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Nov 10, 2011

Energy Water Nexus Primary Fuels for Power and Transportation in the US

By Adrienne Chuck

 The Atlantic Council Energy and Environment Program has undertaken a series of workshops to investigate the intersection between water and energy. The “energy-water nexus” examines water availability, or more accurately water scarcity, as a key energy-related issue. With this series of conferences, the Council built upon its work to better inform Congress, the American public, […]

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

Issue Brief

Nov 10, 2011

Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges

By Blythe Lyons

The Atlantic Council released an issue brief by Blythe Lyons, nonresident senior fellow of the Energy and Environment Program, entitled: “Primary Energy and Transportation Fuels and the Energy and Water Nexus: Ten Challenges,” which highlights the issues that were brought to light in the November 2011 workshop. Download the PDF

Climate Change & Climate Action
Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Nov 7, 2011

Balkan Energy Markets Need Reforms As Well As Caspian Gas

By Borut Grgic

Turkey and Azerbaijan have signed a historic agreement for the shipment of gas from the huge Shah Deniz 2 field in the Caspian Sea to Turkey, the Balkans and central Europe. This deal is a win-win for everyone, and it is especially important for the Balkans, which are energy-deficient in every way imaginable. Balkan energy […]

Energy & Environment
The Balkans

New Atlanticist

Oct 25, 2011

Azerbaijan’s Gas Gambit

By Borut Grgic

After splitting from the Soviet Union to chart its own path, Azerbaijan’s journey to present day energy pivot is sprinkled with moments of extreme humanitarian suffering, war, loss of territory, diplomatic uncertainty, and massive advancements in the energy sector. A recent discovery at the Absherone offshore field has elevated the estimated total amount of proven […]

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2011

BP Pipeline – Late but Good

By Borut Grgic

For years the giant Nabucco project has dominated the debate about building a crucial gas pipeline from the Caspian region to Europe – but a far more modest plan from BP may have all the right ideas.

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance

Event Recap

Oct 13, 2011

Getting Caspian and Other Regional Gas to Europe: the View from Greece

By Jason Harmala

On October 13, the Atlantic Council held an off-the-record discussion with Harry Sachinis, Chairman and CEO of DEPA S.A., Greece’s Public Gas Corporation, on the Southern Corridor being developed to bring Caspian gas to markets in Europe and potentially elsewhere. Senior experts from the energy industry and various governments attended the session. DEPA imports both […]

Energy & Environment
Europe & Eurasia

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2011

What Europe Isn’t Doing to Stop Syria and Iran

By Benjamin Weinthal, the New Republic

Energy & Environment
European Union

NATOSource

Oct 11, 2011

Yulia Tymoshenko jailed after ‘political trial’ that risks making Ukraine a pariah

By Miriam Elder, the Guardian

From Miriam Elder, the Guardian:  Ukraine shut the book on its flirtation with democracy and European integration on Tuesday when it sentenced former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko to seven years in prison in a trial widely seen as a political witch-hunt.

Energy & Environment
European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 5, 2011

Nord Stream Winners and Losers

By Morgan Aronson

The Nord Stream pipeline, a $10 billion venture that opened last month, will allow Russia to deliver 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas directly to Germany, bypassing the traditional transit countries in Eastern and Central Europe. This has the potential to destabilize political relationships in Europe by transforming Russia from a merely influential player […]

Energy & Environment
Russia

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2011

Caspian Natural Gas Inches Closer to Markets

By Boyko Nitzov

Earlier this month, two events occurred which are likely to significantly boost Europe’s hopes for diversifying its gas supply and help realize Caspian gas exporting countries’ aspirations for reaching global gas markets. 

Energy & Environment
Russia

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