Tag: Nord Stream 2
Germany is to blame for Putin’s energy price dictation
Europe column Every week Moritz Koch, head of the Handelsblatt office in Brussels, analyzes trends and conflicts, regulatory projects and strategic concepts from the inner workings of the EU. Because…
The first tube from Nord Stream 2 is apparently filled with gas
Part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline The finished pipeline is expected to transport 55 billion cubic meters of gas annually (Photo: Reuters) Lubmin According to the operator, the first…
The big winner in the gas price war is Russia
Berlin The oil price is at a seven-year high and gas prices are soaring that the utility Eon is currently not offering any new gas tariffs. Inflation is reaching new…
The big winner in the gas price war is Russia
Berlin The oil price is at a seven-year high and gas prices are soaring that the utility Eon is currently not offering any new gas tariffs. Inflation is reaching new…
Germany trembles before a record winter: The icy Chancellor – domestic politics
Where is our government when we need it? All of Germany is trembling towards a record winter! Inflation: for the first time in 28 years above 4 percent! The prices…
not an enemy for a cold gas war
The cost of energy is currently increasing sharply. A consumer portal has calculated that the price of natural gas for end customers in Germany has increased by 15 percent compared…
Chemical park boss Christof Günther on the consequences of high gas prices
Christof Günther is the managing director of Infraleuna, the operator of the chemical park in Leuna in Saxony-Anhalt. It is one of the largest and most modern chemical centers in…
How Russia is taking advantage of the energy crisis
Nord Stream 2 “One has to wonder whether geopolitical considerations are at play in the Kremlin.” (Photo: Paul Langrock / laif) Brussels Gas prices are rising and rising, there is…
Environmental aid is also suing Wintershall Dea
Wintershall Dea The group is sued by Deutsche Umwelthilfe. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Deutsche Umwelthilfe has now also filed a “climate action” against the oil and gas company Wintershall Dea after…
On the energy markets, Russia is the spider in the web
Wladimir Putin The Russian President is the spider in the global energy network. (Photo: dpa) All too often the cartel of the oil exporting countries, the OPEC, has been declared…
France is putting Germany under pressure
Cattenom nuclear power plant near the border with Germany The French have little understanding for the German exit from nuclear power by 2022. (Photo: picture alliance) Paris, Brussels The letter…
Poland’s exit from the EU would be “even more disastrous than Brexit”
Berlin, Warsaw “Polish economy” was once a dirty word. In the meantime it has become the term for an extraordinary and almost unnoticed economic success: Poland’s GDP has more than…
Election victories in MV and Berlin
Berlin For Manuela Schwesig, it was a “moving moment” when she received the obligatory bouquet of flowers after the election on Monday morning at the SPD party headquarters in Berlin.…
Gazprom share: gas crisis in Europe
Gazprom Compressor Station Is the Russian company turning the price screw? There are many indications of this. Because the Kremlin is pursuing political goals with higher prices. (Photo: Bloomberg) Berlin…
First German supplier gives up gas sales
Gas meter Deutsche Energiepool ceases gas sales. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The drastic rise in gas prices is now forcing a first supplier in Germany to give up. DEP Deutsche Energiepool…
Green hydrogen: location advantages for some federal states
The electricity transmission network operator Tennet and the gas network operators Gasunie and Thyssengas are developing joint plans for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure. The three network operators see…
Green hydrogen: location advantages for some federal states
The electricity transmission network operator Tennet and the gas network operators Gasunie and Thyssengas are developing joint plans for the development of a hydrogen infrastructure. The three network operators see…
Gas prices at record levels – and no end in sight
Berlin, Düsseldorf Natural gas has never been as expensive as it is now. Experts speak of a “historic all-time high” – and there is no end to the increase in…
Is Russia turning the gas tap to force Nord Stream 2 to go into operation?
Berlin For Oliver Krischer, the matter is clear: “Gazprom and Putin have cut gas deliveries to the west in order to put the unnecessary Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation…
MEPs suspect Gazprom of market manipulation
Pipes for Nordstream 2 The construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline has been completed. (Photo: dpa) Brussels Several dozen EU MPs suspect a possible market manipulation of…