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The Paris-based International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its first review of EU energy policy, endorsing controversial Commission plans to break up European energy giants and calling for greater cross-border trade in renewable energy among other recommendations.
LinksDossier: EU renewable energy policy
An agreement between BP and TNK over the governance of their joint Russian undertaking was welcomed in Brussels, where the European Commission is following the situation closely after Shell, the Anglo-Dutch energy giant, was forced to pull out of a lucrative gas project in Siberia.
Households and neighbourhoods feeding small-scale electricity and heat into a decentralised European energy grid: this is the vision developed by proponents of microgeneration. (read more)
As the EU embarks on a third wave of energy liberalisation, some voices are warning that the gas sector must be treated with extra caution as the current proposals are causing tensions with Europe's largest supplier, Russia. (read more)
Industries and private households are in theory able to freely choose their energy supplier following the entry into force of EU directives in 2004 and 2007, but many obstacles remain, with a single European energy market still far from reality. (read more)
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