December 2017 - Archive - December 19... THIS WEEK: For a kinder, simpler Energy Union Why the climate and energy policies of both the EU and the Member States may be getting it wrong. Some end-of-year reflections by your weekly Energy Watcher, Karel Beckman Back on January 9, 2018: Back on January 9, 2018: December 13, 2017 THIS WEEK: Heading for a climate change showdown – in the courts “Humanity’s fight against climate change is failing. One technology can change that” And then there is this other technology that can save the world – which at least the UK is convinced we can’t do without How energy transition may yet be accelerated (soon for sale: an EV for $5,000) THIS WEEK: Jobs versus clean air: finding grassroots support for a European coal phaseout THIS WEEK: UK power network operators promise to “open markets for flexibility” European Parliament supports “robust” Energy Union governance – but the fight is not over yet The Five who Frustrate European climate policy (no, it’s not the Eastern Europeans this time) Revealed: how four Dutch multinationals conspired to buy wind power December 5, 2017 THIS WEEK: The bright global outlook for (cleaner) oil The outlook for EVs is also bright – from around 2026 on Tillerson, Rasmussen and Putin: playing politics with energy supplies A vision of a North Sea offshore wind paradise THIS WEEK: Governing the Energy Union: it’s crunch time THIS WEEK: Ireland faces €450 million fine for not meeting EU climate targets Biofuels battle in Brussels heats up again China invests €600 million in lignite power plant in Bosnia National electricity markets in EU “robust” – but interdependent