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Shale gas Emissions trading Renewable energy

Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
Policy brief by David Buchan, 10 July 2013
Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
Insight by Stephen Tindale, 09 May 2013
How to expand renewable energy after 2020
Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 07 December 2012

Repowering communities: Small-scale solutions to large-scale energy problems Energy policy is at a crossroads

Report by Stephen Tindale, 11 July 2011

Attempts to meet targets for carbon emissions, energy security and affordable energy for vulnerable households are all on a trajectory to failure.
Thorium: How to save Europe's nuclear revival

Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 15 June 2011

The EU should continue to support nuclear power. Existing technologies should generally be used. But thorium liquid fuel reactors – which cannot melt down – should be an exception.
Carbon capture and storage: EU advancing, but not fast enough

TGAE report, Report by Stephen Tindale, 03 June 2011

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is an essential low-carbon bridge technology, to be used in the several decades it will take before Europe can be totally reliant on renewable energy.
Delivering energy savings and efficiency

Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 19 January 2011

The EU should not waste its time arguing about whether to make its energy efficiency targets binding. Instead, it should focus on practical steps to improve energy efficiency.
The EU should be much bolder on energy efficiency

Insight by Stephen Tindale, 12 October 2010

The most pain-free way for European governments to fight climate change is to use energy more efficiently. At a recent energy conference hosted by the European Commission, it struck me that the EU still has a poverty of ambition when it comes to energy efficiency.
The EU must support clean energy, not dirty coal

Bulletin article by Stephen Tindale, 02 August 2010

The EU aspires to be a world leader in reducing carbon emissions. It seeks to develop renewable sources of energy and new ways of making coal and gas cleaner.
Shale gas and EU energy security

Insight by Katinka Barysch, 11 June 2010

Will unconventional gas solve Europe’s energy security problem? Many EU member-states rely a lot on Russian gas; in the case of some Central and East European countries the dependence is total.
Should the Nabucco pipeline project be shelved?

Policy brief by Katinka Barysch, 05 May 2010

Nabucco - a pipeline to bring Caspian and perhaps Middle Eastern gas to Europe - is the flagship project of the EU's fledgling energy diplomacy. Nabucco would add to the EU's energy security, strengthen its neighbourhood policies and improve relations with Turkey.

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