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OSW Commentary |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
The European Union survived last winter in a surprisingly effective way. Despite the ongoing gas crisis and Russia’s energy war with the West, there were neither painful shortages of gas or the need to ration it. This was the result of an…
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
The tenth meeting of the EU-US Energy Council was held in Brussels on 4 April. The EU was represented by the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell, Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson and the Swedish…
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), gas demand in the European Union fell by a record 55 bcm (13% y/y) in 2022. The strongest declines were seen in the countries of northern Europe (in particular Finland, Lithuania and…
OSW Commentary |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
Natural gas plays a key role in Turkey’s economy and energy sector, with the country’s gas consumption growing in recent years. At the same time, Turkey is fully dependent on imports of this resource, including large quantities from Russia…
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
Following the adoption on 19 December 2022 of an EU Council regulation which was focused inter alia on improving the coordination of gas purchases, efforts to implement and define a mechanism for joint EU purchases of gas have picked up…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
On 3 January 2023, an agreement was signed in Sofia between state companies Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ, in the presence of the Bulgarian and Turkish energy ministers Rosen Hristov and Fatih Dönmez. The gas contract, whose term is 13 years,…
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
The issue of how to reduce gas and electricity prices in the EU was once again discussed by European heads of state (at the 20–21 October summit) and also by energy ministers (at the energy council on 25 October). At the summit a number of…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota
On 26 September Gascade, a gas network operator in eastern Germany, reported that there had been a large drop in pressure in the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) pipeline, from 105 to 7 bar. In the late afternoon, Denmark confirmed a leak from one of…
OSW Commentary |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
The REPowerEU proposals announced on 18 May confirm the EU’s desire to end its dependence on Russian energy. Nonetheless, it illustrates the problems associated with the process of withdrawing from Russian gas, and above all with the rapid…
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
On 25 March, US President Joe Biden and the President of the European Commission (EC) Ursula von der Leyen announced a ‘Joint Statement between the European Commission and the United States on Europe’s Energy Security’. It emphasised the…