Energy Economics related content 

India has launched a series of measures to reduce its emissions, but there is a long way to go. It has been said that the idea of moderating consumption should come naturally...

Commission report to support higher carbon emission reduction targets for 2020. A report to be issued by the European Commission in the coming weeks will bolster the case of...

Divisions over energy efficiency in the Parliament are overstated. You wrote recently that “MEPs are divided over how far compulsion should play a role in achieving EU...

The EIB now promotes clean energy more – but fossil fuels still dominate its energy portfolio. Over the past four years, the European Investment Bank – the European...

Denmark's position at the forefront of environment policy is likely to have a strong influence on its presidency. In 1973, when the world was in the throes of a global energy...

Lower fuel costs will mean a spending cut in the long run European households will have to spend more on energy and energy-related products in order to meet an EU goal of...

US state defends its environmental standards. California's environmental protection agency has written to the European Commission and EU member states rejecting claims from...

Call for more flexibility, concern at possible costs. Energy ministers meeting in Brussels today expressed dissatisfaction with efficiency targets for energy suppliers and...

Enhanced co-ordination aims to secure supplies, but member states remain reluctant to share details of deals. Energy ministers meeting in Brussels on 24 November will adopt...

Draft looks at ways to achieve emissions targets; increased use of electric vehicles is envisaged. Renewable energy sources would have to provide at least 55% of all energy...

Commission plans to allocate much more of the EU budget to climate issues are proving controversial. If the EU's much-trumpeted aspiration is to create a ‘low-carbon...

Having a successful emissions trading scheme is a difficult balancing act. The emissions trading scheme (ETS) is at the heart of the EU's efforts to cut greenhouse-gas...

The wind industry sets out its view of the European Commission's ‘energy infrastructure package'. In 1986, Europe opened up its borders to the free movement of goods,...

Answering a question not addressed in a European Commission paper on energy security. The European Commission's long-awaited communication on EU energy security policy,...

Poland is turning its attention from external energy security to changing its energy mix. For a pipeline that was so controversial when it was on the drawing board, the...

New approach to energy deals could cause some problems. Much of the media coverage of the European Commission's proposals for a more coherent European approach towards...

EU energy policy has moved forward, and it needs to keep doing so. Two events, separated by six days, demonstrate how far the EU's energy policy has moved over the past five...

Commission to review deals with third countries, while Poland pushes for more energy transparency. The European Commission, as part of its efforts to create a common...

Oettinger seeks details of deals with non-EU countries. Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy, is  to propose that  member states share...

The European Commission is divided over the impact of oil from tar sands on the EU's efforts to cut greenhouse gases. The Commission has been asked to set CO2 emissions...