Energy supply

European Commission suggests memorandum on large-scale gas imports could be agreed within weeks.

Russian ambassador warns EU against being held “hostage” to Lithuania’s energy concerns and highlights challenges of energy diversification for EU.

Shell prepares for the worst — a scramble for energy — and hopes for the best, international cooperation and blueprints to stabilise emissions. Shell’s CEO, Jeroen van der Veer, talks to European Voice.

The European Union and Gazprom depend on each other. The EU is a key market for Gazprom gas exports and Gazprom the Union’s biggest single supplier.

In the race for Caspian energy, Europe is in last place. Despite the fact that Europe needs to diversify its energy imports more than any other contestant, despite the fact that it is geopolitically best-placed to pursue the new relations needed for the development of those reserves, Europe lags behind Russia, China, and the United States in acting in its own interest in the Caspian region.

DENMARK is threatening to oppose market-opening moves in the energysector which would favour more efficient, environment-friendly power producers.