Interview Security of supply 10 March 2010 A German message for Brussels ‘Security of gas supply? That’s our core business!’ Gerhard König, the Chairman of Wingas, a 50-50 joint-venture between German Wintershall and German Gazprom, has a message for the European Commission. Private industry, he says, in an interview with EER’s editor Karel Beckman, is perfectly capable of taking care of security of gas supply. The regulation that Brussels has proposed to prevent gas crises such as the Ukraine crisis of last year, is superfluous. ‘If the EU wants to have infrastructure investments’, he says, ‘all it has to do is create the right incentives.’
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Report 10 March 2010 A French rethink of the free gas market? by Karel Beckman The French government is looking into the possibility of creating a gas purchasing consortium. French experts like the idea, which would go totally against the EU’s commitment to a liberalised gas market.	Report 8 March 2010 The great security of gas supply struggle by Karel Beckman The Ukraine gas crisis of 2009 may seem a distant memory. But within the EU a debate is raging how to prepare for a next crisis. The outcome of this debate will not only shape the EU’s response to future emergencies, it will also determine to an important extent the future structure of the European gas market.
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Analysis 5 March 2010 Bulgaria – gas consumer or future gas hub? by Atanas Georgiev Being situated at one of the important crossroads between East and West, Bulgaria is frequently seen as a country that could help to improve the EU’s overall energy security. However, the country has not done much yet to live up to this expectation. As member of the EU, Bulgaria will have to prove itself as a positive factor for European gas security of supply. Otherwise it will remain just a heavily-dependent gas consumer.	Interview 3 March 2010 Noé van Hulst, Secretary-General International Energy Forum ‘Extreme oil price volatility is the enemy of investment’ by Karel Beckman When the world’s energy ministers will meet for the 12th International Energy Forum, their biennial get-together, at the end of this month in Cancun, there will be one subject and one only that will dominate the agenda: how to prevent the oil price from entering another rollercoaster like it did in 2008-2009. ‘There is an enormous awareness, both among producing and consuming countries, that this should never happen again’, says Noé van Hulst, Secretary-General of the International Energy Forum (IEF), in a telephone interview with EER from the IEF’s headquarters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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More EU in desperate search for climate strategy - 1 March 2010 Despite the failure of the EU to lead the world on climate policy in Copenhagen, the European Commission has decided it will continue to push – with even more vigour – for a global post-Kyoto accord to be reached by the end of this year. Gazprom responds: we are not abusing our position - 1 March 2010 Visions of our energy future - 26 February 2010 The truth about EER: editor-in-chief Karel Beckman looks back on the first quarter of the online adventure of European Energy Review. Local authorities claim leading role in climate policy - 24 February 2010 The role of local governments in climate change policies receives little recognition in the international arena. Yet local authorities feel they are in the driving seat when it comes to climate policy. Our Brussels correspondent Hughes Belin explains. Carbon trading: pro and con - 22 February 2010 Carbon trading is increasingly coming under fire from critics who say it is not a good way of mitigating climate change. Alex Forbes takes stock of a debate whose outcome is crucial for the future of the energy industry. DOWN, BUT NOT OUT - 19 February 2010 With no post-Kyoto treaty in sight, and a changed mood in the US, the prospects for carbon trading look bleaker than ever. EER’s editor Alex Forbes talks to market players about the “policy vacuum” and wonders: will carbon trading survive? Unmasking of IPCC will put brakes on climate policy - 17 February 2010 Recent revelations of “mistakes” in the reports of the IPCC show a systematic bias on the part of the UN’s climate change science body. Karel Beckman predicts the IPCC-affair will have important implications for future climate policies. UK government must take control of oil and gas production - 15 February 2010 The UK is one of the few countries in the world that has left oil and gas production to the private sector. Peter Odell calls on the UK government to take control of the exploitation of the remaining UK oil and gas reserves. A greener aircraft landing - 12 February 2010 The aviation industry, in an attempt to reduce its environmental impact, is developing news ways of flying and landing. In Sweden, this has led to the development of the “Green Curved Approach”. The coming conflict over rare metals - 10 February 2010 Chris Cragg explains why it is high time for the EU to develop new sources for rare metals, which are are indispensable in many clean energy technologies, but are almost all imported from China.

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