European Union Energy Ministers plan for 'difficult winter'
2 years, 3 months ago

European Union Energy Ministers plan for 'difficult winter'

The Hindu  

European Union Energy Ministers met on Friday to seek a united response to the energy shock triggered by Russia's war on Ukraine, which has sent prices for electricity and heating skyrocketing. Moscow's invasion has seen the price of natural gas hit record levels, throwing the EU economy into deep uncertainty, with all eyes on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off the energy flow entirely. "Right now, we need extraordinary intervention measures to address high and very volatile prices," the EU's energy commissioner Kadri Simson said, as she arrived for the talks. The commission will also ask member states to agree on a united way to cut back on energy demand, with mandatory cuts on usage still considered an option, diplomats said.

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Energy bosses meet minister as Chancellor defends winter fuel payment squeeze
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Energy bosses meet minister as Chancellor defends winter fuel payment squeeze

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It was a decision that I had to make …

IEA chief sees energy crunch for Europe next winter
2 years, 1 month ago

IEA chief sees energy crunch for Europe next winter

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Europe should be able to cope with the natural gas supply crunch in the coming months thanks to considerable reserves although the continent could face a bigger energy crisis next winter, the head of the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Fatih Birol said that, barring unforeseen events, “Europe will go through this winter with some economic and social …

Germany can and should lead the way on EU energy solidarity
2 years, 1 month ago

Germany can and should lead the way on EU energy solidarity

Al Jazeera  

A common intervention to offset the cost of high energy prices is the only way to tackle the crisis and stay out of Putin’s trap. The fallout of the energy package announcement reflected not only the tension between Germany’s internal political dynamics and the responsibility it carries as the “de facto” EU leader, but also an ideological North-South divide on …

EU ministers delay for a month decision on more energy unity
2 years, 1 month ago

EU ministers delay for a month decision on more energy unity

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union nations on Tuesday gave themselves yet another month to overcome deep differences on groundbreaking measures to shield their citizens from the energy crisis. But because fluctuating global energy markets and different energy mixes among member states — ranging from nuclear to natural gas and other fossil fuels — make smart, lightning-quick decisions wickedly difficult, “many countries, …

EU leaders avoid deep rift on gas price cap at energy summit
2 years, 2 months ago

EU leaders avoid deep rift on gas price cap at energy summit

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union leaders struggled to find immediate practical solutions on how to deal with an energy crisis but avoided an open rift between Germany and France on Friday that would have exposed a divided bloc as it confronts Russian President Vladimir Putin over his war in Ukraine. After daylong talks in Brussels dragged well into early Friday, the …

EU faces battle to keep energy prices from weakening economy
2 years, 2 months ago

EU faces battle to keep energy prices from weakening economy

LA Times  

European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway energy prices and short supplies don’t further tank their struggling economies and foment unrest. Leading up to Thursday’s start of a key summit, the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, proposed a blueprint on Tuesday that needs to reconcile the yawning gap between those who want to …

Europe scrambling to cope with energy crisis as winter approaches
2 years, 2 months ago

Europe scrambling to cope with energy crisis as winter approaches

The Hindu  

Published : Oct 06, 2022 09:55 IST Travelling through Germany and Slovenia at the end of August, I found it hard to see the effects of the worst energy crisis that Europe has been undergoing in recent years—a combination of the effect of Russia ceasing gas supplies and the worst drought the continent has faced in 500 years. As one …

The wrong way to solve Europe’s energy crisis
2 years, 2 months ago

The wrong way to solve Europe’s energy crisis

The Economist  

E UROPE HAS been battered by soaring energy prices since Russia’s bloody invasion of Ukraine. In response Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has proposed reforms to the EU ’s electricity market and unveiled plans for a proposed windfall tax on energy companies. Meanwhile Europe is investigating possible acts of sabotage to Russia’s Nord Stream gas …

