Interview
Bert den Ouden, CEO APX-Endex
3 September 2010

EU is finally becoming one copper plate

These past few months have seen a number of major steps towards a further integration of EU power markets. As early as next year, 80% of national power markets will be connected to each other in a process called "market coupling". This will have revolutionary consequences for the European energy market. It will allow more or less unhampered electricity trade from Finland to Spain and from Austria to England. The European electricity market is – finally – becoming what it was promised to be when the liberalisation of the energy market started in 1998: one single copper plate! EER asked Bert den Ouden, CEO of Anglo-Dutch power exchange APX-Endex,  and long-time advocate of market integration, what is going on - and what it means for the European economy. The answer is: a lot.  'Prices will converge. Markets will become more efficient. Renewable energy will receive a boost.' 

Blog
2 September 2010

To Russia with love

In early August, as most Europeans were enjoying their holidays, Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger broke a taboo by making a significant political energy statement at a time when the EU is still busy discussing its energy strategy for 2020. He told journalists from Kommersant, one of Russia’s leading business newspapers, that ‘Russia’s stake in the EU’s gas market will in the medium-term perspective increase to 35%’. Our Brussels correspondent Hughes Belin wonders what this means for the EU's energy diversification policy - and for the Nabucco pipeline in particular.

Viewpoint
31 August 2010

South Stream steals a march on Nabucco

By Kash Burchett, Datamonitor

Until recently, Europe’s booming demand for gas and its limited reserves made it plausible to argue that the Russian-backed South Stream gas pipeline and the EU-backed Nabucco pipeline could both be viable. However, now that the recession and diluted environmental commitments have reduced demand and the unconventional gas revolution has increased supply, the competition between the two projected pipelines has become a zero-sum game. Nabucco and South Stream have become engaged in a ‘winner-takes-all’ contest to supply Europe with gas. And recent developments suggest South Stream may have stolen a march on Nabucco.

Report
26 August 2010

Dutch gas experts ready for global mission

By Karel Beckman

The major Dutch gas infrastructure companies have launched a unique non-profit company that stands ready to solve gas infrastructure problems anywhere in the world. The Global Gas Networks Initiative (GGNI), as it is called, is manned by just-retired senior gas experts eager to share their know-how and experience. The Dutch government supports the venture ‘for strategic reasons’. ‘If Dutch companies win tenders because of GGNI’s efforts then that would be a positive outcome of course.’

Analysis
19 August 2010

Navigating between Nabucco and South Stream

By Ramiz Mammadov

Italian energy giant ENI has come up with a proposal to transport gas in the form of CNG (compressed natural gas) by ships across the Caspian Sea from Turkmenistan to Azerbaijan. This looks like a clever move to facilitate both the EU-backed pipeline and its Russian-backed competitor South Stream, in which ENI has a stake.

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