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May 21, 2025

To build tomorrow’s power grid, the United States should look to geothermal energy

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Sudeep Kanungo, Will LaRivee

Geothermal energy offers a promising solution for stable, reliable baseload power. But to unlock its full potential, the US government must take action to reduce the barriers to entry for industry.

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POLITICO Features US Energy Abundance Event

EnergySource
Apr 29, 2025

Can Nord Stream really rise from the dead? 

By
Alan Riley

Despite recent discussions between Moscow and Washington over restarting the Nord Stream pipelines, legal, financial, and political hurdles make reopening them improbable. Multimillion dollar claims against Gazprom along with US stakes in the European LNG market are likely to severely limit support for Russian gas flows to the EU.

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POLITICO Features US Energy Abundance Event

New Atlanticist
Apr 17, 2025

How the National Energy Dominance Council can set the US on the path to energy security

By
Ellen Wald

The National Energy Dominance Council must act quickly to restore stability to the energy industry amid geopolitical uncertainty.

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EnergySource

Jun 18, 2025

Energy security is only achievable through global partnerships

By
Elena Benaim, Paddy Ryan

The Atlantic Council’s flagship Global Energy Forum concluded its programming in Washington, DC, today. What emerged as a central theme throughout was the undeniable need for any single country to engage in international partnerships to achieve energy and national security, whether speakers were discussing divergent transatlantic views, nuclear power, or critical mineral supply chains.

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Jun 17, 2025

The energy system is more complex than ever: Navigating AI, competitiveness, and growth

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Elena Benaim, Paddy Ryan

The Atlantic Council’s flagship Global Energy Forum opened today in Washington, DC, bringing together top energy and policy leaders at a critical moment for global energy strategy. These experts and policymakers weighed in on the increasingly complex landscape of energy policies amid intense competition to win the artificial intelligence (AI) race, rising geopolitical tensions, and divergent national priorities.

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Report launch on financing the Eastern Mediterranean’s energy transition

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Jul 30, 2015

POLITICO Features US Energy Abundance Event

By Atlantic Council

POLITICO features the Atlantic Council event Empowering America: How Energy Abundance Can Strengthen US Global Leadership in an article about Senators Murkowski and Warner unveiling a new energy security report:

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Report

Jul 30, 2015

Empowering America: How energy abundance can strengthen US global leadership

By Senator Lisa Murkowski, Senator Mark Warner, Richard L. Morningstar, David L. Goldwyn, Bud Coote

This task force report makes the case for a more robust energy strategy that capitalizes on US energy resources to advance our foreign policy and economic interests. It calls on US policymakers to repeal the crude oil export ban, ease the process of licensing for LNG exports, sustain research and investment in clean energy technology, support energy diplomacy and technical assistance abroad, advance North American energy integration efforts, and more.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

In the News

Jun 26, 2015

Goldwyn: Don’t sell off the SPR

By David L. Goldwyn

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Nonresident Senior Fellow David L. Goldwyn writes for The Hill about why the United States should not sell off the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), despite strong domestic oil production:

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Report

Jun 11, 2015

Prioritization in EU energy policy: Energy security first, then Energy Union

By Alan Riley

The European Commission, in developing its Energy Union work program, needs to focus its efforts on delivering a number of key solutions to the affected states. Over the last decade, the EU has struggled to develop an energy policy that simultaneously meets the goals of affordability, sustainability, and security, so focusing on the key energy security risks provides a sound base for future development.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2015

Commercial Incentives to Battle Climate Change

By Carlos Pascual

Over the course of 2015, large parts of the energy and environmental world will focus attention on achieving a new form of legally binding climate agreement in Paris under the auspices of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.  Such an agreement would be based on “intended nationally determined contributions” (INDCs) where nations will propose […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2015

Turkish Stream’s Implications for EU Gas Infrastructure Development

By Nolan Theisen

Since South Stream’s termination in early December 2014, governments in Central and Southeast Europe (CSEE) have championed a litany of pan-regional pipeline proposals to carry gas from Russia’s planned delivery point in Ipsala, Turkey via the Balkans to Baumgarten, Austria, while meeting local consumption along the way. The underlying assumptions for these dedicated pipelines are […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2015

Systemic Violence Threatens Middle East Oil Outlook

By Ariel Cohen

When oil ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meet in Vienna on June 5, they’ll face a strategic dilemma. Political instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is discouraging capital investment in local oil and gas projects, and shifting interest to North American shale—despite MENA’s cheap, abundant and easy-to-extract hydrocarbon […]

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Event Recap

May 19, 2015

A Discussion with Czech Republic’s Minister of Industry and Trade, Jan Mládek

By Global Energy Center

The Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center hosted the Czech Republic’s Minister of Industry and Trade, H.E. Jan Mládek, on May 14, 2015 to deliver remarks on the state of Czech energy and economic affairs, with a particular focus on the newly announced European Energy Union and the future of nuclear energy in the Czech Republic. […]

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New Atlanticist

May 4, 2015

The Geopolitical Case for Crude Oil Exports

By Chris Brown

The US ban on crude oil exports was a prominent topic of discussion when industry leaders and high-ranking government officials from across the globe convened in Houston in April for IHS CERAWeek, one of the energy industry’s largest annual conferences. Indeed, over the past year the longstanding ban has emerged as one of the hottest […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 23, 2015

Gazprom, Just Follow the Law

By Richard L. Morningstar

European energy security has received a great deal of attention on both sides of the Atlantic since Russia suspended gas shipments through Ukraine in the winter of 2009. In response to Ukraine’s experience, the European Union has taken steps to develop interconnectors and new liquefied natural gas facilities that would allow gas to flow to […]

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Kipkorir Koskei

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Ryan J. Lamke

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Andrei Covatariu

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Liliana Diaz

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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