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis
2 years, 2 months ago

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis

Associated Press  

FRANKFURT, Germany — As Europe heads into winter in the throes of an energy crisis, offices are getting chillier. With costs high and energy supplies tight, Europe is rolling out relief programs and plans to shake up electricity and natural gas markets as it prepares for rising energy use this winter. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said this month that early …

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis
2 years, 2 months ago

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. With costs high and energy supplies tight, Europe is …

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis
2 years, 2 months ago

Lights out, ovens off: Europe preps for winter energy crisis

LA Times  

An employee pushes bread rolls into one of the gas-heated ovens in the producing facility in Cafe Ernst in Neu Isenburg, Germany, on Sept. 19. With costs high and energy supplies tight, Europe is rolling out relief programs and plans to shake up electricity and natural gas markets as it prepares for rising energy use this winter. German Chancellor Olaf …

Cabinet, coalition parties arrange sudden meeting to discuss rising energy bills
2 years, 3 months ago

Cabinet, coalition parties arrange sudden meeting to discuss rising energy bills

NL Times  

Part of the Cabinet will meet on Sunday afternoon with party leaders from VVD, D66, CDA and ChristenUnie about rising energy prices, inside sources confirmed after reporting by De Telegraaf. At the Ministry of Finance, Ministers Sigrid Kaag and Marnix van Rij will speak with the coalition about measures to alleviate the strain of rising energy bills. Last week, the …

Energy bill talks continue and a price cap is up for discussion, minister confirms
2 years, 3 months ago

Energy bill talks continue and a price cap is up for discussion, minister confirms

Dutch News  

Ministers are currently in talks with energy companies about measures to keep bills affordable and that could include a price cap, climate minister Rob Jetten told MPs during a debate on Thursday evening. A price cap is just one of the ideas on the table and ‘we do not have the luxury of being able to exclude some measures’, Jetten …

Energy bill talks continue and a price cap is up for discussion, minister confirms
2 years, 3 months ago

Energy bill talks continue and a price cap is up for discussion, minister confirms

Dutch News  

Ministers are currently in talks with energy companies about measures to keep bills affordable and that could include a price cap, climate minister Rob Jetten told MPs during a debate on Thursday evening. A price cap is just one of the ideas on the table and ‘we do not have the luxury of being able to exclude some measures’, Jetten …

Why Europe’s energy prices are spiraling out of control
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Europe’s energy prices are spiraling out of control

Al Jazeera  

As the price of electricity skyrockets, people in the UK and EU are trying to find ways to cope. Halla Mohieddeen: Whether it’s in the UK, where wide swathes of people wonder if they can pay their bills Newsreel: An enormous number of families up and down the country in food and fuel poverty. So we’ve got, we’ve got, we’ll …

European Union ministers fast-track 'unprecedented' measures to solve energy price shock
2 years, 3 months ago

European Union ministers fast-track 'unprecedented' measures to solve energy price shock

Firstpost  

Moscow’s invasion has seen the price of natural gas hit record levels, throwing the EU economy into deep uncertainty, with all eyes on whether Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off the flow entirely Brussels, Belgium: The EU executive pledged Friday to come up with unprecedented measures in the coming days to solve an energy price shock triggered by Russia’s …

Will the EU put in place a long-term energy strategy?
2 years, 3 months ago

Will the EU put in place a long-term energy strategy?

Al Jazeera  

European countries are looking for ways to rein in soaring energy prices. European energy ministers have failed to agree on a plan to cap Russian gas prices at an emergency meeting in Brussels. EU energy commissioner Kadri Simson says countries heavily reliant on Russian supplies fear they will be cut off altogether. Presenter: Imran Khan Guests: Sandrine Dixson-Decleve – Energy …

EU nations struggle to find joint approach on energy prices
2 years, 3 months ago

EU nations struggle to find joint approach on energy prices

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — European Union nations struggled to find full consensus Friday on ways to shield the population from dramatically increasing energy prices that threaten to plunge millions into cold and poverty over the winter as Russia chokes off natural gas supplies. While EU members are most interested in lowering prices and getting enough gas, “the commission aimed at limiting Russia’s …

