Report on Ukraine and European energy security by Amb. Keith C. Smith, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), USA, at Lviv International Security Forum, 15-16 April, 2010
This paper applies the general insights of liberalization of the electricity and gas
market to the market conditions of a particularly important new Member State in
the EU, Poland. To this end the aim of this paper is to explain the Polish experience
of liberalizing its energy market by reviewing those developments that produced
its current shape. In fact there are two possible scenarios Polish policy makers
can follow in liberalizing its energy sector. One would involve the UK approach
that encompasses: ownership unbundling, less market concentration, less public
ownership and more private capital in the industry. The second scenario follows
the continental model: more concentration and vertical integration and more State
or public ownership in the energy field (for instance, the French model). These two
widely diverging approaches reflect different energy consumption patterns, energy
mixes, sources of supply and natural resources of various countries. Having these
differences in mind this research reviews developments that have produced the
current state of liberalization of the electricity and gas sectors in Poland and discusses
the prospects for further progress towards an integrated, competitive and liberalized European electricity and gas market in the light of the challenges that remain. These
challenges include uneven unbundling, discriminatory third party access, insufficient
independency of national regulator, consolidation and anti-competitive behaviour of
incumbents or abuse of one’s dominant position on the market.
This paper applies the general insights of liberalization of the electricity and gas
market to the market conditions of a particularly important new Member State in
the EU, Poland. To this end the aim of this paper is to explain the Polish experience
of liberalizing its energy market by reviewing those developments that produced
its current shape. In fact there are two possible scenarios Polish policy makers
can follow in liberalizing its energy sector. One would involve the UK approach
that encompasses: ownership unbundling, less market concentration, less public
ownership and more private capital in the industry. The second scenario follows
the continental model: more concentration and vertical integration and more State
or public ownership in the energy field (for instance, the French model). These two
widely diverging approaches reflect different energy consumption patterns, energy
mixes, sources of supply and natural resources of various countries. Having these
differences in mind this research reviews developments that have produced the
current state of liberalization of the electricity and gas sectors in Poland and discusses
the prospects for further progress towards an integrated, competitive and liberalized European electricity and gas market in the light of the challenges that remain. These
challenges include uneven unbundling, discriminatory third party access, insufficient
independency of national regulator, consolidation and anti-competitive behaviour of
incumbents or abuse of one’s dominant position on the market.
The Central Eastern European Region, including the Southeast of Europe, is heavily dependent on Russia’s energy resources. This includes gas, oil and nuclear technology. The ability to cement through physical infrastructure and human capital during Communism established a robust connected system of resources and expertise between the region’s countries and Russia. The headlines hold that gas security is the most contentious issue. But finding a solution to this dependency requires a complex and stable energy investment climate. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and eastward expansion of the EU, diversification away from Russia was the overall most important headline issue.
There are three stages I outline here demonstrating evolution of the region’s energy system and the political-economic strategies involving Russia and the CEE and SEE countries. Stage one, fully dependent on Russian resources and technology; stage two, building an energy system semi-independent of Russia; and stage three, ‘(in)Dependence’ on Russia’s energy wealth, the recognition of benefits gained from dependence coinciding with diversification of energy sources. The energy landscape of the region remains the same with traversing pipelines and Russian supplied power plants, but diversification with neighbors and other EU countries improves the energy security of the new EU Member States.
The complexity and diversity of issues on the table of EU policy makers is set to increase in the coming months. This comes on top of European challenges old and new which threaten the very essence of the European Union project.
Read on to learn about the latest policy developments with this monthly alert from our team in Brussels. For real-time updates, follow @MSL_Brussels or reach out to us on Twitter @msl_group.
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The sixth report from MSLGROUP's European Energy practice, “2015: a year of unprecedented change?" carries in-depth commentary from the company's energy experts in Brussels, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. We hope you enjoy this latest snapshot from across the European energy communications landscape.
