
Estonia has long been debating about whether to build a nuclear power plant in order to ensure its independence in energy policy.
The daily paper Postimees sees this as a necessary step:
“At least given today’s technology, a higher percentage of wind power would be too expensive for the taxpayer. This is because wind cannot be [...]
February 1, 2010 | Posted in
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Germany and several other European nations are planning to build a billion-euro renewable energy network spanning the North Sea, a national daily reported Tuesday.
Berlin — According to the Suddeutsche Zeitung, the project will link German and British offshore wind farms, Norwegian hydroelectric plants, and Belgian and Danish tidal power stations with undersea cables to [...]
January 5, 2010 | Posted in
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Europe is on the verge of a new gas conflict with Russia
According to the media reports, Europe is on the verge of a new, yet different from the former years, gas conflict with Russia.
European states are not able to use the annual natural gas quotas stipulated in the contracts with Russia‘s concern Gazprom. During [...]
November 19, 2009 | Posted in
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At the beginning of this year the gas war between Russia and Ukraine urged the EU take action in search for ways of diversification of suppliers.
On 27 January the conference of the Caspian Sea Region and EU Member States was held in Budapest. During the conference Czech Prime Minister M. Topolanek whose [...]
April 19, 2009 | Posted in
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At the beginning of March the Russian president paid an official visit to Spain and signed several agreements: the Memorandum of Understanding between the Spanish and Russian Prosecution Services; the agreement to allow the transfer of Spanish troops and military equipment bound for Afghanistan via the Russian territory; the Action Plan in the [...]
April 19, 2009 | Posted in
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