European Union to unveil new responses to energy crisis
2 years, 3 months ago

European Union to unveil new responses to energy crisis

The Hindu  

The European Union's next steps for addressing the continent's worsening energy crisis following Russia's invasion of Ukraine are expected to be unveiled next week, the European commissioner for energy said on September 6. Russia's state-run energy company has continued its shutdown of a pipeline carrying natural gas to Europe, in what German officials see as a political power play, and …

EU, German leaders pledge reform to cut electricity prices
2 years, 3 months ago

EU, German leaders pledge reform to cut electricity prices

Associated Press  

BERLIN — The head of the European Union’s executive branch and Germany’s chancellor on Monday pledged a reform of the continent’s electricity market to help bring down power prices that have been pushed higher by skyrocketing gas prices. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a speech in Bled, Slovenia, that soaring electricity prices “are now exposing the …

Nearly one in four ‘won’t turn on heating this winter’ as energy bills soar
2 years, 3 months ago

Nearly one in four ‘won’t turn on heating this winter’ as energy bills soar

The Independent  

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EU reaches deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears
2 years, 4 months ago

EU reaches deal to ration gas amid Russian cut-off fears

India TV News  

Highlights The new legislation entails voluntary national steps to reduce gas consumption An energy giant said it would limit supplies to EU through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline The energy squeeze is also reviving decades-old political tests for Europe over policy coordination European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply …

Government to ask Britons to ‘turn off lights and turn down thermostats’ over winter energy shortage fears
2 years, 5 months ago

Government to ask Britons to ‘turn off lights and turn down thermostats’ over winter energy shortage fears

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Britons could be asked by the government to switch off …

EU draws up energy plan in case of Russian gas cutoff
2 years, 5 months ago

EU draws up energy plan in case of Russian gas cutoff

Associated Press  

BRUSSELS — The European Union’s head office on Wednesday proposed that member states cut their gas use by 15% over the coming months as the bloc braced for a possible full Russian cutoff of natural gas supplies that could add a big chill to the upcoming winter. While the initial cuts would be voluntary, the Commission also asked for the …

EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy
2 years, 5 months ago

EU prepares emergency plan to do without Russian energy

LA Times  

The European Union’s executive arm on Friday pledged to draft an emergency plan this month aimed at helping member countries do without Russian energy in the wake of the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the initiative would build on EU moves to ditch Russian coal, oil and natural gas and would complement a …

EU leaders seek ways to give support amid high energy prices
2 years, 9 months ago

EU leaders seek ways to give support amid high energy prices

Associated Press  

VERSAILLES, France — European Union leaders on Friday agreed to phase out dependency on Russian gas, oil and coal imports “as soon as possible” and decided to draw up a plan soon to support the continent’s economies as they face skyrocketing energy prices amid a crisis aggravated by the war in Ukraine. Its president, Ursula von der Leyen, stressed that …

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms
3 years, 5 months ago

European Union unveils tough climate proposal, including new taxes on foreign firms

LA Times  

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, and other commission officials announce plans for new emissions rules at a news conference in Brussels on Wednesday. ”The principle is simple: emission of CO 2 must have a price, a price on CO 2 that incentivizes consumers, producers and innovators to choose the clean technologies, to go toward the clean and …

EU hints at a Brexit 'energy blockade' - but power blackouts are a hollow threat
4 years, 1 month ago

EU hints at a Brexit 'energy blockade' - but power blackouts are a hollow threat

The Telegraph  

The EU has threatened to cut off “top-up access” to European electricity and gas pipelines in the case of a no-deal Brexit, raising the risk of supply squeeze during peak winter demand and potentially a halt to flows in an extreme scenario. There is now an overt linkage between full fishing access to UK waters and the continuation of normal …

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