For future updates, please contact Nick Bastin, Partner, CNC and Head of MSLGROUP’s EMEA Energy Practice at nick.bastin@cnc-communications.com.
Do share your queries/feedback with our team at @CNC_comms or reach out to us on twitter @msl_group.
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MSLGROUP's latest edition of ON Energy Report looks at the evolving European Energy landscape in the context of the forthcoming jamboree that is COP21. With carbon reduction at the top of the agenda, we take a look at some of the challenges and opportunities that we face, and some of the communications needs that the industry has to grapple with.
For future updates, please contact Nick Bastin, Partner, CNC and Head of MSLGROUP’s EMEA Energy Practice at nick.bastin@cnc-communications.com.
Do share your queries/feedback with our team at @CNC_comms or reach out to us on twitter @msl_group.
Vsevolod Kovalchuk, CEO at Ukrenergo, during his speech on the Integration of the IPS of Ukraine with Europe highlighted the fact of dependence of the Ukrainian energy sector on the Russian Federation.
Deficit of the anthracite coal and consequently its import from Russia as well as synchronization of the Ukranian, Russian and Moldovan grids are two key factors of the abovementioned issue.Integration with the EU energy system for Ukraine is not possible so as it is for Moldova (following the "Agreement on Conditions for Future Interconnections of the IPS of Ukraine and PS of Moldova with ENTSO-E").
Integration is vital both wihin security aspect and future economic benefits for Ukraine.
Offshore wind industry is being used by a number of countries to harness the energy of strong, consistent winds that are found over the oceans. In the United States, abundant offshore wind resources have the potential to supply immense quantities of renewable energy to major U.S. coastal cities. The US has an attractive potential of ~10 GW by 2020, driven from sites in the Atlantic Ocean, and ~54 GW by 2030, at which time the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes are expected to be developed.
At present, no new project is commissioned in the US and of the current ~6.9 GW in the US pipeline, only ~1.4 GW is expected to be commissioned by 2020 due to long consent periods and an undeveloped supply chain, indicating a gap of 8.6 GW to DoE ambition in 2020. Immature supply chain, approval delays and low cost competitiveness are key factors for slow development, however, expected return of PTC is an upside.
This report offers insights on US offshore wind industry analysing its current position, upfront challenges and future expectations. Considering the great potential, global contractors and financial investors are expected to enter the US offshore wind industry as they can utilize experiences gained in Europe. Incumbents as well as new entrants are developing projects in partnership with other members of the supply chain in order to gain experience and reduce risks. This report also presents a thorough evaluation of the key players in the industry and developments for wind energy project realisation in the US.
A look at some of the key issues shaping EU Policy, by MSLGROUP Brussels with details of the policy plans on prudential rules for banks, labels of origins, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, online gambling and a new state aid regime, just to mention a few.
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The Central Eastern European Region, including the Southeast of Europe, is heavily dependent on Russia’s energy resources. This includes gas, oil and nuclear technology. The ability to cement through physical infrastructure and human capital during Communism established a robust connected system of resources and expertise between the region’s countries and Russia. The headlines hold that gas security is the most contentious issue. But finding a solution to this dependency requires a complex and stable energy investment climate. Since the fall of the Berlin Wall and eastward expansion of the EU, diversification away from Russia was the overall most important headline issue.
There are three stages I outline here demonstrating evolution of the region’s energy system and the political-economic strategies involving Russia and the CEE and SEE countries. Stage one, fully dependent on Russian resources and technology; stage two, building an energy system semi-independent of Russia; and stage three, ‘(in)Dependence’ on Russia’s energy wealth, the recognition of benefits gained from dependence coinciding with diversification of energy sources. The energy landscape of the region remains the same with traversing pipelines and Russian supplied power plants, but diversification with neighbors and other EU countries improves the energy security of the new EU Member States.
The complexity and diversity of issues on the table of EU policy makers is set to increase in the coming months. This comes on top of European challenges old and new which threaten the very essence of the European Union project.
