Currently about 30% of Europe’s natural gas being supplied by Russia. In its interview with researchers Tatiana Romanova and Jean Monnet, Natural Gas Europe asked questions regarding Russia’s energy strategy for the next 15-20 years. Among country's key priorities in energy area for the period up to 20130, following were emphasized by researchers:
The four largest developing economies – Brazil, Russia, India and China, collectively known as the BRICs – are critically important to the cause. These four countries, with a combined population of 3 billion people and a GDP of $16tn, will have a huge direct impact on global emissions. Read more at http://www.theguardian.com
Every country is supposed to issue their intended nationally determined contributions (INDC) pledges before the next big U.N. climate change meeting in Paris this coming December. The Russians have just issued their INDC and it's kind of amusing. The Russians pledge to aim at "Limiting anthropogenic greenhouse gases in Russia to 70-75% of 1990 levels by the year 2030 might be a long-term indicator, subject to the maximum possible account of absorbing capacity of forests". Why amusing? Russian emssions are already well below the 70 percent mark. Read more at http://reason.com
The paper sets out the Commission’s thinking on what it describes as
the biggest energy project since the creation of the Coal and Steel
Community. The vision, put simply, is to create a bloc where surplus
energy in one place can be moved to where there is a shortage, thereby
bolstering the EU’s resilience to shortages. The Energy Union was given political impetus after the Ukraine crisis
brutally exposed Europe's energy dependence and
vulnerability. Shortages caused by Russia turning off the taps in 2009
have prompted the union to develop plans which go beyond to encompass
issues such as climate change. Read more at http://www.euractiv.com
In his opening address at the Atlantic Council’s Energy and Economic Summit 2014 in Istanbul (19-20 November), President and CEO Frederick Kempe immediately made it clear the Atlantic Council is playing for high stakes. “Europe is in the middle of an inflection point of its history”, he said. 2014 “is every bit as dramatic as 1815 – the year of Versailles”. Or, he added, 1989, the year of the fall of Communism. “The future of the international liberal order”, said Kempe, “is at stake”. Read more >>>
Energy Post
Increasingly isolated by the crisis, Russia is looking East
for new energy markets. On September 1, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin
and Chinese Premier Zhang Gaoli initiated the construction of what they claim
will be “the world’s largest construction project.”
This 3,968 km “Power of Siberia” pipeline connecting gas fields between
Russian’s Siberia and China’s Northeast region is expected deliver four
trillion cubic meters of gas to China over the next thirty years. Read more ...
The Diplomat
