
By New Europe Online/KG
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epa06205881 A wind turbine, part of the Saint Nikola wind farm, stands in a field near the town of Kavarna, Bulgaria, 15 September 2017. Saint Nikola Wind Farm brings 156 megawatts of electricity. Bulgaria's largest wind farm was put into operation in 2010. The investment project is worth 270 million euros. EPA-EFE/VASSIL DONEV
Romania in need of reform to harness wind energy
By New Europe Online/KG
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epa05844560 A general view of the Kharg oil terminal at the Kharg Island, in Persian Gulf, southern Iran, 12 March 2017. According to estimates, Kharg oil terminal handles 98 per cent of Iran's crude exports. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Fears of a supply glut next spring weakens oil prices
By Kostis Geropoulos
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epa04380750 Pipes at gas compressor station in the eastern Slovak town of Velke Kapusany, near the border with Ukraine, Slovakia, 02 September 2014. Ukrainian PM Yatsenyuk travelled to Slovakia to attend the opening of a gas pipeline that would send Russian gas back to Ukraine. The so-called reverse flow has been criticized by Russian energy giant Gazprom as a breach of existing contracts. The pipeline will transport some 10bcm of natural gas to Ukraine per year. EPA/FILIP SINGER
We need to talk about oil & gas
By Nicholas Waller
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epaselect epa07078256 Cars queue in the usually heavy early morning traffic congestion on the 'Rue de la Loi', or 'Wetstraat', in the European district in central Brussels, Belgium, 08 October 2018. One day ahead of the EU Environment Ministers meeting expected to adopt the EU's position for the upcoming UN Climate Summit COP24, the world's leading body of climate scientists gave strong scientific evidence for the need to keep temperature rise to 1.5 C. The new IPCC report, ordered and endorsed by all world's governments, showed that many of the dire consequences of future warming can be avoided by respecting this limit. It also confirmed that it is still possible, but requires a rapid and far-reaching shift across all sectors of the economy. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ
EU, UN seek compromise ahead of COP24 climate talks
By Kostis Geropoulos
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epa06031689 (FILE) - The logo of the company Nord Stream is fixed to the landing station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream in Lubmin near Greifswald, Germany, 08 November 2011, (reissued 16 June 2017). Media reports on 16 June 2017 state that German and Austrian companies who are investing in the Russia Nord Stream 2 pipeline to the EU are going to be hit hard if the US bill extending sanctions Russia?s aggression in Ukraine goes into law. German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern in a joint statement said, Europe's energy supplies were 'a matter for Europe, not for the United States.' EPA/STEFAN SAUER GERMANY OUT
With an eye on Nord Stream-2, EU Gas Directive debate heats up
By Kostis Geropoulos
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Sustainable portfolio steering
By Marijn Vervoorn
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Jean-Claude Juncker, Bill Gates, Carlos Moedas
EU and Bill Gates launch clean energy fund to tackle climate change
By New Europe Online/KG
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epa06995602 Delegates attend the 2018 Beijing Summit of The Forum on China-Africa Cooperation - Round Table Conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, 04 September 2018. EPA-EFE/LINTAO ZHANG / POOL
Trump establishes US International Development Finance Corporation
By Alec Mally