Read on to learn about the latest policy developments with this monthly alert from our team in Brussels. For real-time updates, follow @MSL_Brussels or reach out to us on Twitter @msl_group.
2015: A Critical Year for the Energy Union - MSLGROUP Energy Report March '15MSL
MSLGROUP's latest edition of ON Energy Report looks at how 2015 will be a year of change for the European energy landscape across markets, politics, regulation and innovation.
The sixth report from MSLGROUP's European Energy practice, “2015: a year of unprecedented change?" carries in-depth commentary from the company's energy experts in Brussels, France, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. We hope you enjoy this latest snapshot from across the European energy communications landscape.
For future updates, please contact Nick Bastin, Partner, CNC and Head of MSLGROUP’s EMEA Energy Practice at nick.bastin@cnc-communications.com.
Do share your queries/feedback with our team at @CNC_comms or reach out to us on twitter @msl_group.
From Brussels to Paris and Beyond - ON Energy Report November '15MSL
MSLGROUP's latest edition of ON Energy Report looks at the evolving European Energy landscape in the context of the forthcoming jamboree that is COP21. With carbon reduction at the top of the agenda, we take a look at some of the challenges and opportunities that we face, and some of the communications needs that the industry has to grapple with.
For future updates, please contact Nick Bastin, Partner, CNC and Head of MSLGROUP’s EMEA Energy Practice at nick.bastin@cnc-communications.com.
Do share your queries/feedback with our team at @CNC_comms or reach out to us on twitter @msl_group.
Vsevolod Kovalchuk, CEO at Ukrenergo, during his speech on the Integration of the IPS of Ukraine with Europe highlighted the fact of dependence of the Ukrainian energy sector on the Russian Federation.
Deficit of the anthracite coal and consequently its import from Russia as well as synchronization of the Ukranian, Russian and Moldovan grids are two key factors of the abovementioned issue.Integration with the EU energy system for Ukraine is not possible so as it is for Moldova (following the "Agreement on Conditions for Future Interconnections of the IPS of Ukraine and PS of Moldova with ENTSO-E").
Integration is vital both wihin security aspect and future economic benefits for Ukraine.
Offshore wind industry is being used by a number of countries to harness the energy of strong, consistent winds that are found over the oceans. In the United States, abundant offshore wind resources have the potential to supply immense quantities of renewable energy to major U.S. coastal cities. The US has an attractive potential of ~10 GW by 2020, driven from sites in the Atlantic Ocean, and ~54 GW by 2030, at which time the Pacific Coast and the Great Lakes are expected to be developed.
At present, no new project is commissioned in the US and of the current ~6.9 GW in the US pipeline, only ~1.4 GW is expected to be commissioned by 2020 due to long consent periods and an undeveloped supply chain, indicating a gap of 8.6 GW to DoE ambition in 2020. Immature supply chain, approval delays and low cost competitiveness are key factors for slow development, however, expected return of PTC is an upside.
This report offers insights on US offshore wind industry analysing its current position, upfront challenges and future expectations. Considering the great potential, global contractors and financial investors are expected to enter the US offshore wind industry as they can utilize experiences gained in Europe. Incumbents as well as new entrants are developing projects in partnership with other members of the supply chain in order to gain experience and reduce risks. This report also presents a thorough evaluation of the key players in the industry and developments for wind energy project realisation in the US.
A look at some of the key issues shaping EU Policy, by MSLGROUP Brussels with details of the policy plans on prudential rules for banks, labels of origins, healthcare and pharmaceuticals, online gambling and a new state aid regime, just to mention a few.
