This report contains three separate papers, each addressing selected issues concerning natural gas policy and security of gas supply in Europe. The over-arching themes are vulnerability (to supply disruptions, to supplier pricing power) and fragmentation; and measures designed to overcome them,...

The Russian-Ukrainian crisis has revitalized the European concerns of supply disruptions of natural gas as experienced in 2006 and 2009. However, the European supply situation, regulation and infrastructure have changed since: imports aremore diversified, EU member states better connected and a...

Im Januar 2009 war der Transport russischen Erdgases über das Pipelinesystem der Ukraine für knapp zwei Wochen unterbrochen. Vor allem einige Länder in Südosteuropa waren darauf schlecht vorbereitet. Aktuell ist der Streit um die Bezahlung von Erdgaslieferungen und Transitrechten zwischen...

This research reviews relevant literature on the current state and effectiveness of developing renewable energy on energy security in general, and on energy security in the European Union in particular. The paper elaborates on primary energy import sources, possible alternatives, and how energy...