Wind and solar energy provided more of the European Union’s electricity than any other power source for the first time in 2022.
Russia’s Natural Gas Production Fell by More Than 13% In 2022. However, LNG production grew by 8% in 2022.
How Putin’s plans to blackmail Europe over gas supply failed. The EU’s 27 states replaced about 80% of the natural gas they used to get from Moscow.
Europe switches to homegrown energy: Russia’s war will destroy its energy market, maybe forever.
Wind and solar power generated more electricity in the EU last year than gas did. Here’s how.
To replace Russian gas European coal-fuelled power generation climbed last year, but the increase was smaller than feared as renewable energy helped to plug the gap.
Russia’s war in Ukraine is expected to weigh on long-term energy demand and accelerate the world’s shift to renewables, BP says.
Russia spent almost 50 years building its energy market in Europe. President Vladimir Putin destroyed it in under 50 weeks.
Russia is losing the energy war as Putin’s winter gas attack backfires. European companies turned to global LNG markets.
International Energy Agency: Coal demand in Europe went up for the second consecutive year in 2022, led by “strong growth” in electricity generation, where it has partly replaced gas.
Expert: Investments are needed in renewable energy to overcome energy crisis in Europe.
Europe won the first energy battle with Russia, but the war rages on: outlook for 2023.
European imports of Russian diesel currently are the highest since March 2022. “Buyers are rushing in to import as much as they can ahead of the ban starting February 5th“.
Natural gas, oil and green hydrogen: Europe’s energy switch may boost African producers.
Russia was the largest net exporter of gas and oil in the world, but its status as a major player slips away. Its high risk gamble to cut gas supplies to Europe is backfiring.
EU announces its own ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ for renewables and energy storage. “A new plan to make Europe the home of clean tech”.
Why the response to the energy crisis must embrace an accelerated and balanced transition. WEF in Davos: “Make energy efficiency the first fuel”.
The EU turns to Nigeria and other African countries to replace Russian oil and gas. Von der Leyen: “Our friends have resources for renewable energy in abundance”.
The world is going through an unprecedented energy crisis, but that is increasing co-operation in green energy between the EU and the Middle East.
The war has backfired on Russia and forced much of the world to speed up their transition to green energy and reduce their energy consumption.
Whisper it, but Europe is winning the energy war with Putin. Mild weather, lower consumption and supplies from elsewhere have helped Europe take an advantage.
Despite Russia: Germany’s economy grew by 1.9% in 2022. With this, the German economy outperformed earlier predictions.
Europe has made “impressive progress” in reducing its reliance on Russian gas supplies, but 2023 could bring new gas shortages – if Russia cuts or stops supplies.
Putin has lost this winter gas battle, but another energy crisis is ahead.
The energy crisis: an opportunity or a challenge for Europe’s renewable energy transition?
Putin Shot Himself in the Foot: Will Russia Have Enough Money for the War from Oil and Gas?
Mild weather and efforts to reduce demand are helping as gas reserves are still nearly full and prices fall to pre-war levels. Europe is likely to have weathered the worst of the crisis.
While a cold snap or delivery disruptions could still throw energy markets into disarray, optimism is growing that Europe can now make it through this winter and next.
The global energy crisis is causing hardships for many, but it’s also driving growth in renewables, says the IEA. Here’s how.
Gazprom’s gas exports outside the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) declined by 46% from 185 bcm in 2021 to 101 bcm in 2022.
Is Europe’s gas price crisis finally over? Wholesale natural gas costs for the continent have fallen to levels not seen since late 2021.
LNG from Qatar and the United States is flooding into Europe, making this winter more manageable so far than many could have imagined when war broke out last February.
Russian energy imports to Europe are falling – here’s what that means for the energy transition
Brussels plans to review the bloc’s electricity market to prioritize cheaper renewables, despite industry warnings that reforms could frustrate investment in wind and solar farms.
Eight central and eastern European countries secured 4.11 bln euros in EU funds for clean energy transition this year
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LATEST NEWS JUNE 1:
Yesterday, exactly one month after we started this action, the promised money has been delivered to the commander of the Medical Bataljon, Yana Zinkevych. She – in the compound – could open the sealed envelope, confirm the 10k€ and give an extended video interview, which will soon be published here.
The commander, who is also a member of the Ukrainian parliament, showed her gratitude to all the donators and commented on the mission of her group.
What a privilege to represent all those who supported this and to show a bit of our solidarity with the Ukrainian people.
LATEST NEWS MAY 23:
Last weekend we managed to almost reach the target amount of 10k€. With some extra help of a sponsor (who guaranteed for the missing part) we are now able to jump on the many trains and buses to Kyiv and beyond. A BIG THANK YOU ALL !!!
This campaign is under the auspices of my accountant Dirk Koster. Firstly we will visit him this Monday afternoon for the official money counting. Dirk will seal the enveloppe – all video captured – and once in Ukraine we will ask the commander of the Medical Battalion Yana Zinkevych (pictured) to unseal the enveloppe and recount the content. Again all video recorded.
Why we deliver this in cash? The doctors seem to prefer this, because it’s more secure. On the battle grounds of eastern Ukraine the bank infrastructure has been hit as well.
CAMPAIGN FOR THE MEDICAL BATTALION IN UKRAINE
More or less accidentally I had ended up in a barracks of the Ukrainian volunteer army, somewhere in the vicinity of Kyiv. A lift from Lviv to the capital with a doctor from the medical battalion had taken me there. Because almost no hotel was open in that first week of April, I was offered a place to sleep in the compound. Unique of course, but what could I do here? Filming is strictly prohibited, as was sharing your location.
On the way over a partly closed highway we had seen many dozens of destroyed and burnt out vehicles, such as tanks, trucks and passenger cars. But also ruined buildings along the road and fallen trees. You could still smell the war.
Now I turned out to be some kind of lost foreigner among the armed and unarmed civilian soldiers in a dormitory of the medical battalion. These people do good work behind the lines, such as treating the wounded, relieving civilians, or even freeing abandoned pets. They show me a video of a nationally known singer, see video, who had been injured in the face a week earlier. He was treated and nursed by these doctors.
The next morning, I’m already a bit settled, I watch the commander of the medical battalion go through the day’s tasks. A woman of under 30, she is already a wheelchair veteran and a member of the national parliament. And there is also Roel, a Dutch doctor in his early 30s and involved in the defense of Ukraine as a volunteer. I had already spotted him because of his light Dutch accent. He is ready to hit the road again that day and take some serious risks. Why? “You follow your intuition, because this is what it’s all about, defending our values.”
When I – some days later in Kyiv – ask him if I can be of any further help, there is an SMS silence for a while. But two weeks later my fellow Dutchman answers with a summary of some medical products his group needs at the moment. And suddenly it dawns on me that maybe I ended up in this unexpected episode for a reason.
Will you join us to do our best for these unpaid, brave medical fighters, so close to the front in Ukraine? They will greatly appreciate it. Below you will find how you can contribute. The aim is to hand over to the commander as soon as possible ten thousand Euro in US dollars for the resources listed below. We will of course keep you informed. Please forward this message, thanks!
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This is what they need: Tourniquets / snel drukverband (Israeli bandage) / oclussive bandage / decompressie naald (pneumothorax) / brandwond verband / hemostatic verband / Medicijnen: Atropine (bradycardie) / Naloxona / Ketamine / Mannitol
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