Agata Loskot-Strachota

New steps to reduce electricity bills and maintain control over national energy resources The Norwegian Government has proposed a set of new measures to lower the cost of consumer electricity bills. Under the new plan, consumers will be able to choose between subscribing to the general ele...

www.regjeringen.no/en/aktuelt/n...

‚Given great instability in European power markets, Government does not want Norway to align itself more closely with European energy system. We are therefore saying no to new electricity interconnectors and we will not be adopting the EU’s controversial market rules' - minister

Gazprom to halt gas supplies to Transnietria on January 1st. Is there a plan B (EU financed gas supplies p.ex) or are we heading to not only threats to Baltic critical infra, Ukraine-Slovakia energy problems but alsodeepening energy &humanitarian crisis in Moldova & surroundings?

Slovakia plans negotiations on gas supplies, Ukraine transit next week Slovakia will conduct a series of negotiations from next week to ensure Russian gas supplies after its current transit contract that involves Ukraine expires at the end of this year, government officials said on Friday.

Slovakia plans negotiations on gas supplies, Ukraine transit next week www.reuters.com/world/europe...

Austria: the end of direct gas supplies from Gazprom On 16 November, Russia’s Gazprom Export ceased supplying gas to Austria’s OMV under a long-term contract. Its terms envisioned the delivery of around 5 TWh of gas (0.5 bcm) monthly till 2040. The cess...

🔵Austria: the end of direct gas supplies from Gazprom

➡️The manner in which the OMV has recovered its dues for gas and the halt of gas supplies from Gazprom may signal a more permanent cessation of Austrian-Russian gas supply cooperation.

By @agataloskot.bsky.social ⤵️
www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

Germany: dark clouds over the mechanism designated to support the construction of new gas power plants On 25 November, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) submitted an updated bill regarding the mechanism designated to provide financial support for the construction of ne...

➡️Germany🇩🇪: dark clouds over the mechanism designated to support the construction of new gas power plants

➡️The construction of new dispatchable power plants, primarily gas-fired, is crucial for 🇩🇪's energy sector transformation strategy.

➡️ By OSW's Michał Kędzierski ⤵️
www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

Good managament of risks (end of transit via Ukraine, energy crisis in Moldova and Ukraine, upcoming synchronisation of Baltic states), that EU and especially CEE might face this winter can enable implementing a sustainable decoupling
www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

New @ec.europa.eu and its Energy Commissioner hand in hand with #Poland25EU want to fully end energy ties with Russia

We @OSW were writing about the remnants of these ties some time ago (see link at the end) 1/

Extremely worrisome development for the European electricity market.

To me it shows the urgent need for European coord. of system planning, pricing policies for producers (incl. capacity mechanisms, network tariffs) & for consumers (subsidies, locational pricing) ... or this may be just the start

Norway campaigns to cut energy links to Europe as power prices soar Country’s energy minister describes ‘shit situation’ as domestic prices hit highest level since 2009

Norway’s two governing parties want to scrap an electricity interconnector to Denmark, with the junior coalition partner also calling for a renegotiation of power links to the UK and Germany, as sky-high prices trigger panic in the rich Nordic country.
www.ft.com/content/f0b6...

On energy security, challanges that we might face already this winter and how it can shape EU’s energy policy - in a text for European Voices
www.europeanvoices.eu/en/19118077/...

The unfinished de-russification The launch of Russia’s full-scale aggression against Ukraine and its economic war with the West have led to an unprecedented reduction in the European Union’s energy ties with Moscow. Brussels has pro...

There’s indeed high time to complete and support phasing out this dependancy - and it seems to be goal of both new @EU_Commission and upcoming Polish presidency.

On the remnants of EU’s dependancy on Russia in energy see my text for OSW
www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacj...

Just 2 days ago we discussed at #CEEC by SFPA_SK in Bratislava vulnerabilities and risks related to continued dependance of several CEE countries on Russian fuels 1/

Biomethane indeed seems to be one of the avenues of potential fruitfull cooperation between EU & Ukraine. It was great pleasure to participate in this project by Green Deal Ukraina & co together w/ Maciej Zaniewicz Anna Bohushenko, Oleksii Epik, Dmytro Naumenko and @gzachmann.bsky.social

Donald Tusk calls for naval patrols in Baltic Sea to counter Russian sabotage Polish premier urges Europe to act against threats from Moscow without waiting for cues from US

Donald Tusk calls for naval patrols in Baltic Sea to counter Russian sabotage

https://www.ft.com/content/f0e06907-3ae1-4415-ac2c-fe0be86a23ec

Who voted for and against the new von der Leyen Commission

With Teresa Ribera as green policy chief, the EU will champion country-connecting cables to slash energy costs.

It won’t be an easy process.

🔗 www.politico.eu/article/ener...

Thinking about Ukraine`s energy future | GDU Energy demand scenarios and policy targets on the road to Europe

Our first #GreenDealUkraina publications are out.

We discuss how energy demand might develop and how Ukraine will contribute to the EU's energy and climate targets:

greendealukraina.org/products/ana...

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