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Report on Ukraine and European security by Dr. Oleksandr Vlasyuk, Director of the National Institute of International Security Problems under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, at International Security Forum, Lviv, 15-16 April, 2010
The European Union’s (EU) consumption of natural gas has been growing rapidly over the last two decades. Gas has become an increasingly important component of the EU’s energy mix, with gas-fired power plants gradually replacing less environmentally friendly coal plants. Domestic gas production covered close to 60 percent of the EU’s consumption needs during the 1990s, but by 2007 it declined substantially around 40 percent (see Figure 1). The rest is imported from three main sources: Russia (around 40 percent of total gas imports), Norway (around 25 percent) and various African countries among them Algeria, Nigeria, Libya and Egypt which account for around 25 percent. The last few years have also heightened public worries in Europe over the security of its gas supplies, primarily those imports coming from Russia. These fears were partly confirmed in January 2009 when several EU and non- EU countries faced a sudden cut in their gas supplies. The Russian- Ukrainian stand-off only reinforced the argument that more needs to be done to strengthen the reliability of access to vital energy resources.
Authored by: Wojciech Paczynski
Published in 2009
Today EU’s and most of the countries’ main concern is energy security. How they reach energy at an affordable price, reliable, diverse and abundant supplies, is the main question. Moreover, energy security composed of commonly with Supply ‘Consumers’, Transportation, Demand ‘Producers’ and Physical Security ‘Producer and Consumer’. Because there is a struggle over resources, EU, ‘national and supranational governance’ should take challenges, opportunities well in to consideration
Essay based on the crisis in Ukraine and the role of the access to energy resources (oil and natural gas) in developing/resolving the conflict, with the focus on relations between two super powers EU and Russia.
There are major shifts in the EU energy space including pending lessons from Russian sanctions, France's commitments to renewables,and the politics of pipelines.
Turkmen gas for consumers in Europe – a fully fledged Southern Gas Corridor i...ITE Oil&Gas
Presentation at GIOGIE 2014 (Georgian International Oil, Infrastructure and Energy Conference) on Turkmen gas for consumers in Europe - Southern Gas Corridor.
By Giorgi Vashakmadze, Director, Corporate Development, W-Stream Caspian Pipeline Company Ltd
Learn more about Southern Gas Corridor: recenent developments and prospects at GIOGIE Conference (25-26 March). http://www.giogie.com/Home.aspx
EUROPEAN GAS MARKETS – DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE VIABLE FOR EUROPEAN MARKET TO ...archanasingh388
The European natural gas market is facing a number of changes in the mid to long term.
Decreasing European production, especially in the Netherlands until 2030, entails a growing level of imports in many non-producer
countries.
Additionally, due to ongoing geopolitical tension, e.g. Russia- Ukraine crisis, and the goal of security of supply, the European Union (EU) has put forward plans to pursue the
strategy of creating an EU Energy Union in order to diminish its dependence on Russian natural gas supplies.
In 1986, European leaders agreed to open up their borders to the free movement of goods, capital, people and services. Ever since, the European single market has ensured trade, competition, consumer choice, employment and prosperity in Europe. Yet 25 years later, there is still no single market in electricity. Consumers are supplied with electricity that is generally produced nationally, and as competition is ineffective, electricity suppliers can pass any price increase onto that same consumer.
In order to achieve a single market in electricity, Europe needs both the electricity network to transport electricity from one part of Europe to another, and a common set of market rules. April 2011.
Past episodes of energy insecurity have been fleeting and the fears have been assuaged by market forces or technical change. This paper analyses the nature of the EU's current energy security problems, emphasising the increased importance of natural gas and high level of dependence on Russian supplies through a small number of pipelines. Building alternative pipeline routes is expensive and with finite reserves in any gas field pipelines may be mutually exclusive; especially since China has entered the market for Central Asian gas, new non-Russian pipelines to the EU may not be economically feasible. However, global gas reserves are large, and high energy prices in the 2000s encouraged investment in alternative delivery modes, notable liquefied natural gas (LNG). As a spot market for LNG emerges EU energy-importing countries may face volatile prices, but will not be exposed to insecurity of supply.
