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EC must heed Ombudsman’s warning on gas gaffe beyond the EU

December 16, 2020

Every two years, under the TEN-E Regulation, the European Commission selects a list of energy infrastructure projects as so-called Projects of Common Interest (PCIs), which receive privileged access to public financing. 


BANKWATCH: AS ROMANIA ABANDONS NEW COAL PROJECT, A LARGER GAS THREAT LOOMS

December 14, 2020

Source: BANKWATCH: AS ROMANIA ABANDONS NEW COAL PROJECT, A LARGER GAS THREAT LOOMS


Европейцы рекомендуют Азербайджану не связывать надежды с газом

March 7, 2020

Европа ведет двойную игру на мировом газовом рынке  – с одной стороны, создает видимость, что закупает газа всё больше и больше, а с другой  – активно наращивает  производство электроэнергии из возобновляемых источников энергии (ВИЭ). Source : Европейц


Polish CHP Scheme Approved

September 28, 2016

The European Commission has approved a Polish state subsidy scheme that supports high-efficiency CHP plants, especially fuelled by gas or CBM. Source: Polish CHP Scheme Approved


Azeri regime stifles criticism ahead of European Games. European lender must finally take measures.

June 10, 2015

UPDATE 1 12h CET 12 June 2015 Platform have taken to the streets of London to protest the opening of the European Games. See a video of the action below, and read more in their book published Friday, All that glitters, which explores how the European Games belong to the Aliyev regime and the British oil company BP and how sport is being co-opted in the service of a dynasty and fossil fuels. ––––


Italian mayor stands up against EU priority gas pipeline

June 8, 2015

Local opposition against the Trans-Adriatic gas pipeline (TAP) is growing as an Italian mayor made clear in an open letter to the European Commission and European public banks.


Will energy efficiency be sidelined in the Energy Union’s implementation?

June 8, 2015

EU energy ministers are meeting in Brussels today to discuss the implementation of the Energy Union. Looking at what has been discussed so far, the strategy may not prioritise energy efficiency enough to help Europe become climate-friendly.


Europe’s Caspian gas dreams – a nightmare come true for human rights in Azerbaijan

May 14, 2015

As investors and officials are promoting a gas pipeline project from the Caspian Sea to Italy, the systematic repression of human rights in Azerbaijan is hardly on the official agenda. The Aliyev regime’s weakly veiled attempts to muzzle dissent illustrate how even the most repressive governments are acceptable partners for Europe’s pet energy projects.


Bankwatch fact-finding mission to Tunisia reveals major flaws in EBRD oil and gas investment

May 14, 2015

In July 2013 the EBRD approved its second loan in Tunisia, to Serinus Energy. With the EBRD investment portfolio in Tunisia standing at the end of 2014 at EUR 212 million the Serinus Energy loan represents roughly 25 percent of all EBRD loans in Tunisia to date and is the only loan to have gone to the country’s natural resources and energy sector. With such a significance, therefore, surely the EBRD would make every effort to ensure that the project meets the Performance Requirements of its own Environmental and social policy (from 2008) and that it demonstrates a positive transition impact for Tunisia?


EU priority gas pipeline faces fierce opposition in Italy

February 17, 2015

The European Investment Bank recently confirmed plans to finance the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline from Greece via Albania to Italy. Yet a coalition of local mayors will do whatever it takes to stop the project.


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