Friday, March 16, 2018
The 'Expanded' Southern Gas Corridor: What Comes After 2020?
by Marika Karayianni*
Articles - Commentary
Friday, March 9, 2018
Europe’s Future Oil Production Seen Viable at $60 a Barrel
by Robert Hodgson*
Europe is hardly the first place that springs to mind when thinking about the world’s major oil-producing regions, and there is a perception that the domestic industry has already seen its heyday, particularly in the North Sea.
However, although the price of crude oil has recovered only slightly since it crashed from over $100 dollars a barrel to little over a half of that through the second half of 2014, exploration continues apace
Monday, February 26, 2018
Turkish Challenges in Cyprus’s EEZ
by Dr Theodore Kariotis*
It is well known that Turkey regards the concept of the EEZ as its most important enemy in the Eastern Mediterranean region.
Ankara sees a great opportunity in the Cyprus EEZ and is ready to make the game more difficult
Friday, February 16, 2018
Titanium Helps Perovskite Solar Cells Do a Lead Detox
by Michael Irving*
Over the last few years, perovskite has proven itself to be a promising material for photovoltaic solar cells, but it's not without its problems
Friday, February 9, 2018
Is the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline Really Important for Europe?
by Marika Karayianni*
The energy-rich Central Asian nation of Turkmenistan ranks fourth globally in terms of asserted natural gas reserves with around 50 trillion cubic metres (tcm), according to the latest announcements of the state energy company Turkmengaz
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Citi's Biggest Wildcards for Oil Markets This Year — And How Likely They Are to Actually Happen
by Holly Ellyatt*
Oil prices hit their highest levels since 2014 on Wednesday, showing that oil production cuts by major producers are working and demand remains robust
Friday, January 19, 2018
Robots Are Fueling the Quiet Ascendance of the Electric Motor
by Matt Simon*
If you were going to kick off a technological revolution, you’d be hard-pressed to do it with more pizazz than Tesla with its electric cars
Wednesday, January 3, 2018
Five Key Questions for 2018
by Ed Crooks*
In Shakespeare's Macbeth, Lady Macbeth says that the witches’ prophecies have “transported me beyond this ignorant present, and I feel now the future in the instant.”
Thursday, December 21, 2017
Decarbonising Europe: Matching Aspiration With Action
With renewable electricity costs going through the floor, the EU should increase its 2030 targets and aim for close to zero carbon electricity by 2040. But while power decarbonisation is crucially important, it will not be sufficient to deliver a truly zero carbon economy, writes Adair Turner*
Thursday, December 14, 2017
Despite Political Rift, Greece and Turkey Develop Closer Energy Ties
by Costis Stambolis*
Although there are divergent views by Greek politicians and media as to the usefulness of the visit to Greece last week by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the first such visit in more than 60 years, it seems that overall and in spite of certain inevitable tensions, it brought the two sides closer together at a political and economic level
Monday, December 11, 2017
Greece Can Become the Energy Gateway to All Europe
by Prof. Dr. Margarita Mathiopoulos *
Too few German entrepreneurs see Greece, and especially its energy sector, as an investment opportunity. Others are more perceptive than the Germans
Friday, December 1, 2017
Competition Heats up in Chinese Thermal Coal Import Market
by Michael Cooper*
Indonesian mid-CV thermal coal appears to be getting the upper hand over high-ash Australian coal in a battle for supremacy in the Chinese imports market, according to an analysis of S&P Global Platts price data
Friday, November 24, 2017
Europe’s Murky Eastern Energy Deals
by Manana Kochladze*
Millions of euros in public money are being invested in large infrastructure projects in the EU’s eastern neighbours in total disregard for Europe’s climate goals, and local communities.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Catalonia, ‘Independencia’, Populism and the Rule of Law
by Basil A. Coronakis*
As the dust from the Catalonia adventure begins to settle, the time has come for criticism, attribution of responsibilities and some new ideas.
Let’s get to the truth of things the Socratic, no the Sophist, way
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
Making Airplanes Cleaner: Who Should Decide?
by Bill Hemmings*
It is essential that the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Europe retain the power to have the final say on regulating aircraft and the ability, with parliamentary oversight, to adjust future European regulations as needed to changing circumstances
Monday, October 30, 2017
Is Turkish Stream Able to Change the Energy Developments in Europe?
by Marika Karayianni*
Following the Russian-Turkish “reconciliation” after the downing of a Russian SU-24 military aircraft by a Turkish military jet on the border between Turkey and Syria, Moscow is now seeking to revive the Turkish Stream gas pipeline
Friday, October 20, 2017
Iraq Turmoil Threatens Billions in Oil Traders' Kurd Deals
by Javier Blas*
The crisis unfolding around the Iraqi city of Kirkuk has left some of the world’s largest commodity trading houses worried the country’s autonomous Kurdish region will struggle to repay billions of dollars in cash-for-oil loans
Thursday, October 12, 2017
The Revival of the ITGI Project: Myths and Realities
by Marika Karayianni*
The deterioration of Turkish-Russian relations after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Syrian border in November 2015 has created uncertainty around the fate of the Turkish Stream project. Turkish Stream is a grandiose attempt by Moscow to export Russian gas through Turkey to Greece
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Iran’s Solar Steps
by Ian Clover*
Iranian PV: In 2014 Iran announced an ambitious 5 GW renewables goal, but progress proved slow, primarily due to the difficulty many foreign firms have investing in the country
Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline: Is There A Future After All?
by Marika Karayianni*
Turkmenistan ranks fourth globally in terms of asserted natural gas reserves, with around 50 trillion cubic meters/tcm, according to the latest announcements of the state-owned energy company Turkmengaz
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