Energy & Environment

BSEEF, 10/1: Session IV.1 — Primary Electricity: Aligning Incentives and Constraints (Transcript)

By Peter Cassata

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Adrian Baicusi, General Director, Transelectrica Halil Alis, Acting General Manager, Teias Pompiliu Budulan, General Director, Hidroelectrica Bogomil Manchev, CEO, Risk Engineering October 1, 2009 (Note:  Mr. Manchev’s remarks are delivered via translator.) BOGOMIL MANCHEV:  (In progress) – power […]

BSEEF: Luncheon Keynote Address Transcript

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Fabrizio Barbaso, Deputy Director General, DG TREN, European Commission

BSEEF, 10/1: Session II — Scenarios for Future Energy Security (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: William Chandler, Director, Energy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Steven Everts, Personal Representative, Secretary-General, High Representative for Energy and Foreign Policy, Council of the European Union Noe van Hulst, Secretary-General, International Energy Forum, Riyadh Julia Nanay, Senior […]

BSEEF, 10/1: Session III — The New Energy Mix: Policy and Business Challenges (Transcript)

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Page Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: General Chuck Wald, Director and Senior Advisor, Deloitte & Touche; Board Member, Atlantic Council Claudio Zito, CEO and Country Manager, Enel Romania Lady Barbara Judge, Chairman, UK Atomic Energy Authority Ana Palacio, Senior Executive Vice President, Foreign Relations, […]

BSEEF: Welcome Dinner Transcript

Back to Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum 2009 Speakers: Frederick Kempe, Prsident and CEO, Atlantic Council Ambassador Richard Morningstar, U.S. Special Envoy for Eurasian Energy Paolo Scaroni, CEO, Eni S.p.A.

First Annual Members’ Conference – Climate Change and the Environment

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Climate Change and the Environment” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Chaired by Gen. Richard Lawson, USAF (Ret.),* Chairman, Energy and Environment Program, Atlantic Council Hon. Sherri Goodman,* Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CNA; Former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Environmental Security Hon. C. Boyden Gray,* Former U.S. […]

First Annual Members’ Conference – Geopolitics of Energy

By James Joyner

Summary of the breakout conversation “Geopolitics of Energy” at the 2009 Annual Members’ Conference. PARTICIPANTS: Dr. Daniel Yergin, President, Cambridge Energy Research Associates; Atlantic Council Individual Member; Member, Atlantic Council Business and Economics Advisory Group In Conversation with Mr. Frederick Kempe, President & CEO, Atlantic Council

Black Sea Energy and Economic Forum Brings Together CEOs, Ministers, Gov Leaders

Energy Security Conference Brings Together CEOs, Ministers, Gov Leaders Washington, D.C. — Romania’s president and its top political leadership, policymakers and energy ministers from a dozen countries, and senior energy executives from the U.S. and Europe will gather in Bucharest this week to discuss the issues driving economic and political developments in the Black Sea-Caspian […]

Eastern Europe feels like the desert of Nato

By NRC Handelsblad

From NRC Handelsblad: Nato sees Eastern Europe as “a desert”, a high-ranking Polish official said last week . . . Countries like Poland and the Czech Republic are disappointed at what it means to belong to Nato, they say. After they joined the alliance, no scenarios were prepared in the event they were attacked, which […]

Putin’s Arms ‘Do Over’

By Frank Gaffney at the Washington Times

From Frank Gaffney at the Washington Times: In fact, the New York Times reported on Saturday that Team Obama is poised to look at alternatives — sea-based missile defenses or putting those or other anti-missile systems ashore someplace other than Poland and the Czech Republic. Among the candidates said to be under consideration are Turkey, […]