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  • Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 10 July 2013
    Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
  • Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
    Insight by Stephen Tindale, 09 May 2013
    Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
  • How to expand renewable energy after 2020
    Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 07 December 2012
    How to expand renewable energy after 2020
  • Weak carbon prices threaten the EU’s environmental leadership
    TGAE report, Report by Simon Tilford, 05 March 2010

    The EU’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) works by capping the output of carbon dioxide and then distributing allowances to emit the gas to large energy users.

  • How to build an EU energy market
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 18 February 2010

    Unbundling the supply of energy from its transport, moving Europe towards a low-carbon energy system, and getting the Nabucco pipeline built – these were the priorities of the last energy commissioner, Andris Piebalgs. His successor, Günther Oettinger, will write his own to-do list.
  • Carbon capture and storage: What the EU needs to do
    Report by Simon Tilford, 12 February 2010

    Coal will be the biggest single source of electricity for decades to come. Yet the EU is doing far too little to encourage the take-up of carbon capture and storage, a technology which could make coal a low-carbon fuel.

  • Pipeline politics: Why Nabucco is stuck
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 29 January 2010

    Last year, plans for the Nabucco pipeline – almost a decade in the making – appeared finally to make some headway. In March, the EU earmarked €200 million for preparatory work.
  • Gazprom’s uncertain outlook
    Insight by Katinka Barysch, 18 December 2009

    Many people in the EU tend to see Gazprom as a mighty giant that uses energy as a political tool on behalf of the Kremlin. They say that Russia has leverage because it controls 40 per cent of the EU’s gas imports.
  • Making choices over China: EU-China co-operation on energy and climate
    Policy brief by Nick Mabey, 02 November 2009

    The EU needs China to move rapidly towards a low carbon economy. Even with strong leadership at the highest level in China, this will not be easy, given the country's scale, diversity and development needs.

  • How to meet the EU's 2020 renewables target
    Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 01 September 2009

    The EU countries have promised to get 20 per cent of their energy from renewables by 2020. The EU can meet this target but only if governments take action now to boost investment in the full range of renewable energies.

  • Choices for Europe
    CER - University of Birmingham, Essay by Clara Marina O'Donnell, 01 May 2009

    Sluggish economic growth, high unemployment, ageing populations, climate change and security challenges on the borders of Europe have been some of the top priorities on the European agenda since the early 1990s. The EU has tried to tackle these issues, notably through its commitments to reduce greenhouse gases and its Lisbon strategy for economic growth.