
Your search for "Günther Oettinger" produced 132 items.
| 1. Job hunters | June 13, 2013 |
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Itchy feet in the private offices of the European commissioners are getting itchier. With not much more than a year left in the life of Barroso II, ambitious officials are... | |
| 2. The paper clip | May 29, 2013 |
A round-up of the international press on Wednesday, 29 May. The end of the European Union arms embargo has been welcomed by the United States and criticised by Russia, |
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| 3. Shale gas could be ‘game changer' | April 25, 2013 |
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Discussion on the knock-on effects of north American shale gas boom. A discussion by energy ministers on unconventional oil and gas focused mainly on the transformative... | |
| 4. Hopes rise of new 2030 climate targets | April 25, 2013 |
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Support for setting new climate targets after 2020. Environment and energy ministers have indicated that they support new climate targets beyond 2020. Setting a 2030... | |
| 5. Commission is not as green as it likes to think | April 4, 2013 |
Policy statements favour an approach that only targets greenhouse-gas reduction, and sidelines energy efficiency and renewable energy The European Commission is not as green... |
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| 6. Commission floats 2030 targets on emissions and renewable energy | April 4, 2013 |
Hedegaard and Oettinger want 2030 proposals to be unveiled this year. The European Commission will probably put forward by the end of the year proposals for 2030... |
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| 7. Commission ready to float emissions target for 2030 | March 21, 2013 |
Strategy paper to gauge stakeholder opinion. The European Commission is to publish a strategy paper on Wednesday (27 March) that will indicate a readiness to move quickly... |
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| 8. By royal appointment | March 21, 2013 |
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Movement in the Commission. We have reached that point in the five-year life-cycle of a European Commission when parachutes are unfurled and ladders are lowered and raised,... | |
| 9. Energy, telecoms and transport take a hit | February 14, 2013 |
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Reduced funding for the Connecting Europe Facility. After the budgets for agriculture and cohesion funding had been spared from deeper cuts, it fell to spending on... | |
| 10. Looking ahead | January 24, 2013 |
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Senior members of commissioners' private offices are looking to the future The third anniversary of José Manuel Barroso's second stint presiding over the European... | |
| 11. Frost in the air ahead of EU-Russia summit | December 20, 2012 |
Trade disputes will be top of the agenda as battle continues over reform of visa rules. Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, will visit Brussels on Friday (21 December) for... |
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| 12. Ministers to call for renewable target decision by 2014 | November 29, 2012 |
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Energy ministers will urge the European Commission to make a decision by 2014 on whether to set binding targets for the use of renewable energy beyond 2020. At their meeting... | |
| 13. Commission bid to save energy liberalisation | November 8, 2012 |
Member states will not meet 2014 deadline. Member states will miss a 2014 deadline to liberalise the EU's internal energy market, the European Commission will conclude in an... |
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| 14. Oettinger calls for new renewables target | October 31, 2012 |
Günther Oettinger has backed the controversial idea of having a new binding target for renewables. Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy,... |
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| 15. Was it right to create DG Climate? | October 25, 2012 |
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Has the creation of the DG really allowed commissioners to do more on climate change and do it better? At the end of José Manuel Barroso's first term, there was much... | |
| 16. Proposal to limit biofuel land impact weakened | October 18, 2012 |
Compromise changed after a month of lobbying. The European Commission yesterday (17 October) unveiled a proposal to reduce the indirect land use change (ILUC) caused by... |
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| 17. Commissioner urges EU to face down Russia on energy | October 11, 2012 |
Günther Oettinger criticises Russia for its attitude towards Moldova. Günther Oettinger, the European commissioner for energy, has urged the European Union's member... |
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| 18. Stress tests highlight nuclear safety concerns in reactors across Europe | October 4, 2012 |
Massive investment needed to increase safety, report says. Europe's nuclear reactors need investments of between €10 billion and €25bn to bring them up to optimal... |
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| 19. Are sudden changes in solar subsidies scaring off investors? | September 26, 2012 |
Policy shifts on grants for renewables are giving investors a fright. In April this year, US solar panel company First Solar decided it had had enough of the roller-coaster... |
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| 20. Managing the variability problem in Europe | September 26, 2012 |
The European grid is far from ready for new variable-energy sources like wind and solar. Among the newer renewable energy-generation technologies, wind power has made by far... |
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