Authored by: Richard Pomfret
Published in 2010
Presentation 'Ukraine, between Russia and the EU: Strengthening regional stability through an effective and reformed gas market in Ukraine' by Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches Internationales (CERI / Sciences-Po), at Lviv International Security Forum, April 15-16 2010
With the beginning of the millennium,
Most of the world countries started to turn
toward the natural gas as an alternative
energy resource instead of crude oil and
harmless resource for the environment.
Global conflict signs started to shape
because of the countries’ interests
encounter - specially, in the near and
middle east regions.
In this presentation, I will try to explain
these signs by dividing the related
countries to three categories:
1- Consuming Countries.
2- Producing Countries.
3- Transit Countries.
Memorandum of the 5th Section of International Security Forum - "ENERGY SECURITY BETWEEN THE EU-UKRAINE-RUSSIA: FROM CRISIS TO TRUST GAINING MEASURES", April 16, 2010, Lviv, Ukraine
Memorandum of the 4th Section of the International Security Forum - "MILITARY AND POLITICAL ASPECTS OF SECURITY IN CEE– SEARCHING FOR COMMON ANSWERS", April 16, 2010, Lviv, Ukraine
Presentation on reforming the Ukrainian security sector by Dr. Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Council for Foreign and Security Policy, at Lviv International Security Forum, 15-16 April, 2010
Presentation on security research by Dr. habil. Alexander Siedschlag, Professor for Security Research at Sigmund Freud Private University and Director of the Center for European Security Studies, Austria, at International Security Forum, Lviv, April 15-16, 2010
Report on Kazakhstan, Ukraine and European security by Dr. Abzal Nukenov, Director of the Institute of Contemporary Studies at L. N .Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan, at International Security Forum, Lviv, 15-16 April, 2010
Report on CEE security and political development by Dr. Iulian Chifu, Professor at the National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Romania, at International Security Forum, Lviv, April 15-16, 2010
Presentation 'Natural gas for Ukraine, Russia and Europe: where next?' by Simon Pirani, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, at Lviv International Security Forum, 15-16 April, 2010
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1. ENERGY SECURITY FOR CENTRAL EUROPE:
THE WAY FORWARD
LVIV, UKRAINE
APRIL 15-16
KEITH C. SMITH
THE HURDLES TO BE OVERCOME
- The EU continues to move at a slow pace when it comes to energy reform. No
common energy strategy has emerged and no common energy market is on
the horizon.
- More EU funding for interconnectors is being provided to those Western
European countries that already have more diversified sources of energy
supply than to the more import dependent countries of East Central Europe.
- The larger members of the EU, primarily Germany, France, Italy and Austria,
continue to resist efforts of Central Europeans to blunt the effects of energy
coercion from Russian companies. They also resist discussion in the EU
regarding possible anti-trust action against monopoly supplier companies.
- Germany and France are more willing to accept Moscow’s claim to a
“privileged relationship” with former Soviet republics, such as Ukraine and
Georgia. Acceptance of Moscow’s violation of the terms of the Georgia-
Russia 2008 troop withdrawal agreement has only emboldened the hawks in
Moscow.
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2. - No visible steps are being taken by the EU to increase energy transparency, or
to require a public declaration by legal or public relations firms representing
the interests of foreign energy companies before the EU or in member states.
- EU continues to have little capacity to counter Russian public relations and
intelligence efforts in Brussels.
- Expensive and unnecessary pipeline projects such as Nord Stream and South
Stream are supported by EU officials, even though the projects have not been
demonstrated to be viable business ventures, particularly in an era of softer
natural gas prices.
- Nord and South Stream will only further increase the political and economic
leverage of monopoly importing countries, one of which consistently uses gas
shipments to coerce its neighbors.
- The recent election in Ukraine has brought back to power political elements
more supportive of Russia’s monopoly supply position, and of the re-
establishment of non-transparent and unnecessary energy intermediary
companies.
