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The EU Nuclear Energy Forum (ENEF) is to meet twice annually and will be organised jointly by the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is intended that the forum should encourage renewed discussion and debate on the future of nuclear energy in Europe.

Consumer acceptance, fuel infrastructure and manufacturing capabilities should develop hand-in-hand to avoid deadlock in the diffusion of alternative-fuel vehicles, according tp Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers Struben and Sterman.

The greenhouse-gas emission impacts from different corn ethanol processing plant types can vary significantly, new research from the US Centre for Transportation Research reveals - from a 3% increase if coal is the process fuel to a 52% reduction if wood chips are used.

Speaking to EurActiv.fr, MEP Anne Laperrouze (ALDE/UDF) highlights the problems posed by the liberalisation of energy markets, and insists that the Union must maintain European 'energy champions'.

Exceptional political leadership, serious public debate and concerted action are required from the highest consuming countries in order to bring energy supply and consumption into a sustainable balance, states the final report of the Club de Madrid’s 5th General Assembly on the 'Challenges of Energy and Democratic Leadership', which took place in Madrid on 20-21 October 2006.

In this article for think-tank Institut für Europäische Politik (IEP), German Economics and TechnologyMinister Michael Glos highlights the key elements of the German EU Presidency's energy policy.

The EU and Ukraine have begun talks to launch a new "Enhanced Agreement", which would include a free-trade area and increased energy co-operation. However, the EU has once again dashed Ukraine hopes of a membership perspective.

Christian Egenhofer, in this Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) policy brief, examines the nature and effectiveness of targets set by the EU in the context of its new energy and climate-change package.

As one of the world's largest importers of oil, gas and coal, the EU is a major player on the international energy market - However, it remains a dwarf on the political stage as member states keep the upper hand on foreign policy. With external dependence on imports forecast to grow steadily, the EU has started to integrate energy aspects into relations with third countries. EurActiv brings an overview of relations with key regions for supply and transit.

In this article in the periodical Integration, the German Minister of State for Europe, Günter Gloser, lists the energy priorities of the German Presidency during the first half of 2007.

The Finnish presidency is stepping up efforts to get Poland to lift its veto against a new EU-Russia agreement. Meanwhile, Russia is trying to find a solution on a bilateral basis.

Ukraine met with a rebuff at the EU-Ukraine Summit, but more co-operation is foreseen in the areas of free trade, especially energy and visa facilitation.

Diplomacy must be given yet another chance before a decision on sanctions, EU foreign ministers decide, as Solana is sent to Teheran for more talks. 

Wanting to 'win back the citizens' the Finnish presidency sets out to do more than business as usual. The Turkey-Cyprus issue looms as a potential crisis.

The EU and its 6 partner countries have given a formal go ahead for the construction of the world's biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor, ITER. Environmental NGOs fear the mammoth project will swallow financing from renewables R&D.

Christophe Leclercq and Kristina Weich Hondrila from EurActiv write in this Politik & Kommunikation article (in German) about the state of affairs of a European energy policy after the EU spring summit and future developments.

Shortly after the 2006 European Spring Summit, which focused on energy policy and only days before a German national summit on energy policy, industry is pressurising Chancellor Angela Merkel to water down the previous red-green government's policy of phasing out of nuclear energy.

In a letter to the Financial Times, Loyola de Palacio (together with other former energy Commissioners and European energy regulators) says the EU needs "better energy," not just "more energy." She has ten suggestions to improve the EU internal energy market.

France is to present wide-ranging proposals on energy at a meeting of EU finance ministers on 24 January. Suggestions include recognising nuclear power's contribution to security of supply and CO2 emissions cuts.

The unstable Middle East and North Africa will play "a critical role" in meeting the 50% surge in global energy demand expected by 2030. But just how much oil and gas can these countries export, asks the IEA.

A seminar organised by EurActiv in the European Parliament on 30 June has taken a look at the energy situation of the ten countries that joined the EU on 1 May 2004. EurActiv provides an overview of a complex situation.

The election victory of the ultra-right Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad in Iran has sparked fears in Europe for the future of talks over the country’s nuclear programme.

Although agreement with Japan is still to be reached, EU ministers are confident that the world's first nuclear fusion reactor will be built in Europe, in France. 

According to Commissioner for Energy Andris Piebalgs, the South East European Energy Community is a key to the region's stabilisation and development.