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,...

Recent worldwide growing awareness of the global climate changes stressed the importance of developing and supporting the renewable energy sources (RES). However, the public support for RES varies across various countries and regions, especially those abundant in traditional fossil fuels. This...

Die russische Energiebranche ist der vielversprechendste Exportbereich des Landes. Allerdings kämpft die Branche damit, sich von den scharfen Regulierungen und ökonomischen Störungen zu befreien, die aus der Sowjetzeit stammen. 1993 ging der inländische Ölverbrauch um 16% zurück. Während...