- Gazprom is now more likely to gain control of Ukraine’s gas pipeline to
Europe, even if the ownership structure appears to give Russia only a minority
stake. Any EU stakeholder will eventually come under intense pressure to sell
its shares to Gazprom or, at a minimum, to vote consistently with the
interests of the Russian partner.
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENERGY SECURITY IN EAST CENTRAL EUROPE
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3. - Natural gas prices in Europe have moderated over the past year, providing
some relief for importing states.
- The unconventional gas “revolution” in the U.S., coupled with the increased
availability of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) on the world market, will prevent
gas prices from returning to high levels of 2007-8.
- The stepped up hunt for unconventional gas in Central Europe could result in
larger supplies of domestic gas (and possibly oil) within 5-10 years, thereby
supplanting some imports from Russia and Central Asia.
- Gas supplies from a new LNG port in Poland, and a possible one in the Baltic
States, might also increase the leverage of importing countries negotiating
supply contracts with Russia.
- Central Asian oil and gas producers, such as Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and
Turkmenistan now want greater control over their energy exports, including
those going to European markets.
- Moscow is slowly losing control over gas exports in Turkmenistan, as that
country develops a stronger energy relationship with China.
- The gas crises of January 2009, has given an impetus for the EU to fund more
gas and electricity interconnectors and for natural gas storage by all member
states, potentially bringing a measure of security in case of future disruptions.
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4. - As a result of the above measures, Moscow appears to be more reluctant to
engage openly in energy coercive measures against importing states, with the
exception of Georgia.
- East and Southeastern Central European governments now appear more
willing to coordinate their energy policies for their common security interests.
The meeting of eleven countries in Budapest on February 24 was a positive
first step.
- There is a greater recognition in Central and Southeastern Europe of the need
to develop a stronger coalition within the EU in order to defend their security
interests against the commercial policies of the wealthier member states.
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION BY EAST AND SOUTHEAST EUROPEAN STATES
- Governmental reforms that bring greater business transparency should top
the priority of each importing state. Reforms should include reporting
requirements for all impending energy deals, whether for imports or sale of
facilities.
- No intermediary companies should be inserted between the exporters and
importers unless there is solid and public evidence that the company brings
added value (including lower prices) to the transaction.
- The February 24 Budapest Conference should be followed up by each of the
eleven attending states appointing a high-level official to represent them on
the Inter-governmental Commission.
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5. - The Inter-Governmental Commission should organize a technical panel of
experts that is empowered to advise the Commission on measures that will
increase regional energy security.
- The eleven states should set up an independent office in Brussels that would
assist the group in pushing through energy security recommendations in the
European Parliament, and in the EU Council and Commission.
- Use the combined political weight of the eleven countries (even if some are
not member states) to receive a greater share of the EU’s funding for energy
projects, from interconnectors, storage facilities and pipelines, thereby
bringing forward the goal of real supply diversification.
- Support an EU requirement for full discussion and disclosure of Commission
positions on pipeline proposals, such as Nord Stream, South Stream, Yamal II,
Amber, White Stream and other southern corridor proposals. They should
demand that the EU fund an independent calculation of the costs and benefits
of each project.
- Push for quicker enforcement by DG COMP of the regulations on energy
unbundling, and for greater enforcement of the Energy Charter Treaty, in
particular, any action that took place before Russia’s formal withdrawal from
the Treaty in 2009. This would necessitate increasing the institutional
capacity of DG COMP.
- Encourage the EU Commission to enforce the Lisbon Treaty articles on
competition and anti-trust in all cross-border deals between individual
member states and foreign entities, including agreements with Gazprom and
Transneft.
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6. - Demand the right for the EU to immediately investigate the causes,
irrespective of where they occur, of any disruption of energy supply to a
member state on the part of a non-member importer. The investigation
should be transparent and include representatives of those states directly
affected by the disruption.
- Support putting the issue of energy security on the NATO agenda, with the
NATO Council having direct authority to make recommendations for
corrective action.
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